EditorialPardachirus marmoratus, Print, Pardachirus marmoratus, also known as the finless sole, the speckled sole or the Red Sea Moses sole, is a small fish from the Red Sea that secretes an ichthyotoxic milky substance from the base of its dorsal and anal fins...
EditorialPortrait of Sapho or Sappho, Greek lyric poet from the island of Lesbos, with ribbons in hair, on plasma in Lord Bessborough's collection. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Worlidge from James Vallentin's One Hundred and Eight Engravings from Antique Gem...
EditorialGold Necklace with Gold Cross, Two Amethysts, and an Emerald Plasma, 6th?7th century, Byzantine, Gold, amethyst, emerald plasma, Overall (chain): 17 5/8 x 1/2 x 3/16 in. (44.8 x 1.2 x 0.4 cm), Metalwork-Gold, The cross, chased into the gold ground, was...
EditorialPlasma ring stone, Late Republican or Imperial, ca. 1st century B.C.?3rd century A.D., Roman, Plasma, L. 1.3 cm, Gems, Copy of the 5th century B.C. chryselephantine statue of Athena Parthenos by Pheidias.
EditorialGold Necklace with Gold Cross, Two Amethysts, and an Emerald Plasma, 6th?7th century, Byzantine, Gold, amethyst, emerald plasma, Overall (chain): 17 5/8 x 1/2 x 3/16 in. (44.8 x 1.2 x 0.4 cm), Metalwork-Gold, The cross, chased into the gold ground, was...
EditorialJeweled Bracelet, 500?700, Made in probably Constantinople, Byzantine, Gold, silver, pearl, amethyst, sapphire, glass, quartz, emerald plasma, Overall: 1 7/16 x 3 1/4 in. (3.7 x 8.2 cm), Metalwork-Gold, These elaborately decorated bracelets have richly...
EditorialGold Necklace with Pearls and Stones of Emerald Plasma, 6th?7th century, Byzantine, Gold, pearls, emerald plasma, Overall: 16 3/4 x 13/16 x 7/16 in. (42.5 x 2.1 x 1.1 cm) Wt: 64g, Metalwork-Gold, This elegantly simple necklace alternates luminous white...
EditorialGold hoop with plasma scarab, Archaic, 6th?5th century B.C., Cypriot, Gold, green plasma, Other: 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm), Gems, On the bezel, two sphinxes flanking a tree.
EditorialPlasma ring stone, Late Republican or Imperial, ca. 1st century B.C.?3rd century A.D., Roman, Plasma, L. 1.3 cm, Gems, Copy of the 5th century B.C. chryselephantine statue of Athena Parthenos by Pheidias.
EditorialPlasma ring stone, Late Republican or Imperial, 1st century B.C.?3rd century A.D., Roman, Plasma, Length: 7/16 in. (1.1 cm), Gems, Asklepios leaning on a staff onto which a serpent is wound.
EditorialPortrait of Sapho or Sappho, Greek lyric poet from the island of Lesbos, with ribbons in hair, on plasma in Lord Bessborough's collection. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Worlidge from James Vallentin's One Hundred and Eight Engravings from Antique Gem...
EditorialSophonisba, Carthaginian princess, drinking poison from a bowl, engraved on plasma in Lord Montague's collection. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Worlidge from James Vallentin's One Hundred and Eight Engravings from Antique Gems, 1863.