EditorialStrip of spool lace with volutes, Investment piece of natural spool lace, possibly Flemish guipure. A repeating pattern with volutes with three, four and five-leaf flowers. Around the motifs a braided bar of ground with picots. Honeycomb soil within th...
EditorialJug with scenes from the life of Judith and Holofernes, Can of stoneware on high feet with a cylindrical body, round shoulder and narrow neck with pinched spout. The C-shaped ear is attached to the neck and shoulder. Profiles on the neck, abdomen and f...
EditorialInitiation ceremonies for dGe-lugs-pa monks. Inscribed: ‘This represents the ceremonies attending the instalment or investment or investiture of a Lama of the Gelukpa’ [dGe-lugs-pa]’ sect.’. 1844 -1862. Watercolour. Tibetan school. See catalogu...
EditorialInscribed brick: dedicatory inscription of Adad-shuma-usur, Kassite, ca. 1216?1187 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Kassite, Ceramic, Brick: 13.2 x 10.8 x 7.2 cm (5 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 2 7/8 in.), Ceramics-Architectural-Inscribed, Maintenance of temples and their ...
EditorialTHE INSTALLATION AND ENTHRONEMENT OF THE NEW BISHOP OF ST. ALBAN'S: THE PROCESSION VIEWED FROM THE TOWN HALL (LEFT), THE FORMAL INVESTMENT OF BISHOP CLAUGHTON BY THE ARCHBISHOP (RIGHT).