EditorialKobe Bryant LA Lakers jacket and Cristiano Ronaldo and Diego Maradonas football shirts among slew of memorabilia hitting auction block form host of sporting greats
EditorialFrieze from a Mantelpiece with Three Medallions Containing the Virgin and Child and Two Escutcheons with Supporters, Fragment, In the middle medallion Maria with child up to the knees above the crescent moon and for a halo. She holds the half-lying chi...
EditorialTackle board, sledge and top for making rope Tackle Board, Sledge and top for making rope a sledge for hitting the rope. The pivot stands on a heavy ground board and has a five-strand mechanism, a large sprocket that drives four small sprockets in the ...
EditorialVase, multicolored painted with chinoiseries, Vase of painted porcelain. The vase is painted with a contour chinoiserie consisting of a timpani hitting rider, preceded by a boy, who carries a rolled out music roll on the back and with branches with Ind...
EditorialPalla from bobbin lace with jumping deer and a tree or fruit, Palla from natural-colored bobbin lace: Antwerp lace. There are two animals in the center of the pattern: deer hitting each other with a tree or fruit in between. The motifs are made in line...
EditorialTwo putti try to make a fire Emblemes d'Amour (title on object), Two putti try in vain to make a spark out of a heart, by hitting it with a blow to create a fire with a tinder box. Broken arrows lie on the floor. One-sided love cannot catch fire like a...
EditorialFol. 227v, Psalm 80, historiated initial E, David hitting a carillon of hells, c. 1275-1300. Southern France, Toulouse(?), 13th century. Bound illuminated manuscript in Latin; brown morocco binding; ink, tempera and gold on vellum; 533 leaves.
EditorialSiyavush on his Horse Hitting a Rolling Target (recto) and Persian verses (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025), late 1400s. Iran, Shiraz, Timurid period (1370-1501). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper;.
EditorialFol. 227v, Psalm 80, historiated initial E, David hitting a carillon of hells, c. 1275-1300. Southern France, Toulouse(?), 13th century. Bound illuminated manuscript in Latin; brown morocco binding; ink, tempera and gold on vellum; 533 leaves.
EditorialSiyavush on his Horse Hitting a Rolling Target (recto) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025), late 1400s. Iran, Shiraz, Timurid period (1370-1501). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; image: 8.6 x 16.1 cm (3 3/8 x 6 5/16...
EditorialFull page botanical painting of Euphrasia officinalis or 'Eringio' (Eyebright) and a man hitting a snake with a branch, holding a scythe in his left hand. Coloured drawings of plants, copied from nature in the Roman States, by Gerardo Cibo. Vol. I. Pie...
EditorialIllustration with the title 'Nicholas astonishes Mr Squeers and his family'. Nicholas Nickleby hitting Mr Squeers with a cane. The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby ... With illustrations by Phiz [and a portrait of the author by D. Maclise]. Lon...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of Christ standing outside a building with two bells, hitting a man with a twisted rope who is fleeing along with another man. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours'). England, S. E.? (London?); 2nd quarter of the 14th cent...
EditorialA bas-de-page scene of a woman hitting a man with a stick. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century. Source: Royal 10 E. IV, ...
EditorialChildren. Voer de Goern. Kinderreime alt und new ... Mit 52. Leipzig, [1855.]. A girl hitting a boy, then kissing him. Image taken from Voer de Goern. Kinderreime alt und new Mit 52 Holzschnitten nach Originalzeichnungen von L. Richter, etc. Original...
EditorialUpper miniature: a hare hitting a red dog with a stick. The Gorleston Psalter. 1310-1324. Source: Add. 49622, f.88. Language: English and Latin.
EditorialA bas-de-page scene of a woman hitting a man with an implement. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th century. Source: Royal 10 E....
EditorialOsakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing the cityscape of Osaka during the Toyotomi Era (1583-1615), Momoyama Period. Schloss Eggenberg (Eggenberg Castle Museum) Graz, Austria. Panel 1 - Street musicians and a ju...
EditorialAngel, ca. 1460?80, Made in Rhine Valley, German, Wood, gilded and painted, Overall: 16 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 5 in. (41.3 x 21.6 x 12.7 cm), Sculpture-Wood, This wingless angel playing a dulcimer probably accompanied an angelic orchestra in a scene such as the...
EditorialHoodman blind, or blind man's buff, 14th century. Men taking turns to be the blind man by reversing the hood, or hitting the blind man with their knotted hoods, and women playing the game (bottom). Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own ...
EditorialSnapping termite, Termes fatalis, termite queen, soldiers and workers. Vignette of man with axe hitting a termite mound. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschke's Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches...
EditorialThe royal milling match, Caricature showing Lord Yarmouth hitting the Prince Regent in the eye, as Lady Yarmouth looks from behind screen covered with caricatures.
EditorialThe royal milling match, Caricature showing Lord Yarmouth hitting the Prince Regent in the eye, as Lady Yarmouth looks from behind screen covered with caricatures.
EditorialA battle of maces, another favourite and bloody sport at medieval courts. Detail of 16-01-04 / 25 showing knights hitting each other in the thick of battle. Murals in Runkelstein castle show courtlife, sports and other pastimes of knights and their ladies.
EditorialMANUSCRIPT, ILLUMINATED ~ RENAISSANCE ~ 15TH ~ Recit du Tournoi du Roi Renee a Saumur en 1446 Nommee "Pas du Perron", 1470-1480. French, Paper,36 x 27 cm, 48 pages. The count of Tancarville defies the defending party by hitting their coat of arms with ...