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Ancient Sculptures and Puppetry

A collection featuring ancient sculptures, including Venus figures and intricate shadow puppets, showcasing cultural artistry in stone and ivory.

Dragon from Set of Zodiac Figures, 386-535, Earthenware with white slip and traces of pigment, China, 4th-6th century
Dragon from Set of Zodiac Figures, 386-535, Earthenware with white slip and traces of pigment, China, 4th-6th century
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Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Ferrara Museo Civico di Schifanoia03. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 General Notes: INCOMPLETE RECORD--NEGATIVES PROCESSED, PRINTS FILED German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Inlay for a Mirror or Box: Lady on a Bird, c. 900-1000. China, Tang dynasty (618-907) - Song dynasty (960-1279). Beaten silver with chased details; overall: 5.3 x 8.4 cm (2 1/16 x 3 5/16 in.). The p'ing-t'o technique of inlaying gold and silver foil on lacquer produced luxurious articles of elegance and fragility. These stray silver inlays were originally mounted on a mirror back or a cosmetic box whose lacquered surface has disintegrated. They combine auspicious symbols of Indian and Chinese origin--human-headed birds whose melodies filled the Buddhist paradise, and bird-riding deities who inhabited the skies of Taoist mythology. Like these imaginary beings, the lions were probably paired in a radial design; at least one has been lost.
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Pair of Malabars, anonymous, 1748 - 1749 Figure of painted porcelain. The image presents a figure known as a 'malabar'. The image has a partly gilded around pedestal in Rococo style and is mounted on a gilded bronze pedestal. The man plays on a guitar and wears a brown box on a cord on his back. The image is marked. Originally the figure stood on a gilded bronze pedestal. Parisporcelain Company: Meissenmeissen porcelain. bronze (metal) gilding Figure of painted porcelain. The image presents a figure known as a 'malabar'. The image has a partly gilded around pedestal in Rococo style and is mounted on a gilded bronze pedestal. The man plays on a guitar and wears a brown box on a cord on his back. The image is marked. Originally the figure stood on a gilded bronze pedestal. Parisporcelain Company: Meissenmeissen porcelain. bronze (metal) gilding
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Japanese okimono representing legendary Chinese general Kanyu. Made from Ivory. Kanyu lived between 160-219 AD and was a general during the Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history. Stories of Kanyu (AKA Gaun Yu) are told in the 14th century novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Was instrumental in helping Liu Bei to become the first emperor of the Kingdom of Shu. The artefact is highly detailed, and shows the artist had a great degree of skill.
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ESCULTURA DE ARCILLA. Author: ANTONIO BALLESTER BALLESTER.
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Viatoration; Wawrzeniecki, Marian (1863-1943); 1909/1910 (1909-00-00-1910-00-00);Young Poland (Styl), Partage Plus, Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts (Warsaw - 1860-1940) - collection
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Bust of Diego; Buste de Diego. Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966). Bronze with dark brown patina. Cast in 1954. 39.5cm high.
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Artemis. 6th c. - 5th c. BC. Archaic Greek art. Sculpture on marble. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Archaeological Museum.
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Plate from The Fruit Service Faces by Pablo Picasso, painted ceramic, 1881-1973, The Fruit Service Faces
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Shadow Puppet Head, 20th century, 5 in. (12.7 cm), China, 20th century
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Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Count Portrait of Count Charles-François-Malo de Lameth (1752-1832), deputy. Polychrome terracotta, stamping, 1832. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 54222-16 Bust, French count, deputy, stamping, politician, polychrome, terracotta, view face
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Silver Centre-Piece in Repousse Work. Froment Meurice., Anonymous, 1851.
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Madrid, Armería. Escultura de caballo con figura de armadura montada.
