Home Art Collection Works Collection Search Advanced search Works where medium is Sculpture created 1940 or earlier (483) works on display (72) works with images (440) Filter by: Collection area Origin Media Date/period Artist A–Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Sort by: artist surname oldest first (excludes undated works) newest first (excludes undated works) title image availability accession number Mandalay, Myanmar Head of Buddha 1850-1900 206.2007 Marino Marini Rider 1936 113.1979 Masakazu Figure of samurai fighting a two-headed dragon (okimono) 19th century 7159.20 Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India Bust of a women at a balcony 1st century-2nd century 11.2000 Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India Torso of a woman, possibly the goddess Lakshmi 2nd century-3rd century 12.2000 Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India Female head and torso 4th century 9.1991 Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India Torso of a Buddha 1st century-2nd century 114.1998 Image not available Daphne Mayo A young Australian 1930, cast 1931 701.a-b On display – Naala Nura, ground level, 20th-century galleries Image not available Daphne Mayo Fat man 1940 7183.a-b Phil May Livingston Hopkins circa 1888 SA5.1970 Eileen McGrath Head of Norman McGrath, aged three 1934 231.1993.a-b On display – South Building, ground level, 20th-century galleries Eileen McGrath Life study 'Be' 1925 117.1992 Meiji export ware Monkey wearing a waistcoat and using an eyeglass to examine a peach circa 1900 172.2005.a-b On display – South Building, ground level, Asian Lantern galleries Mexico Pottery figure (Standing woman holding a child in one arm and a bowl in the other) 150 BCE-250 CE IA6.1964 Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea Lime spatula 19th century-early 20th century 28.1999 Mongolia Manla, the Medicine Buddha 17th century-early 18th century 321.2005 Image not available Murik Lakes, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea Kandimbong (ancestor figure) early 20th century, collected pre 1920 150.1974 Image not available Murik Lakes, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea Kandimbong (ancestor figure) early 20th century, collected pre 1920 IA14.1970 Myanmar Hamsa 14th century 8.2000 On display – South Building, ground level, Asian Lantern galleries Myanmar Seated Buddha in meditation (dhyana mudra) 17th century-18th century 192.1999 Myanmar Seated Buddha 1926 71.2012 On display – South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries Myanmar Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha early 20th century 88.2012 Myanmar Hintha bird weight 19th century 65.1984 On display – Naala Nura, ground level, Asian Lantern galleries Naoya Fisherman hauling his net from the sea (okimono) 19th century 7159.8 Nepal Conch shell with image of standing Vishnu 16th century-17th century 30.2000 Nepal Temple strut (tundal or tunala) depicting the birth of Buddha 14th century-16th century 13.2000 Nepal Conch shell with images of Vishnu 16th century 31.2000 Nepal Tara, bodhisattva of mercy and compassion 17th century 478.1996 Nepal Vajrasattva, bodhisattva and personification of the vajra ritual implement 16th century-17th century 72.2012 Nepal Portrait of the Malla King Bhupatindra and Malla Queen circa 18th century 176.2006.a-b Nepal Garuda 19th century 418.2008 Nepal Padmapani circa 13th century 117.2010 On display – South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries Image not available Nigeria Mumuye figure (iagalagana) early 20th century IA9.1970 North India, India Head of a woman circa 7th century 23.2000 North India, India Torso 19th century 26.2000 North India, India Stele with 'yaksha-yakshini' couple and Jinas 10th century 319.2005 North Nias, North Sumatra, Indonesia Female ancestral or protective figure (adu) 19th century 521.2010 North Sumatra, Indonesia Magic horn stopper of figure riding on a horse late 19th century-early 20th century 66.2012 North Sumatra, Indonesia Magic horn stopper of figure riding on a composite animal ('singa') late 19th century-early 20th century 67.2012 Dora Ohlfsen (Woman with bear skin) 1920 211.2019.a-b On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts Dora Ohlfsen Gara delle pattuglie, Roma, 1913 1913 196.2019 Dora Ohlfsen Anzac in eternal remembrance 1918 8.2017 On display – South Building, ground level, Grand Courts Dora Ohlfsen Portrait of Eve Balfour 1919 304.2023 Dora Ohlfsen Portrait of Dudley Jocelyn Persse 1931 203.2022 Dora Ohlfsen Mother and child 1906 1210 Dora Ohlfsen The awakening of Australian art 1907 1195.a-c Dora Ohlfsen Gabriele d'Annunzio 1909 1209 Dora Ohlfsen Ceres 1910 1207 On display – Naala Nura, ground level, Grand Courts Dora Ohlfsen Mary Anderson 1906 1208 Dora Ohlfsen The Right Hon. D. Lloyd George circa 1919 1204 Dora Ohlfsen The Right Hon. Herbert Henry Asquith circa 1919 1205 Dora Ohlfsen Anzac in eternal remembrance 1918 ARC366.2.1 Dora Ohlfsen Cardinal O'Connell, Archbishop of Boston 1911 ARC366.2.2 Dora Ohlfsen Mary Anderson 1906 ARC366.2.3 Orissa, India Varaha rescuing the Earth Goddess, Bhudevi 10th century-11th century 25.2000 Orissa, India Vishnu reclining on the serpent Ananta (Vishnu Anantasesha) 13th century 240.1990 Pagan, Myanmar Buddha calling the Earth to witness (bhumisparsha mudra) late 12th century 83.1997 On display – South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries Pagan, Myanmar Crowned head of a Buddha 11th century-12th century 9.2000 Pakistan Female figure 3000 BCE-2000 BCE 41.2007 Pakistan Female figure circa 100 BCE 42.2007 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9