Bruce and I in Cambridge. She was particularly interested in an exhibit on animal-shaped vessels, and it was fascinating.
The HAM is a small but very perceptive collection of a few masterpieces by most of the great artists of the 19th. and 20th. centuries. It must be a great teaching museum because of its huge range of arts represented. It is a great day's visit.
 |
Stirrup-spout bottle in the form of a puma attacking a prisoner
Peru, 350-850 CE
|
 |
Beaker with the forepart of a crested and winged lion
Iranian, 6th century BCE
|
 |
Amphora pitcher with monster-shaped handles
Achaemenid, 480 BCE Bulgaria
|
 |
| detail of above |
 |
Lion-headed mug
Attributed to Douris
Greek, Attic, early 5th. century BCE
|
 |
Rhyton with the forepart of a griffin
Achaemenid, 5th-6th century BCE
|
 |
Diana and stag automaton
Joachim Fries c. 1610-20 CE
This was a wine server, which rolled around the table offering wines to guests
|
 |
Ram head mug depicting a symposium
Attributed to the Syriskos Painter
Greek, Attic, c. 460-470 BCE
|
 |
Rhyton with the forepart of a zebu bull
Seleucid or Parthian 2nd. cent. BCE
|
 |
| Iznik tile |
 |
How delightful to find some Gustave Moreau. When Barbara and I visited the Moreau museum in
Paris, it was a revelation.
|
 |
| Joseph and the Angel |
 |
| Salome |
 |
| and a Canaletto! |
 |
Paul Klee
"Dried Up Cataract" 1930
|
 |
| detail |
 |
Wassily Kandinsky
"Jocular Sounds" 1929
|
 |
Fangyi Wine Vessel
Chinese
Shang or Zhou period
10th - 11th. century BCE
|
 |
Paul Klee
"Hot Pursuit" 1939
|
No comments:
Post a Comment