Eye Idol, Excavated at Tell Brak, Syria, Late Chalcolithic 3 Period, ca. 3800-3600 BC (Gift of Dr. Furusawa Shizuko)
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 3
July 20, 2021 (Tue) - December 5, 2021 (Sun)
This part introduces artifacts from West Asia and Egypt, known as the cradle of the earliest civilizations.
Designation | Name | Creation/ Excavation/ Provenance |
Period | Acquisition/ Ownership/ Accession Number |
CMT | ||
Highlight | Fragments of a Woman's Headdress | Probably found at Thebes, Egypt | New Kingdom (18th dynasty), ca. 15th century BC | TJ-5677 | |||
Highlight | Bichrome Ware Amphorae Jar | Cyprus | Iron Age, 7th-6th century BC | TJ-1975 | |||
Highlight | Man | Cyprus , Formerly owned by Somerset Maugham | Cypro-Archaic period, 6th century BC | Gift of Mr. Michael Xilas and Mrs. Vicky Xilas, TJ-5930 | |||
Highlight | “Eye Idols” | Excavated at Tell Brak, Syria | Late Chalcolithic 3 Period, ca. 3800-3600 BC | Gift of Ms. Furusawa Shizuko, TJ-5734 | |||
Foundation Peg with a God Figure | Excavated in southern Iraq | Sumerian Early Dynastic period, ca. 2400 BC | TJ-5597 | ||||
Highlight | Plaque with a Bull | Excavated from Nimrud, Iraq | Neo-Assyrian period, 8th century BC | Gift of Iraqi Government, TJ-4806 | |||
Highlight | Belt Ornament | Eastern Turkey or Transcaucasia | Iron Age, early 1st millennium BC | TJ-4879 | |||
Highlight | Bowl, Harpy design in color glaze | Excavated in Iran | Islamic period, 12th century | TJ-4855 | |||
Highlight | Mummy of Pasherienptah | Excavated at Thebes, Egypt | 22nd dynasty, ca. 945-730 BC | Gift of Egyptian Department of Antiquities, TJ-1835 | |||
Highlight | Figurine | Greece | Late Helladic III, ca. 14th–13th century BC | Gift of Mr. Tanimura Keisuke, TJ-5522 | |||
Highlight | Jug | Cyprus | Late Cypriot II, ca. 15th century BC | Gift of Mr. Michael Xilas and Mrs. Vicky Xilas, TJ-5948 | |||
Highlight | Bull-Shaped Rhyton | Cyprus | Late Cypriot II, ca. 14th–13th century BC | Gift of Mr. Tanimura Keisuke, TJ-5521-12 | |||
Highlight | Statue of Lion-headed Goddess Sakhmet | Excavated at Thebes, Egypt | New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, 16th-14th century BC | TC-422-1 | |||
Highlight | Heracles | Excavated at Hatra, Iraq | Parthian period, 1st-2nd century | Gift of the Iraqi Government, TJ-4822 |