EditorialCourt in Beijing Indian Clothing / Cours, Habillemens, Salutations, etc. des Indiens (title on object) The Indes Orientales and Occidentals and autres lieux (series title), The court in Beijing with three pagodas. On a square walk Japanese, Chinese, Ta...
EditorialFlower pyramid Flower pyramid of Delftware, Flower pyramid of faience. High tulip holder of Delftware with blue decor, in the style of a Chinese pagoda, consisting of six separate pieces forming ten sections and the base, and a central wooden stick. Th...
EditorialPlate with branches flowering loosely over the flat pagodas and a ship, Plate of earthenware with liquid-blue transfer decor. Loosely across the flat pagodese, flowering branches and a ship. The edge of the board with four cartouches with a mountain an...
EditorialBris? fan of ajour and embossed ivory with scenes from Chinese life with pagodas, houses, trees and in the middle an unadorned oval medallion, Bris? fan of ajour and embossed ivory on which scenes from the Chinese life with pagodas, trees and in the mi...
EditorialIndian Monnees_1, Illustrations of various Indian coins, Figs. 1-8: Indian rupees from various provinces, Figs. 9-14: Indian pagodas with figures of gods, Fig.1: Roupie marchande de Pondich?ry, Fig. 2: Roupie ? coin, Entente de Pondich?ry, Fig. 3: Roup...
EditorialThree vases, part of a garniture Covered vase, painted with pagodas, Chinese landscapes and bouquets, Covered vase, multicolored with pagodas, Chinese landscapes and bouquets ? la chinoise. The base and the top and bottom of the vase are made up of see...
EditorialTemple or Pagoda of the Gentiles of the Coromandel Coast, Rectangular temple complex on the coast of Coromandel with pagodas and small temples inside the complex, signed: P. Sonnerat pinx, Poisson sc, pl. 61, or p. 217 (vol. 1), Sonnerat, Pierre M. (pi...
EditorialPair of Seated Figures (pagodas) Seated figure Pagoda, Figure of painted porcelain. The figure represents a seated Chinese woman (pagoda). The woman is sitting cross-legged on a green cushion that lies on a rectangular pedestal with beveled corners. Th...
EditorialThree vases, part of a garniture Covered vase, painted with pagodas, Chinese landscapes and bouquets, Covered vase, multicolored with pagodas, Chinese landscapes and bouquets ? la chinoise. The base and the top and bottom of the vase are made entirely ...
EditorialCoffee urn, Large tap jug made of partly black enamelled and partly (fire) gilt suassa, consisting of various parts soldered together. The jug has a convex belly, black-enamelled, with carved decorations (along the top edge, band across the middle of t...
EditorialSaucer, Dish of fire-gilded suassa, with scalloped brace-shaped rim and in the middle an upright ring, inside which fits a cup. The edge has a smooth surface without carved embellishments. On the top of a scalloped brace-shaped border, six cartouches (...
EditorialPart of flower pyramid of Delftware, Square base of flower pyramid of faience. Rest on four legs, has a profiled base and crown molding and is decorated with landscapes, in which bridges and pagodas imitate Chinese porcelain. The upper surface of the p...
EditorialSpittoon, Kwispedoor with gilded foot and a trumpet-shaped mouth and a black lacquered convex belly decorated with three cartouches in relief, representing pagodas and a figure in a boat amid a traditional Chinese landscape with trees and birds. The in...
EditorialPair of Seated Figures (Pagodas), Seated figure, Pagoda, Painted porcelain figure. The figure represents a seated Chinese man (pagoda). The man is sitting cross-legged on a green cushion that lies on a rectangular base with beveled corners. The man has...
EditorialFitted Gown (robe ajust?e) Tablier with light brown silk pleats with a woven pattern of large floral motifs and structures, the lining is made of striped linen in blue, cream and yellow, Tablier of havanabrown silk with a drawing representing pagodas, ...
EditorialSpittoon, Kwispedoor with gilded foot and a trumpet-shaped mouth and a black lacquered convex belly decorated with three cartouches in relief, representing pagodas and a figure in a boat amid a traditional Chinese landscape with trees, birds and a butt...
EditorialTile with Chinese water landscape and flower scrolls in the corners, Porcelain tile, painted in underglaze blue. In a lobed cartouche a Chinese river landscape with trees, mountains, pagodas and a figure on a bridge, the corners with floral scrolls. Ti...
EditorialPlate, plate of multi-colored faience. On the shelf birds are painted in plants and on the edge a band ornament with pagodas, flowers and dragons., anonymous, Delft, c. 1700 - c. 1750, earthenware, tin glaze, d 22.2 cm ? h 2.9 cm.
