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BON50252: Two French late Louis XIV carved and gilded frames: foliate strapwork running from anthemion carved centres to corner cartouches with enclosed patras, sandwork and a scrolling sight carving; scrolling strapwork running to corner and centre cartouches carved with anthemion sandwork and a leaf sight edge / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250083: Minoan art. Bull 's-head rhyton. This rhyton was found in the small palace of Knossos. It is a characteristic example of Minoan stone carving of the early Neopalatial period. It is a libation vase, which was filled with the appropriate liquid through a hole in the neck and emptied through another hole on the muzzle. This rhyton imitates a bull, the most important animal in Minoan religion. 1550-1500 BC. Archological mueum of Herakleion, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images