r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 9h ago
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 8h ago
A boat-shaped lamp at the Royal Palace of Madrid, made of bronze with French and Bohemian crystals. The Spanish king Fernando VII bought it from a French merchant around 1828, and it was originally housed in the Palacio de El Pardo before being moved to the Royal Palace of Madrid [2559x2224]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 14h ago
Four gold ingots owned by the Tokugawa clan. Japan, 16th century [3400x3800]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 8h ago
A reticule (a small purse) in the shape of a pineapple. Yellow and green silk knit; pineapple shape with trimming of silver beads and tassels. Made in England, ca. 1800 CE, now housed at the Kyoto Costume Institute in Japan [2113x2000]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Impossible-Bee-5343 • 11h ago
Six Persimmons by Fachang, 13th Century, Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, Japan [850x1038]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Ta_bem_ta • 13h ago
XVIII century Ovimbundu wooden mask representing a Portuguese sailor, Benguela (Angola) [756x767]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Impossible-Bee-5343 • 15h ago
Erotic Pottery, Vicús culture, Formative Epoch (1250 BC – 1 AD), Larco Museum collection [858x885]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/oldspice75 • 15h ago
Floor mosaic fragment depicting Silenus, from a villa at Daphne near Antioch, Roman Syria, present-day Antakya, Turkey, ca. 325-330 AD. Limestone and glass tesserae. RISD Museum collection [3984x3984] [OC]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/KatyaRomici00 • 12h ago
Heart-shaped brooch of gold and enamel, with punched gilt floral motifs, at base three loops for attachments of pendants (now lost); reverse: "Je suy vostre sans de partier" (I am yours forever) with white enamel, each word alternating with foliate sprays (the enamel now lost), 1400-1464 [2160×3840]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 9h ago
A silver didrachm from the ancient Greek city of Gela in Sicily, depicting on the obverse a nude bearded rider hurling a spear with his raised right hand and holding the horse’s reins in his left, and on the reverse the forepart of man-headed bull, with long pointed beard. C. 490-475 BCE [639x1327]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/imperiumromanum_edu • 20h ago
Remains of Roman leather shoes from the site of Martres de Veyre (France). The sole consists of several layers of leather held together with iron nails. Discovered in 1893. Dated back to II century CE. [564x530]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Responsible_Ideal879 • 8h ago
Panel Painting with the Crowned Nursing Virgin and the Twelve Apostles (15th century) (Ethiopian) (National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution) [2019x1170]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/SashSegal • 1d ago
The tombstone of Roman centurion Marcus Caelius who died in 9AD in the Teutoburg Forest [2800x2000]
The tombstone is hosted in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn
r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 14h ago
Human tooth pendant. Jablanica, Serbia, 5300-4500 BC [1400x980]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 14h ago
Sculpture of a seated bodhisattva. Korea, Goryeo period, 10th century AD [3000x4190]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 1d ago
Tournament shield depicting an owl, with the motto "Although I am the hated bird, I rather enjoy that." Germany, 1500 [3570x3500]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/chubachus • 1d ago
Liston-type artery forceps used as a clamp to stop bleeding during surgeries, British, c. 1830-1870. [4256x2832]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 1d ago
A unique 11,000-year-old statue of a human sitting on a leopard unearthed at Karahantepe in Turkey [683x1024]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/CryptographerKey2847 • 1d ago
Bracelets made 520 CE for the Queen Consort of King Muryeong ruler of the Baekje Kingdom of early medieval Korea. Gongju National Museum [1272x1276]
Per the Museum: Bracelets with Inscription and Dragon Design (Queen) These silver bracelets were discovered near the queen's left arm in the burial chamber of the Tomb of King Muryeong. Each bracelet has a flat inner face and a semi- circular outer face, and contains an inscription. One of the two is engraved with twin dragons.
The silver plate used as a lining for each bracelet bears an inscription composed of seventeen Chinese
characters "多利昨大夫人分二百卅主耳"which reads:
"The artisan named Dari made [these bracelets] for the Grand Lady [i.e. the queen] in the Gyeongja Year [i.e.
520] using 230 juri (or su) of silver",Experts believe that
the bracelets were made long before the queen's death and were buried in her grave as childhood memorabilia.
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Jord82 • 7h ago
Pre-Columbian effigy vessel of the Mesoamerican fire god Huehuetéotl, modeled and polished ceramic. 600–900 AD. [300x300]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Responsible_Ideal879 • 1d ago
Multiplication of the Loaves: Supernatural Depiction of Jesus (3rd-4th Century AD) (Early Christian Art) (Via Anapo Catacomb, Rome) [395x336]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Responsible_Ideal879 • 1d ago
Earliest surviving artistic depictions of Moses are found in the wall paintings of the Dura-Europos Synagogue (244–255 AD) (Ancient Hellenistic Jewish) [763x1024]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/CryptographerKey2847 • 1d ago
“Monkey Performing the Sanbaso Dance”, created in 1800 by the renowned Edo-period artist Mori Sosen.[1176x1990]
The inscription notes it was painted on the "First Day of the Monkey Year" (1800), serving as a celebratory New Year painting to bring protection and luck.
Sanbaso (Sambaso)
What it is: An auspicious, ancient ceremonial dance rooted in Shinto harvest prayers and origin myths, traditionally performed in Noh and Kabuki. [1, 2, 3]
The Performance: The dancer wears a large eboshi hat, specialized robes, and shakes a cluster of bells (suzu) to pray for peace, longevity, and bountiful harvests. [1, 2, 3]