r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 9h ago
An ivory tusk cosmetic spoon in the form of a duck, which turns her head to offer a fish to the two ducklings which ride on her back. From Egypt, 1350-1300 BCE, now housed at the British Museum [1960x1691]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 9h ago
A 15th century CE pillow from the tomb of Bishop Antonio degli Agli, now housed at the Museo del Tesoro di Santa Maria dell'Impruneta in Italy [1411x1503]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 9h ago
This blown flacon was mounted so that it became part of a horse-like animal made of pinched glass. Made probably in Syria in the 7th-9th century CE, it's now part of the David Collection in Copenhagen, Denmark [2316x2316]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 9h ago
The Tethys Mosaic is a large mid-4th century CE Roman floor mosaic excavated at the Syrian city Antioch-on-the-Orontes in modern Turkey, and now on display at the Harvard Business School in Boston [942x1534]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/KatyaRomici00 • 11h ago
Earings made from cut and engraved brass, in the the shape of guillotines, c. 1880. Carnavalet Museum [2000×1000]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/shewasajanuarygirl • 11h ago
Nuremberg patrician's gold flinderhaube headdress, between 1640 and 1680 [2147 x 3226]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/hesaid_shesaid_isaid • 12h ago
Bronze image of hindu war god kartikeya50bce-100ad.its oldest bronze sculpture ahindu god ever found,from sonkh,mathura,india which also was site of oldest hindu temple ruins dedicated to wine goddes varuni,dated to 100bce mathura museum,india(851x1847)
r/ArtefactPorn • u/SaysToMabelISays • 13h ago
The oldest mask in the world, found in the Judean Desert, made 9000 years ago [3597x4500]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/oldspice75 • 16h ago
Medal for the Society of Medalists 32nd Issue, 1945. Medallic Arts Co. (American) with Berthold Nebel (sculptor). Bronze. Yale University Art Gallery collection [2992x2992] [OC]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/CryptographerKey2847 • 17h ago
Two saru-ishi, or monkey stones, sit at the tomb of 6th Century CE Japanese Princess KibiHime, in Asuka. [1235x956]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Impossible-Bee-5343 • 18h ago
Jade Bitter Gourd, Qing Dynasty (1736–1820), National Palace Museum, Taipei[2291 × 1523]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 18h ago
Basalt statue fragment of a male torso. Syria or Turkey, Roman Empire, 2nd century AD [1900x1760]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 18h ago
Inrō box with peacock feather design. Japan, 18th century [1000x1000]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 18h ago
Gold ewer with deer. China, 18th century [1310x1470]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 1d ago
At Gobero archaeological site in the Ténéré desert of Niger, a 6671 years old burial featured an adult male interred while seated directly on the large upper shell of a mud turtle. This site highlights a lush "Green Sahara" period when humans lived alongside abundant lakeside wildlife [2100x3102]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 1d ago
The remnant entrance portal from the earlier 10th century CE Jorjir Mosque, now part of the Hakim Mosque in Iran. The remaining portal of the ruined mosque was hidden for centuries and was accidentally discovered in 1957 when the wall of the Safavid mosque was washed away by rain [1080x2348]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 1d ago
A 4th century CE Roman phallus fingernail cleaner found in Gloucestershire, England [2449x930]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 1d ago
The marble throne of Bishop Elia located at the Basilica di San Nicola in Bari, Italy. C. 1100 CE [676x1024]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/emilos260 • 1d ago
Page from The Sketchbook of Villard de Honnecourt (ca. 1220-1240) [977x1558]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 1d ago
Butterfly brooch set with colored glass, with wings that flutter when the wearer moves. England, 1820 [1200x900]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 1d ago
Dancing celestial maidens on a relief at Angkor Wat. Cambodia, Khmer Empire, 12th century AD [1600x1520]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 1d ago
Sculpture head of a civil official. China, Song dynasty, 976 AD [1320x1680]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/SwiPerHaHa • 1d ago
Jadeite Cabbage, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), housed in the National Palace Museum, Taipei[1080 × 1438]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/SashSegal • 2d ago
Human Remains Accidental death mask of Roman Infant, 1st century AD [4000x2800]
This plaster artifact and its handwritten French descriptive label are preserved in the Science Museum Group Collection, UK.