Detail of Vision of Saint Francis of Assisi, Jusepe de Ribera, 1638

venerdì 31 ottobre 2014

Syrian-style openwork plaque with a striding sphinx


Syrian-style openwork plaque with a striding sphinx (ca. IX–VIII sec. a.C.)
Neo-Assyrian period, Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
Ivory - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York


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