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🏛️🎨🏺We’re delighted that the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social , the University of Oxford’s Museum of Art and Archaeology, will be a brilliant backdrop as one of the host venues for 'Museum Diplomacy in Action'.
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#ICOMUK2026 #Ashmolean #MuseumDiplomacy #MuseumConference
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#ThrowbackThursday:
Cat and Robin playing for the Founders Festival at the #Ashmolean Museum in 2017
#earlymusic #heritageinterpretation #recorder #baroqueguitar #17thCentury #musicianlife #musicianslife
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A bronze head of Marcus Aurelius which was found in 1976 when ploughing at Steane, near Brackley in Northamptonshire. The head is now part of the collections at the Ashmolean in Oxford. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #RomanBritain #Ashmolean
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Medieval floor tile from Eynsham Abbey in Oxfordshire. Now part of the collections at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. 📸 My own. #TilesOnTuesday #Ashmolean
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A Stradivarius violin - Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
#Stradivarius #violin #ashmolean #BlueSkyArtShow #favoriteThings
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View of snow on Benten Hill at Kinryūzan Temple in Asakusa by Utagawa Kuniyoshi Kuniyoshi was one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock printing. He is probably best known for his prints of warriors and battles of legendary heroes, but also created designs of ghosts, cats, beautiful women, actor prints and landscapes. This print shows snow at the Kinryūzan Temple in Asakusa, Tokyo and is from Kuniyoshi's series of Famous Places in Edo (modern Tokyo). The temple sits across a lake with snow-laden trees on the right. Small figures in front of the temple hold umbrellas against the snow.
Bronze brooch, 100–200 CE, from Amiens, northern France This Roman bronze brooch in the shape of a stag, once decorated with bright multi-coloured enamel, would have been used to fasten a shawl or cloak. The stag is looking backwards and in the centre of the body are aged pieces of coloured enamel. Enamelled jewellery was very popular in Britain and France during the Roman period. The vast Roman empire encouraged the movement of people, ideas and fashions. Certain Roman styles of dress and jewellery became widespread with some personal items travelling long distances with their owners, though some distinctive local fashions did continue to thrive.
An interesting online advent calendar from the Ashmolean. Here are Dec 1 and Dec 2...
#christmas #advent #calendar #adventcalendar #museums #Ashmolean #academia #academicchatter
https://www.ashmolean.org/advent
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Staircase illuminated by skylight - Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
#stairsOnSunday #stairs #staircase #skylight #ashmolean #stunday #classicMono
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Oxford Castle & Prison. Courtyard to gift shop. Motte & Bailey.
A portion of the Ashmolean Museum. Main front entrance courtyard. Oxford.
The Bodelian Library. Oxford. Silence, please.
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Leaving the Ashmolean Museum by the Saint Giles gate, Oxford. #Oxford #Ashmolean #SaintGiles #monochrome #street #urban #photography
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The front of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.
6 June 1683: The world's first university museum, the #Ashmolean Museum, opened in #Oxford, England. #History
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Gold diadem with charioteers, winged figures, and palmettes about 300 BC.
Not the best photo, the light was shining in such a way it obscured some of the detail
#ashmolean #museum #gold #grecian #jewellery
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A shell carved with a nativity scene.
Shell pilgrims' souvenirs, 1700s, Palestine, incised or relief carved shell. These were popular Christian pilgrims' souvenirs from the Holy Land in the 1700s.
#history #ashmolean #museum #holyland
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This phalera is made of a round shaped cream coloured chalcedony and carved into an adorable cherubs chubby face. In Roman times, a phalera referred to a sculpted, disk-shaped metal plate, often worn on a soldier's chest harness, as a military medal or trophy awarded for distinguished conduct. Chalcedony is known for its waxy luster and various colors, often appearing translucent or semi-translucent.
From the Sir John Evans collection at the Ashmolean #museum
Chalcedony phalera, found in Lyons, France.
Looking like an adorable cherub.
#romans #romanhistory #phalera #history #ashmolean
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30 Apr 1696: d. Robert Plot, naturalist, first Professor of #Chemistry at #Oxford and first Keeper of the #Ashmolean Museum (Bodleian Library)
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I absolutely love this Cycladic figurine at the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social I wish I could buy a replica. #cycladic #figurine #ashmolean #museum #history
Cycladic female figurine (Spedos type)
Early Cycladic II Period (c. 2700 - c. 2200
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Gold solidus of Duke Grimoald of Benevento. AD 788-806, minted in Benevento.
Personally I love his 'ears'.
#history #gold #coinage #archeology #ashmolean #museum
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9. Spheres with inlaid garnets earrings, Hungary.
10. Sheep earrings. filigree work, from Istanbul.
Byzantine jewellers used many decorative techniques, including filigree granulation, openwork and relief work.
#history #jewellery #gold #earrings #museum #ashmolean #archeology #byzantine
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5. Filigree. with pendant green glass and amethysts earrings.
