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Greek Gold Sphinx Earrings, 4th Century BC. Originally an Egyptian mythological creature, the sphinx was adapted by the Greeks and appears frequently in Greek art. Photo Credit: Christies.
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Zoomorphic Pendant (Bat ?). Date: Periods V-VI - c. 700-1550 A.D. Medium: Gold and copper alloy (tumbaga). Place of origin: Costa Rica. Culture: Diquis culture. Collection: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
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Bronze Statue of Poseidon, Greek God of the Sea. Photographer: Gjon Mili (1904-1984) via Chron.
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Venus of Monruz. It was found near Monruz near Neuchâtel in Switzerland. Period: c. 11.000 years ago. Photographer: Y. André.Dimensions: 18 mm tall and is a black pendant depicting a stylized woman. Collection: Neuchâtel Archaeological Museum in Switzerland.
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Greek gold ring. Date: c. 4th century BC. Depicted here is a female follower of Dionysos (Maenad), dancing and throwing her head back in ecstasy -a popular motif on rings of the era. In her left hand she holds a thyrsos. Collection: J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection.
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The statue of Goddess Athena is highlighted by the moon, Athens. Photographer: Kostas Tsironis/Associated Press.
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Perseus and Andromeda (1891) by Lord Frederic Leighton.
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Horses panel, Chauvet Cave, c. 30,000 – 28.,000 B.C Photographer: L. Guichard.
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Orpheus’s Sorrow by Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret (1852-1929). Collection: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mulhouse.
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Terracotta figurine depicting a mother with her child. Date: 26th–25th century B.C. Geography: Indus Valley, Pakistan, Mohenjo-Daro.
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A Victorian gem set and diamond brooch/pendant. Date: 1890s. Designed as a bat, the body composed of a pearl, the wings applied with brown plique-à-jour enamel and set with cushion-shaped diamonds. Credit: Sothebys.
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A gold tiger's head ornament from Tipu Sultan's throne. Place of origin: India. Medium: Gold, rock crystal, foil, enamel on a wooden core; with gilt copper and velvet-covered stand. Date: 1785-93. Collection: Royal Collection Trust, UK.
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The Venus of Brassempouy (or Lady of Brassempouy) is one of the earliest representations of the human face. It was sculpted in mammoth ivory about 25,000 years ago. It was discovered in a cave at Brassempouy, France in 1892.
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Oni (ogre face) kawari kabuto (grotesque helmet). Medium: Wrought steel. Geography: Japan. Date: mid 19th century. Period: Edo period. © Royal Ontario Museum.
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Bronze figure of a seated cat, From Saqqara, Egypt, Late Period, after 600 BC. Collection: The British Museum.
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Carina by John William Godward, 1910), detail.
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Detail, Laocoön and His Sons. Date: c. 42 to 20 BC. The statue depicts Laocoön, the priest of Apollo from the city of Troy, and his two sons. They are locked in the death coils of two serpents on the steps of an altar. Collection: Vatican Museums.
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The Education of Achilles by Chiron by Jean-Baptiste Regnault, 1782.
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Baroque Splendor - Column detail, St. Michael's Church, Munich, Germany. Photographer: Magnus Hagdorn via Flickr.
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Prometheus Bound by Peter Paul Rubens and Frans Snyders (1618).
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Cat coffin with complete mummy inside. Place of origin: Saqqara, Egypt. Collection: Manchester Museum, the University of Manchester.
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An Interval at the Opera by Georges Jules Victor Clairin ca.1900 (French, 1843-1919).
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Pair of ancient Egyptian rings (gold with glass, lapis lazuli, and carnelian inlay) depicting lotus flowers. Date: ca. 1400-1200 BC (18th or 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Collection & Credit: Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
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Naïade (water nymph) comb designed by Eugène Grasset, 1900. Collection: Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris.
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Dress. Place of origin & Culture: Lakota People, c.1900. Collection: National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC.
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