EditorialHandkerchief of batist with plumetis embroidery with violets and forget-me-nots and an edge bobbin lace with three-part leaves, Handkerchief of batist with embroidery - white work with plumetis and sand stitches - and around an edge spool lace: Valenci...
EditorialDiamond with a bird with wings spread, A diamond with enamel painting of a curved bird that spreads its wings in predominantly blue, birds, anonymous, c. 1650 - c. 1675, glass, h 11.6 cm ? w 8.1 cm.
EditorialSaint Ursula and the Handmaidens St Ursula and the Virgins, On an oval bottom the saint stands with the left foot forward, the upper body slightly back and aside, the egg-shaped head, the face of which has a slight smile, leaning slightly to the left. ...
EditorialVase with jugglers Bottle vase with three Japanese artists, Bottle-shaped porcelain vase with an egg-shaped body and a long, narrow neck that spreads slightly at the top. Painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow, purple, black and gold. On the ...
EditorialSpain declares war on Henry IV, King of France, Copper Medal. Obverse: lion struck by arrow in his knee spreads his claws within a circle. Reverse: Dutch virgin with banner and lion seated in fenced yard, attacked by pig and other animals within the ci...
EditorialVase with trees in relief, Porcelain vase with a saucer-shaped base and a body wide at the bottom, which narrows upwards and spreads under the raised edge. Painted in underglaze blue and green. On the vase in relief three tree trunks ending in the bulg...
EditorialPhaeton and Apollo Phaeton vient demander au Soleil dance son Palais, conductor de son Char (title on object) Les peintures de Charles le Brun et d'Eustache Le Sueur qui sont dance (... ) la maison du Pr?sident Lambert (series title), Phaethon begs the...
EditorialComposing the Ramayana. Ramayana, Bala Kanda. Udaipur, 1712. Valmiki is shown composing and completing the epic Ramayana. The story spreads to other ascetics. Image taken from Ramayana, Bala Kanda. Originally published/produced in Udaipur, 1712. . So...
EditorialDesign by Doucet for Carolina “La Belle” Otero, a Spanish born dancer, actress and courtesan. The dress is composed of fine white muslin worn over mauve silk. There is a deep flounce pleated to the skirt and the bodice is trimmed with some rare old...
EditorialThe Entry into Jerusalem; Christ riding on a donkey towards an arched city gate; an elderly man spreads out his cloak on the road, after D?rer, ca. 1500?1534, Engraving; second state of three, Sheet: 5 3/16 in. ? 4 in. (13.1 ? 10.2 cm), Prints, Marcant...
EditorialLimestone statuette of Pan, Hellenistic, 310?30 B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 9 ? 3 ? 1 1/2 in. (22.9 ? 7.6 ? 3.8 cm), Stone Sculpture, The nebris, knotted on the chest, covers the shoulders. There are goat ears and small horns on the top of the h...
EditorialLimestone statuette of Pan, Hellenistic or Roman, Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 21 1/2 x 6 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (54.6 x 17.1 x 8.9 cm), Stone Sculpture, A nebris knotted around the neck covers the shoulders and falls to the back. The ears are pointed and the...
EditorialShabti of Tjebure, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, ca. 1295?1186 B.C., From Egypt, Serpentinite, h. 19 cm (7 1/2 in); w. 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in); d.. 5 cm (1 15/16 in), This finely carved stone shabti, made for a man named Tjebure, depicts the owner's b...
EditorialJacket, painted with blue flower vines and silver high spreads on a white ground and trimmed with long nets band; cotton lining., Anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1775.
EditorialStucco plaque of a legendary dog-headed bird known as senmurw. This fabulous animal first appears in the late Sasanian period of the 6th century in embroidered roundels on textiles. In one tradition it sits on the tree of life and by beating its wings ...