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Theatrical Masks and Ram Vessel for Offering A.D. 2nd century Roman Period These three pieces are said to have been part of a find of numerous faience objects at Arsinoe, capital of the Fayum region.The masks are too small and brittle to have served as actual theater masks. They refer to the god Dionysus, patron of the theater and god of rebirth; in Egypt he was equated with Osiris. Terracotta theater masks are found in burials and sanctuaries in Greece, in sanctuaries and as garden decorations in Italy. In Egypt, they are known only from burials, as offerings to Osiris/Dionysus. Terracotta masks from Antinoopolis in Middle Egypt probably originate in tombs, and a terracotta theater mask was found in a Roman Period chapel over a burial at Hawara. The charming ram in the second view, with its almost prehensile muzzle, feeds from a lotus-form trough. The traditional Egyptian gods Amun or Khnum were identified with curly-horned rams, but by this time several other divinities were as well.
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Shadow Puppet (Wayang Kulit) of Ourmagati, from the set KyaiDrajat
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Shadow Puppet (Wayang Kulit) of Kencakarupa or Kencokompo, from the set KyaiNugroho. Maker: Ki Kertiwanda Maker: Ki Bekel Prawirasucitra
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Paper idols of Mexico. Part of a series of paper idols that depict a range of icons from the devil to aspects of nature. From Mexico.
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Kunst Bildende Kunst Arte Bienale Tourismus Reisen Italien Venedig 28.05.2024 Venedig Venezia Italien 60. Bienale arte 2024 60. Bieanale di Venecia Kurator Adriano Pedrosa BRA Motto Fremde überall Giardini Pavillion USA Jeffrey Gibson idigener Künstler Perlenbesetze Vogelskulturen Gemälde und Wandmalereien historische Freiheitslogans Foto Eberhard Thonfeld Venedig Venetien Italien *** Art Fine Arts Arte Bienale Tourism Travel Italy Venice 28 05 2024 Venice Venezia Italy 60 Bienale arte 2024 60 Bieanale di Venecia Curator Adriano Pedrosa BRA Motto Strangers everywhere Giardini Pavilion USA Jeffrey Gibson idigenous artist beadwork bird cultures paintings and murals historical freedom slogans photo Eberhard Thonfeld Venice Venic
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Mantle ("The Paracas Textile") Nasca. Mantle ("The Paracas Textile"), 100-300 C.E. Cotton, camelid fiber, 24 5/8 × 58 11/16 in. (62.5 × 149 cm). This extraordinarily complex mantle, or cloak, is one of the most renowned Andean textiles in the world. It was most likely used as a ceremonial object. The ninety figures decorating the border, created by needle knitting, have been interpreted as a microcosm of life on Perus South Coast two thousand years ago, with a particular focus on agriculture. Many of the images illustrate native flora and fauna as well as cultivated plants. Costumed figures may represent humans impersonating gods and acting as intermediaries between the real and supernatural worlds. Severed human trophy heads are shown as germinating seeds, suggesting the practice of ritual sacrifice and the interconnected cycles of birth and death. Este extraordinariamente complejo manto, o capa, es uno de los textiles andinos más conocidos en el mundo. Fue usado probablemente como
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ancient totem stone and brown
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Clock Gustav Becker
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Singer for the Monkey Band. Meissen Porcelain Manufactory; German, founded 1710; After a model of Kändler or Reinicke. Date: 1760-1770. Dimensions: H. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm). Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding. Origin: Meissen. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
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statuette of a Ram in a Thicket. inlaid wood, silver, shell, limestone, lapis lazuli and gold. Early Dynastic III. Ur. Found at the Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq. dated to 2600BC
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Three-legged figure, Sicily, Italy, Europe
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Shadow Puppet Head, 20th century, 5 in. (12.7 cm), China, 20th century
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Shadow Puppet Head, 20th century, 5 in. (12.7 cm), China, 20th century
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Shadow Puppet (Wayang Kulit) of Putaksi, from the set KyaiDrajat
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USA, Tennessee, Chattanooga, Cherokee stickball figures at Ross's Landing
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Vietnam, Thua Thien Hue Province, Hue City, listed at World Heritage site by Unesco, Forbidden City or Purple City in the Heart of Imperial City, Asia
