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Girl's haregi (formal kimono) with Axis flags, tanks, planes, and airships. Japan, 1940 [2000x2100]
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Girl's haregi (formal kimono) with Axis flags, tanks, planes, and airships. Japan, 1940 [2000x2100]

u/EyeEmpty7485 — 6 days ago
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Ancient Roman Statue of a Child Satyr Wearing a Theater Mask of an Old Satyr. The Art Institute of Chicago. [OC] [4000x3256]

A young satyr thrusts his hand through the mouth of a theater mask of an old satyr. The old satyr is Silenus, the elderly, wise, and frequently intoxicated companion to Dionysus.
Originally dated first century AD. Made of marble. Partially restored in 1628 when quite a few details had been added.

u/vkorost — 7 days ago
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Drawing of the Amabie, a fish-like being that appeared in the sea alongside a glowing object, and delivered a message. Translation in comments. Japan, 1846 [2100x1700]

u/MunakataSennin — 7 days ago
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Hexagonal flask with menorah, shofar, lulav, and etrog. Jerusalem or vicinity, ca. 600 AD. Mold-blown glass. Walters Art Museum collection [1542x1799]

u/oldspice75 — 6 days ago
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Christ Child as Good Shepherd, carved from ivory in the Portuguese colony of Goa, India, ca. 17th Century [1219x1800]

u/SaysToMabelISays — 6 days ago
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Buddhist stele with rubbing of inscription on the back, made by a monk named Hui Mie. China, Northern Qi dynasty, 550-577 AD [1330x1100]

u/EyeEmpty7485 — 8 days ago