This really fascinated me. The "gate" and the shape of the structure behind it, are reminiscent of the "cloud gates" at the Temple of Heaven in China. This is in India, a Buddhist stupa and gate. The stupa was for the relics of the monks. As the architecture traveled to China, it became the "pagoda".
The head of the museum was trying to convince me this is a toy. Really? You are (over 1,000 years ago) going to mine tin from one mountain, copper from another mountain, cut down tons of trees to make a fire hot enough to melt the stuff together to make bronze. Meanwhile, you create the original form out of wax, create a mold, then pour it in to make ONE ANIMAL on wheels for your little junior? In mesoamerica it has been determined that wheeled "toys" were symbols of transformation, into death, the ultimate transformation.
The art museum is the old-fashioned kind with dusty glass cases and not much information. Besides the sweat that is dripping from places none of us knew existed... Here is a good example of greco-roman influence. You can tell from the tilt of the head and the pattern of the hair.
This really fascinated me. The "gate" and the shape of the structure behind it, are reminiscent of the "cloud gates" at the Temple of Heaven in China. This is in India, a Buddhist stupa and gate. The stupa was for the relics of the monks. As the architecture traveled to China, it became the "pagoda".
The head of the museum was trying to convince me this is a toy. Really? You are (over 1,000 years ago) going to mine tin from one mountain, copper from another mountain, cut down tons of trees to make a fire hot enough to melt the stuff together to make bronze. Meanwhile, you create the original form out of wax, create a mold, then pour it in to make ONE ANIMAL on wheels for your little junior? In mesoamerica it has been determined that wheeled "toys" were symbols of transformation, into death, the ultimate transformation.
The art museum is the old-fashioned kind with dusty glass cases and not much information. Besides the sweat that is dripping from places none of us knew existed... Here is a good example of greco-roman influence. You can tell from the tilt of the head and the pattern of the hair.
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