Ancient Artefacts

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Greek, Caryatid mirror with Aphrodite, Erotes, and siren, c.460 BC
Iran , Luristan bronze statue of a female, ca 1000-650 BC. تندیس مفرغی یک زن، هنر لرستان، حدود ۱۰۰۰تا ۶۵۰ پیش از میلاد by: Virtual Museum of Iran Art on facebook. IranologySociety.
tammuz:  Detail of a relief from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at the Assyrian Imperial capital of Nimrud (883-859 BCE). Hood Mus...

sculpture

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LOVE. Male and female figures from Ubirr Rock, Arnhem Land, Australia
Aboriginal rock - Bing Images
Chauvet Cave paintings (discovered 1994) Paleolithic 40,000-10,000 BCE

graphic arts

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Bird pectoral, Popayan, gold alloy, AD900-1600. © The Trustees of the British Museum
Tolima Gold, Colombia
Gold signet ring, the largest from the Mycenaean world, found in Tiryns, but made by a Minoan workshop (15th c. BCE). A procession of lion-headed “daemons” offering libation jugs to the seated goddess who raises a ritual vessel: the sun wheel & the crescent moon are in the sky

gold

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A CANOSAN POTTERY ASKOS     									APULIA, CIRCA 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Etruscan, Jar with lid (stamnos), late 4th century BCE
glass goods from Roman tombs of the 1st to 3rd century AD Romano-Germanic Museum in Cologne

vessel

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A collection of Roman, Greek and Carthaginian masks.
Mayan Sculpture Photograph by John Bartosik
Fang Ngil mask  Fang people, Gabon    Ngil masks were used by the judiciary association of the Fang in order to command awe and respect from the tribe. They almost always have a white faces and were probably intended to embody spirits of the deceased.

mask

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Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, ca. 900-1400 CE.  In the shape of a conch Shell, right side depicting a Reed Boat with Jaguar Head as a Prow and a Sea Lion playfully jumping over the Boat; left side depicting a Flying Fish of Large Proportion, maybe a Blue Marlin.
Mirror with Handle in the Form of a Hathor Emblem   Period: New Kingdom Dynasty: Dynasty 18 Reign: reign of Thutmose III Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Geography: Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Wadi D, Tomb 1. Met Museum.
Silver gilt plate depicting Sassanid king during hunting,circa 500-600 A.D.

varia

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Bowl with Grasshopper, c 1000-1150 Southwest, Mogollan, Mimbres, Pre-Contact Period, 11th-12th century | Cleveland Museum of Art
Bird with Human Head, possibly Hermes, c. 200s-300s Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan Period| Cleveland Museum of Art
A Chihuahua dog or pisote (coatimundi)? Mexican, Late Preclassic period, 200 B.C.–A.D. 300.

animals

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The obverse of a silver coin from Corinth (300-250 BCE) depicting the mythical winged-horse Pegasus. (British Museum, London).
Ancient chinese carved ivory
Bronze Horse, Greek Geometric Metal Art Sculpture, Bronze Sculpture, Museum Quality Art, Greek Art, Ancient Greece, Equine Decor http://www.pinterest.com/GreekMythos/greek-cycladic-sculpture/

