Tile with two rabbits, two snakes and a tortoise. Earthenware, molded & underglaze-painted decoration. Iran, 19th c
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Albrecht Dürer: The wing of a Blue roller, 1512
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Bartholomeus Anglicus, ‘Livre des propriétés des choses’ (French translation of Jean Corbechon), Paris,1447
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Bat from Frederick II, De arte venandi cum avibus (French translation), France ca. 1310
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Crows Flying in a Snowstorm’ (1920’s). Japanese Woodblock print by Itô Sôzan (born 1884, active 1919–26)
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Mayan plate with monkey tail in spiral, 300-850 CE, México
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Pablo Picasso, Angry Owl, 1953
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Nonomura Ninsei, active ca. 1646-77
Kyoto ware incense box in shape of crouching rabbit. Stoneware with enamels
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Terracotta Pig, East Java, 15th century
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Rattle in the shape of a Crocodile, Mayan, Mexico, ca. 8th century CE
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Neolithic amber bear, dated between 1700 B.C.E. and 650 B.C.E.
Found in 1887 in a peat bog near Slupsk, Poland
What an exquisite little thing! Must have been a beloved item in its time.
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it's rather lovely, yes









