EditorialGold belt buckle fom the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, early 7th century. It is hollow and made in two parts joined by a hinge. The master-craftsman who made it devised a locking system involving a complex system of sliders and internal rods whic...
EditorialEntrance doors to Shalu Monastery show a pair of dog-like dragons with their cub. Shalu was much damaged during the Cultural Revolution and some twenty resident monks, down from a former 300, try to restore the buildings and paintings.
EditorialOrnament, Christmas, Dough, Dog-like animal with black spots, in relief on brown ground with strip of green., USA, 185099, Decorative Arts, Ornament, Christmas.
Editorialdog-like (?) In profile to the right, with small dog-like (?) In profile to the left, stamp, carnelian, nicolo, Color :, Shape: chaton, Processing:, Method of production:, 3,4 x 10, 3 x 9.4 mm.
EditorialFrieze with Sea Monsters, 1580?1600, Engraving, Sheet: 1 5/16 ? 8 3/8 in. (3.3 ? 21.3 cm), Johann Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Strasbourg 1561?1623 Bad Schwalbach), after Giovanni Andrea Maglioli (Italian, active 1580?1610), Frieze with four sea mons...
EditorialGold belt buckle fom the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, early 7th century. It is hollow and made in two parts joined by a hinge. The master-craftsman who made it devised a locking system involving a complex system of sliders and internal rods whic...
EditorialMiniatures of a winged sawtail (serra) racing against a boat with two men; a whale (depicted as a large fish) with open mouth swallowing smaller fish; a man in a boat playing a musical instrument, followed by fish-like dolphins. On the right, a sword-f...
EditorialFrieze with Sea Monsters, 1580?1600, Engraving, Sheet: 1 5/16 ? 8 3/8 in. (3.3 ? 21.3 cm), Johann Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Strasbourg 1561?1623 Bad Schwalbach), after Giovanni Andrea Maglioli (Italian, active 1580?1610), Frieze with four sea mons...
EditorialGold belt buckle fom the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, early 7th century. It is hollow and made in two parts joined by a hinge. The master-craftsman who made it devised a locking system involving a complex system of sliders and internal rods whic...