Reliefs & Wall Hangings
Muiredach Cross Cats - Monasterboice, County Louth, Ireland, Mid 9th Century A.D.
The design for this relief was adapted from a detail on the west face of Muiredach's Cross at Momsterboice, County Louth, one of the largest and finest of the surviving Irish high crosses.
Unicorn from Cluny Tapestry Sight - Tapestry at Cluny Museum, Paris, 15th Century A.D.
Unicorn from Cluny Tapestry Sight - This relief is based on the 15th century tapestry, Sight, one of a series of allegories of the senses depicting the Lady, the Unicorn and the Lion.
Maya Vision Serpent - Yaxchilan, Mexico. 755 A.D.
The maya vision serpent symbolizes the passage of ancestral spirits and the gods of Xibalba (the maya underworld) into our world.
Winged Isis Relief : Tomb of Seti I, Valley of the Kings. Luxor, Egypt 1280 B.C.
This sculpture shows Isis with her wings extended in a pose of protection. The name Isis means "Seat" or "Throne". She was regarded as the symbolical mother of the King.
Isis relief
The name Isis means "seat" or "throne". She was regarded as the symbolical mother of the King. In myth, she sought her dead husband and brother, Osiris, conceived her son Horus by him, buried and mourned him together with her sister Nephtys.
Sailors Valentine, Flower - Sea Shell Picture in Solid Mahogany, Spice Islands 1850's.
Authentic reproduction from originals dating back to the 1850s. Uses small non-endangered shells collected on Spice Island beaches. Solid mahogany frame in authentic style and detail. Decorative brass hanger.
The Tibetan Wheel of Life
The Wheel of Life portrays the Buddhist view of samsara, the cicle of birth and rebirth. Yama, the fierce Lord of Death, holds the wheel firmly in his grasp. Yama personifies destiny, what is ordinarely called karma, and symbolizes the transient nature of all phenomena.
Charger of Emperor Taizong of Tang - Tang Dynasty (AD.618-907)
The plaques present images of the horses Emperor Taizong of Tang rode in battles. The actual horses carvings are located in front of the tomb of Emperor giving memory of his six chargers.
The Weighing of the Heart : Thebes, Egypt. Dynasty XVIII 1500 B.C.
This relief represents the ceremony of the weighing of the heart in the hall of judgement after death. The deceased is introduced into the hall of judgement by the jackal-headed God Anubis.