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This magnificent statuette represents the majesty of Jupiter, the Roman equivalent of Zeus, ruler of the gods on Mount Olympus and lord of the sky.
He holds a sceptre and a thunderbolt, showing his control over gods and mortals, and his destructive power.
Note the red copper inlay on the lips.
The medallist Jules-Clément Chaplain, appears to have used the face of this statuette as the model for the portrait of Zeus on the winner's medal for the 1896 Olympic Games. See electrotype copy in Coins and Medals, M9252: www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_M-9252
Roman, 1st-2nd century CE, said to be from Hungary.
Height: 17.78 cm (7 in.)
Width: 110 mm (4.33 in.)
Weight: 1890 g (4 lbs, 2.67 oz.)
British Museum, London (1865,0103.36)
Petit Bacchus aperçu dans la même vitrine de celle du petit clown triste, chez un antiquaire de Stresa.
Je le conservais pour une occasion spéciale. Un intermédiaire de valeur pour souhaiter un très bon anniversaire à David, un petit clin d'oeil pour une année supplémentaire...
Ni Hao David et...Tchin tchin!!!! Au minimum avec une coupe de Champagne, mais du bon, bien entendu!!!
This is one of two statuettes that are either side of a letterbox. I must try and find the best time of day to photo them.
Connected to this photo I took in 2015:
www.flickr.com/photos/44506883@N04/21352824473/in/album-7...
Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites. :O)
Jumping into the Singapore river ! These life like action packed statues can be seen near the Fullerton Hotel at Clarke Quay , Singapore !
The god is shown holding a thunderbolt in his right hand. This figurine repeats a type of depiction of Zeus inherited from early Archaic times, but also especially popular in the 5th century BC.
Bronze statuette
470-460 BC..
Olympia, Archaeological Museum
The statuette of Ankhdjefa depicts its subject seated and wrapped in a long cloth. This pose resembles the sitting position of the scribes with their legs crossed and a papyrus roll in their arms. By adding a fabric that covered the body, the statues were quick to manufacture, yet pleasing to the eye.
Basalt
12th dynasty
The National Museum of Finland
Egypt of Glory exhibition, Amos Rex Art Museum, Helsinki
9.10.2020-21.3.2021
Sitting on something and wearing 1700s boy's dress up clothing - A knee length coat, a vest, breeches, leg coverings, a cravat and black shoes. It's a porcelain statuette. Someone didn't want it so they took it to Kent Recycle Center in Carmel, New York and it can be yours free!
This remarkable statuette is more than 5,000 years old and is one of only two such figures known to exist. While its original purpose and the identity of the subject have been obscured by time, the skill and precious materials used to create it suggest its importance. The figure's elaborate costume, with a headdress of curving horns and a feathered cloak, incorporates elements of animals sacred to the culture in which it originated. Of note are the extremely muscular glutes and legs (he's completely naked below the waist), and the curved shoes. He almost looks like a Scandinavian figure from centuries later, just missing his ski poles!
Proto-Elamite, Mesopotamia or ancient Iran, about 3000 BCE. Copper and shell or stone (for the eyes).
Art Institute of Chicago, anonymous loan (ARTIC 611.2010)
Designed by : Hojyo Takashi
Uncut White 90x180cm square Hanji(Korean paper)
Completed model size : 35cm
Time spent : 30 hours
A head from a statuette of a man.
5th dynasty, no provenance.
inv.5638
The Egyptian museum of Florence
The pathway from the lower to the upper lawns of the Italian Gardens are flanked by two classical cherubs. One strums a mandolin whilst the other joyously plays the tambourine. Cherubs or Putti were an Italian creation. Usually figures in a work of art or sculpture, they are depicted as a chubby male children, usually naked and sometimes winged. Originally limited to profane passions, over time they became symbols for things such as the music or arts. Many English young men were inspired by the treasures of Italy after having completed the Grand Tour in the Eighteenth Century. They brought their ideas back with them and used them to create their own Italian inspired gardens in England. The same could be said here at the Forest Glade Gardens in Mount Macedon.
