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Apr 21

centuriespast: Isis, the Mother of Apis Associated with fertility, generation, and resurrection, the Apis bull was prominent throughout the long history of ancient Egyptian religion. Originally the bull, as all other animals, was revered as the manifestation of certain divine powers and was not itself a deity. Later, however, the Apis was in fact worshiped. Through its connotations of potency and renewal, it was associated with the gods Ptah and Osiris and with royal ritual. Isis, the wife of Osiris, is shown here in her role as mother of Apis. She is identified by her long cow’s horns, distinct from the Apis’s shorter set. This bronze item may have been a finial or fitting for the end of a carrying pole that bore a portable shrine of the Apis. Medium: Bronze Place Made: Egypt Dates: ca. 670-332 B.C.E. Dynasty: late XXV Dynasty to early XXVI Dynasty Period: Third Intermediate Period to Late Period Brooklyn Museum

centuriespast:

Isis, the Mother of Apis

Associated with fertility, generation, and resurrection, the Apis bull was prominent throughout the long history of ancient Egyptian religion. Originally the bull, as all other animals, was revered as the manifestation of certain divine powers and was not itself a deity. Later, however, the Apis was in fact worshiped. Through its connotations of potency and renewal, it was associated with the gods Ptah and Osiris and with royal ritual. Isis, the wife of Osiris, is shown here in her role as mother of Apis. She is identified by her long cow’s horns, distinct from the Apis’s shorter set. This bronze item may have been a finial or fitting for the end of a carrying pole that bore a portable shrine of the Apis.

Apr 12

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centuriespast: Snake Pendant Cultures: Ebrié; or Baule Medium: Gold alloy Geographical Locations: Place made: Lagunes region, Ivory Coast Place made: Lagunes Region, Ivory Coast Dates: 19th century Brooklyn Museum

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Snake Pendant

christiesauctions: Agathon Léonard (1841-1923)‘Le Vampire’ ‘La Chauve-Souris’, an Important Symbolist Figure, circa 1903 20th Century Decorative Art & Design

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Agathon Léonard (1841-1923)
‘Le Vampire’ ‘La Chauve-Souris’, an Important Symbolist Figure, circa 1903

20th Century Decorative Art & Design

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bartleby-company: Artisan painting the features of the dolls by hand, 1920

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Artisan painting the features of the dolls by hand, 1920

(Source: dollmixture, via lydia-boudica)

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Apr 09

sisterwolf: (c) Fend Hai

sisterwolf:

(c) Fend Hai