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For #SaveTheElephantDay on #TwoForTuesday 🐘🐘:
Two #Elephants
from Manafi al-Hayawan (Uses of Animals) by Ibn Bakhtīshūʻ (ʻUbayd Allāh ibn Jibrāʼīl), Maragheh, Iran, 1297-1300 (w/ 19th c. additions)
The Morgan Library & Museum MS M.500 fol. 13r
https://ica.themorgan.org/manuscript/page/7/77363

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For on 🐘🐘:
Amrita Sher-Gil (Hungarian-Indian, 1913-1941)
Two , 1940
Oil on Canvas, 46cm X 54.3cm
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/two-elephants-amrita-sher-gil/

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For #SaveTheElephantDay on #TwoForTuesday 🐘🐘:
Pair of Earrings in the Form of Dancing #Elephants
India, Deccan, 19th c.
Gold inlaid with rubies & sapphires
1 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1/2 in. (3.81 × 3.81 × 1.27 cm) each
LACMA M.86.49a-b: https://collections.lacma.org/node/252139
#IndianArt

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#TwoForTuesday on #TextileTuesday:
San Blas Islands (Guna Yala comarca), Guna, Panama - 20th century
Machine-woven plain-weave cotton cloth w/ appliqué & embroidery
On display at GW Textile Museum’s new animal-themed textiles exhibit.
#IndigenousArt #PanamanianArt

photo of the horseman mola
photo of the label: > Mola panel Panama; San Blas Islands (Guna Yala comarca), Guna 20th century Mola panel Panama; San Blas Islands (Guna Yala comarca), Guna 20th century Machine-woven plain-weave cotton cloth with appliqué and embroidery The Textile Museum Collection, 1969.26.4, museum purchase Machine-woven plain-weave cotton cloth with appliqué and embroidery The Textile Museum Collection, 2000.24.80, Ann Parker and Avon Neal Mola Collection, given jointly with the Neals by Frederick C. Seibold, Jr. Guna women's blouse panels or mola often feature animals in their designs. The mola to the left shows a scene of a man on a boat surrounded by a range of different aquatic animals; a crab, two crocodiles (either spectacled caiman/Caiman crocodilus or the American crocodile/Crocodylus acutus), two fish, and an eel. This scene is reflective of the ocean-centric culture of these Indigenous communities on the Panamanian coast and the San Blas Islands. Guna women also depict non-native species drawn from a diverse range of subject matter. The mola to the right was inspired by the cover of the September 1966 issue of the magazine The Western Horseman. The horse is a common symbol for foreign culture in Central and South American Indigenous cultures, as it was introduced into the region by various waves of European and American occupation.<

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+ :
2 of 120 lifesize that lined the Processional Way from the Ishtar Gate to the Temple of Marduk at Babylon.

Striding Lion Panels
Mesopotamian, Babylonian Neo-Babylonian Period, reign of Nebuchadnezzar II 604–561 BCE
Findspot: Iraq, Babylon, 1899, excavated by the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft for the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin
Terracotta glazed bricks

  1. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 106 x 232 cm
  2. RISD Museum 104.1 x 228.6 cm

panel 1 at RISD “Open-mouthed lion, teeth bared, striding left.” framed and mounted high on white wall

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"I can't believe you showed up in the same outfit as me!"
"Hey, I got here first. You should go back to your rock and change."
"This is my rock! You change!"
"I can't even look at you right now. This is so embarrassing!"

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#TwoForTuesday:
Kitaoka Fumio (1918-2007)
Glass #Fish, 1988
color woodblock print, ink on paper
https://ukiyo-e.org/image/artelino/42096g1
#JapaneseArt

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For #TilesOnTueaday + #TwoForTuesday: 105 + 156 “#Oyster”
Many of the designs appear in multiples & those in higher foot traffic areas have noticeably more wear, as seen in this pair.
From the ongoing search for all the #animals from the 420 original 1906 Moravian tile #mosaics by Henry Chapman Mercer on the #Pennsylvania Capitol floor.
#ArtsAndCraftsMovement #AnimalsInArt

photo of floor tile mosaic depicting an open white oyster (bivalve shells), numbered “156” and labeled “OYS TER” - light wear from less foot traffic

