#funerary Art

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Vignette from funerary papyrus (Book of the Dead) from papyrus N 3149.

Period: Ptolemaic Period

Medium: Papyrus

[heritagebrowser]

The Sainte-Chapelle de Vincennes is a Gothic royal chapel within the fortifications of the Château de Vincennes on the east edge of Paris, France. It was inspired by the Sainte-Chapelle, the royal chapel within the Palais de la Cité in Paris. It was begun in 1379 by Charles V of France to house relics of the Passion of Christ. It is no longer used as a church, and is now a French historical monument operated by the Centre des monuments nationaux.

Here on display the side chapel with the tombe of the Duc d'Enghien who was executed in 1804. (He was charged , innocently it seemed afterwards, to be involved complotting against First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte.) The sculpture is made by Pierre Louis Deseine in 1824.

[mecha-frankenstein]

Funeral Barbie diorama by Paolo Schmidlin. From his collection of vintage Barbies, part ofthe "Barbie Around the World" exhibit at the Barbara Frigerio in Italy

[arthistoryanimalia]

Ram-shaped Rhodian Aryballos

Early Archaic Greek Period, c. 650 BCE

East Greek, Rhodes, Siana Cemetery

Ceramic, paint, H 8 x L 14.5 x W 4.5 cm

On display at Penn Museum MS3494

[holycosmolo9y]

Head of a funerary couch, in the shape of Ammit 😛

Ammit is a celestial beast who bestows final judgement on the deceased and devours the unjust in the court of Osiris.

Populalrly depicted in funerary texts like the Book of the Dead, Ammit is usually a combination of a crocodile's head, the front legs of a lion, and the hindquarters of a hippopotamus.

Found among three ritual funerary couches in Tutankhamun's antechamber and made of stuccoed gilded wood with each animal's eyes inlaid with colored glass paste, this particular couch is variedly composed of a curiously different configuration: a hippopotamus' head wearing a wig, a leopard's body, and a crocodile's tail and crest

[uncleclaudius]

Painting of two Etruscan Underworld deities at the entrance of the Tomb of Anina (Anina being the name of the family which commissioned the tomb), near Tarquinia, dated to the middle of the 3rd century BC. On the left is Charun, holding a hammer, while the figure on the right, holding a torch, is Vanth.

[theothergal]

Studying for my roman archaeology exam and coming across to a sarcophagus which was originally meant to depict Ariadne being left in Naxos, but then carved to turn Ariadne into Endymion.

Everybody congratulate on his top surgery.

[preciosu]

Agramonte cemetery in Porto. Detail of the mausoleum of the Bessa-Leite family.

[homerstroystory]

Funerary Statue of a Dog, Pentelic marble, Piraeus (Athens, Greece), c. 375-350 BCE

currently in the collection of the National Archaeological Museum (Athens, Greece), accession no. 3574

this statue is often interpreted as the faithful guardian of the deceased human entombed below him

[thepastisalreadywritten]

This is one of the only terracotta warriors that was found almost completely intact.

Note the detail on the bottom of his shoe, showing that grip and traction were considered in footwear even 2,200 years ago.

Each life-sized clay warrior was crafted to be completely unique and there are no two terracotta warriors-among the 8,000 total—that are exactly the same.

Shortly after the completion of the tomb in 210-209 BC, it was looted for weapons and burned, causing the roof to collapse, crushing the terracotta warriors.

All the other terracotta warriors that are currently on display were painstakingly restored.

What's even more remarkable is that the terracotta warriors were originally painted in bright colors by skilled artisans.

Unfortunately, when they were exposed to air and sunlight during the excavation in the 1970s, the colors began to curl up almost immediately and disappeared within minutes.

These terracotta warriors were put in place to guard the tomb of the first emperor of unified China — Qin Shi Huang (18 February 259 BC – 12 July 210 BC).

To this day, the tomb has yet to be opened.

According to ancient historians, the tomb contains an entire kingdom and palace in which the ceilings are decorated with pearls to mimic the night sky.

The tomb is also said to contain extremely rare artifacts and has been rigged with crossbows to shoot anyone trying to break in.

To keep its location a secret, the workers were entombed with the emperor.

As described by Han dynasty historian Sima Qian (145-90 BCE) in the Records of the Grand Historian, he mentioned that inside the tomb, "mercury was used to fashion the hundred rivers, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, and the seas in such a way that they flowed."

Modern tests have indicated extremely high levels of mercury in the surrounding soil.

[wandering-cemeteries]

Ancient Roman funerary relief dedicated to Maria Auxesis, by her friend. She died at 41.

Early 2nd century CE.

Found in Rome, currently in the Terme di Diocleziano.

Feb. 2024

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Funerary Mask.

Date: Late 900's to early 1000's

Culture: Chinese

Medium: Silver alloy

[thesilicontribesman]

Prehistoric Pottery Selection 1, Kelvingrove Museum and Galleries, Glasgow

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Funerary mask, 500BC-500AD, Argentina.

[arthistoryanimalia]

I somehow missed the memo that yesterday was #WorldWaterfowlDay, so in belated celebration I present Warrior Duck:

Vessel in the Form of a Warrior Duck (Pato Guerrero)

Moche, made in Huacas de Moche, Peru, 500-650 CE

Terracotta w/ mother of pearl, shell, and stone inlays

Museo Arqueológico "Santiago Uceda Castillo." Ministry of Culture of Peru VEX.2024.3.15

🆔 That distinctive beak shape suggests that Warrior Duck is one of the Spatula genus gang (aka shovelers & teals) 😎

Additional info via the Getty Museum:

“Here's what we know about it:

🔘 The bird holds a mace in one hand and a square shield in the other-typical arms and armor for Moche warriors.

🔘 Warrior ducks are among the many hybrid beings that can be seen in Moche art, but this creature is special.

🔘 The duck’s eyes are made of white shell and black stone, and mother-of-pearl inlays are on the wings, face, and shield—this is not your average pottery vessel.

🔘 Other finds in the burial, such as a gilded-copper lime container and copper adornments for clothing, suggest the deceased male was a significant figure, perhaps a priest.

🔘 The warrior duck vessel was found in fragments. We don’t know whether it contained anything. It may have been made for the burial, a prestigious offering that conveyed the dead man’s power and status.”

[kvetch19]

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