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Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/MetalMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMonday</span></a> :<br>Ritual <a href="https://historians.social/tags/ox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ox</span></a> tripod (niuding)<br>China, Northern Song Dynasty, 1114<br>Copper alloy<br>Hebel Museum, Shillazhuang<br>Now on display at “Recasting the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100–1900” @ The Met<br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/ChineseArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseArt</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/MetalMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMonday</span></a> :<br>Mirror stand in the shape of a <a href="https://historians.social/tags/rabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rabbit</span></a><br>China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th c.<br>Parcel gilt copper alloy<br>Capital Museum, Beijing<br>Now on display at “Recasting the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100–1900” @ The Met<br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/ChineseArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseArt</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/MetalMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMonday</span></a> :<br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Elephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elephant</span></a> form ritual vessel (xiangzun)<br>China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and period (1736-95)<br>Copper alloy<br>The Palace Museum, Beijing<br>Now on display at “Recasting the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100–1900” @ The Met<br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/ChineseArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseArt</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/MetalMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMonday</span></a> :<br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Ox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ox</span></a> Form Ritual vessel (xizun)<br>China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark &amp; period (1736-95)<br>Copper alloy<br>The Palace Museum, Beijing<br>Now on display at “Recasting the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100–1900” @ The Met<br>“This magnificent ox-shaped wine container is one of the ritual vessel types newly designed under the order of the Qianlong emperor. Made for springtime sacrificial ceremonies, it is a fanciful archaistic hybrid.”<br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/ChineseArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseArt</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/MetalMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMonday</span></a> :<br>Hanging Lamp in the Form of a <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Peacock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peacock</span></a><br>Byzantine, 6th-7th c.<br>Copper alloy, cast<br>On display at Metropolitan Museum of Art (61.111a, b)<br>“Conjuring images of the garden of paradise and heavenly splendor, the peacock became a Christian symbol in the 300s.”<br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/BirdsInArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdsInArt</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/ByzantineArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ByzantineArt</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/MetalMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMonday</span></a>:<br>Gold Ring with <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Parrot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parrot</span></a> <br>Mughal India, 18th c.<br>Dia. 2.5 cm<br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/BirdsInArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdsInArt</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.bonhams.com/auction/18801/lot/344/a-gold-mughal-ring-with-parrot-india-18th-century/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bonhams.com/auction/18801/lot/</span><span class="invisible">344/a-gold-mughal-ring-with-parrot-india-18th-century/</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/MetalMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMonday</span></a> :<br>Sahumador (incense burner) in the form of an <a href="https://historians.social/tags/armadillo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>armadillo</span></a><br>Huánuco, Peru, 19th c.<br>Silver, 24 x 34 x 15cm<br>Colección Barbosa-Stern <a href="https://barbosa-stern.org/siglo-xix-plateria/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">barbosa-stern.org/siglo-xix-pl</span><span class="invisible">ateria/</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/MetalMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMonday</span></a>:<br>Fabergé jeweled gold and silver-mounted charka shaped as a <a href="https://historians.social/tags/bird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bird</span></a><br>Workmaster's mark of Anna Ringe, St. Petersburg, c. 1896<br>H 2in. (5.1cm.)<br>engraved with the Russian inscription 'Christmas Tree, 4 January 1897'<br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/BirdsInArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdsInArt</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.christies.com/lot/a-jewelled-gold-and-silver-mounted-charka-shaped-3898010/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">christies.com/lot/a-jewelled-g</span><span class="invisible">old-and-silver-mounted-charka-shaped-3898010/</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/MetalMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMonday</span></a> :<br>Akan weights in the form of <a href="https://historians.social/tags/mudfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mudfish</span></a><br>Ghana / Côte d'Ivoire, 18-19th c.<br>Copper alloy<br>On display at Smithsonian National Museum of African Art <br>Symbols of: wealth, power, transformation, resilience<br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/AfricanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanArt</span></a> <br>See ALTs for more info!</p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/MetalMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMonday</span></a>: check out this BIG blue <a href="https://historians.social/tags/gorilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gorilla</span></a> sculpture by Don Kennell at Philadelphia Zoo made out of car hoods!<br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/ZooArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZooArt</span></a> <br>“Our big blue gorilla sits 13-feet tall and 12-feet deep! It's constructed from around 55 salvaged car hoods. These car parts retain their original factory paint - only a UV resistant clear coat was added.”</p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/MetalMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMonday</span></a> :<br>Oil Lamp (samai) Finial in the Form of a <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Rooster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rooster</span></a><br>India, Deccan, 17th c.