europeanart – Museums with Mina

Animal Soup

Whenever I look at one of these I think “you see that? You put your weed in there” though apparently these are for soup not weed. Though the real question is what would be put in them? Would the duck one only have soup with duck in it? Then what about the eel? And ifContinue reading “Animal Soup”

Camels, Camels Everywhere

One of my friends loves camels so whenever we go to the museum and we see a camel that we have not seen before we take a picture and text her it and believe me there are a lot, so many! We found them all. And in fact we have found so many I’m prettyContinue reading “Camels, Camels Everywhere”

The Doctor, Harlequin, and Colombine

Now, as you can see the people in this sculpture are dabbing. Yes, you heard me right! Dabbing, such a beautiful sight! Anyway, two boys and one girl are made out of porcelain and all dabbing or bowing. They are from a thing called Commedia dell’arte where they make little skits. It is very oldContinue reading “The Doctor, Harlequin, and Colombine”

Monkey King

This is a monkey from Germany it’s made out of porcelain, but it is actually THE MONKEY KING! From the Journey to the West by Wu Cheng’en! And it makes sense too: he wears a belt like the monkey king does for a while, porcelain technically comes from the ground and the monkey king isContinue reading “Monkey King”