メトロポリタン美術館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (メトロポリタン美術館Instagram)「“The World between Empires” presents art and culture of the Middle East from 100 B.C. to A.D. 250, a time marked by the struggle for control by the Roman and Parthian Empires. Among the 190 objects on display is this statuette, which may represent the goddess Ishtar. Her eyes and navel are the earliest known rubies in the Middle East and probably came from Myanmar, attesting to the sea trade that linked Mesopotamia with India. Learn more in #WorldBetweenEmpires, on view now through June 23. #TheMet⁣ ____⁣ Artwork: Statuette of Standing Nude Goddess, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D. Alabaster, gold, stucco, rubies, bitumen. Babylon. Musée du Louvre, Paris. Image © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, New York.」3月30日 5時44分