SimplyAbuDhabi XV

GRECO/BACTRIAN EMPIRE (ca. 250 - 125 BCE) DEMONSTRATES HOW BEASTS FROM FOREIGN LANDS EVOLVED TO REFLECT LOCAL BELIEFS AND/ OR ARTISTIC TASTES. THOUGH PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FROM GREEK ART, APPARENTLY AROUND THE 8TH CENTURY BCE, THE SIREN IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ADAPTED BY THEM FROM THE ART OF THE NEAR EAST, NOTABLY THE ACHAMENIDS. THE HANDS OF THIS TRANSMORGRAFIED FIGURE HOLDS A SHALLOW BOWL, SIMILAR TO THE DRINKING BOWLS OF SEVERAL ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS. THE TORSO OF THE SIREN IS HOLLOW, AND THE MOUTH OF THE FIGURE IS OPEN, PERMITTING IT TO SERVE AS A SPOUT WHICH POURS DIRECTLY INTO THE BOWL. 4183 ca. 4th century BCE - 2nd century CE 3 ⁄ ” H Expert analysis, Williamsburg, Virginia Expert analysis, Williamsburg, Virginia Independent expert analysis by Stoetzer Inc. Independent expert analysis physics institute at the University of Bern, Switzerland & Curt- Engelhorn-Zentrum Archaeometric in Manheim, Germany HE EXAMPLES TO BE SHOWN HERE REPRESENT A SAMPLING OF TK'S SELECTIONS OF GOLD AND SILVER ARTIFACTS WHICH COME FROM SUCH DIVERSE ANCIENT CULTURES AS THE ALTHOUGH PHOTOS WILL NEVER HAVE THE POWER OF THE GENUINE ARTIFACTS, WE HOPE THEIR AMAZING SENSE OF PRESENCE WILL BE VISIBLE IN THEIR PROPORTIONS, CRAFTSMANSHIP, AND OBVIOUS HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE PLEASE ENJOY THEM WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT EACH EXTRAORDINARY ARTIFACT HAS HAD ALL APPROPRIATE MULTI DISCIPLINE ANALYSES CONDUCTED BY SOME OF THE WORLD'S FINEST, AND DEFINITELY THE MOST RELEVANT, SCIENTISTS AND EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE.