Tortoise Collection

Mannen Bridge, Fukagawa, 1858. 1858. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Mannen Bridge, Fukagawa, 1858

The Tortoise Trainer, 1906. Artist: Hamdi Bey, Osman (1842-1910)
The Tortoise Trainer, 1906. Found in the collection of the Pera Museum, Istanbul

Roman soldiers making a tortoise with their shields, 1605. This tactic of the Roman infantry was intended to protect the soldiers from projectiles

Orpheus Charming the Beasts. Creator: Unknown
Orpheus Charming the Beasts, Unknown date. Manner of Roelant Savery

Hen Run at a Manor, 1651-1695. Creator: Melchior d'Hondecoeter
Hen Run at a Manor, 1651-1695

River Landscape with Two Beavers, 1807. Creator: Max Josef Wagenbauer
River Landscape with Two Beavers, 1807

Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo... page 21 (verso), 1563. Creator: Matteo Pagano
Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo... page 21 (verso), 1563

Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra): Plate LV, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra): Plate LV, c. 1575/1580

Gigantic Land Tortoise - a Present for Her Majesty, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Gigantic Land Tortoise - a Present for Her Majesty, 1850. Tortoise...just brought to England by Captain Brown, in her Majesty's ship Geyser...a present to her Majesty the Queen [Victoria]

De King Im Sit Right Flat in a Chair, n.d. Creator: AB Frost
De King Im Sit Right Flat in a Chair, n.d

Seiobo (Queen Mother of the West) and tortoise, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a...c. 1825. Creator: Shinsai
Seiobo (Queen Mother of the West) and tortoise, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens, c. 1825

Recovering the Stolen Jewel from the Palace of the Dragon King, 1853

The Churning of the Ocean of Milk, ca. 1780-90. Creator: Unknown
The Churning of the Ocean of Milk, ca. 1780-90. At the time of the great deluge aeons ago, many treasures-- including amrita, the nectar of immortality--were lost beneath the primordial ocean

Hindu concept of the universe, c1880. The universe is encircled by a serpent, the symbol of eternity. Mount Meru represents paradise, the earth below it is supported by six elephants

Jurojin, from the series "A Comparison of the Treasures of the Gods of Good Fortune... c. 1795
Jurojin, from the series "A Comparison of the Treasures of the Gods of Good Fortune (Fukujin takara awase)", c. 1795

Jurojin, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Adesugata Shichifukujin)
Jurojin, from the series " The Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Adesugata Shichifukujin)", c. 1770/76

Jurojin with crane and tortoise, 18th century. Creator: Nishimura Shigenaga
Jurojin with crane and tortoise, 18th century

Willow Island (Yanagishima), from the series "A Series of Willows (Yanagi bantsuzuki)
Willow Island (Yanagishima), from the series " A Series of Willows (Yanagi bantsuzuki)", c. 1828

Young Man Riding a Giant Tortoise (parody of Urashima Taro), c. 1767 / 68
Young Man Riding a Giant Tortoise (parody of Urashima Taro), c. 1767/68

Stater (Coin) Depicting a Land Tortoise, 404-350 BCE. Creator: Unknown
Stater (Coin) Depicting a Land Tortoise, 404-350 BCE

Nose Ornament in the Form of a Turtle with C-shaped Body, A. D. 800 / 1200. Creator: Unknown
Nose Ornament in the Form of a Turtle with C-shaped Body, A.D. 800/1200

Inkstone in the Form of a Double-Headed... Han dynasty or six dynasties period, c
Inkstone in the Form of a Double-Headed Turtle, Han dynasty (206 B.C.-221 A.D.) or six dynasties period (220-589), c. 3rd-5th century A.D

Vase, 1877 / 79. Creator: Union Porcelain Works
Vase, 1877/79. White porcelain in the shape of a pitcher plant and terrapin

Fukusa (Gift Cover), Japan, late Edo period (1789-1868), early 19th century

Door Stop, c. 1940. Creator: Nicholas Amantea
Door Stop, c. 1940

Cuspidor, 1938. Creator: Hans Mangelsdorf
Cuspidor, 1938

Essempio di recammi, page 11 (recto), 1530. Creator: Giovanni Antonio Tagliente
Essempio di recammi, page 11 (recto), 1530. Examples of Needlework by Giovanni Antonio Tagliente, first published in 1527, was one of the first textile pattern books to be issued in Italy

Lamp in the form of a bird standing on a tortoise, Han dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE

Ornament in the form of a tortoise shell, Ming dynasty, 1368-1644. Creator: Unknown
Ornament in the form of a tortoise shell, Ming dynasty, 1368-1644

Title Plate, from Quinque Sensuum (Five Senses), ca. 1655. Creator: Francis Cleyn
Title Plate, from Quinque Sensuum (Five Senses), ca. 1655

Incense Burner with Domed Cover, Iran, 8th-9th century. Creator: Unknown
Incense Burner with Domed Cover, Iran, 8th-9th century. Late antique or Byzantine eastern Mediterranean

L Inconnu, 1862. Creator: Felix Bracquemond
L Inconnu, 1862. [The Stranger]

Touch, 1730-65. Creators: Caylus, Anne-Claude-Philippe de, Etienne Fessard
Touch, 1730-65

A monkey holding a bound putto standing on a garland in front of which are two winged putti, from a series of tapestries made for Leo X, 1530-60

Plate 15: Rivers and goddesses, with floating islands guided by pole bearers, female figures seated on a dolphin and a tortoise, and three female musicians seated on a floating scallop shell

Scene with a Feast of Love in a Circle at Center, 1580-1600. Creator: Theodore de Bry
Scene with a Feast of Love in a Circle at Center, 1580-1600

Uba, ca. 1860. ca. 1860. Creator: Shibata Zeshin
Uba, ca. 1860

A Gathering of Mythical Creatures around a Lotus Leaf, dated Shawwal A. H. 1088 / A. D. 1677
A Gathering of Mythical Creatures around a Lotus Leaf, dated Shawwal A.H. 1088/A.D. 1677

The Deposed Monkey King Drops Figs for the Tortoise and the Two Become Friends, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century

The Gazelle Lures the Hunter Away While the Mouse Frees the Bound Tortoise, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century

The Gazelle Becomes Friends with the Crow, the Mouse, and the Tortoise... 18th century
The Gazelle Becomes Friends with the Crow, the Mouse, and the Tortoise, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century

The Flight of the Tortoise, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
The Flight of the Tortoise, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century

The Monkey Escapes to the Safety of the Fig Tree, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century

Tortoises and Crabs, 19th century. Creator: Shibata Zeshin
Tortoises and Crabs, 19th century

Urashima Taro Riding on a Tortoise, after 1888. Creator: Kawanabe Kyosai
Urashima Taro Riding on a Tortoise, after 1888

Illustration from the book Just so stories... by Rudyard Kipling, 1931. Artist
Illustration from the book Just so stories... by Rudyard Kipling, 1931. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

The Gardener, from Four and Twenty Toilers, pub. 1900 (colour lithograph). accompanies verse by E.V. Lucas (Edward Verrall Lucas) (1868 – 1938);

The Wren and the Bear, 1909
At the third sting the Fox screamed and down went his tail between his legs... The Wren and the Bear from The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, pub. 1909 (colour lithograph)

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