Ancient Sumer Woman
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010Based on a terracotta relief from Sumer, circa 1950 B.C.
Based on a terracotta relief from Sumer, circa 1950 B.C.
ATHENIAN GREEK ORATOR GOD BACCHUS DIONYSUS
BOY WITH THORN HELLENISTIC HUNTING APOLLO WITH DOG
A very striking fragment from a pottery figure of a nude curvaceous female.
Pre-Columbian, possibly Guerrero, 2nd Millennium BC
Size: 9.5 x 6.2 cms
Fragment as shown
Ex. private collection, Oxford, UK.
Icon of Khmer civilization, Angkor Wat in Cambodia endures as a revered religious shrine.
A watery path leads to the West Mebon temple on an artificial island in the West Baray. Only fragments remain of the temple’s former centerpiece, a magnificent 20-foot-long bronze statue of the reclining Hindu god Vishnu.
Number of pictures courtesy of Mr Ali Majdfar
Landscape
Number of pictures courtesy of Mr Ali Majdfar
Landscape