EditorialCup with figures in a landscape, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), 18th century, China, Rhinoceros horn, H. 6 in. (15.2 cm), Horn, The gateway at the base of the cup is most likely part of a private estate or large garden set in a remote but beautiful location...
Editorial?? ?? ?? ??, Pine, dated 1923, China, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper, 8 x 21 1/2 in. (20.3 x 54.6 cm), Paintings, Yang Yi (Chinese, 1864?1929), Yang Yi, a member of the literati circle of painters in Shanghai, was a c...
EditorialFused needles, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19?20, ca. 1295?1070 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, Cemetery, 1921?22, Bronze, h. 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in).
EditorialTwo women after Bath, from the series Elegant Pines of Fivefold Needles (Furyu goyo no matsu), Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1800, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; mineral pigments and ink on paper, 14 x 9 3/4 in. (35.6 x 24.8 cm); oban size 14 3/8 x 9...
EditorialMan in wig seated a table with two men whispering in his ear. Woman with spinning wheel and knitting needles sitting dejected at a table. Title page with calligraphy and vignette drawn by Tim Bobbin (John Collier) and engraved by Thomas Sanders from Hu...
EditorialBenkei to kodomo (ataka no matsu), Benkei and a child (Ataka Pine)., Nishimura, Shigenaga, 1697-1756, artist, [between 1716 and 1736], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 33.8 x 15.6 cm., Print shows the legendary monk warrior Benkei offering gifts to two child...
EditorialBenkei to kodomo (ataka no matsu), Benkei and a child (Ataka Pine)., Nishimura, Shigenaga, 1697-1756, artist, [between 1716 and 1736], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 33.8 x 15.6 cm., Print shows the legendary monk warrior Benkei offering gifts to two child...
EditorialThe Needles on which La Pomone was wrecked, An Account of the Transactions of His Majesty's Mission to the Court of Persia, in the years 1807-11, 19th century engraving.
EditorialSurgical equipment including spatula, eye probe, caustic case, probe, director, pocket tenaculum, male and female catheters, needles, forceps, lancets and scissors from the 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' "Cyclope...
EditorialFakir or fukeer, enthusiast, in muslin loincloth, pricking his skin with brass forks and sharp needles. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from "Asiatic Costumes," Ackermann, London, 1828.
EditorialTHE NEEDLES, AS SEEN FROM THE CLIFFS, a row of three distinctive stacks of chalk that rise out of the sea off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight, England.
EditorialBRONZE NEEDLES (INV-TG-6924 AND FROM 7023 TO 7028). FROM THE CASTLE OF TORREGROSSA, JIJONA (XII-XIII). (EXHIBITION THE SCIENTIFIC LEGACY OF AL-ANDALUS) (LOCATION: ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF ALICANTE).
EditorialCedar tree with cones and needles, Cedrus libani. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn from nature by Mrs. Rebecca Hey from her own "Spirit of the Woods," London, Longman, Rees, 1837. Rebecca Hey was a Victorian writer, poet and artist who wrote "...
EditorialFountain pen and bicycle pump housed single-shot guns. The fountain pen-gun used phonograph needles as ammunition. Norwegian resistance movement World War II.