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The Two Dogs Palette For the Egyptians the deserts bordering the Nile valley were the home of wild animals and mythical beasts, and represented chaos
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The Two Dogs Palette For the Egyptians the deserts...

Archaic ding vessel decorated with large taotie masks
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Archaic ding vessel decorated with large taotie ma...

The Two Dogs Palette obverse
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The Two Dogs Palette obverse

Inside view of gilt bronze bowl decorated with the heads of four mythical water beasts pursuing ducks and fish
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Inside view of gilt bronze bowl decorated with the...

The central part of the obverse of the Narmer Palette which commemorates the victories of King Narmer identified as King Menes, the unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt
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The central part of the obverse of the Narmer Pale...

Archaic bronze vessel (jia) decorated with decoration of three large taotie masks against a ground of leiwen and stylized cicada patterns
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Archaic bronze vessel (jia) decorated with decorat...

Stone box which once contained the ashes of the Great Speaker, Ahuitzotl, represented on the inside of the box by the water beast, Ahuitzotl, surrounded by water
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Stone box which once contained the ashes of the Gr...

Panel of the Gundestrup cauldron
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Panel of the Gundestrup cauldron

Carving of Qilin the mythical creature associated with the unicorn and thought to be able to discriminate good from evil
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Carving of Qilin the mythical creature associated ...

Carving of Qilin the mythical creature associated with the unicorn and thought to be able to discriminate good from evil
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Carving of Qilin the mythical creature associated ...

Detail of part of the Two Dogs Palette (front detail)
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Detail of part of the Two Dogs Palette (front deta...