Arts Wednesday continues our exploration of the Nicholson Collection at the University of Sydney’s Chau Chak Wing Museum.  Once again we are fortunate enough to meet with Archeologist and Assistant Curator, Candace Richards. This time Candace takes us on an amazing journey through the Museum’s ancient Italian Collection.

The collection dates back to c.1000 B.C., beginning with the Etruscans, moving through the different eras: The Kings and Kingdom, The Republic, and then Empire, up to  c.450 A.D. The history is mind boggling, the stories riveting, the artefacts range from marble statuary, funerary urns, bronzes, pottery to everyday objects such as tools, vessels and figurines.