EditorialWatergeuzen, Silver oval medallion with eyelet. Front: man's bust inside the inside. Reverse: two men, of whom the left is wearing begging cup and gourd on a belt, shake hands, between them inscription within inscription., Philip II (King of Spain), Ja...
EditorialHost box, Host box of silver, on three legs. Engraved on the lid: Christ on the cross and Mary Magdalene, flowers, ornament, bystanders at the foot of the cross, among whom Mary, Mary Magdalene and John the Evangelist, Mary may be shown swooning, Johan...
EditorialHexagonal tile with a green glaze and inscription, Hexagonal tile of quartz fry. On a ground of thick green glaze is a border in luster parallel to the circumference, in which an inscription in Arabic characters: Allah is one. He is the God to whom all...
EditorialScylla and Minos, Round, lead plaque. In the middle Minos, the besieger, seated on his horse that jumped to the left, in front of the gate of Niseia, the city that fell into his hands through betrayal of the king's daughter Scylla. She stands on the to...
EditorialConjunction of Mary, the Virgin Mary, bystanders at the foot of the cross, among whom Mary, Mary Magdalene and John the Evangelist, Mary may be shown swooning, Antwerp, c. 1515, oak (wood), h 48.5 cm.
EditorialCup and saucer with figures in a landscape, Porcelain cup with a cylindrical, slightly flared wall and an angular ear, painted on enamel and gold enamel. On the outside wall a representation of people (farmers?) In a landscape. A man and a woman with a...
EditorialCovered cup and saucer with figures in a landscape and bouquets, Cover cup and saucer of porcelain, painted on enamel in gold and gold. The head with a cylindrical, slightly flared wall and an angular ear. On the outside wall a representation of people...
EditorialThe Dream of Queen Maya (the Buddha's Conception), Kushan period, ca. 2nd century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Schist, H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); W. 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm); D. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm), Sculpture, Female attendants and guards, one of who...
EditorialTerracotta oinochoe:olpe (jug), Transitional, ca. 630?610 B.C., Greek, Corinthian, Terracotta, H. 17 in. (43.2 cm), Vases, Five friezes of animals The Sphinx Painter was a competent artist who is closely associated with the Polyteleia Painter, to whom ...
EditorialScylla and Minos, Round, lead plaque. In the middle Minos, the besieger, seated on his horse that jumped to the left, in front of the gate of Niseia, the city that fell into his hands through betrayal of the king's daughter Scylla. She stands on the to...
EditorialThe Triumph of Eternity The Triumph of Eternity, Round, stained glass pane depicting the Triumph of Eternity. A classic triumphal cart rides against a backdrop of a mountainous landscape with a city. On the cart, on a rectangular pedestal, God the Fath...
EditorialDrinking bowl with Scylla and Minos, Round, gold-plated silver drinking bowl surrounded by a leaf wreath (see above). In the middle Minos, the besieger, seated on his horse that jumps to the left, in front of the gate of Niseia, the city that fell into...
EditorialTerracotta oinochoe:olpe (jug), Transitional, ca. 630?610 B.C., Greek, Corinthian, Terracotta, H. 17 in. (43.2 cm), Vases, Five friezes of animals The Sphinx Painter was a competent artist who is closely associated with the Polyteleia Painter, to whom ...
EditorialTerracotta medallion fragment, late 2nd?early 3rd century A.D., Roman, Terracotta; Rh?ne Valley ware, H. 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm), Vases, Originally, the medallion would have decorated the body of a vessel, as with the three-handled jug in this case. This a...