EditorialOvoid jar and domed cover with spiraling bands of flower sprays, Egg-shaped pot with porcelain lid, painted in underglaze blue. On the wall of the pot twisted bands with flower sprays with above and below a double row of petal-shaped boxes with flower ...
EditorialJar with a spiraling pattern, Pot of pottery with a wide, flared neck and a round bottom, painted in red. A spiral pattern on the abdomen and neck. Two chips in the border, foliage, tendrils, branches, ornament - AA - stylized, anonymous, Ban Chiang, c...
EditorialGoblet, with spiraling snakes around each other, Flat foot with folded edge. The trunk consists of a straight bar of colorless glass, the middle part formed by two twisted tubes of colorless glass with a yellow, white and red spiral, ending in serpent ...
EditorialHand guard, Rounded square tsuba with plum blossoms stylized on both sides in circles (mon?) Amidst inlays tendrils, the ryo-hitu are filled with bronze with a stylized floral pattern on one side and a spiraling line on the other, signed 'yama-shiro ku...
EditorialJar with a spiraling pattern, Egg-shaped pot on high, spreading base of earthenware with a wide, flared neck, painted in red. A spiral pattern with thin lines on the belly, on the shoulder a narrow band with three wavy lines. The foot and neck with a s...
EditorialPear-shaped beaker vase and domed cover with spiraling bands or flower sprays, Pear-shaped porcelain vase with a trumpet-shaped neck, painted in underglaze blue. Tires with flower sprays twisted on the wall, with a double row of petal-shaped boxes with...
EditorialPear-shaped beaker vase and domed cover with spiraling bands or flower sprays, Pear-shaped porcelain vase with a trumpet-shaped neck, painted in underglaze blue. Tires with flower sprays twisted on the wall, with a double row of petal-shaped boxes with...
EditorialJug with lid, with spiraling snakes around each other, Flat base with folded edge. The trunk consists of a straight bar of colorless glass, the middle part formed by two twisted tubes of colorless glass with a yellow, white and red spiral, ending in se...
EditorialBaan Jacquard fabric in satin weave with liser? effect, Baan Jacquard fabric in satin weave with liser? effect. Design: stacked ornament, two putti with vines mirrored from the top to the bottom, two pigeons in medallions, on which ropes with tassels a...
EditorialEwer with Inscriptions and Hunting Scenes, 11th century, Attributed to Iran, Nishapur. Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Bronze; cast, engraved, H. 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm), Metal, This is a remarkably elaborate and fine example of a little-known type of ewer. ...
EditorialMosaic glass fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.?early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast, Other: 7/8 x 7/8 in. (2.2 x 2.2 cm); estimated diam. of rim 6 5/16 in. (16 cm), Glass, Thin-walled rim fragment (of a ribbed bowl?). Translucent co...
EditorialGlass mosaic fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.?early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast, Other: 1 3/8 x 1 9/16 in. (3.5 x 4 cm), Glass, Thick base fragment, probably from a deep, footed ribbed bowl., Translucent deep purple, cobalt blue...
EditorialGlass mosaic bowl fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.?early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast, Overall: 1 x 1 1/2 in. (2.5 x 3.8 cm), Glass, Body fragment., Translucent cobalt blue, purple appearing brown, and opaque white., Shallow conv...
EditorialEwer with Inscriptions and Hunting Scenes, 11th century, Attributed to Iran, Nishapur. Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Bronze; cast, engraved, H. 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm), Metal, This is a remarkably elaborate and fine example of a little-known type of ewer. ...
EditorialGrisaille Panel, 1270?80, Made in S?es, France, French, Glass, lead, gilding, Overall: 22 5/8 x 21 in. (57.5 x 53.3 cm), Glass-Stained, The artistry of this window derives from the contrast between the silvery effect of the grisaille decoration and the...