6. Pendant garnets earrings, Hungary.
7. Pendant discs with crosses earrings.
8. Boat-shaped earrings, with granulated decoration, Asia Minor (Turkey).
Byzantine jewellers used many decorative techniques, including filigree granulation, openwork and relief work.
#history #jewellery #gold #earrings #museum #ashmolean #archeology #byzantine
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Gold necklace with pomegranates and miniature amphorae. 400-250 BC
I tried to find what the black beads were made of but it just says 'stone' so yeah. I'd love to know if anyone knows more?
#museum #ashmolean #greek #greece #jewellery #gold #history #archeology
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Gold disc brooch decorated with spirals, worn by a ruler or leading figure from Benevento. About AD 650-700. In the centre is a sardonyx cameo of Roma, the patron goddess of Rome. From the disc hang two amethysts flanking a garnet.
Another prime example of stunning work from generations back into the past. This beautiful gold brooch with a cameo, amethysts and garnet from about AD 650-700.
#history #archeology #gold #jewellery #ashmolean #museum
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Music-making angels accompany the Madonna and Child, who are seated in an interior with ornate classical-style architecture. This was the central panel of an altarpiece, painted by Lorenzo Fasolo probably in Pavia where he worked in his early career The Madonna looks directly at us, while the angels gaze at the infant Christ. The golden curly hair of the Child and the angels contrasts with the real gold used in the halos and the stars in the Madonna's robe. Gems amethyst and quartz glitter in the necklaces, adding to the splendour and prestige of this devotional image. Full painting
Music-making angels accompany the Madonna and Child, who are seated in an interior with ornate classical-style architecture. This was the central panel of an altarpiece, painted by Lorenzo Fasolo probably in Pavia where he worked in his early career The Madonna looks directly at us, while the angels gaze at the infant Christ. The golden curly hair of the Child and the angels contrasts with the real gold used in the halos and the stars in the Madonna's robe. Gems amethyst and quartz glitter in the necklaces, adding to the splendour and prestige of this devotional image. Cropped to Madonna and Child's heads
I've seen many old paintings over the years but never one actually set with gems till now.
The Madonna and Child with Angels, about 1485-95 by Lorenzo Fasolo (1462 or 1463 -1516)
#ashmolean #museum #art #painting #history
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composed of a piece of cloisonné enamel depicting a human figure, thought to be a representation of the sense of sight. The enamel is covered by a polished piece of rock crystal and set in a gold frame that terminates in a beast's head. The Old English inscription cut into the frame reads AELFRED MEC HEHT GEWYRCAN ('AIfred ordered me to be made'). Right side image
composed of a piece of cloisonné enamel depicting a human figure, thought to be a representation of the sense of sight. The enamel is covered by a polished piece of rock crystal and set in a gold frame that terminates in a beast's head. The Old English inscription cut into the frame reads AELFRED MEC HEHT GEWYRCAN ('AIfred ordered me to be made'). Front image
composed of a piece of cloisonné enamel depicting a human figure, thought to be a representation of the sense of sight. The enamel is covered by a polished piece of rock crystal and set in a gold frame that terminates in a beast's head. The Old English inscription cut into the frame reads AELFRED MEC HEHT GEWYRCAN ('AIfred ordered me to be made'). Left side image
composed of a piece of cloisonné enamel depicting a human figure, thought to be a representation of the sense of sight. The enamel is covered by a polished piece of rock crystal and set in a gold frame that terminates in a beast's head. The Old English inscription cut into the frame reads AELFRED MEC HEHT GEWYRCAN ('AIfred ordered me to be made'). Back image
Alfred Jewel, gold, rock crystal and cloisonné enamel Anglo-Saxon, 871-899, North Petherton, Somerset. #history #museum #archeology #KingAlfred #English #Britain #ashmolean
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Photo of a white walled art gallery. In the foreground is a white plinth with an enormous sculpture in the shape of a silver inflatable rabbit balloon. There are museum visitors around the room.
One more Easter-themed post... we were face to face with Rabbit (1986) by Jeff Koons at the Ashmolean in 2019. Surely one of the most famous rabbits in contemporary art?!
@ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social
#Easter #EasterBunny #EasterSunday #Rabbit #JeffKoons #Ashmolean #Art
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#Oxford #Ashmolean #Museum INTRODUCING THE NEW #ROME GALLERIES
www.ashmolean.org/event/introducing-the-ne...
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King Alfred the Great’s jewel. The most famous archeological object in England.
The lantern taken off Guy Fawkes under the Houses of Parliament.
Greek Helmet from 1400-1300BC
The grave of JRR Tolkien and his wife Edith on which he references Luthien and Beren.
#Ashmolean museum in Oxford; too many mouth watering treasures to mention so just a select few here- including the lantern taken off Guy Fawkes under the Houses of Parliament. Then a visit close by to pay our respects at Tolkien’s grave. 🧙♂️
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Do you have a picture of that Dee?
#MeAndDee #Ashmolean #Portrait
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