<br>Copper alloy, 6 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (15.88 x 6.35 x 17.15 cm)<br>LACMA AC1993.152.1 <a href="https://collections.lacma.org/node/175002" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">collections.lacma.org/node/175</span><span class="invisible">002</span></a><br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/BirdsInArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdsInArt</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/IndianArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianArt</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/MetalMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMonday</span></a>:<br>Ritual Wine Vessel (gong) in the Shape of a <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Ram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ram</span></a> 青銅羊觥<br>China, Yangzi River region, Late Shang Dynasty 1200s–1000s BCE<br>Bronze, 22 cm (8 11/16 in.)<br>On display at Cleveland Museum of Art<br>“Did You Know?<br>While the craftsman embellished the vessel with fantastic forms and symbolic patterns, the design also captures anatomical features of a real ram, such as its ‘comma’-shaped nostrils, eyes with elongated orbits, and horns with parallel ridges.”<br><a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/art/3.2023" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">clevelandart.org/art/3.2023</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/MetalMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMonday</span></a> :<br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Lion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lion</span></a> Aquamanile, c.1200–1250<br>Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim, Gothic period<br>Bronze: cast, chased, punched<br>26.4 x 29 x 15 cm (10 3/8 x 11 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.)<br>On display at Cleveland Museum of Art 1972.167</p><p>“An aquamanile is a water vessel used for washing hands both at church altars and at the dinner tables of upper-class patrons. They often took the form of fantastic beasts such as dragons and unicorns or animals such as horses, birds, dogs, and lions, like this one.”</p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/MetalMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMonday</span></a> :<br>Ángel Botello (b. Spain, d. Puerto Rico, 1913-1986)<br>Egyptian Cat, n.d.<br>Bronze<br>On display at University of Delaware Museum’s new exhibit “Sight, Sound, and Motion: The Dimensions of Sculpture”<br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/CatsInArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatsInArt</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/MetalMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMonday</span></a> :<br>Caparisoned <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Elephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elephant</span></a><br>China, Liao dynasty, ca. 11th c.<br>Gilt bronze, 8.5 cm (7 5/16 in.)<br>The Cleveland Museum of Art 1980.24</p>
Art History Animalia<p>For <a href="https://historians.social/tags/MetalMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMonday</span></a> :<br>Deborah Butterfield (USA, b. 1949)<br>Riot, c. 1990<br>Steel, 81.5 × 120 × 34 in. (207 × 304.8 × 86.4 cm)<br>On display at Delaware Art Museum DAM 1991-126<br>“Deborah Butterfield used found objects - scraps of metal, including letters from discarded movie theater signs - in her sculpture, Riot. Butterfield's work drew its title from the letters she featured.”<br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/horse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horse</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p>For <a href="https://historians.social/tags/InternationalTigerDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalTigerDay</span></a> + <a href="https://historians.social/tags/MetalMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMonday</span></a>:<br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Tiger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tiger</span></a> -headed Mace of Office<br>Deccan, India, late 18th century<br>Silver, gold, garnets, stone<br>L 77.3 cm, 2.7 kg<br>The Wallace Collection OA1760:<br><a href="https://wallacelive.wallacecollection.org:443/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&amp;module=collection&amp;objectId=62290&amp;viewType=detailView" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wallacelive.wallacecollection.</span><span class="invisible">org:443/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&amp;module=collection&amp;objectId=62290&amp;viewType=detailView</span></a><br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/IndianArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianArt</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p>For <a href="https://historians.social/tags/NationalCatfishDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalCatfishDay</span></a> on <a href="https://historians.social/tags/MetalMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMonday</span></a> :<br>Iriyama Yoshitomo (Japan, active c.1700-1750)<br>Tsuba with <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Catfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Catfish</span></a> and <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Eel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eel</span></a>, c.1700-1750<br>copper, gold, silver; 3.25 in. (8.3 cm)<br>"Both catfish and eel are associated with summer."<br>The Walters Art Museum 1.361: <a href="https://art.thewalters.org/detail/30074/tsuba-with-catfish-and-eel/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">art.thewalters.org/detail/3007</span><span class="invisible">4/tsuba-with-catfish-and-eel/</span></a><br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/JapaneseArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JapaneseArt</span></a></p>
Dan Kletter 🥑<p>Is there a complete list of day of the week hashtags?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/MetalMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMonday</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Chewsday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chewsday</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/ThingThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThingThursday</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/CDFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDFriday</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/BandcampFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BandcampFriday</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Caturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caturday</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Cassunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cassunday</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/SunRaSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunRaSunday</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSunday</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/MetalMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalMonday</span></a>:<br>Silver Ram’s Head Rhyton, c. 700-600 BCE, from Ziwiye (Iran)<br>On display at @pennmuseum<br>Read more about this piece here: <a href="https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/an-iranian-drinking-vessel/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">penn.museum/sites/expedition/a</span><span class="invisible">n-iranian-drinking-vessel/</span></a></p>
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