Things which did not have to look like animals but do anyway and it’s amazing, Louvre, Paris,
Things which did not have to look like animals but do anyway and it’s amazing, Louvre, Paris, FrancePart 2 of 2.Photos 1 and 2 are Egyptian (cosmetic palettes in the shape of a duck and a fish). Photo 3 is Iranian (pull toy with a hedgehog). Photo 4 is 2 Greek rhyta (definitely 1 donkey, other potentially donkey or horse). Photo 5 is Boeotian dog carvings! Photos 6 & 7 unfortunately I can’t remember, except I love the super abstract trend. Photo 8 is a Babylonian dog offering. Photo 9 is 3800 years old and Syrian (”head of a duck from a duck-shaped box”, I can’t describe it any better) while photo 10, I think also ancient Near Eastern?, is a set of animal buttons or decorative pins.I love humanity so much. -- source link
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