EditorialTeapot with Animal-Shaped Spout, Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory, German, established by 1753, hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, Globular body with double C-scroll handle and curving animal-headed spout. Round lid with bud-form knob. Gilt enri...
Editorialmake-up palette in diamond shape, slate, beaten, retouched (stone working), smoothed, graywacke, Total: Height: 8.8 cm; Width: 22.5 cm; Depth: 0.8 cm, ritual objects and accessories, Characteristic for the naqada culture of the 4th millennium BC are th...
EditorialMake-up palette in the shape of a fish, slate, beaten, retouched (stone work), smoothed, drilled, graywacke, Total: Height: 17.2 cm; Width: 26 cm, ritual objects and accessories, grave goods, fish (animals), The make-up palette in the shape of a fish h...
EditorialMake-up palette in the shape of a fish, slate, beaten, retouched (stone work), smoothed, drilled, graywacke, Total: Height: 11.7 cm; Width: 21.3 cm; Depth: 0.7 cm, ritual objects and accessories, fish (animals), animals, The almost oval make-up palette...
EditorialMake-up palette in the shape of a fish, slate, beaten, retouched (stone working), drilled, slate (siltstone), Total: Height: 6.5 cm; Width: 13.5 cm; Depth: 0.6 cm, ritual objects and accessories, fish (animals), animals, Characteristic for the naqada c...
EditorialOintment vessel in the shape of a bedded ram, clay, hand modeled, painted (ceramic), fired (ceramic), turned, clay, Total: Height: 5.7 cm; Width: 8.1 cm; Depth: 4.1 cm, ceramic, ram (animal), early archaic, middle archaic, Greek antiquity, The body was...
EditorialMake-up palette in the shape of a water bird, slate, beaten, retouched (stone working), smoothed, drilled, greywacke, Total: Height: 10.5 cm; Width: 14.8 cm; Heel height: 0.6 cm, ritual objects and accessories, water birds, birds, The triangular plate ...
EditorialMake-up palette, slate, beaten, retouched (stone processing), smoothed, Grauwacke, Total: Height: 14.4 cm; Width: 45.1 cm; Depth: 0.8 cm, ritual objects and accessories, grave goods, On the surface of the lancet-shaped make-up palette there are still r...
EditorialHorse Figurine and an Animal-Shaped Whistle, Whistle, 9th10th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Earthenware; modeled, unglazed, H. 2 1/2 in (6.3 cm), W. 3 11/16 in. (9.3 cm), D. 1 3/16 in. (3 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialBuckle with Animal-Shaped Thorn and Belt Plate, 400s. Sarmato-Gothic, Migration period, 5th century. Bronze with traces of gilding and garnets; overall: 4.3 x 4.5 cm (1 11/16 x 1 3/4 in.).
EditorialAnimal-Shaped Brooch, 2nd century (?), Roman, Champlev? enamel, bronze, gold, Overall: 1 1/4 x 1 15/16 x 1/2 in. (3.1 x 4.9 x 1.3 cm), Enamels-Champlev?.
EditorialAnimal-Shaped Brooch, 2nd?4th century, Late Roman, Bronze with silver inlay, Overall (with pin): 2 1/8 x 1 x 9/16 in. (5.4 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm), Metalwork-Bronze.
EditorialPottery askos (perfume flask) in the form of a lion,340-300 BCE. Probably made in Chiusi in northern Etruria, where animal-shaped perfume containers were popular in the 4th century BCE. This type of ornate container was mainly produced at Chiusi (the C...
EditorialTripod vessel with three animal-shaped handles, Iron Age II, ca. 9th century B.C., Iran, Hasanlu, Iran, Ceramic, 7.72 x 8.23 in. (19.61 x 20.9 cm), Ceramics-Vessels,.
EditorialAnimal-Shaped Brooch, 2nd century (?), Roman, Champlev? enamel, bronze, gold, Overall: 1 1/4 x 1 15/16 x 1/2 in. (3.1 x 4.9 x 1.3 cm), Enamels-Champlev?.
EditorialAnimal-Shaped Brooch, 2nd?4th century, Late Roman, Bronze with silver inlay, Overall (with pin): 2 1/8 x 1 x 9/16 in. (5.4 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm), Metalwork-Bronze.
EditorialPottery askos (perfume flask) in the form of a lion,340-300 BCE. Probably made in Chiusi in northern Etruria, where animal-shaped perfume containers were popular in the 4th century BCE. This type of ornate container was mainly produced at Chiusi (the C...