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Orthostat relief: lion-hunt scene
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Courtier Raja Anup Rai Intercepting a Lion Attack, with Mughal Emperor Jahangir and Prince Khurram, drawing (verso); Calligraphy (recto)
Courtier Raja Anup Rai Intercepting a Lion Attack, with Mughal Emperor Jahangir and Prince Khurram, drawing (verso); Calligraphy (recto)
The drawing depicts the Rajput nobleman and Mughal courtier Anup Rai, being attacked by a lion during a royal hunt. He is shown attempting to push the lion’s face away from his. An...
Gold bracelet with applied decoration representing Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, after a relief in the British Museum, by John Brogden, England, about 1860. Gold bracelet with applied decoration representing Ashurbanipal (668-627 BC), King of Assyria, sa
Gold bracelet with applied decoration representing Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, after a relief in the British Museum, by John Brogden, England, about 1860. Gold bracelet with applied decoration representing Ashurbanipal (668-627 BC), King of Assyria, sa
Gold bracelet with applied decoration representing Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, after a relief in the British Museum, by John Brogden, England, about 1860. Gold bracelet with app...
Relief of Mogón (Jaén, Spain)
Relief of Mogón (Jaén, Spain)
The discovery of the “Relief of Mogon” occurred in a casual way in 1942 in an indeterminate place on the banks of Guadalquivir and was relocated on the façade of a peasant’s house,...
Magical Stele
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Parallel sided stele with oval top, mounted by head of Bes in the round. Bes's head has small, flat cap-like top, large projecting relief ears, and beard cut off horizontally just ...
Nestoris (two-handled jar) with Mythological Scenes
Nestoris (two-handled jar) with Mythological Scenes
Red-figured Lucanian Type II nestoris. Broad ring foot with mid-length stem. Body flares from stem, rounds up, and turns in sharply to form a relatively narrow, flat shoulder. Neck...
Column Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Theseus and Poseidon; Musician and Audience
Column Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Theseus and Poseidon; Musician and Audience
On one side: the Athenian hero Theseus visits his divine father Poseidon. Theseus’s mother was Aethra, and ancient sources sometimes consider him to be the son of her husband, Aege...
Ornament from a Tunic: A Hunter Slaying a Lion
Ornament from a Tunic: A Hunter Slaying a Lion
Small round tapestry fragment with a hunter fighting a lion. The active figures are surrounded by plant forms, suggesting that this scene is a hunt occurring in the wild rather tha...
Lion-griffin. Sculptural group of Cerrillo Blanco (Porcuna, Jaén, Spain)
Lion-griffin. Sculptural group of Cerrillo Blanco (Porcuna, Jaén, Spain)
Sculptural group in round bundle that combines animal figures with architectural forms.
The first of these animal figures is probably a lion, although its identification presents ...