#Baturday :
“Flugfuchs” (Flying Foxes, aka Fruit #Bats)
Plate from Brehms Tierleben, Bd.1 (Leipzig & Wien, 1890)
https://archive.org/details/brehmstierleben11890breh/page/n410/mode/1up
#Baturday :
Edward Saidi Tingatinga (Tanzania, 1932-1972)
#Bat in a Tree, 1971
Enamel on board, 62 x 61 cm
https://artauctioneastafrica.com/auctions/auction-2022/lot-30-2022/
#AfricanArt #Tingatinga
#Baturday :
Abunigi (Kwoma people, Papua New Guinea, c. 1935-?)
Apokwashi (Fruit #Bat ), 1988
earth & natural pigments on sago palm petiole, 134.0 × 70.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria 2001.395
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/69017/
“The painting represents a type of fruit bat named Apokwashi, the 2nd largest of the several varieties of flying fox found in the Washkuk Hills.”
#IndigenousArt
#Baturday :
Snuff Bottle
China, Qing Dynasty, 1750-1825
Cloisonne, 3 x 2 3/8in. (7.6 x 6cm)
Minneapolis Institute of Art 27.1.82A-C
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/14778/snuff-bottle-china
#ChineseArt #LuckyBats
#Baturday :
Edmond Lachenal (France, 1855-1930)
Vases in the Form of Lanterns, c.1885
Glazed earthenware, Hand painted earthenware
Now on display at Philadelphia Museum of Art “Firing the Imagination: Japanese Intluence on French Ceramics, 1860-1910”
#Japonisme
For #InternationalBatNight on a #Baturday :
Lin Onus (Australia, Yorta Yorta, 1948-1996)
1. #Bats in Flight, n.d.
watercolour & gouache, 48.7 x 37 cm
2. Warrinya (Flying Foxes), 1993
gouache on illustration board, 49 x 37 cm
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Bats-in-Flight/AFCD14084E01D0AF
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/WARRINYA--FLYING-FOXES-/500AEB1AF1CE886D2D59CBA383D29DB9
my wife wanted me to take down the umbrellas before the storm (yeah, the one that’s gonna hit later this week), but for some reason didn’t want me to bring this guy inside. idk, he looks cuddly #baturday #bats #batsodon #notbaseball
For this #Baturday, look what I found to go along with the SharkBat above - a CrocBat!
Pendant, #bat with #crocodilian* wings
Nicoya, Costa Rica, dated 1-500CE
Stone (jadeite?), 1 3/4 × 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (4.4 × 0.6 × 13.3 cm)
Bowers Museum 2002.3.46: https://collections.bowers.org/objects/743/pendant?ctx=f499c51fa02791dfcf034b306a6763f5c0a1188e&idx=131
*Both the American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) and Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) are native to Costa Rica.
It’s #Baturday during #SharkWeek so time to post this awesome piece again!
Jade pendant, #bat with #shark wings
Costa Rica, Central Caribbean Region, 500 BCE - 800 CE
H 15.5 x W 3 cm
Museo del Jade, Costa Rica
#Baturday :
Vessel with #Bat Heads
Maya: Guatemala, Alta Verapaz, Cobán or vicinity, 650–850 CE
Slip-painted ceramic
6 × 7 × 7 in. (15.24 × 17.78 × 17.78 cm)
LACMA M.90.168.18: https://collections.lacma.org/node/176357
#Baturday :
#Bat on Roof Tile by Hōraku (Japan, active early to mid-19th c.)
#netsuke - wood with inlays
1 5/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 3/16 in. (3.4 x 3.4 x 3.0 cm)
LACMA AC1998.249.3: https://collections.lacma.org/node/188240
#JapaneseArt
#Baturday :
Maurice Pillard Verneuil (French, 1869–1942)
Chauves-souris et pavots, tenture (#Bats and poppies, hanging)
From Plate 33 of L'animal dans la Décoration, 1897
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chauves_souris_et_pavots_tenture_papillons_et_campanules_papier_peint_-_L%27animal_dans_la_decoration_(1897)_by_M._P._Verneuil_(New_York_Public_Library,_enhanced_by_Rawpixel)_506%27790171_o.jpg
#ArtNouveau
@Em0nM4stodon
#Caturday is also:
#Baturday for bat fans or batmans
#Flatterday for your boss' yesmen or flat-earthers
#Fraturday for Animal House fans
#Gnaturday for insect champions
#Haturday for those with fancy chapeaus
#Latterday for Mormons
#Matterday for physicists
#Patterday for salespeople
#Raturday for cute rats
...oh, and in some jurisdictions it is referred to as "Saturday," but I'm not buying that one.
For when it’s still #FintasticFriday but #Baturday is just around the corner…
Jade pendant, #bat with #shark wings
Costa Rica, Central Caribbean Region, 500 BCE - 800 CE
H 15.5 x W 3 cm
Museo del Jade, Costa Rica