Aion Art

grandegyptianmuseum:

Head of an ibex of a sacred barque. 3rd Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, ca. 1069-945 BC. Bronze with gold. Now in the Neues Museum, Berlin.

ancientpeoples:

Bacchic Mask

Bronze

Roman, 1st Century AD

The ivy wreath is clearly visibly on the head complete with bunches of grapes. His long beard is beautifully rendered, fanning out in twisted corkscrews.

Source: Kunsthistorisches Museum

lionofchaeronea:

Silver hemidrachm of the Arcadian city of Tegea.  On the obverse, Zeus Lykaios, seated, with an eagle; on the reverse, the head of the Arcadian nymph Kallisto.  Ca. 460-450 BCE.  Photo credit: Exekias/Wikimedia Commons.

met-greekroman-art:

Limestone recumbant lion via Greek and Roman Art

Medium: Limestone

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/242418

grandegyptianmuseum:

Statue of Aphrodite (Venus)

Graeco-Roman, 3rd-2nd century BC, Silver. Now at the Graeco-Roman Museum, Alexandria.

theancientwayoflife:

~ Tetradrachm Portraying Alexander the Great.
Date: 306-281 B.C.
Issued by: King Lysimachus of Thrace
Medium: Silver

• Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ
“[minted by] King Lysimachus”

theancientwayoflife:

~ Bust Fragment from a Colossal Statue of Sekhmet.
Date: 1390-1352 B.C.
Place of origin: Thebes, Egypt
Medium: Black granite

theancientwayoflife:

~ Plaque with yakshi (nature spirit) or mother goddess.
Place of origin: Tamluk
Date: 2nd century B.C.
Medium: Terracotta

Maori Patu Paraoa (Whalebone club)

Source: Dunbar Sloane

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