The Forest Glade Gardens are well established European inspired landscaped gardens of six hectares that are to be found on the Mount Macedon Road in the hill station town of Mount Macedon.
The Forest Glade Gardens are just shy of one hundred years old. The gardens were originally two adjoining properties that comprised orchards and lush grazing paddocks. In 1941 local family the Newtons purchased and extended the property and set about creating one of Mount Macedon's most stunning gardens.
In 1971 the Forest Glade Gardens were acquired by Melbourne property developer Mr. Cyril Stokes who together with his partner Trevor Neil Bell, developed the gardens even further. Cyril was a great collector of European antiques, and his love of European antiquity is reflected in the gardens, particularly in the many classical marble and bronze statues dotted about the grounds.
Unfortunately the Forest Glade Gardens were partly destroyed by the tragic Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983. However, after many years of hard labour put in by Cyril and Trevor, The Forest Glade Gardens were reborn from the ashes. The gardens are built on a sloping block and consist of a range of terraces all of which offer wonderful vistas. A garden designed to give pleasure all year round, the Forest Glad Gardens contain several heritage listed trees and are made up of smaller themed gardens including; the Italian Garden, the Japanese Garden, the Daffodil Meadow, the Peony Walk, Hydrangea Hill, the Topiary Gardens, the Bluebell Meadow, the Fern Gully and the Laburnum Arch.
In 2011 the property was gifted to a registered charity - The Stokes Collection Limited - with the intention of keeping the Forest Glade Gardens maintained and open to the public.
I spent a delightful Saturday with the Famous Flickr Five+ Group in Mount Macedon, where I have never been before. Now I have, I would very much like to go back to such a picturesque place again.
The Mount Macedon township is located east of the Mount Macedon summit, which is approximately 60 km north-west of Melbourne.
The name of Mount Macedon is apparently derived from Philip II, who ruled Macedon between 359 and 336BC. The mountain was named by Thomas Mitchell, the New South Wales Surveyor General.
Settled in the 1850s by gold miners and timber cutters, the railway arrived at the Mount Macedon township in 1861, providing a vital connection to Melbourne, and sealing the town's future as a 'hill station' resort for wealthy Melburnians escaping the summer heat in the 1870s. With the land deforested, large blocks were sold and beautiful and extensive gardens were planted around the newly built homes. The rich soil and good rainfall also made the area suitable for large orchards and plant nurseries who could send fruit and flowers back to Melbourne. Newspaper owner, David Syme, built a house, "Rosenheim" in 1869. It was acquired in 1886 for Victorian Governors to use as a country retreat, making Mount Macedon an attractive destination for the well heeled of Melbourne society. A primary school was built in Mount Macedon in 1874, and as the decades progressed, hotels, guest houses, shops, a Presbyterian Church and Church of England were built. In 1983, Mount Macedon was devastated by the Ash Wednesday Bush Fires. A large portion of the town was raised, and a number of lives were lost. However, like a phoenix from the ashes, Mount Macedon has risen and rebuilt. Today it is still a popular holiday destination, particularly during spring time when the well established gardens flourish with flowers and in autumn when the exotic trees explode in a riot of reds and yellows.
Diana, the Roman goddess of the hunt (Artemis to the Greeks), stands with her weight on one leg and reaches back over her head with one hand, while extending the other in front of her. The goddess wears a short chiton and boots, an outfit suitable for her active lifestyle, and her hair is pulled back in a tight bun. Although her clothing is relatively simple, it is shown in great detail. For example, the oval pin on her shoulder and the double braid ornament around the neckline of her chiton are carefully delineated. Diana's boots are especially ornate. The boots are open-toed, lace up the front, and are covered in vines. They are also lined with animal skins, whose head and paws stick out from the top of the boots. Scholars disagree over the original appearance of this statuette, since the attributes that the goddess originally held are missing. Some believe that Diana would have had a bow in her lowered left hand, and her right hand was reaching back for an arrow in her quiver. Another theory is that the goddess held a mirror and was stretching to adjust her hair.
Roman, 1st century BCE.
