2426
Iron helmet with silver inlay decoration of dragons chasing the flaming pearl. Place of origin: Korea, c. 1550-1560. Collection & Credit: The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK.
2427
Egyptian Bronze Ba-Bird Figurine, Roman Imperial Period, 2nd Century AD.
The falcon body has the human head of a pharaoh. He wears the double-crown of which only the red crown of Lower Egypt is preserved, the upper part is missing.
2428
Painted wooden cippus showing Horus standing on crocodiles surmounted by the head of Bes. Culture: Egypt. Date: Late period (from 664 BC to 332 BC). Collection: British Museum.
2429
Gold looped ear-ring with a garnet set in a circular setting. From the ring hands a gold duck with filigree feathers and beaded wire feet.
Culture: Roman. Date: 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. Excavated from a tomb in Tartus, Syria. Collection: British Museum.
2430
Fish plate. Date: Late Classical to Early Hellenistic Period about 340–320 B.C. Culture & Geography: Greek, South Italian. Collection: MFA, Boston.
2431
The "Wild Horse" of the Vogelherd Cave is one of oldest carvings made by humans, c. 29.000 BC. Collection & Credit: Museum Schloss Hohentübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
2432
Seraph. Detail from the Hrabanus Maurus, De laudibus Sanctae Crucis, Germany ca. 1170. Collection: British Library, Harley 3045, fol. 9v. Also known as cherubim or cherub, in Hebrew, Seraphim means ‘’the burning ones’’ because of their closeness to the throne of God.
2434
Kore bust, detail. 5th century BC. Culture: Greek. Photo credit-via: drakontomalloi / tumblr-blog.
2435
The Kiss by Miklós Ligeti (Hungarian, 1871 – 1944). Medium: marble. Dimensions 44 × 64 × 41.5 cm. On view: Hungarian National Gallery.
2436
Bust of Agrippina the Elder. Medium: Marble. Date: First half of the 1st century AD. Collection: Istanbul, Archaeological Museum. 2010. Photo ©: Ilya Shurygin.
2437
Cephalopod. Detail from Luttrell Psalter, England ca. 1325-1340. British Library, Add 42130, fol. 62v.
2438
Bust of Neptune by Lambert-Sigisbert Adam (1700-1759). Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California.
2439
The lustful in flames (Purgatorio XXV). Detail from the Dante, Divina Commedia, Urbino and Ferrara , 1477-1478. Collection: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Urb.lat.365, fol. 171v.
2440
A mosaic of the wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, the twin founders of Rome, from the Roman fortress site at Aldborough near Leeds, circa 300 AD. Collection: Leeds Museums and Art Galleries @LeedsMuseums .
2441
Minoan Ostrich Egg Rhyton. This is anexample of a painted ostrich eggshell belonging to the Minoan (2000-1500 BC) or Mycenaean (1600-1100 BC) civilizations. It’s beautifully decorated with depictions of two giant octopi in red paint. Collection: Ariadne Galleries.
2442
Sumerian Beer Production Tablet. Date: Uruk III, c. 31st Century BC. © The Schoyen Collection.
2443
The Ksour Essef cuirass is an ancient triple-disc cuirass found in a Punic tomb in 1909 not far from Ksour Essef, Tunisia. This piece of armour, generally dated to the 3rd century BC, is of Italiote origin and comes from Southern Italy. Collection: Musée national du Bardo.
2444
Jephthah's Vow: The Marty by Edwin Long (1829–1891). Collection: Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum.
2445
“Young Greeks Attending a Cock Fight”, 1846 Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904).
2446
Fragment of a floor mosaic depicting a peacock. Culture: Roman. Place of origin: Turkey, Antioch-on-the-Orontes, Villa Daphne. Date: A.D. 3rd-4th century.
2447
Kneeling Man by Heather Kremen - Medium: cast glass, 2013.
2448
The Illusion, Sister of Icarus by Auguste Rodin, 1894-96. Medium: marble.
2449
The Atalanta Lekythos: Eros by Dan Diffendale.
Attic white ground lekythos with labeled figures (ΑΤΑΛΑΝΤΕ and ΕΡΟΣ), attributed to the Athenian vase-painter Douris (Beazley). 500-490 BC (Late Archaic) Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
2450
Heqat, the Frog Goddess. Travertine, 15.4 x 14.7 x 15.5 cm. Predynastic Period to early first dynasty, ca. 2950 BC. Now in the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio.
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