#statuette

[artschoolglasses]

Owl Attacking a Bat, Horaku, Japanese, Early to Mid 19th Century

From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

[thatshowthingstarted]

The Therianthropic statuette (Löwenmensch)

from the Hohlenstein-Stadel cave, Ca. 30,000-26,000 BCE.

31 centimetres tall.

Ccarved from mammoth ivory it stands as the oldest known example of figurative art.

Discovered in a cave in Germany, this enigmatic sculpture merges human and animal features in a way that challenges understanding—both hauntingly familiar and strikingly otherworldly.

It offers a profound glimpse into the creative genius of early humans, hinting at their capacity for imagination and symbolic thought.

Remarkably, the Lion-man predates the advent of known written language by more than 30,000 years. To put that in perspective, it is older than Stonehenge by tens of thousands of years.

This ancient artifact showcases an extraordinary leap in artistic expression, marking one of the earliest examples of humans conveying complex ideas long before written records existed.

Photograph by T. Stephan, Ulmer Museum.

[mastomysowner]

Rat, early 2000, mammoth tusk by Salomakin O.

[claypigeonpottery]

sold

guess what her colours remind me of?

[romegreeceart]

Egyptian couple and their daughter, depicted as a miniature adult

* Theban necropolis

* New Kingdom, first half of the 18th dynasty (1480-1390 BCE)

* limestone

* Turin Egyptian Museum

Turin, June 2023

[lionofchaeronea]

Bronze statuette of a discus thrower. Unknown Etruscan artist, 5th cent. BCE. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[thunderstruck9]

Milton Avery (American, 1885-1965), Woman with Rebozo, 1947. Oil on canvas, 44 x 32 in.

[a-sculpture-a-day]

Statuette of a horse, Greece, late 2nd - 1st century BC, bronze, MET.

[kiwwsplash]

GEMSTONE STATUE

Tanzanite & Tourmaline

[ukdamo]

Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: votive statuette of Venus.

Archaeological Museum, Sofia.

[artschoolglasses]

Bronze statuette of a goose, Greek, 3rd-1st Century BCE

From the Met Museum

[wgm-beautiful-world]

Statuette of St. George ( gold, enamel, silver, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, opals, agate, chalcedony, rock crystal and pearls) Munich, 1586 - 1597, GERMANY

[mastomysowner]

Matilda the Rat by Styash

[claypigeonpottery]

sold

he blends in surprisingly well with the sand

[thesilicontribesman]

Roman Pendants and Figurines, Corinium Museum, Cirencester

[romegreeceart]

Aphrodite

* Asia Minor

* 300-100 BCE

* terracotta

* Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm

Stockholm, November 2023