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For #AppreciateADragonDay on #TilesOnTuesday + #TwoForTuesday:
100 + 362 “DRAGONFLY”
From the ongoing search for all the #animals from Henry Mercer’s 420 original 1906 Moravian tile #mosaics on the #Pennsylvania Capitol floor.
#ArtsAndCraftsMovement #AnimalsInArt

photo of the floor tile mosaic: dragonfly design with black body and white wings with blue spots, square frame, labeled “DRAGON FLY” & numbered “362”

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#TwoForTuesday:
Two Standing, Braying #Camels, One Buff, One White, Their Backs Laden with Goods
Chinese, Northern Qi dynasty, 550-77 CE
earthenware
2003.193.1: H. 35 x W. 27.5 x D. 16.5 cm (13 3/4 x 10 13/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
2003.193.2: H. 33.5 x W. 25 x D. 19.5 cm (13 3/16 x 9 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
on display at Harvard Art Museums 2003.193.1-2

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#TwoForTuesday:

  1. Bowl with #Horse and #Cheetah
  2. Small Bowl with #Peacock
    Iran, Nishapur, Samanid period, 10th c.
    Earthenware painted under glaze
    on display at Harvard Art Museums 2002.50.68,9

Small Bowl with Peacock Buff-colored earthenware painted with black (manganese), yellow (lead-tin), and green (copper) under clear lead glaze Underglazed, painted 6.7 x 16.2 cm (2 5/8 x 6 3/8 in.) The freely painted ceramics associated through excavation with the city of Nishapur, in northeastern Iran, reveal the diverse nature of Samanid society. Written in the middle of this bowl is the word for “eye” or “fount” in Syriac, the liturgical language of the Nestorian Christians, who maintained a bishopric in Nishapur. In early Christian imagery, a peacock drinking from a fount symbolized the revival and rebirth offered by baptism. https://harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/160456

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#TwoForTuesday + #TilesOnTuesday :
Joseph-Théodore Deck (French, 1823-1891)
Tile Plaques, c.1880
Earthenware w/ underglaze & overglaze enamel decoration
tiles 10 x 10 in (25.4 x 25.4 cm) ea.
panels 40 x 20 in (101.6 x 50.8 cm) ea.
On view at PMA
#birdsinart
The vibrant turquoise blue in these works was one of the signature glazes developed by Deck, who was inspired by Turkish ceramics. It came to be so closely identified with the artist that it came to be known in the late 1800s as ‘Deck blue.’”

closeup of the left panel featuring male mallard duck
closeup of the right panel featuring pair of Mandarin ducks and two butterflies
gallery label: Tile Plaques Around 1880 Joseph-Théodore Deck French, 1823-1891 Earthenware with underglaze and overglaze enamel decoration Many ceramic works take their colorful appearance from glazes - liquid coatings that fuse onto clay to form a surface layer of glass when fired. Because the chemical components of glaze mixtures react differently in the kiln, the colors on a finished piece are often the result of an artist's intensive process of trial-and-error. The vibrant turquoise blue in these works was one of the signature glazes developed by ceramist Joseph-Théodore Deck, who was inspired by Turkish ceramics. The turquoise came to be so closely identified with the artist that it came to be known in the late 1800s as “Deck blue." [Plate] Gift of Larry A. Simms, 2023; [dish] Purchased with funds contributed by Mr. and Mrs. Adolph G. Rosengarten, Jr., 1978-117-1; [Tile Plaques] Gift of Lillian Nassau, 1973-203-1

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#TwoForTuesday:

Ceramic stirrup-spout bottles in the form of a #duck and a #feline (ID’d here as a puma)
c. 1100-1400 CE
Chimú culture, North coast of Peru
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian display

This type of grey-black ceramic was a signature Chimú style.

