EditorialOn the River at Qing Ming Festival. This painting is considered one of the most valuable in Chinese art history for its high level of technical quality and the liveliness with which it portrays the myriad details of urban life. It is generally interp...
EditorialOn the River at Qing Ming Festival. This painting is considered one of the most valuable in Chinese art history for its high level of technical quality and the liveliness with which it portrays the myriad details of urban life. It is generally interp...
EditorialDuck amulet, Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 200 BC?200 AD, From Egypt, Agate, L. 1.2 ? W. 0.5 ? H. 0.8 cm (1/2 ? 3/16 ? 5/16 in.), This is one of a small group of animals carved in semiprecious stones from the Davis Collection that share share a general li...
EditorialGoat amulet, Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 200 BC?200 AD, From Egypt, Agate, L. 1.4 ? W. 0.4 ? H. 0.8 cm (9/16 ? 3/16 ? 5/16 in.), This is one of a small group of animals carved in semiprecious stones from the Davis Collection that share share a general l...
EditorialDolphin amulet, Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 200 BC?200 AD, From Egypt, Chalcedony, L. 1.2 ? W. 0.4 ? H. 0.7 cm (1/2 ? 3/16 ? 1/4 in.), This is one of a small group of animals carved in semiprecious stones from the Davis Collection that share share a gen...
EditorialBaboon, Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 200 BC?200 AD, From Egypt, Chalcedony, H. 1.7 ? W. 0.6 ? D. 0.9 cm (11/16 ? 1/4 ? 3/8 in.), This is one of a small group of animals carved in semiprecious stones from the Davis Collection that share share a general li...
EditorialDolphin amulet, Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 200 BC?200 AD, From Egypt, Chalcedony, h. 1.5 cm (9/16 in.), This is one of a small group of animals carved in semiprecious stones from the Davis Collection that share share a general liveliness and more Helle...
EditorialRhinoceros amulet, Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 200 BC?200 AD, From Egypt, Carnelian, L. 1.9 ? W. 0.4 ? H. 0.9 cm (3/4 ? 3/16 ? 3/8 in.), This is one of a small group of animals carved in semiprecious stones from the Davis Collection that share share a g...
EditorialReliquary Bust of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, ca. 1465, Made in Strasbourg, Upper Rhineland, Germany, German, Walnut with paint and gilding; limewood base, Overall: 18 5/8 x 17 5/8 x 10 1/8 in. (47.3 x 44.8 x 25.7 cm), Sculpture-Wood, Workshop of Ni...
EditorialDressing Table, 1762?90, Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Mahogany, mahogany veneer, tulip poplar, yellow, 31 1/4 x 35 7/8 x 21 3/8 in. (79.4 x 91.1 x 54.3 cm), Furniture, This dressing table was made en suite with a high ch...
EditorialOn the River at Qing Ming Festival. This painting is considered one of the most valuable in Chinese art history for its high level of technical quality and the liveliness with which it portrays the myriad details of urban life. It is generally interp...