Aion Art

elsewheregreen:

Bronze bust of an Amazon warrior. Roman, 1stC AD. Met Museum, New York. 

theancientwayoflife:

~ Portrait of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
Culture: Roman 
Date: A.D. 161-180
Period: Antonine
Medium: Marble

ganymedesrocks:

waterinthemouth:

demetrius poliorcetes

Demetrius I (336-283), called Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus and Stratonice, was a Macedonian Greek nobleman, military leader, and finally king of Macedon. He belonged to the Antigonid dynasty and was its first member to rule Macedonia.

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Source: Numismatik Lanz

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myglyptothek:

Fragmented portrait of Marcus Aurelius. C. 170 AD. Bronze.  Musée du Louvre, Paris. Inv. Br 45

ancientanimalart:

Lion

Greek
Archaic Period
about 550 BCE

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

met-egyptian-art:

Figure of a Cynocephalus Ape via Egyptian Art

Medium: Faience

Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/545213

met-greekroman-art:

Gold kantharos (drinking cup with two high vertical handles) via Greek and Roman Art

Medium: Gold

Rogers Fund, 1907 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/248002

met-egyptian-art:

Scarab with Figure Upholding a Sacred Boat via Egyptian Art

Medium: Steatite (glazed)

Gift of Darius Ogden Mills, 1904 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/548707

met-africa-oceania:

Bottle: Head via Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Medium: Ceramic

Harris Brisbane Dick and Fletcher Funds, 1967 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/309138