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22 avril 2010

A Collector's Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World

A Collector's Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World
Bactrian stone head of a goat, 3rd millennium BC. Height: 10 cm Ever since he first drew on the walls of his cave, man has had the desire to depict the creatures around him. The Sladmore Gallery, 57 Jermyn Street, St James’s, London, is renowned for exhibiting...
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Tags: Ibis,  Roman,  frog,  apulian,  Egyptian,  cat,  Goat,  Bactrian,  Byzantine,  Apis Bull,  Ordos,  baboon,  dove,  falcon,  fly,  vulture

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26 février 2010

"Byzanz: Splendour and Everyday Life" @ the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn

"Byzanz: Splendour and Everyday Life" @ the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn
Perfume brazier, 12th century, San Marco, Venice; © Procuratoria della Basilica di San Marco, Venezia BONN.- Presenting more than 600 magnificent and historically meaningful exhibits and important artefacts from collections and archaeological excavations...
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Tags: 12th Century,  Constantinople,  Byzantine,  Constantine I

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20 novembre 2009

Crux Vaticana-Golden Cross in Vatican's Collection has been restored to its Byzantine-era glory

Crux Vaticana-Golden Cross in Vatican's Collection has been restored to its Byzantine-era glory
Front of the Crux Vaticana (Vatican Cross) before restoration. AP Photo/Ku.Ra Comunicazione VATICAN CITY (AP).- One of the gems of the Vatican's priceless religious art collection — a 6th century reliquary containing what is revered as fragments of the...
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Tags: Byzantine,  Christian art,  Crux Vaticana,  Justin II

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28 juillet 2009

Old jewelry sold @ Sotheby's London

Old jewelry sold @ Sotheby's London
English, late 14th/15th century. Finger ring engraved gold, set with a sapphire in hexagonal collet, inscribed: JOYE SANZ FYN (joy without end) on the interior. inside diameter: 1.8cm., 7/8 in. Est. 8,000—12,000 GBP. Sold 70,850 GBP PROVENANCE: Found...
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Tags: 14th-15th century,  Spanish,  17th-early 18th century,  5th-7th century,  Byzantine,  Pectoral cross,  Pendant cross,  finger ring

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