Virtual Artifacts

My travel diary: cats-of-cairo.tumblr.com

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I love this cat statue from Iran! Please zoom in to see the fine textures and designs on the surface. Ca. 1850 - 1900. Source.

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Details of Karnak: great hypostyle hall in the Precinct of Amun Re and small sparrow living a calm life in the temple of Khonsu the Child. 

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Pair of Thigh and Knee Defenses, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arms and Armor

Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Steel, iron, copper alloy, silver, leather

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/32108

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I am having so much fun with my tablet that I upgraded some old  photographs with flowers inspired by Ottoman Iznik tiles and pottery. I am always trying to find some old postcards when I am in Cairo and as soon as I find a working scanner I will start working with my collection. Here, the original photographs are from collection of Victoria and Albert Museum and the flowers are from various 15th-16th century objects from Tokapi Palace in Istambul. 

Please tell me how do you like it! 

1. Carte-de-visite photograph by an anonymous photographer depicting a standing woman with a lamp. Taken ca. 1850-80 in Egypt or Morocco. From collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, E.1045-1995. 

2. Photograph by Zangaki depicting a dancer. Taken ca. 1870-1890 in Cairo, Egypt. From collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, E.1405-1995.

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Bowl: Jun ware, Jin dynasty (1115-1234) - Yuan dynasty (1271-1368), Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese Art

Size: Diameter: 14.6 cm (5 ¾ in.); Overall: 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.) Medium: glazed buff stoneware

https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.701

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• محمد ﷺ • Wazir Khan Mosque. Lahore, Pakistan. (Instagram: aabbiidd)

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Other stories: Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy. 

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Other stories: ancient Agora of Athens towards Acropolis, temple of Hephaestus and Stoa of Attalos. 

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Very good and very sleepy boy somewhere in el Sayeda Zeinab area, Cairo. 

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A series of 11th-century crystal chess pieces from the Museo da Catedral in Ourense, Spain, which have never before left the cathedral;

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Sleeping Cat Kaigyokusai (Masatsugu) (Japan, 1813-1892) Japan, mid- to late 19th century Costumes; Accessories Ivory with sumi, red pigment

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White Jade Snuff Bottle - 18th Century, Qing Dynasty.

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Lights and shadows.

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Ritual Lingzhi Fungus Mask Nepal probably 19th century height: 22.5cm, width: 21cm This extraordinary mask has been formed from a large, single Lingzhi fungus (Ganoderma Lucidum). The natural structure of the fungus has been coaxed into forming a nose, ears, a mouth and eyes. Two holes on either side allow for a natural twine to have been threaded through so that the mask can be either worn  or hung for (perhaps) ritual display. The surface is hard, glossy and dramatically wrinkled.

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Details of the door leading to the Mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad. 

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Hi :)

Excavations are finished but I am still in Egypt, currently working in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. You can follow my adventures on my second tumblr: Cats of Cairo! 

See you there! 

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Mashrabiya in the house of el-Suhaymi, Islamic Cairo.