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Mythology



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Monsters

MONSTERS

Mythological Animals

MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

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Handle or case in form of a sphinx, with an Egyptian "klaft" headdress, 1st - 2nd CE. Bone, H: 6,2 cm AM 1512
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Handle or case in form of a sphinx, with an Egyptian "klaft" headdress, 1st - 2n...

Case with mythological scenes, second half 10th. From Constantinople. Bone, traces of polychrome painting, H: 16,5 cm, L: 26,5 cm. OA 7503
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Case with mythological scenes, second half 10th. From Constantinople. Bone, tr...

Ivory plaque depicting a winged sphinx, Phoenician, found at Fort Shalmaneser, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Iraq, 9th-8th century BC. Fort Shalmaneser consisted of a palace, storerooms and arsenal for the Assyrian army. This openwork ivory plaque may originally have been part of a piece of furniture which came to Nimrud, the Assyrian capital, as part of tribute or booty. When Nimrud was plundered at the end of the seventh century BC objects such as furniture were broken up for their inlaid precious stones and metals. The sphinx shows clear Egyptian influence since he wears the Upper and Lower crown of Egypt and hanging from his chest is an apron with a projecting uraeus (rearing cobra) worn by Egyptian pharaohs. The style shows that the ivory was probably carved by a Phoenician craftsman on the coast of the Levant. It is similar to the falcon-headed sphinxes, which wear the double crown and uraeus, on a bronze bowl also from Nimrud. ANE, 134322
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Ivory plaque depicting a winged sphinx, Phoenician, found at Fort Shalmaneser, N...

Tric-Trac pawn: Combat of fantastic creatures End of the 12th century; Cologne Walrus ivory; diameter: 4,70cm MRR 427
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Tric-Trac pawn: Combat of fantastic creatures End of the 12th century; Cologne...

Tric-Trac pawn: person wearing a mitre riding an ocean monster End of 12th century; Norway ?, Cologne ? Walrus ivory MRR 428
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Tric-Trac pawn: person wearing a mitre riding an ocean monster End of 12th cent...

Lombard marble relief with dragons from sarcophagus of Abbess Theodata, from monastery of Santa Maria della Pusterola, Pavia. Around 735 A.D. see also 30-01-10/1 and 30-01-01/57
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Lombard marble relief with dragons from sarcophagus of Abbess Theodata, from mon...

Lombard marble with decorative figure of a griffin surrounded by birds and leaves; from the period of Patriarch Manentius ; 8th century CE; Bacilica Aquileia, Italy.
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Lombard marble with decorative figure of a griffin surrounded by birds and leave...

Embossed pageant shield with Medusa head (1541),a gift to Emperor Karl V(1500-1558)from his brother Ferdinand, in memory of the Emperor's victorious campaign against the Turks in Tunis.Bluesteel,embossed with gold orna- ments, 61 cm across, Inv. A 693 a.
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Embossed pageant shield with Medusa head (1541),a gift to Emperor Karl V(1500-1...

Ceremonial cartouche shield, around 1560. Studded frame, corners ending in faun- and satyr heads. Five inlaid medallions with scenes of war and victory, surrounded by shackled prisoners. Steel, H: 69 cm Inv. A 562
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Ceremonial cartouche shield, around 1560. Studded frame, corners ending in...

Poseidon as patron of the Isthmic games. Onyx cameo, in imitation of antique style, from Sicily, where Emperor Friedrich II was a collector of precious stones. First half 13th, setting 19th. H: 7 cm, Inv. IX a 62
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Poseidon as patron of the Isthmic games. Onyx cameo, in imitation of antique...

Aquamqnile in the form of a griffin. Nuernberg, around 1400. OA 3049
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Aquamqnile in the form of a griffin. Nuernberg, around 1400....

Ornament in the form of a fabulous bird,medallion from a casket, 8 cm across. Conques,between 1107 and 1119,champsleve enamel on gilded copper from the Treasury of Conques. OA 6280
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Ornament in the form of a fabulous bird,medallion from a casket, 8 cm acr...