Seal of Hamiohel Daughter of Menahem, with Fish

Portrait of Peretz Hirshbein

By the 1920s, Montparnasse artist Chana Orloff was a popular portrait sculptor. Showing the influences of cubism and classical and “primitive” art, her flowing, smooth-surfaced sculptures in wood or…

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Ceramic offering stand with four rows of windows and small protruding feet with five toes on the bottom row of windows.

Ceramic Offering Stand from Ai

This stand is 26 inches (66 cm) high and open at the top and bottom. It has four rows of windows and five feet, with five toes each, protruding near the bottom (three of the feet are visible in the…

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Drawing of figures creating large sculptures of men and sphinx.

Idol Manufacturing

Idol manufacturing, Thebes, Egypt, 15th century BCE. This is a modern artist’s rendering of a mural from the tomb of the vizier Rekh-me-re. It shows craftsmen making idols, much like the idol…

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Seal of Hamiohel Daughter of Menahem, with Fish

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