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Ancient Figurines and Statues

A collection of ancient figurines and statues from different cultures, showcasing figures like a harpist, Anubis, and tomb attendants, highlighting historical artistry.

Mayan ceramic figure playing with a ball, From Jaina, Campeche, Mexico 600-900AD
Mayan ceramic figure playing with a ball, From Jaina, Campeche, Mexico 600-900AD
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Greeks and Lydians. 400-325 BC. Metalwork showing the influence of Persian art. 4th century BC. Turkey. British Museum. London.
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Face of Adolescent; Visage d'Adolescente. Julio Gonzalez (1876-1942). Cuivre repousse. Conceived and cast circa 1928-1929. 21cm high.
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Artist's Sketches of Senenmut, sketch of small rodent on opposite sie ca. 1479-1458 B.C. New Kingdom Ostraca are chips of limestone or fragments of pottery that were used as writing surfaces by ancient Egyptian scribes, or as sketch pads by artists. Despite the lack of any identifying text, the double profile on this ostracon can easily be identified as Senenmut, one of Hatshepsut's well-known courtiers. The profiles are similar to the representation of Senenmut on another ostracon in the Museum's collection (36.3.252) and to a drawing on a wall in his tomb (fig. 1). On the back of this ostracon is a sketch that depicts a small rodent. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #3385. Artist's Sketches of Senenmut Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as soon as possible.. Artist's Sketches of Senenmut, sketch of small rodent on opposite sie 5
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Egyptian Art. Berlin Green Head (c. 350 BC). Slate. End of 30th Dynasty. Late Period. Altes Museum. Berlin. Germany.
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Cambodia, Siem Reap. Shinta Mani Angkor-Bensley Collection Hotel, elephant frieze.
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Egyptian statuette of Min-Amun. steatite. Roman Period (1st-2nd centuries AD). Syncretism IS a fundamental procedure in the Egyptian pantheon. Through the merger of different deities, the Egyptians sought to enhance or underscore some facet of the gods personalities
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Fountain mouth, 16th century, Evora Museum, Evora, Alentejo, Portugal, Europe.
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ARTE AFRICANO. SIGLO XIX. CAMERUN. TRONO DE MADERA decorado con cuentas de vidrio y conchas. Tribus Bamileke. Bansoa (Camerún). Museo de Arte Nelson-Atkins (The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art). Kansas City. Estado de Missouri. Estados Unidos.
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Hans ARP, Hans Arp, Noeud de Meudon, 1958, limestone, Casa Milà-La Pedrera, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands. June 10, 2024. A mold of the famous sculpture of Zadkine knows as the destryed city. Amsterdam, Netherlands. June 10, 2024. A mold of the famous sculpture of Zadkine knows as the destryed city. High quality photo Copyright: xZoonar.com/BertxDexBoerx 21818839
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Wooden sculpture titled 'Petite Lucarne' by Étienne Martin (1913-1995) French non-figurative sculptor. Dated 1990
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Figure Vessel. Culture: Huastec. Dimensions: H. 13 1/2 x W. 10 x D. 7 1/2 in. (34.3 x 25.4 x 19.1 cm). Date: 16th century ().This vessel depicts a nude, pear-shaped male figure in a squatting position with both hands raised to either side of his large head. His fingers, indicated by incisions and paint, touch to form an "O" and each palm is pierced with a small hole. Covered with a base layer of yellow-buff slip, his corpulent, almost infantile body is decorated with an array of dark maroon lines, circles, and scalloped motifs representing body paint or tattoos. Like an animal seated on its haunches, the figure's stout thighs and paw-like feet are drawn close to his flanks, framing his round belly and modeled genitalia.Viewed from the front, the vessel's curved face obscures much of the open neck and short, shoulder-mounted spout of the jug. As the viewer approaches, however, the back edge of the central void gradually appears to fill the holes of his slackened mouth and hollow orbits,
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Ceramic vessel, erotic art Moche culture 100 AC-800 AC Perú.
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Study Models of Parts of the Body. This group of small models of parts of the body are carefully copied after famous sculptures, in particular by Michelangelo, in Florence and Rome. They came from the workshop of the Nijmegen sculptor Johan Gregor van der Schardt, who had a successful career in Italy, Nuremberg, and Copenhagen. They are extremely rare examples of the, in part autograph, study material of a 16th-century sculptor.
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MASCARA QUE REPRESENTA UN ROSTRO HUMANO DE NUTKA - EXPEDICION DE MALASPINA - 1791. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPANIEN.
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Asia, Jordan, Amman. Archaelogical museum, head of a nymph (Editorial Usage Only)
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Saint James the Pilgrim. First quarter of 17th century. Spanish School. Walnut wood in natural colour. Museum of Pilgrimage and Santiago. Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
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Holger Danske Statue, Kronborg Slot, Helsingoer, Capital Region, Denmark
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Cambodia, Phnom Penh. National Museum of Cambodia interior, Angkor-era sculpture.
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painted limestone figure, Sixth Dynasty of ancient Egypt; the Old Kingdom of Dynastic Egypt.
