Berthouville
1st half of the 1st century
Central Italy (Rome or Campania)
Silver; traces of gilding
Handle, neck and foot cast separately, then assembled; hammered silver, repoussé and engraved decoration; mercury gilding
H. 31.5 cm; L. 13 cm; max. Diam. 15 cm; Wt. 1159 g
BnF, MMA, inv.56.5
Acquired by Raoul-Rochette, curator of the Cabinet des Médailles, 3 May 1830

Berthouville
Late 2nd - early 3rd century
Roman Gaul
Silver, traces of gilding
Six silver sheets, hammered and worked in repoussé then assembled to make the arms, legs, torso and head; hands cast in solid silver; caduceus cast separately. Leaf-gilding.
H. 56.3 cm
BnF, MMA, inv.56.1
Acquired by Raoul-Rochette, curator of the Cabinet des Médailles, 3 May 1830

Mid-1st century
Italy (Latium or Campania)
Parcel-gilt silver
Hammering, repoussé, chasing, cast foot, mercury gilding
H. 12.5 cm; Diam. 10.3 cm; Wt. 463 g
BnF, MMA, inv.56.10
Acquired by Raoul-Rochette, curator of the Cabinet des Médailles, 3 May 1830

Hellenistic
Bronze
Lost-wax casting
H. 20.2 cm; 24 cm (with the base)
BnF, MMA, Bronze.1009
Collection of Louis-Henri de Rochefort d’Ailly, Bishop of Chalon (1763-1764), then of Anne-Claude de Tubières, Comte de Caylus (1764-1765)
Cabinet du Roi (since 1765)

1st century BC
Asia Minor or Alexandria?
Banded agate (sardonyx)
Agate block, rough-hewn, hollowed out and polished
Cup: H. 5.8 cm; W. with handles 16.5 cm; Diam. lip 15.1 cm; Diam. foot 6.2 cm
BnF, MMA, camée.375
Brought back by Paul Lucas from his travels in Greece, Asia Minor and Egypt from 1704 to 1708, acquired in 1708 for the Cabinet du Roi

Face A: Heracles fighting the Triple Geryon
Face B: stationary quadriga
c. 540-530 BC
Made in Reggio di Calabria,
Found at Vulci
Terracotta, black figures
H. 41.4 cm; max. diam. 27.3 cm
BnF, MMA, De Ridder.202
1862, donated by the Duc de Luynes