Terracotta pitcher, Greece, 725-700 BC
from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
ALT“Go outside” they said. “You’ll love the fresh air” they said. Photo from my collection, no date/info.
Tortoise box. ca. 1750.
Credit line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/205830
~ Fragmentary Figure.
Culture: Olmec
Period: Middle Preclassic
Date: 900-300 B.C.
Medium: Jadeite
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This thread is gold… make your own here: https://htck.github.io/bayeux/#!/
#MetalMonday :
ALTCaparisoned Elephant
China, Liao dynasty, ca. 11th c.
Gilt bronze, 8.5 cm (7 5/16 in.)
The Cleveland Museum of Art 1980.24
“The six-tusked elephant holds the throne of Puxian (Samantabhadra), the Bodhisattva of Universal Virtue, who often appears with Wenshu (Manjusri), the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, on his lion-vehicle.
This impressive gilt bronze statue is solidly cast, except for the hollow at the center of its belly. The richly ornate saddlecloth exhibits superb craftsmanship and vivid representations of dragons among clouds, echoing the worldly splendor of the Liao material culture.”
Paddleboarding witch, 1643.
Featured in Jon Crabb’s essay “Woodcuts and Witches” about the witch craze of early modern Europe, and how the concurrent rise of the mass-produced woodcut helped forge the archetype of the broom-riding crone so familiar today https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/woodcuts-and-witches
Looking for some Halloween costume inspo? Some first-rate ideas in this 18th-century demonology book: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/compendium-of-demonology-and-magic-ca-1775 #halloween
