Tunic Fragment – Wari – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/312615
Light brown figures with split eyes have a human aspect and the fangs of beings endowed
Light brown figures with split eyes have a human aspect and the fangs of beings endowed
Signature: (at left) PM (engraved)Inscription: Each letter separately struck with a die, not engraved. (on upper part of rim)INCEPTANT FACINVS (QVASI NVLLVS IN ORBE SVPERSTES IAM, FORET) E LOTHO FLEBILE PROGENITÆ(on lower part of rim)NAM FOEDE PATRIVM TENTANT[A] (obliterated) TEMERARE CVBILE OBRVTA VT EST VINO MENS, RATIOQVE VIRI „Lot’s daughter attempts a disgraceful deed-(as though already no man remained on earth-)
The engraver, who must have been trained on the Continent, based his compositions
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Bidri Water Pipe BaseOf the small number of known bidri objects that predate the eighteenth century, a majority are huqqa (water pipe) bases. Tobacco arrived in India sometime in the late sixteenth century, brought by the Portuguese from the New World to the port of Goa
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Stonepaste production expanded significantly in the twelfth century, as witnessed by a substantial increase in production centers; advances in established techniques and the development of new ones, especially underglaze painting; a greater sophistication in decoration; and a more marked stylistic divergence between Syrian and Iranian productions.
Scholars have endeavored to locate this technological and artistic growth in the
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