EditorialFragment of a terracotta amphora (jar), Archaic, ca. 550 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, 3 3/16 ? 4 5/8 ? 3/8 in. (8.1 ? 11.7 ? 0.9 cm), Vases, Top of the mane, ear, and topknot of a horse in a quadriga (four-horse chariot). The style of ...
EditorialYakshas Relief, Licchavi period, 8th?9th century, Nepal, Kathmandu Valley, possibly Deopatan, Stone, H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm); W. 20 1/2 in. (52 cm), Sculpture, Two bearded yakshas crouch in a rocky landscape, marking the threshold between the revealed wo...
EditorialOcyphaps lophotes, Print, The crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) is a bird found widely throughout mainland Australia except for the far northern tropical areas. Only two Australian pigeon species possess an erect crest, the crested pigeon and the spin...
EditorialLopholaimus antarcticus, Print, The topknot pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus) is a pigeon native to eastern Australia. It is also known by the name of flock pigeon., 1700-1880.
EditorialAt the River Anomā: Prince Siddhartha reaches the River Anomā and cuts off his long topknot of hair and casts it into the air, where it is caught by Sakka, king of the gods, who enshrines it in Tavatimsa heaven. The Life of the Buddha. Burma, early 1...
EditorialAt the River Anomā: Prince Siddhartha reaches the River Anomā and cuts off his long topknot of hair and casts it into the air, where it is caught by Sakka, king of the gods, who enshrines it in Tavatimsa heaven. The Life of the Buddha. Burma, early 1...
EditorialTurbot, Scophthalmus maximus, European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa, and topknot, Zeugopterus punctatus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Albert Massard after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural Histo...
EditorialKalmyk man and Japanese sumo wrestler with chonmage (topknot) and beard. Swarthy Kalmucks, Eleuth and Japanese prizefighter. Mongoles. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from his Natural History of th...
EditorialBust of a Bodhisattva, ca. 4th?5th century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Schist, H. 30 in. (76.2 cm); W. 17 in. (43.2 cm); D. 9 in. (22.9 cm), Sculpture, This image was made at a time when the naturalism of the earlier sculptural tradition wa...
EditorialAt the River Anomā: Prince Siddhartha reaches the River Anomā and cuts off his long topknot of hair and casts it into the air, where it is caught by Sakka, king of the gods, who enshrines it in Tavatimsa heaven. The Life of the Buddha. Burma, early 1...
EditorialAt the River Anomā: Prince Siddhartha reaches the River Anomā and cuts off his long topknot of hair and casts it into the air, where it is caught by Sakka, king of the gods, who enshrines it in Tavatimsa heaven. The Life of the Buddha. Burma, early 1...
EditorialFragment of a terracotta amphora (jar), Archaic, ca. 550 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, 3 3/16 ? 4 5/8 ? 3/8 in. (8.1 ? 11.7 ? 0.9 cm), Vases, Top of the mane, ear, and topknot of a horse in a quadriga (four-horse chariot). The style of ...
EditorialHead of a Bodhisattva, Khotan Kingdom, 6th?7th century, China (Xinjiang Autonomous Region), Red clay with traces of color, 9 x 6 x 5 in. (22.9 x 15.2 x 12.7 cm), Sculpture, The delicate modeling of the hair and face provide a sense of the sophisticated...
EditorialTerracotta horse and rider, Early Cypro-Archaic II, ca. 600 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; hand-made, H. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm), Terracottas, The rider here is a warrior equipped with crested helmet and shield. The horse has a topknot, thick tail, and tassele...
EditorialBust of a Bodhisattva, ca. 4th?5th century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Schist, H. 30 in. (76.2 cm); W. 17 in. (43.2 cm); D. 9 in. (22.9 cm), Sculpture, This image was made at a time when the naturalism of the earlier sculptural tradition wa...
EditorialYakshas Relief, Licchavi period, 8th?9th century, Nepal, Kathmandu Valley, possibly Deopatan, Stone, H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm); W. 20 1/2 in. (52 cm), Sculpture, Two bearded yakshas crouch in a rocky landscape, marking the threshold between the revealed wo...
EditorialTurbot, Scophthalmus maximus, European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa, and topknot, Zeugopterus punctatus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Albert Massard after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural Histo...
EditorialKalmyk man and Japanese sumo wrestler with chonmage (topknot) and beard. Swarthy Kalmucks, Eleuth and Japanese prizefighter. Mongoles. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from his Natural History of th...
EditorialTattooed warrior of Nuka Hiva, Marquesas Islands (Nukahiwa). Hair in topknot, tattoos over his face, neck, chest and shoulders. Copied from Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinz's Illustr...
EditorialBusts of Japanese men with chonmage topknot hairstyle, and Chinese men with beards, one with pigtail. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinz's Illustrated Natural History of Men and Animals, 1836.
EditorialCostumes of negro men and women of the Gold Coast (Ghana), Senegal and Gambia. Warrior in bodypainting and topknot, woman in feather skirt and hat, warrior with stick and scimitar. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendig...
EditorialTopknot pigeon, Lopholaimus antarcticus (Columba dilopha, double-crested pigeon), native to Australia. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by Edward Lear from Prideaux John Selby's volume "Pigeons" in Sir William Jardin...