Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Master of Animals, Lord of Animals, or Mistress of the Animals is a motif in ancient art showing a human between and grasping two confronted animals. [1] The motif is very widespread in the art of the Ancient Near East and Egypt.
Seated woman of Çatalhöyük flanked by two lionesses. The Potnia Theron (Ancient Greek: Ἡ Πότνια Θηρῶν, romanized: Hē Pótnia Therón, lit. 'The Lady of Animals', [1] [hɛː pót.ni.a tʰɛː.rɔ̂ːn]) or Mistress of Animals is a widespread [not verified in body] motif in ancient art from the Mediterranean world and the ancient Near East, showing a central human, or human ...
The reverse of the handle shows a Master of Animals motif: two confronted lions, flanking a central figure (note confronted dogs and other animals below) Confronted animals , or confronted-animal as an adjective , where two animals face each other in a symmetrical pose, is an ancient bilateral motif in art and artifacts studied in archaeology ...
Luristan bronze objects came to the notice of the world art market from the late 1920s and were excavated in considerable quantities by local people, "wild tribesmen who did not encourage the competition of qualified excavators", [10] and taken through networks of dealers, latterly illegally, to Europe or America, without information about the contexts in which they were found. [11]
English: Three Iranian stamp-seals, made from dark-grey steatite, with 'shamanic' figure/'master of animals'. From Iran, maybe Tepe Giyan (ex-Herzfeld collection), ca 5000-4000 BC. From Iran, maybe Tepe Giyan (ex-Herzfeld collection), ca 5000-4000 BC.
Clucks-atawney Henrietta lives on Muscoot Farm in Katonah, New York.Unlike Phil and other Groundhog day animals, Henrietta determines the end of winter through egg-laying. If Henrietta lays an egg ...
The Master of Animals pendant. The treasure was said to have been found in a tomb on the island of Aegina, not far from Athens, in 1891, although the exact circumstances have never been determined. The British Museum purchased the bulk of the treasure in 1892 from the Cresswell Brothers, a London firm of sponge dealers. Further pieces from the ...
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!