LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: shell

Title/Object Name: Dish in the Shape of a Shell with Floral Decoration Culture: Japan Period: Edo period (1615–1868) Date: 17th century Medium: Porcelain with overglaze enamels (Arita ware, Ko Imari type) Dimensions: Diam. 9 in. (22.9 cm) Classification: Ceramic Credit Line: Dr. and Mrs. Roger G. Gerry Collection, Bequest of Dr. and Mrs. Roger G. Gerry, 2000 Accession Number: 2002.447.77 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/asian_...

Title: Pommel with horned animals Period: Iron Age II-III Date: ca. 9th–7th century B.C. Geography: Northwestern Iran Medium: Shell, gold foil, stone inlay Dimensions: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) Classification: Shell-Ornament Credit Line: Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989 Accession Number: 1989.281.29 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien...

Plaque with a Striding Sphinx Shell Mesopotami, excavated at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Fort Shalmaneser, Room NE 26 Neo-Assyrian period, 8th century BC Accession Number: 60.145.9 Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Title: Shell engraved with winged female deity, sphinxes, and lotus plants Period: Iron Age II Date: ca. 8th–7th century B.C. Geography: Levant Medium: Shell (Tridacna squamosa) Dimensions: 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (7 x 3.8 cm) Classification: Shell-Sculpture Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Inanna Gifts, 1999 Accession Number: 1999.81 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien...

Inlay: combat between a human-headed bull and a lion-headed eagle Shell Mesopotamia Early Dynastic IIIa, 2600-2500 BC Accession # 1984.77 Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Pair of Silver Attachments in the Form of Seashells Greek, late 4th-3rd century BC Accession # 1994.5.1.-.2 Appliques like these delicate shells could have decorated boxes or chests or the junction of the handle and shoulder of an oinochoe (jug.) Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Terracotta aryballos (oil flask) in the form of three cockleshells Greek, Attic, late 6th century BC Inscribed on the lip, "The boy is fair" Accession # 23.160.33 Such small bottles held the olive oil used by athletes to cleanse themselves after exercise. This exquisite vase is embellished with black and red lines that accentuate the outer rims of the three shells. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Cup Silver gilt, nautilus shell Dutch (Utrecht), 1602 Accession Number: 17.190.604 The shell is probably a nineteenth-century replacement; the engraved ornament on the lip is of the same era. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Fisher Boy 1841–44; carved 1857 Object Details Title: Fisher Boy Artist: Hiram Powers (American, Woodstock, Vermont 1805–1873 Florence) Date: 1841–44; carved 1857 Culture: American Medium: Marble Dimensions: 57 1/2 x 19 x 16 in. (146.1 x 48.3 x 40.6 cm) Classification: Sculpture Credit Line: Bequest of Hamilton Fish, 1894 Accession Number: 94.9. Powers modeled Fisher Boy in Florence, Italy, where he earned an international reputation for his idealized subjects. In calling this figure “a kind of Appollino,” he referred to ancient Greek depictions of Apollo as the epitome of male youth. However, rather than present his only male nude in a mythological guise, the longtime expatriate sculptor insisted on cloaking it in a modern genre subject—a young fisherman’s use of a conch shell to listen for warnings of inclement weather. Half-buried shells carved on the base suggest an ocean setting. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11791

Fisher Boy 1841–44; carved 1857 Object Details Title: Fisher Boy Artist: Hiram Powers (American, Woodstock, Vermont 1805–1873 Florence) Date: 1841–44; carved 1857 Culture: American Medium: Marble Dimensions: 57 1/2 x 19 x 16 in. (146.1 x 48.3 x 40.6 cm) Classification: Sculpture Credit Line: Bequest of Hamilton Fish, 1894 Accession Number: 94.9. Powers modeled Fisher Boy in Florence, Italy, where he earned an international reputation for his idealized subjects. In calling this figure “a kind of Appollino,” he referred to ancient Greek depictions of Apollo as the epitome of male youth. However, rather than present his only male nude in a mythological guise, the longtime expatriate sculptor insisted on cloaking it in a modern genre subject—a young fisherman’s use of a conch shell to listen for warnings of inclement weather. Half-buried shells carved on the base suggest an ocean setting. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11791

Fisher Boy 1841–44; carved 1857 Object Details Title: Fisher Boy Artist: Hiram Powers (American, Woodstock, Vermont 1805–1873 Florence) Date: 1841–44; carved 1857 Culture: American Medium: Marble Dimensions: 57 1/2 x 19 x 16 in. (146.1 x 48.3 x 40.6 cm) Classification: Sculpture Credit Line: Bequest of Hamilton Fish, 1894 Accession Number: 94.9. Powers modeled Fisher Boy in Florence, Italy, where he earned an international reputation for his idealized subjects. In calling this figure “a kind of Appollino,” he referred to ancient Greek depictions of Apollo as the epitome of male youth. However, rather than present his only male nude in a mythological guise, the longtime expatriate sculptor insisted on cloaking it in a modern genre subject—a young fisherman’s use of a conch shell to listen for warnings of inclement weather. Half-buried shells carved on the base suggest an ocean setting. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11791

Lyre Inlay Shell 2550-2450 BC Ur, Iraq (PG 1332) #30-12-484 Text from the U. Penn. Museum label.

Offering Vessel in the Shape of a Seashell Greek, about 425 BC Marble Inventory # 57.AA.6 Text from the Getty Villa Museum label.

Stemmed Cup with Seashells Unknown Mycenaean, Greece, 1350 - 1300 B.C. Terracotta 6 7/8 in. 96.AE.310 A band of three shells decorates each side of this Mycenaean stemmed cup. Both the shape of the vessel and its decorative motif are typical for the period from about 1350 to 1300 B.C. Beginning earlier still, around 1500 B.C., Mycenaean potters decorated their wares with very naturalistic renderings of marine life, a style adopted from the island of Crete. Over the centuries, these pictures became more stylized, as can be seen on this cup. The period from 1350 to 1300 B.C. was a period of growth and prosperity for the Mycenaean kingdoms. Standardization in both the forms and decoration of pottery developed among widely spread communities--evidence of an organized, highly centralized culture. The stemmed cup was one of the most popular vases in this period. Enormous quantities of these vessels were kept in Mycenaean palaces and may have been used at large banquets. Text from: www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=110628