Aphrodite Crouching, A.W.Fr.Kister GmbH, 19th century (Gift of the Leipzig Museum of Ethnology)
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 3
September 10, 2019 (Tue) - October 14, 2019 (Mon)
This part intrduces artifacts from West Asia and Egypt, known as the cradle of the earliest civilization.
Current exhibit includes:
Shabti of a Commander of Soldiers, Late period, ca. 664–401 BC (Gift of Mr. Momose Osamu and Mrs. Momose Fumiko)
Book of the Dead, Excavated at Memphis, Egypt, Late-Ptolemaic period, ca. 644–30 BC (Gift of the University of Pennsylvania)
Mummy Shroud of Padiinher, Excavated in Lower Egypt, Roman period, ca. 1st century
Foundation Peg with a God Figure, Excavated in southern Iraq, Sumerian Early Dynastic period, ca. 2400 BC
Aphrodite Crouching, A.W.Fr.Kister GmbH, 19th century (Gift of the Leipzig Museum of Ethnology)
Eros Riding a Goose, Hellenistic period, 3rd–2nd century BC
Animal-Shaped Rhyton, Iron Age, first half of 1st millennium BC (Gift of Mr. Yamauchi Nobukazu)
Rhyton in the Shape of a Goat’s Head, Achaemenid period, 6th–5th century BC
Square Jar, Achaemenid period, 6th–4th century BC (Private collection)
Cut-Glass Bowl, Sasanian period, 5th–7th century (Private collection)
Boat-Shaped Bowl, Sasanian period, 5th–7th century (Private collection)
Cut-Glass Bowl with Circles, Sasanian period, 5th–7th century (Private collection)
Mummy of Pasherienptah, Excavated at Thebes, Egypt, 22nd dynasty, ca. 945–730 BC (Gift of Egyptian Department of Antiquities)
Ornamental Pin, Parthian period, 2nd–3rd century