COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS

Here's a selection of the Ashmolean Museum's highlight objects, selected by our curators.

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A FOREST FLOOR STILL LIFE OF FLOWERS

Rachel Ruysch (1664 - 1750)

ALFRED JEWEL

Made for the only English monarch known as 'the Great'

APOTHEOSIS OF GERMANICUS

A discovery in Paris brought to life

ARION RIDING ON A DOLPHIN

This charming story was used by Ovid to mark the 3rd of February in the Roman calendar

ASCANIUS SHOOTING THE STAG OF SYLVIA

A poetic royal hunt leads to war

ASTROLOGICAL BOWL, SAUCER AND SPOON

Astrological decoration at the Persian court

BALLYSHANNON 'SUN DISC'

An early discovery of a prehistoric object

CAMEL TOMB FIGURE

A spiritual object intended to protect the dead from evil

CEREMONIAL SUIT OF ARMOUR FOR A SAMURAI

Armour intended for a period of peace

COIN OF EMPEROR JAHANGIR

A gift for the Emperor’s followers

CONVENT THOUGHTS

Charles Allston Collins (1828-1873)

CYCLADIC FIGURE

From Pre-history to Picasso

DING WARE DISH

One of the ‘Five Great Wares’

DISH WITH A COMPOSITE HEAD OF PENISES

A Renaissance joke

DJED-DJEHUTY-IUEF-ANKH MUMMY

Journeying to an afterlife

ENNUI

Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942)

EWER

Carved from lapis lazuli and wrapped in gold

FIGURE OF THE SAINT CHANDIKESHVARA

Wielding an axe with grace and elegance

GILBERT CANNAN AND HIS MILL

Mark Gertler (1891-1939)

GREAT BOOKCASE

Creating a medieval world that never was

GUY FAWKES' LANTERN

Remember, remember the 5th of November

HASTA LA MUERTE (UNTIL DEATH)

Francisco de Goya (1746–1828)

ISLAMIC LAMP

The Light of the Heavens

JAPANESE GUNPOWDER FLASK

Japanese gunpowder flask decorated with figures in Portuguese dress

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FRA ANGELICO'S 'CRUCIFIXION' ON DISPLAY

The Ashmolean welcomes Fra Angelico's 'Crucifixion' to the collection and you can see it on display in the Early Italian Art Gallery 42, level 2.

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LOVE IN THE COLLECTIONS

Discover love scenes, friendship tokens and objects of romance in our latest story.

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CHANGE MAKERS TOURS

Join one of the upcoming Change Makers tours this spring to uncover artistic, social, and religious transformations through key objects in our collection.

The Forest Fire (detail) by Piero di Cosimo

ONLINE COLLECTIONS

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ASHMOLEAN FROM HOME

Enjoy the Museum and be inspired by our collections, from home. Download colouring pages, try out our online jigsaw puzzles, explore our Treasures, and enjoy stories about the collections.

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