Below, you will find a small selection of outstanding and exciting objects that our visitors return to again and again.
Mother & ChildHenry Moore�s moving early masterpiece in polished stone. |
Llama effigy500 years ago, this silver Inca llama would probably have been buried with a human sacrifice. |
Male figure � �Fishermen�s god�Food and flowers of the Pacific would have been presented to this Fisherman�s god in return for divine blessings. |
Little Dancer aged fourteen�Monsieur Degas has knocked over the traditions of sculpture...� |
Figure of a walking hippopotamusDoes our much-loved 3,000 year old Egyptian hippo have a more sinister side? |
Reliquary headA serene guardian figure from Africa which would once have watched over religious relics. |
Female nude with arms raisedOne of Picasso�s most important early studies. |
Head of an ObaAn outstanding 16th century bronze casting by the warrior artists of Benin in West Africa. |
Female figure with folded armsTimeless balance and beauty in a 4000 year old sculpture from the Greek islands. |
We can�t show all the wonderful exhibits the Sainsbury Centre has to offer on just one page! So why not hunt around for your own favourite by either reading more about the objects on our collections pages or by searching our collections on line?