The Tiger Feeding Man

The piece I decided to do was from Ancient China. It was made during the Shang Dynasty and it's a Bronze container called "Hushiren You" or Tiger Feeding Man. It has also been called "Hu You" or Tiger Eating Man, there are two other pieces identical to this one as well. It is a very strange piece and people still argue over it's conception and meaning. It depicts a man laying flush against a Tiger with a vacant expression and his head turned to the left. The Tiger can be seen grasping the man with its fronthind legs and tail as support to stand up on. Both the Tiger and man have ornate details such as lighting, clouds, and snakes engraved onto them.

The lid on the top has a small Dragon perching, and the handle contains what appears to be the head of a Water Deer on each swivel point. This vessel was most likely used for ceremonial purposes due to its size (7.7 inches tall) and inability to pour. A very interesting work of art!

Anubis the Jackal

Ancient Egypt has fascinated me ever since I was a child, especially with movies like The Mummy. One of their gods that I have always loved was Anubis which is the Egyptian god associated with mummification and the afterlife. Anubis attends the weighing scale to weigh the soul's heart in the afterlife. Anubis has the body of a human and the head of a Jackal. In this photo you can see Anubis finishing mummification.

Anubis carries a flail in one hand and an ankh in the other. In this painting you can see Anubis finishing the mummification of Sennedjem which is located in his tomb.

These two paintings are very similar even though they are located in different areas and from different times. I like them because they show Anubis actually involved in finishing the mummification process. The contrast between details is very cool. In the first painting you can actually see the hands reach around the sarcophagus. The face and ears of the Jackal are ornately colored and very precise. The second piece has more ornately detailed patterns on the wall, clothing, and sarcophagus.

Starter

This is a mock-up of the famous battle between Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi from the original Star Wars movie. The artist made it look like an older Japanese/Chinese painting.