EditorialThailand: The Buddhist Phra Mahathat Chedi, Wat Maha That Wachiramongkol (Wat Bang Thong), Ao Luek District, Krabi Province, Southern Thailand
EditorialTHE PROPOSED CHANNEL FERRY: THE FERRY STEAMER; The steamer is proposed to be 450 feet in length, 57 feet beam, and 95 feet over the paddle boxes, propelled by disconnected engines of 1400 horse power nominal, by which such a rate of speed will be attai...
EditorialTHE PROPOSED CHANNEL FERRY: LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF FERRY STEAMER; The steamer is proposed to be 450 feet in length, 57 feet beam, and 95 feet over the paddle boxes, propelled by disconnected engines of 1400 horse power nominal, by which such a rate of...
EditorialChina: 'Luohan, after a set attributed to Guanxio'. Ink rubbing of the stele commissioned by the Qianlong emperor depicting the arhat Asita. The upper right shows the inscriptions of the eulogy given by Qianlong. Stele c. 1757, ink rubbing c. 18th-19th ce
EditorialMeans by which the large blocks of travertine and marble were lifted during the construction of the large Tomb of Caecilia Metella, from Le Antichit? Romane (Roman Antiquities), tome 3, tavola 53.
EditorialSculpture of Jiz Bosatsu (Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha), wood, gold, painted, wood with color setting and gold leaf, rock crystal, metal, Total: height: 50 cm, sculptures, statues, pictures as cult objects (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism), Japanese Middle Age...
EditorialBowl, Late 2nd century B.C.early 1st century A.D., Cast mosaic glass, 7.8 ? 14.1 cm (3 1/16 ? 5 9/16?in.), This hemispherical bowl is an example of ancient mosaic glass, a type of highly colorful glassware that attained its greatest popularity in the s...
EditorialStele with Portrait of a?Boy, 3rd century A.D., Limestone, 93 ? 31.4 ? 13.3 cm (36 5/8 ? 12 3/8 ? 5 1/4?in.), This rectangular limestone stele provides an example of the art of the Roman province of Africa (modern Tunisia), once the heartland of the Ca...
EditorialPortrait of Zhu Guan, from the set Five Old Men of?Suiyang, before?1056, Album leaf: ink and color on silk, without mounting: 15 7/8 ? 12 11/16 in. (40.3 ? 32.2 cm), Sometime in the early 1050s, five portraits were painted to commemorate the lives of f...
EditorialSukesha is forsaken by his mother, and the infant is shown weeping in the left foreground. Siva and Parvati riding on Nandi the bull hear Sukesha weeping and moved by compassion for the infant, grant him a boon of immortality making him instantly equal...
EditorialMask, 900?400 B.C., Mexico, Mesoamerica, Olmec, Jadeite, H. 6 3/4 x W. 6 5/16 in. (17.1 x 16.5 cm), Stone-Sculpture, Depicting a typical Olmec face with slanted, almond-shaped eyes and a toothless, slightly downturned mouth, this mask is rendered with ...
EditorialMeans by which the large blocks of travertine and marble were lifted during the construction of the large Tomb of Caecilia Metella, from Le Antichit? Romane (Roman Antiquities), tome 3, tavola 53.
EditorialFragments of a terracotta amphora (jar), Archaic, ca. 540?530 B.C., Greek, Chalcidian, Terracotta; black-figure, a-max. dim. 18.01 cm., Vases, Obverse, Herakles and the Erymanthean Boar, Reverse, Herakles and the Nemean Lion. These fragments show the a...
EditorialEpitaph tablets (Myoji), set of thirty-four, ????? ??? ?? ??, Joseon dynasty (1392?1910), dated 1736, Korea, Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue design, Each: H. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm), Ceramics, These rectangular epitaph tablets co...
EditorialMeans by which the large blocks of travertine and marble were lifted during the construction of the large Tomb of Caecilia Metella, from Le Antichit? Romane (Roman Antiquities), tome 3, tavola 53.
EditorialSukesha is forsaken by his mother, and the infant is shown weeping in the left foreground. Siva and Parvati riding on Nandi the bull hear Sukesha weeping and moved by compassion for the infant, grant him a boon of immortality making him instantly equal...
EditorialImperial Chinese troops putting the Taiping rebels to flight. painting; 19th century. The Taiping Rebellion (1851?1864) was perhaps the bloodiest civil war in human history, a clash between the forces of the Qing Empire in China and those inspir...
EditorialMeans by which the large blocks of travertine and marble were lifted during the construction of the large Tomb of Caecilia Metella, from Le Antichit? Romane (Roman Antiquities), tome 3, tavola 53.
EditorialMeans by which the large blocks of travertine and marble were lifted during the construction of the large Tomb of Caecilia Metella, from Le Antichit? Romane (Roman Antiquities), tome 3, tavola 53.