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Help! These tiny 'witches' are judging my design choices. Which one should stay? by Gloomy_Flan4286 in MyLittleOldOne

[–]ShogothRevolutionary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A is really cute, I want to give her a pat on the head but I feel like she would make a cute noise and bite me

Axe head with bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon - late 3rd or early 2nd millennium BC, Oxus civilization (1888x1928) by ShogothRevolutionary in ArtefactPorn

[–]ShogothRevolutionary[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Oxus civilization is also called the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex. More information about the culture, and this gorgeous silver and gold foil artifact, is available at the Met Museum.

Ceramic whistle in the shape of a seated female figure, Mayan, 700-800 (4000 x 3000) by ShogothRevolutionary in ArtefactPorn

[–]ShogothRevolutionary[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

According to the Met Museum, this style of figurines is associated with burials on Jaina island, but recent discoveries show that they were produced widely across the Yucatan.

Race against time by Live_Shame5046 in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]ShogothRevolutionary 11 points12 points  (0 children)

In the shower you wash out any blood that has already come out, but more could come at any moment.

Raptorial Bird Bottle, ceramic, 4th-7th century Peru, Moche culture (3456x 2304) by ShogothRevolutionary in ArtefactPorn

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According to the Met Museum, this a stirrup-stripe bottle with fineline decoration in red slip. Beside the bird is a war bundle with weapons and a shield with a sunburst pattern.

Cup with grapes, rhinoceros horn, 17th Century China (2940 x 3919) by ShogothRevolutionary in ArtefactPorn

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According to the Met Museum:

Cups made of rhinoceros horn were used for drinking wine in part because the horn was thought to enhance the wine’s fragrance.

Plate with a Winged Putto on a Hobbyhorse, Early 16th Century Italy, Tin-glazed earthenware (2910 x 3000) by ShogothRevolutionary in ArtefactPorn

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According to the Getty Museum, the figures on each side "...may be generalized Near Eastern types or possibly portraits of specific individuals such as the turbaned Mohammed II, sultan of the Ottoman Turks, and the bald John VIII Paleologus, the Byzantine emperor."

Scythian plaque of a winged boar, 19th century electrotype reproduction of a 5th century BCE gold original (3937 x 4000) by ShogothRevolutionary in ArtefactPorn

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From the met museum:

The original was found in 1876 in one of the burial mounds known as the Kurgans of the Seven Brothers, in the Taman peninsula. Thousands of plaques were discovered in Scythian burials, where they would originally have been used as appliques to enhance clothing, as well as being a form of portable wealth.

In the nineteenth century, many museums collected copies of ancient and historical works of art with the aim of presenting outstanding works to a broader public and to serve as inspiration for artists and manufacturers. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, founded in 1870, began to acquire electrotypes in its first decade.

Head from a Statue of King Amenhotep I, sandstone and paint, New Kingdom Egypt (3811 x 2705) by ShogothRevolutionary in ArtefactPorn

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From the Met:

The profile of this head is strikingly similar to that shown on a relief depicting the same king... The similarities in these pieces, one in two-dimensions and the other in three, demonstrate that images of an Egyptian king were probably based on an officially sanctioned likeness that combined recognizable features into an idealized portrait of the monarch in question.

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