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Showing posts with label stone carving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stone carving. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Frog and Shoe

Frog Sculpture, Naples Naples, Italy ~ April 18, 2004

It would be nice if I had recorded any information about this stone frog and what culture produced it, but I didn't. As I so often say, I will have to go back.

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Byzantine Lion of Ravello

Stone Lions, Ravello, Italy Ravello, Italy ~ April 22, 2004

Byzantine Lions (1272) hold up one of the mosaic-decorated pulpits in this remarkable church on the Piazza Vescovado.

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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

The Oxford Ox in Stone?

The Oxford ox in a stone crest, Oxford, England Oxford, England ~ February 18, 2010

Is this carved stone bovine outside the old market an early version of the Oxford ox?

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Wednesday, April 7, 2010