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Marble head of a baby. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: 3 7/8 × 2 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (9.8 × 7 × 9.5 cm). Date: 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D..Portraits of small children are not uncommon in Greek and Roman art. Here, however, the subject is not a small child, but, rather, an infant. The full cheeks and the still scarcely articulated chin and jowl indicate that the baby can be only a few months old. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Mesoamerica. Precolombian. Seated figure. Nayarit, Mexico. 100 BC-300 AD. Poterry. Museum of Cutures of the World. Barcelona. Spain.
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Reconstruction of a Cog-wheels Lantern Mechanism based upon a drawing by Leonardo Da Vinci; Codex Atlanticus - folio 4 v. This mechanism, already widely used in Leonardo's time, shows us how passionate he was about the friction, performance and wear of cog-wheels for transferring circular motion from one plane to another. The Cog-wheels Lantern Mechanism meant that a motion in a vertical plane could be changed into a motion in a horizontal one..
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Elderly Man Flanked by Egyptian Gods. Dimensions: H. 38 cm. (14 15/16 in.); W. 22.4 cm (8 13/16 in.). Date: ca. A.D. 250.This old man is painted in tempera on a fairly thick wooden panel. Drawn in black ink above his left shoulder is the falcon god Horus before a horned altar. Above his right shoulder is a ram wearing the composite atef crown. The ram represents a deity of the underworld (either the ba, or soul, of the sun god Re by night or the god Khnum) and is juxtaposed with Horus, a sky god. Tempera portraits are matte and lack the relief effect created by encaustic paints. The tempera technique has long roots in Egyptian tradition. Because the medium does not cover well, wood panels were usually covered first with white gesso to enhance the colors. Because colors dry quickly and do not blend as encaustic does, tones were achieved by overpainting thin layers of color. Judging from its thickness and the five holes, this panel was tied onto a mummy or coffin rather than inserted w
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ESCULTURA EN BRONCE. Author: REMIGIO MENDIBURU (1931-1990). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Statuen der Brüder Kleobis und Biton Archaische Statuen der Brüder Kleobis und Bitoni im Archäologischen Museum von Delphi, Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO in Delphi, Griechenland Statues of the archaic Greek Kouros brothers Kleobis and Biton at Delphi Archaeological Museum, UNESCO World Heritage Site in Delphi, Greece *** Statues of the brothers Kleobis and Biton Archaic statues of the brothers Kleobis and Bitoni at Delphi Archaeological Museum, UNESCO World Heritage Site in Delphi, Greece Statues of the archaic Greek Kouros brothers Kleobis and Biton at Delphi Archaeological Museum, UNESCO World Heritage Site in Delphi, Greece
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GUERRERO PERSA MUERTO EN GUERRA CONTRA GRECIA. Location: MUSEO SAN MARTINO. NEAPEL. ITALIA.
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Frescos depicting the Book of Amduat, The journey of the solar boat, on burial chambers north wall
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BARCA FUNERARIA - PROCEDENTE DE GEBEL EIN - XII DINASTIA - IMPERIO MEDIO. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPANIEN.
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Seated female ca. 5600-5000 B.C. Halaf Distinctive clay female figures like this one were produced at sites belonging to the Halaf culture. This example displays a strong stylization with an emphasis on the sexual features. She sits with her large thighs extended, supporting her breasts with her arms; neither hands nor feet are shown. Her head is missing; in other figures of this type when the head is intact, it is elongated into a large noselike projection but otherwise is featureless. Remains of paint may represent jewelry. The meaning of such representations is unknown but may be connected with fertility. The stylized depiction of the nude female form remained an artistic convention in northern Syria, Anatolia, and the Aegean for several millennia.. Seated female. Halaf. ca. 5600-5000 B.C.. Ceramic, paint. Halaf. Mesopotamia or Syria
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Venus of Willendorf, female limestone figurine, Gravetian Upper Paleolithic, Museo de la evolución humana, MEH, Burgos , Spain.
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Germany, Munich, Sculptures in art foundry
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Jim the Boxer. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 51 x 38.2 cm (20 1/16 x 15 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 21" high. Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George File.
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Wooden Royal Statue from Cameroon, Republic of Cameroon, Africa. Dated 19th Century
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OCT 24, 2019 Bangkok, Thailand - Horse and soldier figures from Qin Shi Huang tomb mausoleum Terracotta Army museum in Xian, China was exhibited in Bangkok at National museum
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Salvador Dali museum
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England, London, The Wellcome Collection, Exhibit of Historical Paper-mache Japanese Acupuncture Figure
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Lamb second half 18th century Italian, Naples In 1964, Loretta Hines Howard generously presented to the Museum over 140 Neapolitan crèche figures, dating from the second half of the eighteenth century. The varied assortment includes figures from the three traditional scenes of a complete Neapolitan presepio: the Nativity, with angels, shepherds, and sheep; the procession of the three Magi, with their colorful retinue of attendants; and the varied and gay crowd of country and town people thronging the tavern, or inn, of Bethlehem the diversorium mentioned by St. Luke, where on the Holy Night there was no place for Mary and Joseph. Averaging between twelve and fifteen inches in height, according to the position they were to take in perspective in the stage set, the figures are pliable and can be given poses at will, according to their facial expressions. Their bodies are made of tow and wire, their arms and legs are finely carved of wood, and their heads and shoulders are modeled of te
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United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Expo 2020. The French pavilion. By-products, the Mona Lisa
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