horse

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Bowl with Grasshopper, c 1000-1150 Southwest, Mogollan, Mimbres, Pre-Contact Period, 11th-12th century | Cleveland Museum of Art American Indian Pottery, American Indian Art, Native American Art, Southwest Pottery, Southwest Art, Southwest Design, Cleveland Art, Cleveland Museum Of Art, Pottery Designs
Bowl with Grasshopper, c 1000-1150 Southwest, Mogollan, Mimbres, Pre-Contact Period, 11th-12th century | Cleveland Museum of Art
Bird with Human Head, possibly Hermes, c. 200s-300s Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan Period| Cleveland Museum of Art Alexandre Le Grand, Ancient Artefacts, Buddhist Symbols, Ancient Kingdom, Ancient People, Ancient Times, Antique Statue, Ancient Mythology, Human Head
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Bird with Human Head, possibly Hermes, c. 200s-300s Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan Period| Cleveland Museum of Art
A Chihuahua dog or pisote (coatimundi)? Mexican, Late Preclassic period, 200 B.C.–A.D. 300. Old Pottery, Ancient Pottery, Hand Built Pottery, Chinese Figurines, Symbolic Art, Animal Tails, Ceramics Pottery Art
Pisote or dog effigy
A Chihuahua dog or pisote (coatimundi)? Mexican, Late Preclassic period, 200 B.C.–A.D. 300.
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, ca. 900-1400 CE.  In the shape of a conch Shell, right side depicting a Reed Boat with Jaguar Head as a Prow and a Sea Lion playfully jumping over the Boat; left side depicting a Flying Fish of Large Proportion, maybe a Blue Marlin. Ancient Civilizations, Jaguar, Inca, Ancient Mexico, Colombian Art, Peruvian Art, Early Modern Period
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Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, ca. 900-1400 CE. In the shape of a conch Shell, right side depicting a Reed Boat with Jaguar Head as a Prow and a Sea Lion playfully jumping over the Boat; left side depicting a Flying Fish of Large Proportion, maybe a Blue Marlin.
Mirror with Handle in the Form of a Hathor Emblem   Period: New Kingdom Dynasty: Dynasty 18 Reign: reign of Thutmose III Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Geography: Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Wadi D, Tomb 1. Met Museum. Ancient Egyptian Artifacts, Historical Artifacts, Ancient History, Egyptian Jewelry, Ancient Jewelry, Statue Art, Kairo, Empire Romain, Ancient Artifacts
Mirror with Handle in the Form of a Hathor Emblem Period: New Kingdom Dynasty: Dynasty 18 Reign: reign of Thutmose III Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Geography: Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Wadi D, Tomb 1. Met Museum.
Silver gilt plate depicting Sassanid king during hunting,circa 500-600 A.D. Parthian Empire, Ancient Sumer, Objets Antiques, Cradle Of Civilization, Classical Period, Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Persian, Iranian Art
Silver gilt plate depicting Sassanid king during hunting,circa 500-600 A.D.
Iran, circa 1700-1799,  Safavid; Qajar Ceramic Vessel, Ceramic Clay, Ceramic Pottery, Ceramic Plates, Vases, Traditional Pottery, Antique Ceramics, Museum Collection
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Iran, circa 1700-1799, Safavid; Qajar
Tetradrachma of Athens 480-400BC Ancient Greek Art, Ancient Coins, Ancient Greece, Ancient Athens, Ancient Egypt, Greek History, European History
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Tetradrachma of Athens 480-400BC
Oil-lamp with winged phallus, from Pompeii Roman Artifacts, Ancient Cities, Ancient Pompeii, Pompeii And Herculaneum, Art Romain, Pompeii Italy
Oil-lamp with winged phallus, from Pompeii (Augustan age?) - Naples, Archaeological Museum
Oil-lamp with winged phallus, from Pompeii
Erotic Oil-Lamps, from Pompeii (79 AD) - Naples, Archaeological Museum ("Secret Room") - Lighting in Antiquity by * Karl * Roman City
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Erotic Oil-Lamps, from Pompeii (79 AD) - Naples, Archaeological Museum ("Secret Room") - Lighting in Antiquity by * Karl *
Etruscan, about 500-480 BC Made in ancient Etruria, in modern Italy Ancient Armor, Art Ancien, Armadura Medieval, Arms And Armour, Interesting History, Prehistory, Ancient Romans
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Etruscan, about 500-480 BC Made in ancient Etruria, in modern Italy
Etruscan Show Of Hands, Art Disney, Art Sculpture, Objet D'art, Hand Art, Art Plastique
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Etruscan
Artefact from the Cuerdale hoard of 8,600 Viking silver items buried about 905 and found in 1840 near Preston, Lancashire, England. Bbc History, British History, Antique Jewelry, Medieval Jewelry, Unusual Jewelry, Upcycled Jewelry
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Artefact from the Cuerdale hoard of 8,600 Viking silver items buried about 905 and found in 1840 near Preston, Lancashire, England.
King Tut's burial bed in the form of the Celestial Cow. The Cow represents the Goddess Hathor Mehet-Urt, whose horns are decorated with the solar disk. Interior Design History, History Design, Ancient Art, Egyptian Furniture, King Tut Tomb, Valley Of The Kings
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King Tut's burial bed in the form of the Celestial Cow. The Cow represents the Goddess Hathor Mehet-Urt, whose horns are decorated with the solar disk.