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“Small Knife with Sheath” The Ottoman Empire, 18th century. Material: steel, silver, bone, horn, mother-of-pearl, enamel [1359x1920]

Old mosaics that still feel kinda relevant to locals 🐟 Ever since @_leevolt_ came up with this amazing mosaic brush I wanted to use it for a ridiculously big fresco kind of illu

Achaemenid ornamental plate crafted from lapis lazuli,

circa 500-400 BC.

Origin: Iran.

A Phoenician bowl with a hunting scene, 700s BCE. In the center of the bowl, a man battles a lion. In outer rings, we can see ducks, horses, and finally armed men, perhaps hunters. The artistic style combines the two main influences on the Phoenicians, Egypt and Mesopotamia.

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