#IndigenousArt #PeruvianArt #AndeanArt

closeup of the duck bottle - dark grey
closeup of the feline bottle - dark grey

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#TwoForTuesday :
Ewer in the shape of a #fish and #shrimp
Vietnam, Tran-Le dynasties, 14th-15th c.
Stoneware with green glaze; molded & incised decoration
19.4 x 17 x 5.5 cm (7 5/8 x 6 11/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
On display at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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For #SaveTheElephantDay on #TwoForTuesday 🐘🐘:
#Elephant masks
Bamiléké people (Cameroon)
Blue cotton cloth, colored beads
Red cotton cloth, glass beads
Field Museum display
#AfricanArt

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195 & 318 “Blue Jay”
another pair from the ongoing search for all the animals from the 420 original 1906 Moravian tile by Henry Mercer on the Capitol floor.

photo of a Mercer tile mosaic depicting a blue jay on a branch, numbered 318 on PA Capitol red tile floor

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:
Judy Kensley McKie (American, b. 1944)
door handles, pair, 2003
patinated bronze, 19½ h × 2¾ w × 3¼ d in (50 × 7 × 8 cm)
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Opossum-door-handles--pair/F58EF6DCDFAA05F389D4A20525DA9CE6

pair of door handles in the form of stylized opossums, bronze with green patina: view 2, side profile
pair of door handles in the form of stylized opossums, bronze with green patina: view 3, closeup of heads

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For #SaveTheElephantDay on #TwoForTuesday 🐘🐘:
Pair of Altar Candlesticks
China, probably Guangzhou (Canton), 19th c.
Gilt copper, cloisonné enamel, colored glass, stones; H 56 cm
"were probably part of a Buddhist altar set, the elephant being the mount of Akshobya"
The Khalili Collections: https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/enamels-of-the-world/khalili-collections-enamels-of-the-world-pair-of-altar-candlesticks-ch920/

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For + , two different versions of Two Long Neck , 2019, by Reuben Balarda Manakgu (Mandjuringunj clan, West Arhnem Land, b.1965)
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 26 x 43cm & 40 x 50 cm
https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Reuben-Manakgu/391C37A818E900F7/Artworks

Aboriginal painting of two long-neck turtles, Rarrk (cross-hatching) style, with four waterlily leaves on dark red-brown marbled background

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:
Leslie van der Sluys (Australian, 1939-2010)
Gang Gang and Lemon Scented Gum, 1982
hand-coloured linocut, 32 x 29cm
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/leslie-van-der-sluys-1939-2010-gang-gang-cockatoo-%20%20%20%203081-c-4594cac9c7

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, here is a nursing 2 cubs, on top of a also nursing 2 cubs!
From Fol. 115v of BnF Lat. 16169 (Albertus Magnus, De animalibus), Paris, mid 14th c.
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b85409542/f232

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#TwoForTuesday + #ToucanTuesday :
Wilhelm Kuhnert (German, 1865-1926)
#Toucans (n.d.)
Pencil & watercolor picked out in white, on paper, 27.9 x 17.8 cm
https://www.lempertz.com/en/catalogues/lot/1132-2/1567-wilhelm-kuhnert.html
🆔 Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco), also known in Kuhnert's time as the Giant Toucan (it's the largest living toucan species)
#BirdsInArt

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For during :
Emil Nolde (German, 1867-1956)
Feuersalamander (Fire ), 1923-4
watercolor on Japan laid paper
36.4 x 46.3 cm (14.3 x 18.2 in)
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/emil-nolde-feuersalamander-fire-salamander-%20%20%20%20212-c-0785a64a30

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For #TwoForTuesday during #AmphibianWeek :
Norbertine Bresslern-Roth (Austrian, 1891–1978)
1 Two Fire Salamanders, 1920
watercolor on paper, 19.2x22.5cm
https://www.artnet.com/artists/norbertine-bresslern-roth/two-fire-salamanders-sAWDB4WVzfEzs3gjb8cwSQ2
2 Feuersalamander, 1922
color linocut, 14.4x14.4cm
https://www.artnet.com/artists/norbertine-bresslern-roth/feuersalamander-NlmLb_XV3mwLkONjHsfrqA2

#WomenArtists

square color linocut print, two yellow and black Fire Salamanders on cream-colored background with black line frame

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#TwoForTuesday:
Edwin Megargee (American, 1883-1958)
Chs. Bonnie Brighteyes of Mannerhead, Arnim of Pip, 1937
oil on canvas
breed: #Poodle
on display at AKC Museum of the Dog
#DogsInArt

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