EditorialFragment of a terracotta amphora (jar), Archaic, ca. 550 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, 3 3/16 ? 4 5/8 ? 3/8 in. (8.1 ? 11.7 ? 0.9 cm), Vases, Top of the mane, ear, and topknot of a horse in a quadriga (four-horse chariot). The style of ...
EditorialHorse and rider, Cypro-Archaic I, ca. 750?600 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; hand-made, H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm), Terracottas, The figurine is handmade and solid. The rider sits near the rump of the horse, stretching his arms forward to touch the horse's man...
EditorialHorse and rider, Cypro-Archaic I, ca. 750?600 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; hand-made, H. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm), Terracottas, The figurine is handmade and solid. The rider sits, leaning backward, near the rump of the horse. He reaches out to touch the mane,...
EditorialLimestone horse, Archaic, 6th century B.C. (?), Cypriot, Gneiss, Overall: 1 3/4 ? 1 ? 3 1/2 in. (4.4 ? 2.5 ? 8.9 cm), Miscellaneous-Stone, The the legs and the end of the nose are missing. The body is quite realistic. The mane is articulated with a loz...
EditorialAmulet of the God Bes, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21?24, ca. 1070?712 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, H. 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in), In ancient Egypt, several protective deities were depicted as dwarves featuring a lion's mane, ears, and tail, and often wea...
EditorialHorse and rider, Cypro-Archaic I, ca. 750?600 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; hand-made, H. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm), Terracottas, The figurine is handmade and solid. The rider sits, leaning backward, near the rump of the horse. He reaches out to touch the mane,...
EditorialPlate with the arms of the De Wilde family, Porcelain plate, painted on the glaze in red, pink, green, yellow, black and gold. On the flat the coat of arms of the De Wilde family (a jumping goat). The helmet sign is a lion's head with mane with a wild ...
EditorialKeeshondje, one-sided silver oval openwork plaque, presenting dog with pointed mouth, furry head and neck with mane, smooth abdomen and long tail flared, looped back on back under tree for doghouse, in foreground crib on chain and bone, dog, anonymous,...
EditorialKeeshondje, one-sided silver openwork plaque, presenting dog with pointed mouth, furry head and neck with mane, smooth abdomen and long tail flared, hanging back on back with loop, standing on crescent-shaped background, dog, anonymous, Netherlands, 17...
EditorialNeptune, sitting on three seahorses and a triton, Three seahorses and a triton rise radially from the water, on their raised and entangled ponytails, carrying a shell, Neptune sits with a trident in its left hand and the right in front of it as if it w...
EditorialTea bowl with incised waves and a molded horse, Stoneware tea bowl on a square foot ring, covered with a blue-gray glaze and painted in underglaze blue. The outer wall is covered with an incised wave motif. On top a modeled, prancing horse with the man...
EditorialPlate with the arms of the De Wilde family, Porcelain plate painted on the glaze in red, pink, green, yellow, black and gold. On the flat the coat of arms of the De Wilde family (a jumping goat). The helmet sign is a lion's head with mane with a wild m...
EditorialFragment of a terracotta amphora (jar), Archaic, ca. 550 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, 3 3/16 ? 4 5/8 ? 3/8 in. (8.1 ? 11.7 ? 0.9 cm), Vases, Top of the mane, ear, and topknot of a horse in a quadriga (four-horse chariot). The style of ...
EditorialBes with Worshiper, Late Period, Dynasty 26?29, 664?380 B.C., From Egypt, Bronze or copper alloy, H. 13.2 cm (5 3/16 in.); W. 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.); L. 14.5 cm ( 5 11/16 in.), Bes was worshipped and invoked by ordinary Egyptians as a protector. His usual...
EditorialLion head amulet, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, H. 2.9 ? W. 2.5 ? D. 1.1 cm (2.9 ? 2.5 ? 1.1 cm), This lion head amulet exhibits changes in the representation of lions that appeared during the later first millennium BC...
EditorialLion head amulet, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, l. 1.6 cm. (5/8 in.) ? w. 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.), This lion head amulet exhibits changes in the representation of lions that appeared during the later first millennium BC. Th...
EditorialLimestone horse, Archaic, 6th century B.C. (?), Cypriot, Gneiss, Overall: 1 3/4 ? 1 ? 3 1/2 in. (4.4 ? 2.5 ? 8.9 cm), Miscellaneous-Stone, The the legs and the end of the nose are missing. The body is quite realistic. The mane is articulated with a loz...
EditorialLimestone lion probably from a statue of Herakles, Classical, early 5th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 8 3/4 x 9 x 3 1/4 in. (22.2 x 22.9 x 8.3 cm), Stone Sculpture, The animal stands on its hindlegs with the forelegs elevated, its head tur...
EditorialLimestone head of a lion from a votive stele (?), Archaic, late 6th or early 5th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 8 x 5 1/2 x 7 in. (20.3 x 14 x 17.8 cm), Stone Sculpture, The head of a large lion is turned to the left. The mane is smooth, th...
EditorialBes with Worshiper, Late Period, Dynasty 26?29, 664?380 B.C., From Egypt, Bronze or copper alloy, H. 13.2 cm (5 3/16 in.); W. 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.); L. 14.5 cm ( 5 11/16 in.), Bes was worshipped and invoked by ordinary Egyptians as a protector. His usual...
EditorialAmulet of the God Bes, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21?24, ca. 1070?712 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, H. 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in), In ancient Egypt, several protective deities were depicted as dwarves featuring a lion's mane, ears, and tail, and often wea...
EditorialHorse and rider, Cypro-Archaic I, ca. 750?600 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; hand-made, H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm), Terracottas, The figurine is handmade and solid. The rider sits near the rump of the horse, stretching his arms forward to touch the horse's man...
EditorialHorse and rider, Cypro-Archaic I, ca. 750?600 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; hand-made, H. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm), Terracottas, The figurine is handmade and solid. The rider sits, leaning backward, near the rump of the horse. He reaches out to touch the mane,...