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#MonotremeMonday :

Kordelia Zansui Chi (Australian, b. 1967)

Echidna, 1996

hand-colored linocut, 15 x 15 cm

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Something cute and fun for #MonotremeMonday featuring my favorite animal on the planet:

Chris Orr (English, b. 1943) Platypus on Holiday, 1967 Watercolor on paper, 10 x 15 cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.)

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#MonochromeMonday :

Billy Missi (Torres Strait Islander, 1970-2012)

Seahorses & Squid, 1999

stone lithograph, 32 x 22 cm

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Walter Whall Battiss (South African, 1906-1982) Guinea Fowl, n.d. oil on board, 21 x 29.2cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/2 in)

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For #NationalTeaDay 🫖☕️:

Teapot with Fossil Decoration British, Staffordshire, c. 1760–65 Salt-glazed stoneware with enamel decoration 4 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (10.8 × 18.4 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 37.22.6a,b

“Though it's got a surprisingly modern look, this teapot was made in the 18th-century in Staffordshire—the heart of Britain's pottery industry. The area’s limestone yielded prehistoric fossils, and potters often turned them into whimsical motifs for teapots.”

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Reposting for #NationalTeaDay 🫖

#FrogFriday:

Teapot with Raised Frog Design Japan, c.1900 Bank Ware (stoneware & overglaze enamels), 11.5 x 16 cm Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 2004.013.032 a,b

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Maria Primachenko (Ukrainian, 1908-1997) Menagerie, 1977 gouache, fluorescent paint, paper, 61.9 x 88.5 cm

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Katherine Bernhardt (American, b.1975) Giant Tarantula, 2003 acrylic & oil on canvas, 40.7 by 30.2 cm (16 by 11⅞ in.)

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Tom Otterness (American, b. 1952)

Snail, 2004

bronze with gold patina

10 ½ x 5 5/8 x 17 in

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For #Caturday :

Ludwig ten Hompel (German, 1887-1932) Cat, 1912 oil on canvas, 59 x 72 cm

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For #Caturday :

Margret Hofheinz-Döring (German, 1910-1994)

1. Katze putzt sich, 1959

oil paint & pen, 23x43cm

2. Katze - Auf der Lauer, 1969

pastel, 17x25cm

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For #Caturday :

Kitten Appliqué Quilt

Possibly Kentucky, USA, 1941-50

Cotton, including muslin feed sacks, with cotton embroidery; 83 × 67"

American Folk Art Museum 1987.8.1

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#FrogFriday:

Frog on Toadstool

Japan, mid-19th c.

Hirado ware; porcelain with blue & brown glazes

1 9/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 in. (3.9 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm)

LACMA M.87.263.60

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#FishFriday:

Plate with Emblematic Pairs of Fish (mahi-ye maratib)

India, Uttar Pradesh, Awadh, Lucknow, c. 1880

Bidri-ware (zarbuland technique)

D: 6 3/4 in. (17.15 cm); H: 1/2 in. (1.27 cm)

LACMA M.2001.100

“The primary decoration on this bidri ware plate is a pair of fish arranged head-to-head with their curved bodies forming a circle. Known as the mahi-ye maratib (Fish of Dignity), it was an insignia of exalted rank that the Mughal emperors and earlier Middle Eastern rulers bestowed upon their subordinate chieftains in recognition of valorous military service. In 1720 it was awarded by the Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah (r. 1719–48) to Saadat Khan, the Governor of Akbarabad (Agra), who soon became the Governor of Lucknow from 1722 to 1739. The fish emblem subsequently served as the dynastic leitmotif of the Lucknow court and was frequently displayed on its decorative arts and palatial architecture. It was represented in state processions as a fish and two gilt globes carried on a standard. A heraldic form consisting of a pair of honorific mermaids bearing a crown and flanking a shield was used as the personal coat of arms of King Wajid Ali Shah (r. 1847–56). Bidri ware is made from a predominately zinc-based alloy, along with smaller amounts of lead, copper, and/or tin. The ornamentation of bidri ware from the Deccan and eastern India typically features inlaid silver sheet or wire designs, which are rendered flush and burnished. Lucknow bidri ware is distinctive in that it is often executed in bold relief (zarbuland technique), in which the inlaid metals are allowed to remain protruding slightly above the surface and are then adorned with sheet overlay and incised motifs.”

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Rudolf Koller - Cow in a Cabbage Field (1857-1858)

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Great Ant-Eater by Cuthbert Edmund Swan. From Wild Beasts of the World, Vol. Two. Written by Frank Finn, published in 1909.

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Common American Opossum by Louis A. Sargent. From Wild Beasts of the World, Vol. Two. Written by Frank Finn, published in 1909.

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