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Sculpture of a seated warrior with two dogs. Veracruz, Mexico, 400-800 AD
~ Apollo.
Period: Roman
Provinience: Istanbul, Archaeological Museum.
Medium: Marble
Assyrian alabaster relief of an Eagle-Headed Winged Figure from the ancient city of Nimrud, dating back to the 9th century BCE. The Pergamon Museum, Berlin, GERMANY.
Photo by Babylon Chronicle
A Zapotec Terracotta Figural Urn of the Butterfly God (Ītzpāpālōtl) found at Monte Alban in Oaxaca, Mexico, Circa 200-600 AD. Sold at sotheby’s in 2017 for $200,000
A sphinx inspired by a terracotta oil jar from the Taman Peninsula, 4th century BC
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Mirror with Jaguar or Coyote Mosaic
Teotihuacan, 500–600 CE
For over 2,000 years, polished stone mirrors were an important component of Mesoamerican attire, ritual, and symbolic imagery. This mirror is made of a single sheet of polished pyrite stone and includes a jade jaguar mosaic at its center. Mirrors often functioned as emblems of rank and office and were typically worn at the small of the back. The depiction of such mirrors in ancient murals, as worn by warriors, priests, and state officials, attests to their importance in the spectacular art of ritual performance in Teotihuacan.
