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I've seen many pottery or ceramic horses, and bronze horses, from ancient China, but not a wooden one. Quite striking, I thought.
"Affresco parietale con Ulisse e le Sirene, Rome.
Among the few preserved examples of 1st century B.C. wall paintings that decorated Roman houses and villas, these frescoes depicting scenes from the Odyssey represent a truly unique masterpiece. The frescoes were found during the excavation of a domus on the Esquiline.
The painting, dated to the end of the Republican period, was divided into a series of panels by architectural partitions.
The scene presents the famous story of Odysseus and the mermaids [sirens] in which the Greek hero had his companions tie him to the main mast of his ship to resist the enchanted song with which the mermaids [sirens] attracted sailors to wreck their ships.
The scene is set in a vast landscape that derives from known Hellenistic models of the second century B.C. The landscape has stylistic affinities with the frescoes from the House of Livia on the Palatine, dating to ca. 300 B.C.
Some contemporary frescoes of a lesser quality found in Roman towns in the area around Naples and Vesuvius compare with the painting on display."
Inv. 261833
The info comes from the museum, except that the painting has sirens, who are half bird, not mermaids, who are half fish.
Taken in the Palazzo Massimo Alle Terme, a National Museum of Rome.
Painted on old wood from my house built in 1886 from the rare red pine trees that use to be in this area in central Texas.
Solid bronze statue of a boy wearing loincloths and holding a torch. One foot standing on a pedestal base. Green patina. 100 BC (6 ½" x 2")
Heavy Shell Scepter of a Jaguar crouched atop a geometric pattern platform. Very bold and gorgeously sculpted from a large thick spondylus core. Perforation to nose. Most certain a status piece. Excellent weathering patterns overall. West Coastal region, Ecuador. 3000-1450 BC. Measures over 5" unmounted - 6 1/2" mounted. 4" wide and 1" thick. Choice condition.
This charming Etruscan terra-cotta head of a satyr dates from the 6th c BC. Etruria, the place-name that gives us the name of its inhabitants, is in the central Italian peninsula.
The area of Latium included the city of Rome, and it was also controlled by the Etruscans until the 509 BC revolt against the Etruscan ruler Tarquinius Superbus ('the Proud'). Or so Livy says.
This artifact is only a few inches high, and it's in glass, so I couldn't get too close to it. Accordingly, this is a rather grainy image since it's an expanded view. These photos were acquired at f/2.7 and at a higher ISO to collect enough photons in a dark museum. Given the low-light conditions, and that I didn't use a tripod, I think these came out pretty well.
Villa Boscoreale is an ancient Roman villa located in the town of Boscoreale, about one and a half kilometers north of Pompeii, southeast of Vesuvius, in Campania, southern Italy
Beautifully sculpted Trophy Head in volcanic stone. Strongly rendered head with prominent lower jaw. The coiffure carved in high ridges forming geometric patterns. Fine Condition. Atlantic Watershed Region, Costa Rica. 700-1000AD. Measures 4" long by 3 1/2" in height.
Writing the royal name inside a cartouche served to protect the bearer of the name from evil forces.
Psamtik I ruled during the 26th dynasty from 664 to 6610 BC. During his long reign, he expelled the Nubians, who had conquered Egypt, reunited the divided country and heralded Pharaonic Egypt into its last golden age.
Steatite
26th dynasty
Egypt of Glory exhibition, Amos Rex Art Museum, Helsinki
From the collection of Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy
9.10.2020-21.3.2021
Petroglyphs adorn a stone face near at the Puerco Pueblo ruins in Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.
These rock paintings were made over 2,000 years ago by the San People, an indigenous hunter-gatherer culture of southern Africa. The paintings depict hunting scenes and have a profound spiritual significance. Brandberg, Namibia, Africa.
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Oxford. Ashmolean Museum. Olpe àtic de figures negres. Àiax i Aquil·leu jugant mentre Atena s'ho mira. S. VI-V aC.
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Psamtik I ruled during the 26th dynasty from 664 to 6610 BC. During his long reign, he expelled the Nubians, who had conquered Egypt, reunited the divided country and heralded Pharaonic Egypt into its last golden age.
Faience
26th dynasty
Egypt of Glory exhibition, Amos Rex Art Museum, Helsinki
From the collection of Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy
9.10.2020-21.3.2021
Finely made Valdivian Ceremonial Stone Hacha. Symmetric and high polished green stone. Custom display stand. Measures 6.25" (16.87cm) tall. 7" (17.78cm) mounted. Choice condition. Ecuador 4400-1450 B.C.
During the Late Formative period, there developed a great interest and desire for green stones in general. They were exotic in most areas and would have been sought in exchange over long distances as it became widespread use in domestic and mortuary contexts. The dramatic growth in popularity of green stones also occurred at about the same time in Mesoamerica.
Double-sided Mithraic Relief, 2nd-3rd century. Rome. Louvre Museum, Paris.
The Iranian deity Mithra is introduced to Rome during the second half of the 1st century AD. He became one of the most popular religion among the Romans for about three hundred years.
The Mandapeshwar caves perhaps have the most tumultuous history of all the Mumbai caves, or so it would seem from the scars the walls still bear. A Hindu temple, it was targeted by the Portuguese, who asserted their religious beliefs over it by literally building a monastery and a church dedicated to Our Lady of Immaculate Conception on top of the cave temple. Fr. Porto founded the monastery and church in 1544.The Mandapeshwar caves were hewn out of a hillock about 1,600 years ago. At one time, the Dahisar river ran in front of it, but over time the course of the river changed and the caves now face a main road.In the 18th century the church was desecrated after the Battle of Bassein in which the Marathas defeated the Portuguese. They uncovered and worshipped the rock-cut sculptures again, but towards the end of the 18th century the British defeated the Marathas and the caves once again functioned as a place of Christian worship. After the end of colonial rule the church fell into disrepair and the caves gradually reverted to the worship of Siva. The church, including its roof, has been destroyed, but older local residents recall playing among the aisles and the nave of the church when they were children.A three-foot-high symbol of the cross, hewn out of a stone panel that once depicted mythical Hindu figures, stands at the entrance. It is the only remaining proof of Mandapeshwar’s historical past.
Macedonian. Silver Alexander the Great tetradrachm coin. Reverse with seated Zeus, legs straight. 336-323 BC (1")
71 years ago..... Canadian encased coins
Encased coins are coins that have been inserted into a holder that changes the character of the coin from money to an advertising or souvenir device. The concept was really popularized at the Pan American Exposition in 1901 and was used extensively throughout the 20th century for advertising. This coin was produced in 1949 for Charles Ogilvy Ltd. For much of the 20th century, Charles Ogilvy Ltd., known as “Ogilvy’s”, was a top department store. Famous for tartan boxes, this was the place to shop for “quality” goods of every description, and where staff spent a lifetime.
Legend
Outer: Jas. A. Ogilvy's Limited 83ieme Anniversaire
Inner: 1 cent 1949 Canada
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