EditorialLacquer dish, Ming dynasty, 1489. The setting is a famous fourth-century drinking and poetry party at the Lanting (Orchid Pavilion) in the southern province of Zhejiang. The sky is full of clouds and cranes, birds symbolic of immortality. The party arr...
EditorialThe introduction of chess. Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 39 miniatures. Opaque w. 1614. The introduction of chess from India at the court of Nushirwan. No attempt has been made to represent any of those present as Indians. On the right, a building with a ...
EditorialLacquer dish, Ming dynasty, 1489. The setting is a famous fourth-century drinking and poetry party at the Lanting (Orchid Pavilion) in the southern province of Zhejiang. The sky is full of clouds and cranes, birds symbolic of immortality. The party arr...
EditorialTimur enthroned at Balkh, 1550. Timur (Tamerlane) is enthroned at Balkh,Afghanistan. Timur sits on a raised dais; people are visible through an arch, those inside sit cross-legged. The interior is decorated in the Islamic style, with floral patterns an...
EditorialLacquer dish, Ming dynasty, 1489. The setting is a famous fourth-century drinking and poetry party at the Lanting (Orchid Pavilion) in the southern province of Zhejiang. The sky is full of clouds and cranes, birds symbolic of immortality. The party arr...
EditorialTimur enthroned at Balkh, 1550. Timur (Tamerlane) is enthroned at Balkh,Afghanistan. Timur sits on a raised dais; people are visible through an arch, those inside sit cross-legged. The interior is decorated in the Islamic style, with floral patterns an...