EditorialPlaque with a Chinoiserie landscape and gilt details Plaque Plate, painted with chinoiser decoration, Faience plate, rectangular, painted in blue and gold in the white tin glaze with a chinoiserie. In a wide river landscape, a number of Chinese trees s...
EditorialBox with bombed sides, black lacquer with water landscapes in gold, Box, from above square and with bombed sides. Black lacquer with water landscapes with maki pagodas. The inside is covered with copper., Japan, c. 1680 - c. 1730, geheel, lacquering, h...
EditorialSugar bowl, Black lacquered semicircular sugar bowl standing on a black lacquered base with gilded inside. The outside of the bowl is decorated with three embossed lobed cartouches, representing pagodas and a figure in a boat amidst a traditional Chine...
EditorialFitted Gown (robe ajust?e) Overgown with short sleeves of light brown silk with a woven pattern of large floral motifs and constructions, Overjapon of havanabrown silk with pagodas depicting drawings, pavilions and large flowers. Lined with linen., ano...
EditorialCanton. Group of Chinese Plants Trained to Represent Temples, Pagodas, Animals, Etc., Pierre Joseph Rossier (Swiss, 1829 - about 1883), Negretti & Zambra (British, active 1850 - 1899), 1858?1859, Albumen silver print.
EditorialMosques, Pagodas, Elevations and Floor Plans of Mosques and Pagodas, Signed: Grav? par Baltard, Pl. 7, p. 23, Baltard (grav?), Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand: Recueil et parall?le des ?difices de tout genre, anciens et modernes, remarquables par leur beaut?...
EditorialNo. 46. Amerapoora. Colossal Statue of Gautama close to the N. end of the bridge. A general view of the statue of the seated Buddha, surrounded by small pagodas. Views in Burma taken during the Mission to Ava. Sep-Oct. 1855. Photograph. Source: Photo 6...
EditorialIndian pagodas to Vishnu and Lakshmi within a Hindu temple compound. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
EditorialGeneral View of Mandalay from Mandalay Hill Showing the 450 Pagodas and the Incomparable Pagoda. Date/Period: 1887 - 1895. Print. Albumen silver. Height: 197 mm (7.75 in); Width: 267 mm (10.51 in).
EditorialIndian pagodas to Vishnu and Lakshmi within a Hindu temple compound. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
EditorialGeneral view of the five ‘rathas’. Inscribed: ‘North View of the 5 Pagodas about one mile south of Mahabilipoorum showing also a Lion and Elephant, the latter as large as life, the former larger, the whole cut sculptured from solid Granite stones...
EditorialMillion charms. Hyakumanto Darani [One Million Charms]. Japan, AD 764-770. Partial image of a set of four of the One Million Charms and one of the miniature pagodas made to house them. The Charms are the oldest surviving example of Japanese printing, A...
EditorialPagodas at Trinchicunum. Twenty-four Views taken in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, Abyssinia, and Egypt, by Henry Salt; engraved by Havell, Bluck, and Hill. With Descriptions. 1809. Source: Maps.6.Tab.24 no.11.
EditorialGeneral view of the five ‘rathas’. Inscribed: ‘North View of the 5 Pagodas about one mile south of Mahabilipoorum showing also a Lion and Elephant, the latter as large as life, the former larger, the whole cut sculptured from solid Granite stones...
EditorialNo. 46. Amerapoora. Colossal Statue of Gautama close to the N. end of the bridge. A general view of the statue of the seated Buddha, surrounded by small pagodas. Views in Burma taken during the Mission to Ava. Sep-Oct. 1855. Photograph. Source: Photo 6...
EditorialSpires of pagodas amongst the trees, Burma. c.1853. Spires of pagodas amongst the trees, Burma, c,1853. c.1853. Pencil: 4.75 by 7.5 ins. Source: WD 2771.
EditorialGeneral View of Mandalay from Mandalay Hill Showing the 450 Pagodas and the Incomparable Pagoda. Date/Period: 1887 - 1895. Print. Albumen silver. Height: 197 mm (7.75 in); Width: 267 mm (10.51 in).
EditorialIndian pagodas to Vishnu and Lakshmi within a Hindu temple compound. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
EditorialIndian pagodas. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages," Chez Collignon, Metz, 1810.
EditorialPorcelain bowl with image of Xiwangmu, Chinese, Ming dynasty, c1401-c1424. The scene on this bowl of the Yongle period shows Xiwangmu as she is usually portrayed in paintings, a beautiful woman in her garden, with her two maids, one holding a large fan...