EditorialSidewall, J. Zuber et Cie, Block-printed and embossed, Stylized red posie in white oval, surrounded by laurel crest. Printed in greens, ocher, coral, gilt white and red on greenish off-white ground., Rixheim, Alsace, France, 18751900, Wallcoverings, Si...
EditorialTankard with dragons, figures in landscapes and ornamental borders, Beer mug made of porcelain, with a spherical body and a C-shaped ear ending in a dragon head. Painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow, eggplant, turquoise, black and gold. The...
EditorialFragment, Medium: linen Technique: needle lace (commonly called Rosaline), Fragment of elaborate coral shapes. Pattern outlined by cordonnet and connected by brides picot?es, interspersed by portes and gaze quadrill?e., Belgium or Italy, 18th century, ...
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EditorialGaming purse, Medium: silk, metal Technique: embroidered on satin and supplementary warp pile (velvet), Green velvet bag lined with leather, with green draw string and metal tassels. Embroidered on the sides with a raised columnar design in silver. The...
EditorialOrphrey band, Medium: silk, metal wrapped linen Technique:combination of two structures; 4&1 satin plus 2/2 twill and metallic in 3/1 twill, Scene of the Annunciation in coral and yellow silk plus gold., Italy, 16th century, woven textiles, Orphrey band.
EditorialRank badge, Medium: silk and metallic embroidery on silk foundation, coral beads Technique: embroidered with couching and satin stitches on satin weave, Rank badge for a civil official of the fifth rank. Embroidered silk and metallic yarns showing a si...
EditorialRank badge, Medium: silk and metallic embroidery on silk foundation, coral beads Technique: embroidered in satin and couching stitches on satin weave, Rank badge for a civil official. Embroidered silk and metallic yarns showing a bird facing a sun disk...
EditorialAllegorical Figure Depicting Putti as 'Asia' and 'Africa', Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, Friedrich Elias Meyer, German, 1723 - 1785, hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, Asia wearing a loin cloth, seate...
EditorialFragment, Medium: linen Technique: needle lace (commonly called Rosaline), Fragment of elaborate coral shapes. Pattern outlined by cordonnet and connected by brides picot?es, interspersed by portes and gaze quadrill?e., Belgium or Italy, 18th century, ...
EditorialRank badge, Medium: silk and metallic embroidery on silk foundation, coral beads Technique: embroidered with satin and couching stitches on satin weave, Rank badge for a civil official. Embroidered silk and metallic yarns showing a bird facing a sun di...
EditorialEarrings, Coral, gold, Links of pink coral joined with gold rivets; fruit carved in coral and mounted on gold stems., Probably Naples, Italy, ca. 1850, jewelry, Decorative Arts, Earrings.
EditorialRank badge, Medium: silk, metallic threads, coral beads Technique: satin weave foundation with embroidery in satin stitch, couching and beading, Mandarin square for civil official of the second rank. A golden pheasant, embroidered on black, in flight a...
EditorialPlate with a Chinese lady and three boys among precious objects, Plate of thin porcelain, covered with a pink glaze and painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, turquoise, black and gold. On the shelf a lady with three boys surrounded by...
EditorialCovered jar with antiquities in panel decoration, Porcelain covered jar on base with two ears in the shape of two monster heads, painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow, aubergine, black and gold. The pot is covered with flowers and flower spr...
EditorialSaucer with a Chinese lady, boy and rabbit, Porcelain dish, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, purple, black and gold. On the plate of the dish a Chinese lady on a chair with next to her a boy with a rabbit in front of him, they ar...
EditorialNetsuke, Depiction of a bent man with a high cap. Inscription next to the left foot., Japan, 1700 - 1900, Edo-period (1600-1868) / Meiji-period (1868-1912), wood (plant material), ivory, mother of pearl, red coral (material), h 5.9 cm ? w 3.4 cm ? d 3 cm.
EditorialSaucer with antiquities and flower sprays, Porcelain dish with straight wall, painted on the glaze in blue, pink, green, black and gold. On the plate of the dish a group of antiques (vase with peacock feathers and coral, staff with music stone, tripod)...
EditorialTankard with dragons, figures in landscapes and ornamental borders, Beer mug made of porcelain, with a spherical body and a C-shaped ear ending in a dragon head. Painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow, eggplant, turquoise, black and gold. The...
EditorialBerthe of mixed lace with neo-Rokoko seed beads, Berthe of natural-colored mixed lace, Brussels bobbin lace with needle-edged soil. A wide, broad, broad strip has a mesh and bar stock with an asymmetrical pattern. This consists of pointed triangular re...
EditorialPlate with a Chinese lady and three boys among precious objects, Plate of thin porcelain, covered with a pink glaze and painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, turquoise, black and gold. On the shelf a lady with three boys surrounded by...
EditorialCovered jar with antiquities in panel decoration, Porcelain covered jar on base with two ears in the shape of two monster heads, painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow, aubergine, black and gold. The pot is covered with flowers and flower spr...
EditorialPlate with antiquities and precious objects, Porcelain plate, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze red, green, yellow, eggplant and black. On the shelf antiquities (tripod, incense burner, vase with coral or peacock feathers, book, painting roll...
EditorialHand guard, Round tsuba in the shape of a six-lobed stylized flower, on both sides lotus flowers and leaves inlaid in different materials., anonymous, Japan, 1600 - 1900, iron (metal), gold (metal), silver (metal), mother of pearl, coral (material), ti...
EditorialSaucer with a Chinese lady, boy and rabbit, Porcelain dish, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, purple, black and gold. On the plate of the dish a Chinese lady on a chair with next to her a boy with a rabbit in front of him, they ar...
EditorialTerracotta stemless kylix (drinking cup), Classical, ca. 500?475 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-glaze, coral red, H. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); diameter 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm), Vases, This cup and its counterpart, are noteworthy for their elegant shape,...
EditorialSaucer with a seated lady and two boys amid antiquities, Porcelain dish, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, black and gold. On the shelf a cartouche with a sitting lady and two boys, one with a peach and one with a hare, among anti...