EditorialBox and cup, Cup, Cup decorated with three horizontal bands with flying birds between curled decorations of flower and leaf motifs on a surface of fine matting., anonymous, China, 700 - 799, Tang-dynasty (618-907), silver (metal), repouss?, h 6.0 cm ? ...
EditorialSpa water bottle with flattened, spherical body, Slightly inserted soul, flattened laterally into a straight neck. On the bottle a label with the inscription: Flat, green glass bottle, found 3 Novb. 1879 in the bottom in the Z.W. tower of the.d. large ...
EditorialChildren's chair with curved legs and back posts and a seat frame covered with matting, Children's chair made of curved beech wood resting on four legs. The curved hind legs extend into the pillars of the backrest with a slightly curved upper sill. The...
EditorialChildren's chair, black lacquered, with 'piping' seat, High children's button chair made of black lacquered wood with smooth twisted posts and cross rails. The upper backrest is hollow and the armrests are slightly hollow. The footrest is missing. The ...
EditorialSketches, Fragment: Head of a Woman Wearing a Kerchief. Jean Fran?ois Millet; French, 1814-1875. Date: 1863-1875. Dimensions: 26 ? 24 mm (image); 43 ? 33 mm (sheet); 185 ? 79 mm (backing). Woodcut fragment from a partially printed block on tan wove pap...
EditorialSketches, Fragment: Head of a Woman Wearing a Kerchief. Jean Fran?ois Millet; French, 1814-1875. Date: 1863-1875. Dimensions: 27 ? 45 mm (image); 50 ? 58 mm (sheet). Woodcut fragment from a partially printed block on tan wove paper with separate mattin...
EditorialThe idol Kivvasa. (Kiwasa). Engraving of an idol, Kivvasa, seated in a circular tent made from segments of woven cane or matting. The image has hair tied in a knot above the head, has a four-strand necklace of beads around the neck. It is wearing a clo...
Editorial'Their sitting at meate'. Engraving of two figures seated on a strip of matting, eating with their right hands from a large circular dish containing grains of food. The woman wears a necklace of beads, and a fringed skin robe over her left shoulder. Th...
EditorialDr. Syntax Sketching the Lake. Date/Period: 1812. Genre subject. Watercolor with pen and red-brown ink over graphite, gold edge trimmed paper, with pen and maroon and brown ink lines on wove paper mount, on thick, matting board. Height: 137 mm (5.39 in...
EditorialPillow with Peonies, Jin dynasty (1115?1234), 12th?13th century, China, Stoneware with sgraffito decoration (Cizhou ware), H. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm); W. 12 13/16 in. (32.5 cm); D. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm), Ceramics, The small circles that fill the background d...
EditorialOne of four armchairs, model knob chair, made from walnut, with smooth twisted struts, and cross-lines; forelegs and rear pillars ending in fine twisted knobs; obliquely rearwardly laid back with four flat crosspieces; armrests curved and terminating i...
EditorialHigh infant-button seat black lacquered wood with smooth twisted styles and transverse lines. The upper back support is hollow cut and the armrests are slightly hollowed. The footrest is missing. The separate seat is made of cardboard with silk thread ...