EditorialFrederik, King of Prussia, comes to the aid of the Netherlands in the war against France, Silver Medal. Obverse: man's chest piece with laurel wreath inside an inscription. Reverse: King of Prussia, in the guise of war god Mars standing with Roman fiel...
EditorialMars Paintings by Francesco Albani (series title), The war god Mars with shield and spear. Decoration of a pendentief., (Story of) Mars (Ares), Giovanni Girolamo Frezza (mentioned on object), 1704, paper, engraving, h 360 mm ? w 282 mm.
EditorialFigure of War God, Guandi, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), Kangxi period (1662?1722), China, Porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels; decoration in enamel on the biscuit, H. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm); W. 5 in. (12.7 cm); D. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialTemple of Ramses III. The pharaoh Ramses III before the war-god Monthu, with falcon-headed, solar disk and crown with two feathers. New Kingdom. (1550-1069 b.C). Twentieth dynasty. Thebes. Medinet-Habou. Egypt.
EditorialDetail from the stone stela 31, is the accession monument of Siyaj Chan K'awiil II, also bearing two portraits of his father, Yax Nuun Ayiin, as a youth dressed as a Teotihuacan warrior. He carries a spearthrower in one hand and bears a shield decorate...
EditorialWar god, crested head with elongated neck; wicker work covered with red and white feathers over a netting of olona cord. Eyes of pearl shell with seed pupils, mouth set with dog's teeth. H: 86 cm Inv. HAW 79.
EditorialThe war-god Skanda, eastern India, 8th09th CE. Skanda is alwyas depicted as a young man; here he holds a spear and wears a tiger-claw necklace. His hair is divided into three strands, characteristic of boyhood. Skanda's vehicle is the peacock and the p...