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Porcelein turtle vessel, China, early 16th century

from The Ayala Museum, Manila

Gold and lapis scarab on gold swivel ring, Egypt, 1550-1425 BC

from The Louvre

Gold swivel ring depicting Isis and Horus, Ptolemaic Egypt, 330-30 BC

from The Art Institute of Chicago

Two Bottles in the Form of Pomegranates, ca. 1295–1070 B.C., Metropolitan Museum of Art: Egyptian Art

Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926 (26.7.1180); Rogers Fund, 1944 (44.4.52) Size: Large jar (26.7.1180): H. 12 cm (4 ¾ in); diam. 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in) Small jar (44.4.52): H. 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in) Medium: Glass, opaque

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/590955

Islamic bindings,From Walters Art Museum

Heart-shaped medieval Books of Hours

We know of only a few examples of heart-shaped Books of Hours, all dating from the 15th or the 16th century. Additional photos of several other such books are posted at damien kempf, via Erik Kwakkel.

The Biekorf (“Beehive”) Library, best known for its collection of cistercian manuscripts from Ten Duinen en Ter Doest, holds 21 medieval Books of Hours.”

For a general introduction to Books of Hours, check out this 12-minute video:

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objects from iran in the jewish museum’s collection:

shabbat table cover / ketubbah / kiddush cup / tallit

Round box made from red laquer decorated with carved out Camellias. Might have been used for incense or other types of powders. China. Southern Song dynasty. 13th century. [4000x3000]

Amazigh, Jewish and Andalusian Moroccan Diadems and Headdresses | Taj Maghrebi 

Pair of Roman earrings with doves. Made of gold, garnets, emeralds, and pearls. c. 3rd-4th centuries CE. From Bonhams auction house

Bridegroom wedding crown made of silver, northern India

Medieval Italian Gold Ring with Emerald Cabochon, Later 15th Century AD

A D-section gold hoop with baluster to each shoulder, plaque with rosette motif, biconvex square bezel with ropework border, inset emerald cabochon. 27mm overall, 17.53mm internal diameter. Rare.

The emerald is between three and four carats. It is highly probable that this stone originated in the Austrian Habatchtal deposit. The finest stones, such as this one, from this deposit were the earliest mined.

Graeco-Roman chalcedony intaglio of Zeus enthroned, with scepter and eagle, dated to 30 BCE to 200 CE. The gold ring itself is modern. Found in the Thorvaldsens Museum.

Ancient Greek silver phiale depicting the Amazonomachy.  Artist unknown; ca. 430-420 BCE.  Now in the Vassil Bojkov collection, Sofia, Bulgaria.  Photo credit: Gorgonchica/Wikimedia Commons.

Container for eye pigments in the form of a golden seashell pendant, from the funerary complex of king Sekhemkhet at Saqqara. Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ca. 2650 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

Wow can you imagine being alive in 2650 BCE and being the hottest bitch in town that everyone’s jealous of for having this….Anastasia Beverly Hills who 

Javanese gold arm band, dated to the early 10th century CE. Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.