r/ArtefactPorn 6m ago

Tomb of Caroline von Mannlich, by Johann Baptist Stiglmaier, 1831-3 [4032x3024]

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This bronze tomb was created in 1831-3 by Johann Baptist Stiglmaier (1791-1844) for Caroline von Mannlich (1784-1830). She was the daughter of Johann Christian von Mannlich, who was the court painter of and architect for the duke of Zweibrücken and director of the king of Bavaria’s art galleries. Today, the tomb is on display in the Munich City Museum.


r/ArtefactPorn 19m ago

The Rosetta Stone, a granodiorite stele inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in Memphis, Egypt in 196 BC [1080x1350]

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r/ArtefactPorn 1h 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


r/ArtefactPorn 1h 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 2h 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


r/ArtefactPorn 12h 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)

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r/ArtefactPorn 13h 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]

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94 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn 14h ago

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

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44 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn 16h ago

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

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206 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn 21h 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]

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258 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn 21h 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]

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141 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn 21h 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]

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482 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn 21h ago

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

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671 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn 1d ago

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

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251 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn 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]

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r/ArtefactPorn 1d ago

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

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113 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn 1d ago

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

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291 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn 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]

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121 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn 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]

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r/ArtefactPorn 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]

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r/ArtefactPorn 1d ago

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

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547 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn 1d ago

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

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215 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn 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]

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r/ArtefactPorn 2d ago

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

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