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[bagdemagus]

Ceramic lion statuette from Hierakonpolis (Egypt)

ca. 2325–2175 BCE

H 42.5 cm

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, AN 1896–1908 E.189

[michael-svetbird]

WHITE-GROUND LEKYTHOS WITH ATHENA: A hidden gem concealed amongst other vessels exhibited in Ashmolean Museum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-ground_technique "The characteristic white background of the lekythos was perhaps intended to evoke ivory." [txt ©AM] Attica 5 BC.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford | AM [Ground fl., "The Greek World"]

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[thesilicontribesman]

Iron Age Enamel Decorated Torc, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

[reoruchu]

In Bloom, Ashmolean Museum

[tonbane]

Hey everyone! If you'd like to have a peek at what I'm doing as a sculpture for performances student, I just posted this sculpture in Wordpress :)

Tribute to 1st piggy bank

[ashmoleanmuseum]

Which medieval embroidered lion are you today?

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[lindahall]

Elias Ashmole – Scientist of the Day

Elias Ashmole, an English collector of curiosities and manuscripts, was born May 23, 1617, in Lichfield, Staffordshire.

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