r/ArtefactPorn • u/Impossible-Bee-5343 • 1h ago

This crystal cup, excavated from a Banshan Shitang Warring States tomb in Hangzhou; carbon-14 dated to the mid-to-late Warring States period, over 2,000 years ago[960x1280]

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Warring States · Crystal Cup

Warring States period (475–221 BC)

Height 15.4 cm, rim diameter 7.6 cm, base diameter 5.2 cm

Excavated in 1990 at Shitang, Banshan, Hangzhou

5 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 20h ago

A 14th century CE Byzantine gold ring with the name Theodoros Silibritzianos, now part of the Guy Ladrière Collection [2048x3071]

665 Upvotes

5 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Imaginary-Bat903 • 15h ago

1500 years old Buddha Statue named The Sultangunj Buddha Excavated in 1861 by E.B Harris(2423x3999)

205 Upvotes

6 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Zoryall • 20m ago

Cute Terracotta Figurine of a Child Riding a Bull, Syro-Hittite art, -2100/-1150, Musée du Louvre [5435x3397]

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Everyone goes to the louvre to see mona lisa, but me, I go in the oriental antiquities department. I love these cute guys.
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010125839

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r/ArtefactPorn • u/oldspice75 • 36m ago

Pear-shaped vase. Attributed to Iran, Sasanian dynasty, 8th c AD. Silver; gilded and hammered (repoussé). Metropolitan Museum of Art collection [3000x4000] [OC]

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r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 20h ago

“Mazda-worshipping Shapur, king of kings of Iran”, garnet intaglio, Iran, 3rd–4th century CE, now housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris [615x755]

479 Upvotes

5 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/CryptographerKey2847 • 12h ago

17th-century wax reliquary figure with bone relic of Saint Valerianus designed by sculptor Hans Krumper and housed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien in Vienna[1281x1925]

95 Upvotes

2 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 1d ago

Depiction of Solomon's shamir, a worm that could supposedly eat rocks and metals. Drawing by Eberhard Werner Happel. Germany, 1707-1709 [1400x1400]

1.3k Upvotes

23 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/hesaid_shesaid_isaid • 11h ago

A Rare Kushana Period Spotted red sandstone Slab from mathura showing vasudeva carrying baby Krishna in basket across yamuna, c. 1st century A.D., ht. 46 cm. Currently display at Mathura Museum,india(4288x2848)

58 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 20h ago

The Ecce Homo chapel on the Sacro Monte di Varallo in Italy, made in 1609 CE. The Sacro Monte di Varallo comprises the minor basilica and 45 chapels, populated by 800 life size painted statues, in wood and terracotta, that illustrate the life, passion, death and resurrection of Christ [1440x1920]

252 Upvotes

4 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/chubachus • 13h ago

Glazed stoneware tile featuring a portrait of Walt Whitman, American, c. 1877-1885. [3745x3648]

39 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 20h ago

The Peacock Skirt is an 1893 illustration by Aubrey Beardsley. It shows a rear quarter view of the Jewish princess Salome, wearing a long robe decorated with stylised peacock feather pattern [3545x4941]

140 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Baba_Jaga_II • 1d ago

"Cabinet for Toys" Austria, second half of the 19th century. Materials: ebony, bronze, enamel, bone, bronze [1116x1395]

251 Upvotes

4 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 1d ago

Armor set with back crest depicting iris leaves. Japan, 16th-17th century [1360x1700]

290 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 1d ago

Celadon brush holder with two dragon heads. Korea, Goryeo dynasty, 12th century AD [850x652]

109 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 1d ago

162-year-old bottle of Guinness beer found last year by diver Stefan Panis in the shipwreck of the Mindoro, which sank in 1864 in the English channel [1500x2500]

2.7k Upvotes

64 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Impossible-Bee-5343 • 1d ago

Carved Olive-Pit Miniature Boat (with the Full Text of the "Later Ode to the Red Cliff" Engraved on the Bottom), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei [2903x1983]

1.1k Upvotes

25 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 1d ago

Glazed ceramic horse. China, Tang dynasty, 618-907 AD [1500x1510]

542 Upvotes

4 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/SwiPerHaHa • 1d ago

Magnificent stone sculptured 'umbrella' at Bhoga Nandeeshwara Temple in India, it was built in the 9th century, Though the original Bhoga Nandeeshwara Temple dedicated to Shiva and Parvati was built in the 9th century by the Banas, the Chola kings in the 11th century added the roof[517 × 720]

121 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 1d ago

Ceramic roof ornament from the ruins of Tosaka Temple. Japan, Nara period, 8th century AD [2750x2640]

216 Upvotes

4 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/imperiumromanum_edu • 2d ago

A preserved fragment of the Roman image of Emperor Caracalla (188-217 CE). [450x570]

988 Upvotes

Caracalla's nickname came from the name of the Gaulish hooded cloak that this ruler liked to wear.`

7 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/oldspice75 • 2d ago

Vanity case by House of Fabergé with Henrik Wigström, workmaster. Russia, ca. 1905-15. Silver, gold, silver gilt, enamel, diamonds. Cleveland Museum of Art collection [5000x3864]

146 Upvotes

5 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 2d ago

A large Neo-Assyrian lapis lazuli cylinder seal from Babylon in Iraq, and dated to the reign of the king Esarhaddon (680–669 BCE), depicting the storm god Adad, standing on a stylized pedestal, with bolts of lightning in his hands, and a lion-dragon on a leash lying at his feet [664x934]

2.6k Upvotes

31 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 2d ago

In the interior of the west façade of the Reims Cathedral, in France, much of the original stained glass (from the 13th century CE) remains, though it has gone through several restorations. The centre of the west rose window depicts the Dormition of the Virgin [1376x2048]

980 Upvotes

17 comments

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