2426
Frog Amulet. Date: c. 1540-1296 BC / Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18. Medium: carnelian. Now on display at the Cleveland Museum of Art. In Ancient Egypt the frog was a symbol of mortal life and fertility, Heqet being the goddess of child-birth.
2427
Detail from a Fishing Scene, Tomb of Qenamun (TT93), reign of Amenhotep II. Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, West Thebes. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1427-1400 BC.
2428
Ostracon depicting a boy being tried by mouse and cat. Culture: Egyptian, Dynasty 20 (ca. 1189 BC to 1077 BC). Now at the Oriental Institute, Chicago.
2429
Detail, roman fresco, Pompeii, Casa del Bracciale d'Oro.
2430
Il Consiglio alla Vendetta by Francesco Hayez (detail) Italian, 1791-1881. Medium: oil on canvas.
2431
Intaglio Ring with Scene of Nike and Trophy. Date: 4th–3rd century B.C. Culture: Greek. Medium: Gold. Collection: North Carolina Museum of Art, US.
2432
The God Horus of Behdet in His form of sacred falcon spreading his wings in protection and holding the ‘Ankh’ (Life). Detail from the White Chapel of King Sesostri I at ‘Ipet-Sut’ (“Karnak”), the highly sacred Precinct of the God Amon-Ra at ‘Uaset’-Thebes.
2433
Vase in the shape of a duck, Egypt, 3rd century BC. The vase is made of faience, a mixture made with powdered quartz, making it closer to glass than pottery. Multicolored faience objects like this one are rare because they were difficult to produce. Walters Art Museum.
2434
Two Bird Ornaments. Date: 1st–2nd century Geography: Peru Culture: Nasca Medium: Gold. Collection: The Met.
2435
Temple of Nefertari at Abu Simbel, Egypt ,1965-1968. Photographer: Kees Scherer.
2436
Close-up detail of Venus Callipyge also known as Aphrodite Kallipygos or Callipygian Venus, is a Roman marble copy “Venus of the Beautiful Buttocks”, National Archaeological Museum of Naples.
2437
Scythian Gold Stag, c. 4th-3rd Century BC. Private Collection.
2438
Cat on a handle. Date: 664–30 B.C, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period. Medium: Cupreous metal. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.
2439
Scene of wrestling with the figure of an augur on the left, and a masked figure (phersu) on the right. Date: ca. 520 BC. Place of origin: Tarquinia, Tomb of the Augurs, Italy. © 2006. Photo: Archivio Fotografico SCALA Group (S. Lampredi) © 2006.
2440
Stele of the Royal Scribe Ipi. Date: Second half of the 14th century B.C. Period: New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty. Medium: Limestone. Now on display at the Hermitage Museum.
2441
Hummingbird Cup. Culture: Mixtec. Period: Postclassic. Place of origin: Zaachila, Zimatlán valley, Monte Albán. Date: c. AD. 1225. Now on display at the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico.
2442
Dog Effigy Vessel. Place of origin: Colima, Mexico. Date: 100 BC.-AD. 300. Medium: Earthenware, burnished slip paint in red and light brown. Collection: The Walters Art Museum.
2443
The goddesses of fate by Stanislav Plutenko (b. 1961)
2445
Humanoid Khepri Scarab. Date/Period: Late Period, ca. 664-332 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum of Berlin, Germany.
2446
Head of a Goat. Date: 300-100 B.C. Place of origin: Greece. Period: Hellenistic period. Medium: Bronze. Now on display at the Cleveland Art Museum.
2447
The Priestess of Bacchus by John Collier (1885-1889). Medium: oil on canvas, private collection.
2448
A akkadian large lapis lazuli cylinder seal with bronze axle in situ, frieze with standing robed female surrounded by opposed pairs of animals, winged sun disc and anthropomorphs with animal legs. Date: c 3.000-2.334 BC
2449
Mayan plate with monkey tail in spiral. Date: c. 300-850 AD. Collection: Museo Nacional de Antropología, México
2450
Vessel in the Form of a Deer Impersonator. Culture: Moche culture, 100 B.C./A.D. 500, Chimbote, Santa Province. Collection: Peru Art Institute of Chicago.
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