Owl Man - Moche culture (100—800 AD) [2380x1700]

348 Upvotes

The Owl Man (or Owl God) is a deity and mythical figure of the Moche culture from Peru.

The figure is made of copper, with an intense green patina that naturally formed as the metal oxidized underground over centuries. Shell and turquoise inlays in the eyes and chest add to its expressiveness.

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r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 2h ago

Doll once called "Sophie" by its owner. England, 1750-1770 [2560x2430]

66 Upvotes

6 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 16h ago

Serpent with painted face. France, 1820 [3430x2800]

719 Upvotes

11 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 2h ago

Portable shrine depicting Thousand-armed Avalokitesvara. Japan, 12th century AD [1220x1220]

37 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 2h ago

Theatrical costume for the role of a warrior. China, 1662–1722 [3830x3370]

36 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ArtefactPorn • u/chubachus • 8h ago

Roly-Poly Daruma figure made of carved wood, Japanese, c. 1800-1850. [1580x2100]

79 Upvotes

2 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 16h ago

The Umibōzu attacking a boat, drawing from the Bakemono Chakutō-chō by Kitao Masayoshi. Japan, 1788 [1590x1700]

117 Upvotes

4 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/oldspice75 • 21h ago

Painted clamshell with hunt scene. China, Warring States to Western Han period, ca. 300-100 BC, one of the earliest surviving examples of figural painting in Chinese art. Cleveland Museum of Art collection [4208x4208] [OC]

180 Upvotes

3 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/oldspice75 • 21h ago

"Stag Hunt" attributed to Huang Zongdau. China, Northern Song or Jin dynasty, ca. 1120; inscribed by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty, 1765. Handscroll; ink and color on paper. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection [4000x1260]

94 Upvotes

4 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 1d ago

Burial chamber of a burial mound on the side of Maikoshima Island, exposed by the erosion of the island's cliffs. Japan, 7th century AD [1920x2081]

356 Upvotes

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r/ArtefactPorn • u/CryptographerKey2847 • 1d ago

"Kissing Fairies" Loose powder tin for talc or face powder from 1926[1283x1356]

884 Upvotes

5 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 1d ago

Bronze bell with dragons. Shanxi, China, 500-450 BC [2500x2990]

199 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ArtefactPorn • u/jgzogaib • 1d ago

Carved limewood automaton sculpture of "Death on a Lion", created in Middle Franconia, Germany in 1513. [724x1080]

1.4k Upvotes

Once the crowning feature of a monumental clock in Heilsbronn Abbey, the skeleton struck a bell inside the lion's neck with a bone every hour. Now housed at the Bavarian National Museum.

11 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/jgzogaib • 1d ago

Reassembled Roman fresco fragment depicting a female face from the "House of the Harpist" in Arles, France, 1st Century BC [800x1000]

457 Upvotes

5 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 1d ago

Jamadhar with gold floral patterns on the handle. India, 18th century [1570x490]

142 Upvotes

4 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/WestonWestmoreland • 1d ago

Five-story Pagoda, Senso-ji Temple, Asakusa, district, Tokyo, Japan. Also known as Asakusa Kannon, Senso-ji is a Buddhist temple complex, Tokyo's oldest-established temple, and one of its most significant. The origin of the temple complex dates to 645.[1280x846] [OC]

63 Upvotes

4 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Haunting_Homework381 • 1d ago

Silk damask gown that survived the Palmwood Wreck, believed to date to around the 1620s [1200x900]

1.8k Upvotes

23 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/SaysToMabelISays • 1d ago

The Lewis Chessmen, discovered near Uig on the Isle of Lewis. Made from walrus ivory and heavily influenced by Norse culture, it's unknown why they were hidden and who owned them. Scotland, ca. 1150 [8984x6732]

758 Upvotes

11 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/jgzogaib • 1d ago

Roman carnelian intaglio gem depicting the Muse Thalia holding a comic mask, 3rd quarter of the 1st century BCE. Currently housed at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. [885x1102] NSFW

237 Upvotes

6 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/JankCranky • 2d ago

The Warren Cup, an ancient Roman silver drinking cup depicting homoerotic acts between two males, dating 5-15 A.D. Said to have been buried c. 66 A.D. during the First Jewish Revolt against Roman rule. It was recovered c. 1911 in Bittir, Palestine. (1781x1004) NSFW

1.4k Upvotes

91 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/SaysToMabelISays • 2d ago

Human Remains A cup made from a human skull. Found in Gough's Cave in Somerset, UK, many bones show clear evidence of cannibalism, including this skull that was shaped into a cup. Somerset, ca. 14,700 years ago [5142x3414] NSFW

1.4k Upvotes

118 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 2d ago

Whaler's hat depicting killer whales. British Columbia, Canada, Nootka peoples, early 20th century [2200x2230]

846 Upvotes

9 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 2d ago

Excavation of a section of a 30 meters thick defensive wall on the east side of Nineveh, in Iraq, exposed a massive 41 meters long tunnel that brought water from the Khosr River into the city. Neo-Assyrian period (911–609 BCE) [1200x2607]

571 Upvotes

8 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 2d ago

Ceiling hole used to pour hot oil on invading soldiers, inside the Citadel of Qaitbay. Egypt, Mamluk Sultanate, 15th century [3500x2520]

259 Upvotes

29 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 2d ago

An antler armchair from the Kangxi period (1662–1722 CE), made of antlers, nanmu wood and black lacquer. Qing Dynasty, now housed at Hong Kong Palace Museum [1377x2248]

186 Upvotes

1 comment

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