Category Archives: antiquity

blue + white

Posted on 08/05/2013 by

The British painter Howard Hodgkin‘s Brush fabric. Blueware tiles by Glithero featuring photograms of London weeds. A 2007 sculpture by Li Xiaofeng made from broken Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain. Source: NYT :: Delft Touch

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ding

Posted on 20/03/2013 by

A bowl bought for $3 was sold for more than $2.22M after it was recognized as a rare 1,000-year-old Chinese relic. Source: The Guardian Addendum: Tao Wang, an archaeologist who heads the Chinese art department at Sotheby’s, said that the … Continue reading →

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a dark horse

Posted on 26/02/2013 by

“The crucial find is that of a large sculptural fragment that appears to show the head, muzzle, shoulder and withers of an animal that bears a distinct resemblance to a horse. The piece is unique in terms of its size, … Continue reading →

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dragon’s head helmet

Posted on 05/10/2012 by

A dragon’s head helmet made for Henry II of France when he was dauphin, with bat ears, protruding eyebrows and an enormous snail-like snout. On display at the Metropolitan Museum exhibition, Bashford Dean and the Creation of the Arms and … Continue reading →

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lost little ram

Posted on 30/08/2012 by

A ram with twisted horns, fashioned from limestone, is one of two Stone Age animal figurines found outside Jerusalem. Israeli archeologists find rare stone age figures

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historical handbags

Posted on 13/06/2012 by

Sweetmeat purse, French, c. 1670–80. Made with silk and metal brocade, braid and ribbon. Purse, Boucheron, French, c. 1880. Made with gold. The jeweler Boucheron opened in Paris in 1858. This change purse consists of twelve overlapping panels attached to … Continue reading →

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sinan

Posted on 09/06/2012 by

The work of Sinan, chief architect of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. Photographed in Istanbul by Piotr Redlinski for NYT :: The Structures of Sinan

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carved in stone

Posted on 13/04/2012 by

A game board of carved stone in the shape of a coiled rattlesnake, circa 3100-2649 B.C. (above) Bird Woman, circa 3650 B.C. (left) Source: NYT :: ‘The Dawn of Egyptian Art’ Worth reading: NYT Art Review :: Such Magnificent Beasts … Continue reading →

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bzyantine folio

Posted on 16/03/2012 by

A folio from a 10th-century Koran with script and inks harkening to Byzantine times from Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Source: NYT

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ancient nomadic artifacts

Posted on 15/03/2012 by

Feline face and stylized ornaments from horse tack, made of wood, tin and gold foil. Late fourth to early third century B.C. Wool embroidery of a winged bull from saddle cloth. Late fourth to early third century B.C. Treasures from … Continue reading →

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