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In 1370, the eponymous founder, Timur (Tamerlane), who belonged to a Turko-Mongol tribe settled in Transoxiana, became master of this province and established Samarqand as his capital. Within thirty-five years, [...]]]></description><link>http://davidaaronarts.com/artworks/islamic/timurid-spandrel-type-tile/</link> </item> <item><title>Marble Head of a Female or Empress</title> <description><![CDATA[with a highly elaborate coiffure Origin: Mediterranean Circa: 50 A.D. to 150 A.D. Height: 14.5in. (36.8cm) &#160; This superb head is a magnificent example of Roman sculpture&#8217;s capacity for naturalistic rendition of the human figure while also conveying a socially audible message denoting the sitter&#8217;s authority. In the present case, the sitter is clearly a [...]]]></description><link>http://davidaaronarts.com/artworks/classical/marble-head-of-a-female-or-empress-3/</link> </item> <item><title>Black Topped Terracotta Vase</title> <description><![CDATA[Egypt                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Predynastic Period, Naqada II                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Circa 3500-3200 B.C.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Height: 41.9cm &#160; Black-topped red ware is one of the most characteristic types of Egyptian pottery. Having first appeared during the Predynastic Period, it truly flourished during the Naqada I and Naqada II periods. The body of this beautiful and important Egyptian large black topped vase is [...]]]></description><link>http://davidaaronarts.com/artworks/egyptian/black-topped-terracotta-vase/</link> </item> <item><title>An Egyptian Wooden and Bronze Ibis</title> <description><![CDATA[Late Period, circa 663-32 B.C.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Height: 31 cm, Width: 22 cm In keeping with all animal sculptures created in ancient Egypt, this example captures the essence of the ibis which, for the ancient Egyptians, was the embodiment of one aspect of Thoth, the god of wisdom. The incarnation of Thoth led to the creation of [...]]]></description><link>http://davidaaronarts.com/artworks/egyptian/an-egyptian-wooden-and-bronze-ibis/</link> </item> <item><title>A Late Period Limestone Egyptian Relief</title> <description><![CDATA[Dynasty XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Height: 42 in. (106.7 cm) long &#160; The Late Period of Egypt is often regarded as the last flourishing period of the Egyptian power prior to its defeat by an expansive Achaemenid Empire. With a monumental hieroglyphic inscription, sunken relief, with a funerary spell invoking: &#8220;Nephthys who protects her brother Osiris [...]]]></description><link>http://davidaaronarts.com/artworks/egyptian/a-late-period-limestone-egyptian-relief/</link> </item> <item><title>A Roman Marble Statue of Hercules</title> <description><![CDATA[c. 2nd &#8211; 3rd Century A.D.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Height: 64 cm &#160; An extraordinary sculpture of the hero Hercules depicted nude, standing with his weight on the left leg, the right relaxed and bent slightly in a typical Classical weight-shifting pose called the contrapposto. His gaze is directed away from the viewer, his body is finely modeled [...]]]></description><link>http://davidaaronarts.com/artworks/classical/a-roman-marble-statue-of-hercules-2/</link> </item> <item><title>An Egyptian Turquoise Glass male head inlay</title> <description><![CDATA[Probably Ptolemaic, c. 3rd-1st Century B.C. Height: 37 mm Of opaque glass, the profile head facing right, with long slender eyebrow and extended eyeline, with large fleshy earlobe, the broad neck with rounded base, pitted surface. This superb glass model of a face is a testament to the quality of figurative inlays that decorated temple [...]]]></description><link>http://davidaaronarts.com/artworks/egyptian/an-egyptian-turquoise-glass-male-head-inlay/</link> </item> <item><title>A Fine Kashan Minai Pottery Bowl</title> <description><![CDATA[Persian, Circa 12th-13th Century A.D. Diameter: 21.6cm A beautiful Minai bowl, deep rounded form on a short foot with a slightly everted rim, decorated in underglaze and overglaze cobalt blue, turquoise, red and shades of tea rose, outlined in black, with a central scene depicting a horse-rider bowing before a female figure standing atop a [...]]]></description><link>http://davidaaronarts.com/artworks/islamic/a-fine-kashan-minai-pottery-bowl/</link> </item> <item><title>Limestone statue of a seated woman</title> <description><![CDATA[Yemen c. 1st Century B.C &#8211; 1st Century A.D. Height: 47 cm An exquisite limestone statue of a woman, her hands are extended with clenched fists resting at her side. Wearing a full-length garment with a fringe at her ankles, her neck is adorned by carefully depicted collar-like necklaces with pendants. On her chest rests [...]]]></description><link>http://davidaaronarts.com/artworks/neareastern/a-silver-achaemenid-ladle/</link> </item> <item><title>An Ilkhanid Tile panel</title> <description><![CDATA[Timurid period, Central Asia c. 15th Century A.D. Height: 94 cm Width: 41 cm A large rectangular panel decorated with a blue background and embellished by three wide florets and three cartouches surrounded by flowering branches.]]></description><link>http://davidaaronarts.com/artworks/islamic/a-mosaic-panel/</link> </item> </channel> </rss>
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