MONUMENT

Egyptian blue

"hephaistion made this" in a beautiful trompe-l'oeil piece of paper half unstuck by the wind still some of the rawest stuff ever put in a mosaic (2nd century bc, pergamon)

The Sarcophagus of the Amazons from Tarquinia, Etruscan (detail, ca. 4th Century BC)

Ken Domon Right and left hand of the sitting image of Buddha Shakyamuni, in the Hall of Miroku, Nara, 1942

Antiquarium Musei Capitolini, Roma Mosaico bianco-nero con scena di malocchio: tutte le forze vitali contro il malocchio – metà II secolo d.c.

Horus falcon inlay, made in Egypt in the 4th century (source).

// Salomé by Francisco Masriera, 1888

(via Michèle Lamy and Oliver Gustav Open Rick Owens Furniture Exhibition | Hypebeast)

Medium: Terracotta