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| Greek Eye from bronze statue 5th-2nd century BC Getty |
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| Greek Marble libation vessel carved in the shape of a pelican-foot seashell 425 BC Getty |
Ancient survivors from the long-ago Greek past and from the long-ago Etruscan past and from the long-ago Roman past. Curious objects in marble were somewhat more likely to survive over the course of many centuries than anything made of bronze because bronze objects, when found, were likely to be melted down. By one accidental route or another, these artefacts are among the few that (so far) have escaped destruction. And they have little enough in common, truly, except the one great fact that all are for the present preserved on an alien continent at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
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| Roman Bronze relief fragment of two men AD 50-75 Getty |
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| Greek Marble funerary lion 380 BC Getty |
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| Greek Marble funerary lion 350 BC Getty |
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| Etruscan Bronze votive statuette of Hercle 320-280 BC Getty |
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| Gallo-Roman Bronze statuette of Mercury AD 120-140 Getty |
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| Roman Marble torso of Actaeon 1st-2nd century AD Getty |
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| Greek Marble anthemion of grave stele 320 BC Getty |
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| Roman Bronze krater stand before AD 79 Getty |
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| Greek Bronze kalpis 350-325 BC Getty |
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| Greek Marble head of a young woman 320 BC Getty |
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| Roman Bronze thymiaterion [incense burner] representing a singer seated on an altar before AD 50 Getty |
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| Greek Marble grave naiskos of Apollonia 100 BC Getty |
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| Roman Bronze portrait bust AD 90-110 Getty |
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| Roman Bronze eagle AD 100-300 Getty |