EditorialFlask in the form of a bottle gourd with bats Double gourd vase with bats, gourds, leaves and tendrils, gourd-shaped porcelain bottle with a slightly spreading edge, painted in underglaze red with a continuous decoration of small gourds, leaves and ten...
EditorialCups in ruined landscape, Various cups and gourds numbered I to VII. I and II show a wooden nap with silver base by Hendrik van Brederode, lord of Vianen. The gourds and cups (or begging cups) symbolize the beggars of the Geuzen: True to the king in ev...
EditorialGeuzen medal with napkin and gourds in accompanying box, Geuzen medal with accompanying box, Spain, Philip II (King of Spain), anonymous, Nederlanden, 1800 - 1900.
EditorialGold acorn cup, c1610. Cup in the shape of an acorn, with two rams holding up a coat of arms, surmounted by the Latin inscription 'IHS', short for 'In Hoc Signo', (by this sign). Gold and silver cups have always been highly prized for their symbolic va...
EditorialBowl (Tecomate), 12th?10th century B.C., Mexico, Mesoamerica, Olmec, Ceramic, H x Diam.: 4 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (11.7 x 15.9 cm), Ceramics-Containers, A common vessel type called a tecomate, this bowl was shaped by hand into a gourd form using coils of clay...
EditorialGourd-Shaped Vase with Design of Gourds and Vines, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), Kangxi period (1662?1722), early 18th century, China, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm); Diam. 7 1/2 in. (1...
EditorialSnuff bottle in the shape of a gourd, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), Qianlong period (1736?95), China, Painted enamel with lapis lazuli stopper, H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm), Snuff Bottles, A popular decorative motif, the gourd is synonymous of progeny, or multipl...
Editorial? ?????, Bottle in the shape of a double gourd, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), 19th century, China, Carnelian, H. 6 13/16 in. (17.3 cm); H. with stand 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); Diam. 6 in. (15.2 cm), Hardstone, The double gourd holds considerable appeal among the ...
EditorialGold acorn cup, c1610. Cup in the shape of an acorn, with two rams holding up a coat of arms, surmounted by the Latin inscription 'IHS', short for 'In Hoc Signo', (by this sign). Gold and silver cups have always been highly prized for their symbolic va...