Palmer Square Holiday Tree

This December, the Art Museum is adopting an evergreen tree in downtown Princeton at 36 Nassau Street, and its decorations feature artworks from across our collections. Look closely and you’ll find examples of Chinese sculpture, Egyptian bronze, Nepalese watercolor, American photography, Roman marble, French pastels, Italian painting, Maya ceramics, and many more.

Town Topics invites the public to vote for Best Decorated Tree here.

Click below to explore the artworks, made by artists from throughout history and around the world.

Statuette of Nike
Statuette of Nike, mid-3rd century B.C.
Greek, Tarentine
Janiform kantharos with addorsed heads of a male African and a female Greek
Janiform kantharos with addorsed heads of a male African and a female Greek, ca. 480–470 B.C.
Greek, Attic
Black-figure Panathenaic Prize Amphora(?): A, Athena between Ionic Columns Topped by Cocks; B, Chariot Race
Black-figure Panathenaic Prize Amphora(?): A, Athena between Ionic Columns Topped by Cocks; B, Chariot Race, ca. 490 B.C
Greek, Attic
Round Aryballos: octopus
Round Aryballos: octopus, ca. 625–600 B.C.
Early Corinthian, 700 - 338 BCE
Greek
Falcon deity
Falcon deity, 664–30 B.C.
Late Period to Ptolemaic, 712 - 332 BCE
Egyptian, 3000 BCE - 395 CE
Wine vessel (zun)
Wine vessel (zun), 11th–10th century BCE
middle Western Zhou dynasty, 11th century–771 BCE
Chinese
Fragmentary lid from the coffin of Wadj-shemsi-su
Fragmentary lid from the coffin of Wadj-shemsi-su, ca. 1500–1425 B.C.
New Kingdom, early 18th Dynasty, 1550 - 1300 BCE
Egyptian, 3000 BCE - 395 CE
Mummy portrait of a bearded young man
Mummy portrait of a bearded young man, ca. A.D. 130–160
Antonine
Roman
Colossal bust of a goddess or personification
Colossal bust of a goddess or personification, ca. 160–190 A.D.
Antonine
Roman
Haniwa tomb figure
Haniwa tomb figure, ca. 6th century
Kofun period, 300–710 CE
Japanese
Chocolate cup depicting a mythic scene
Chocolate cup depicting a mythic scene, 600–700 CE
Late Classic
Maya
Stone Head of Buddha
Stone Head of Buddha, ca. 700
Tang dynasty, 618–907 CE
Chinese