ronds et duveteux

[yourboobsaresoyummy]

~ Hair comb.

Place of  origin: Iraq, Ur

Medium: Silver, lapis

[yourboobsaresoyummy]

~ Vessel: human leg effigy.

Culture: Moche

Date: A.D. 200–500

Medium: Ceramic and slip.

[aic-americas]

Spout Vessel in Form of a Stack of Globular Fruits, Moche, 250, Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas

Gift of Nathan Cummings Size: H. 21.6 cm (8 ½ in.) Medium: Ceramic and pigment

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/9052/

[aic-americas]

Sculpture in the Form of a Conch Shell, Possibly a Trumpet, Colima, -200, Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Weiss Size: 24.8 x 16.2 cm (9 ¾ x 6 3/8 in.) Medium: Ceramic and pigment

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/87599/

[aic-americas]

Pair of Earspools with Face in Interior, 450, Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wielgus Size: Diam. 3.2 cm (1 ¼ in.) Medium: Ceramic and pigment

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/5954/

[aic-americas]

Spout Vessel in the Form of a Gourd, Moche, 250, Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas

Gift of Nathan Cummings Size: H. 18.4 cm (7 ¼ in.) Medium: Ceramic and pigment

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/9056/

[aic-americas]

Breastplate, Inca, 1200, Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment Medium: Gold and copper alloy (tumbaga)

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91865/

[aic-americas]

Portrait Vessel of a Ruler with Large Cheeks, Moche, -100, Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas

Gift of Nathan Cummings Size: H. 22.2 cm (8 ¾ in.) Medium: Ceramic and pigment

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/8754/

[aic-americas]

Miniature Cup with Handle and Side Spout, Nieveria, 500, Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment Size: 5.1 x 11.1 cm (2 x 4 3/8 in.) Medium: Ceramic and pigment

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/91519/

[aic-americas]

Standing Female Figurine, Chupícuaro, -500, Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas

Gift of Joseph P. Antonow Size: H. 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.) Medium: Ceramic and pigment

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/87084/

[aic-americas]

Curving Vessel with Molded Head Spout, Chimú-Inca, 1200, Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas

Gift of Nathan Cummings Size: H. 11 cm (4 5/16 in.) Medium: Ceramic

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/9065/

[aic-americas]

Seated Female Figure, Olmec, -800, Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas

Gift of Bernard Sperling Size: H. 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.) Medium: Ceramic and pigment with cinnabar

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/59388/

[aic-americas]

Pendant in the Shape of a Claw or Fang, -400, Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of the Americas

Gift of Ethel and Julian Goldsmith Size: L. 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.) Medium: Greenstone

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/148351/

[thatsbutterbaby]

Rare vase with a fruit-themed stirrup handle. Modern in line, it is organized with spheres superimposed in a circle on three levels.  Brown terracotta with red-orange slip and significant traces of manganese oxide.  Mochica culture, Peru 100 - 600 apr. J.-C. H. 20 - l. 15.5 cm.

[equatorjournal]

[irisharchaeology]

‘Ceo Draíochta’…….. Magic Mist (Irish) 

 Great capture of the Neolithic burial mounds at Knowth, Co. Meath by Abra87 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

[met-egyptian-art]

Mold for Scarab Pendants, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Egyptian Art

Rogers Fund, 1911 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Pottery

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/559106