EditorialTwo reed-thatched Aunjetitz houses, reconstruction. Left: store-house. Right: living quarters. Early Bronze Age (1800-1500 BCE) From Roeschitz, Austria.
EditorialWoven Silk Carpet from Central Persia. Centre medallion: four genii or angels; corners: servant offering food to a seated man; fighting animals, jumping rabbits. Silk, Inv. T 9305.
EditorialGreenstone mask of the Aztec god Xipe Totec, the " Flayed God". The mask, with a double line for mouth and eyes, symbolizes a spring ritual in which a prisoner was flayed and an Aztec warrior wore his skin until it rotted away. 15th. Height 2...
EditorialPersian Hunting Carpet, detail of 31-03-01 / 5. Two hunters on horseback in Persian costume hunting panthers, hares, antelopes and foxes. From Persia, second half 16th, total size 693 x 323 cms Silk, 20 colours, Inv. T 8336.
Editorial" Working-cabinet" with music-clock, 1776. Marquetry, mainly acorn wood, also rosewood, gilded bronze fittings. Clock and its mechanism by Peter Kinzing. Made for Prince Karl of Lothringen. Inv. H 269.
EditorialState table set from Nymphenburg, with more than 2.000 pieces. Tureen probably designed by Anton Bustelli, painter Josef Zaechberger. The delicate flowers with their different shades need several firings. 1760-1765.
EditorialA Tibetan Tangka, a classical Buddhist scroll with hieratically prescribed shapes for eyes, clouds, water, etc. The scroll tells of the life and deeds of Tsongkhapa Blobzan Gragspa, a Lama saint and reformer (1357-1419). Canvas, 2 x 3 m.
EditorialSaint James, apostle. The shell on his hat shows he is a pilgrim and protector of pilgrims. One of originally six Saint's busts from the Seekapelle (Lake chapel) in Bregenz.