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Statue of the Vizier Iuy ca. 1700 B.C. Second Intermediate Period Wooden statues were common in ancient Egypt but preserved less often than their counterparts in stone. This figure is a spectacular example of a statue of a wealthy official, whose robust frame and long, elaborate garment (note the fringe carved at the top of the dress across his back) identify his successful career. The name of the owner is not preserved, but the statue was found close to a tomb that contained coffin fragments inscribed for the mayor and vizier Yuy. A small limestone figure wearing the same kind of kilt (23.3.38) was found together with this piece, as were two "Tell el-Jahudiyeh" vessels (23.3.39 and 23.3.40).. Statue of the Vizier Iuy. ca. 1700 B.C.. Wood. Second Intermediate Period. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Iuy (MMA 61), On surface near tomb, MMA excavations, 1922-23. Late Dynasty 13-early Dynasty 17
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Shadow Puppet (Wayang Kulit) of PanasHati
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Trakehner statue in the front garden of the Ostheim in Bad Pyrmont Trakehner statue in the front garden of the Ostheim in Bad Pyrmont
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Macau, guardian at Lou Lim Ieoc Gardens
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Sculpture Zochoten, Heavenly King of the South Part of the World, trampIIng a demon unknown
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Baroque ornate tin sarcophagus of Burchard Mueller v. der Luehne, commander of Greifswald, buried in 1671, Greifswald Cathedral, Domstrasse street Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe
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Shadow Puppet (Wayang Kulit) ofWaras. Maker: Ki Enthus Susmono, Indonesian, 1966-2018
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Emilia-Romagna Bologna Bologna Museo Civico Archeologico Sale III, IV, V53. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Specific Location: Sale III, IV, V (Egyptian antiquities) Owner: Museo Civico Archeologico Antiquities: III: basalt sculptural fragments; reliefs from the tomb of Horemheb; funerary stele; dynasties XVIII, XIX, XX, Ptolomeic dynasty reliefs, generally in limestone. IV: XVIII, XIX dynasty sculptures in granite, limestone, sarcophagi, statuette in basalt, statuette in wood, statuettes in bronze, statuette faience, mummy mask: V: basalt sculptures of Horus, Sekhmet, limestone stele (Antiq. count: 202); Republican portrait sculpture, Republican cippi with portrait bust, cippus with portraits (single and group), cippi with inscriptions from all periods, architectural fragments, basin with inscription, torso fragment of cuirassed figure of the 1st century AD (Nero) (Antiq. count: 185); disk lamps from the late republic to 6th century, with erotes, animals, erotica, mythological scenes, menorah,
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children of the god Horus, late period of Egypt, XXVI dynasty, 664-525 a. C. polychrome loam, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, ("Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian"), Lisbon, Portugal.
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Carretta. Alexander Calder; American, 1898-1976. Date: 1955. Dimensions: 191.7 x 40.6 x 106.7 cm (75 1/2 x 16 x 42 in.). Steel and paint. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Mantle ("The Paracas Textile") Nasca. Mantle ("The Paracas Textile"), 100-300 C.E. Cotton, camelid fiber, 24 5/8 × 58 11/16 in. (62.5 × 149 cm). This extraordinarily complex mantle, or cloak, is one of the most renowned Andean textiles in the world. It was most likely used as a ceremonial object. The ninety figures decorating the border, created by needle knitting, have been interpreted as a microcosm of life on Perus South Coast two thousand years ago, with a particular focus on agriculture. Many of the images illustrate native flora and fauna as well as cultivated plants. Costumed figures may represent humans impersonating gods and acting as intermediaries between the real and supernatural worlds. Severed human trophy heads are shown as germinating seeds, suggesting the practice of ritual sacrifice and the interconnected cycles of birth and death. Este extraordinariamente complejo manto, o capa, es uno de los textiles andinos más conocidos en el mundo. Fue usado probablemente como
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Ceramic original for a bronze drinking fountain by Kate Malone born 1959. The artist glazed her enormous coil pot, as much sculpture as pottery, with complex layers of colour evoking the deep-sea images. The final work was cast in bronze from the clay original.