Getty Villa Museum, Pacific Palisades, California (57.AB.15)
Yungang Grottoes - Datong
The Yungang Grottoes, (Wuzhoushan Grottoes in ancient time) are ancient Chinese Buddhist temple grottoes near the city of Datong in the province of Shanxi. They are excellent examples of rock-cut architecture and one of the three most famous ancient Buddhist sculptural sites of China. The others are Longmen and Mogao.
The site is located about 16 km west of the city of Datong, in the valley of the Shi Li river at the base of the Wuzhou Shan mountains. They are an outstanding example of the Chinese stone carvings from the 5th and 6th centuries. All together, the site is composed of 252 grottoes with more than 51,000 Buddha statues and statuettes.
In 2001, the Yungang Grottoes were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Yungang Grottoes are considered by UNESCO to be a "masterpiece of early Chinese Buddhist cave art... [and] ...represent the successful fusion of Buddhist religious symbolic art from south and central Asia with Chinese cultural traditions, starting in the 5th century CE under Imperial auspices." It is classified as a AAAAA scenic area by the China National Tourism Administration.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yungang_Grottoes
Datong Yungang Grottoes
The three main sites in China that are famous for their stone sculpture are Gansu Province Dunhuang, Luoyang Longmen and Datong Yungang. Among these, the Yungang grottoes are considered the first among equals, for their tremendous size, their ancient history and their relatively complete state of presenvation. In 1961, the State Council of China declared this a National Key Cultural Relics Protected Unit and in 2001 the stie was listed as a World Cultual Heritage Site.
With their 252 caves and 51,000 status, the Yungang cave art represent the successful fusion of Buddhist religious symbolic art from south and central Asian with Chinese cultural traditions, starting in the 5th century CE under Imperial auspices. The power and endurance of Buddhist belief in China are vividly illustrated by the Yungang gottoes.
The caves can be divided into 3 phases: cave 20 is one of the five earliest caves of monk Tan Yao, house of the sitting statue of Sakyamuni, which is 13.7 meters high, with a full and round face, majestic smile, slim up and a high nose, ears that extend almost to the shoulders, radiant eyes, and broad shoulders. It is the representative of the Buddha sculptures of the Yungang Grottoes.
www.tour-beijing.com/datong_attractions/datong_yungang_gr...
Read also:
unesco.nl/erfgoed/yungang-grotten#zoom=2&lat=27.13505...
My visit in 2006:
www.flickr.com/photos/rietje/126752150/in/album-720575941...
Nain accroupi (?)
Culture olmèque, Mexique
vers 900-600 av. J.-C.
Pierre (serpentine ?)
Collection Al Thani
Hôtel de la Marine, Paris
Crées sur quatre continents et couvrant une période de plus de 5 000 ans, les objets de la collection Al Thani ont en commun la sensibilité du travail de l’artiste, l’utilisation précise de matériaux rigoureusement sélectionnés et leur fort rôle symbolique. Ensemble, ces œuvres d’art qui se distinguent par leurs origines et leurs formes ouvrent une fenêtre sur les valeurs et les croyances des grandes civilisations.... Extrait du site de l'exposition de la collection Al Thani, Hôtel de la Marine, Paris
www.hotel-de-la-marine.paris/La-visite/La-Collection-Al-T...
This statuette series is bdsm themed and based on the characters in Tolstoj's novel Anna Karenina,
each made with painstakingly details, yet they are low LI, they are sold separately and in Fatpack, the wooden castle shelf holds them all 6 and makes a beautiful collection for any home. They come in small and life size and are modify and copy, so you can use them in bdsm venues as full statues.
Fapple at it's best!
Köln (Germany) '24
Römisch-Germanische Museum im Belgischen Haus
Comelle-sous-Beuvray, 2nd-3rd Century AD
Statuette of Harpocrates is a hollow cast bronze statue with silver inlays of the god Harpocrates, dated to 50 BC. It was created during the Greco-Roman Period in the late Ptolemaic Dynasty of Greece. Its height is 27 cm (10 5/8 in.) and its width is 10.2 cm (4 in.). The sculpture was generously gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art by the J. H. Wade Fund and is on view in Gallery 102C. It can be accessed with the code 1972.6. This image is in the public domain.