Jug

Central Asia, Samarqand, Timurid period, 1417–49

Footed bowl

Turkey, Iznik, c. 1510

‘Cats’ choker

René Lalique
France, c. 1906–8

‘Serpents’ corsage ornament

René Lalique
France, c. 1898–9 

‘Female figure’ centrepiece

René Lalique
France, 1903–5

‘Orchids’ diadem

René Lalique
France, c. 1903–4 

‘Landscape’ comb

René Lalique
France, c. 1899–1900

‘Vine motifs and figures’ goblet

René Lalique
France, c. 1899–1901

‘Eagles and pine’ plaque choker

René Lalique
France, c. 1899–1901 

‘Valkyries’ score cover

René Lalique
France, 1893–4 

‘Female face’ pendant

René Lalique
France, c. 1898–1900 

‘Peacock’ corsage ornament

René Lalique
France, c. 1898–1900

Portrait bust of Molière

Jean-Jacques Caffieri
Paris, 1785

Panther seizing a stag

Antoine-Louis Barye
Paris, 19th century

St Martin on horseback sharing a cloak with a beggar

France, 1531 

Plaque with crucifixion

Byzantium, late 10th century, early 11th century 

Diptych with scenes from the Passion of Christ

Paris, 14th century 

Virgin and Child

Jean de Liège
Paris, c. 1364