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The Dancing Couple by Pablo Picasso, painted ceramic, 1881-1973
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01/17/2014 Madrid. Red and yellow Republican flag in the Congress of Deputies. photo, Isabel Permuy ARCHDC.
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Puppet from India, Puppet Theatre, Museo internazionale delle marionette Antonio Pasqualino, Unesco Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, Palermo, Sicily, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe
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Alabaster perfume vase from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, 14th century BC. Artist: Unknown
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Anonymous after Johann-Joachim Kaendler. "Character of the Italian Comedy", around 1735-1756. German porcelain from Meissen. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Germany, German, Italian Comedy, Commedien, Meissen Manufacture, Porcelain
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Sculpture on the Jahreszeitenplatz Untere Hauptallee Bad Pyrmont
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Italy, Campania, Pompei, fresco of Vettii's house
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BELEN CON FIGURAS DE BARRO DE ALFAR. Author: ORTEGA R. Location: MUSEE D'ARTS DECORATIFS. MADRID. SPANIEN.
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Close-up of a Bacchus mask, Italy
2005-1927
Ice sculpture lit up at night, Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
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Male wooden sculpture in front of an aluminium office facade in Erlangen, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
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Cup with historical figures mid-9th century China. Cup with historical figures. China. mid-9th century. Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels (Jingdezhen ware). Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Daoguang period (1821-50). Ceramics
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Still-Life, Soviet porcelain, The Snow Maiden protagonist of the story by A.N. Ostrovskij. Author G.B. Velikhova, 1956. Lemonosov factory. Lel personage of the story bty A.N. Ostrovskij, Author G.B. Velikhova, 1956. Lemonosov factory.
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Rare and Exceptionally Large and Important Chelsea Group of the Red Anchor Period, C1752. (1923) Artist: Unknown
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Violinist for the Monkey Band. Meissen Porcelain Manufactory; German, founded 1710; After a model of Kändler or Reinicke. Date: 1760-1770. Dimensions: H. 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm). Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding. Origin: Meissen. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
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painting of old royal car pattern, india Copyright: xBhagwandasxRupani/DinodiaxPhotox
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Relief fresco with bull's head, west bastion of the northern entrance passage of Knossos, 1600-1450 BC, Archaeological Museum with most important finds of the Minoan culture, Heraklion, Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Europe
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Jurôjin statuette, God of longevity. Ceramic. Japan, 19th century. Paris, Cernuschi museum. 59521-16 Asian art, ceramic, longevite god, jurojin, statuette, 19th century
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Barcelona, Sagrada Famlia by Gaudi, Tower, Pinacles
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COMPANIA DE ZARZUELA JOSE TAMAYO (LA GRAN VIA-LA MENEGILDA). Author: FEDERICO CHUECA Y ROBRES (1846-1908).
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Coconut-fibre mask from the Torres Straits islands. Artist: Unknown
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Detail of Wari oversized tumbler, Museo Nacional de Arqueologia, Anathropologia e Historia Del Peru, Lima, Empires of the Sun, Peru, Wari, Huari, National Museum of Peru
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Medallion with the Face of Christ. Culture: Polish. Dimensions: Overall: 3 1/4 x 1 5/16 in. (8.2 x 3.3 cm). Date: ca. 1380-1400.Carved from amber, a honey-colored fossilized pine resin, this luminous image seems to echo medieval prayers that praise the Face of Jesus, shining with "the semblance of divine splendor." Europe's amber trade was controlled by the Teutonic Knights, whose castles dominated the Baltic coast. Amber carvers made rosary beads and, occasionally, for princely patrons, statuettes of saints or holy images like this one, framed in silver or ivory. Only two other examples survive, both with silver frames. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Fireman's parade leather coat (kawabaori) with Hon family crest, 19th century, Unknown Japanese, 43 × 52 1/4 in. (109.22 × 132.72 cm), Cloth: deerskin; smoked resist, Japan, 19th century
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ANDRES DEL VAL CON BOTIJO DE TRAMPA-ARTE POPULAR S XX. Author: ANDRES DEL VAL (ALFARERO). Location: ALFARERIA. Ocaña. Toledo. SPAIN.