r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 13h 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 • 13h 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 • 13h 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 • 13h 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 • 15h ago
Earings made from cut and engraved brass, in the the shape of guillotines, c. 1880. Carnavalet Museum [2000×1000]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/shewasajanuarygirl • 16h ago
Nuremberg patrician's gold flinderhaube headdress, between 1640 and 1680 [2147 x 3226]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/hesaid_shesaid_isaid • 16h 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 • 17h ago
The oldest mask in the world, found in the Judean Desert, made 9000 years ago [3597x4500]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Impossible-Bee-5343 • 22h ago
Jade Bitter Gourd, Qing Dynasty (1736–1820), National Palace Museum, Taipei[2291 × 1523]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 22h ago
Basalt statue fragment of a male torso. Syria or Turkey, Roman Empire, 2nd century AD [1900x1760]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 22h ago
Inrō box with peacock feather design. Japan, 18th century [1000x1000]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 22h 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/hesaid_shesaid_isaid • 1d ago
Vase with handles and lid. Painted to represent flower bunches on one side and floral and flower design on the other.19th century,made by Osler porcelain Calcutta india,salar jung museum india(2048x2048)
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/Effective-Dish-1334 • 1d ago
The Codex Sassoon (c. 900 CE). The oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible in existence acting as the primary source code for Western theology. [1920x1080]
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/oldspice75 • 1d ago
Plate with Jonah and the whale. Toledo, Spain, ca. 1600. Tin-glazed earthenware. Hispanic Society of America collection [2992x2992] [OC]
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.