Editorial????, Mount Fuji of the Mists (Vol. 1); Mount Fuji of the Ascending Dragon (Vol. 2), Edo period (1615?1868), 1834?35, Japan, Woodblock print (first and second volumes with 100 pages of illustrations); ink and color on paper, 9 x 6 1/4 in. (22.9 x 15.9 ...
EditorialBronze handle of a patera (shallow bowl), Archaic, late 6th?5th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, Other: 9 3/16 in. (23.3 cm), Bronzes, This handle contrasts well with the more common anthropomorphic types, both male and female, examples of which can be see...
EditorialStatue of Tjeteti in middle age, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, ca. 2200?2152 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara, Teti Pyramid Cemetery, Tomb 6001 of Tjeteti, Serdab, Egyptian Antiquities Service excavations, Wood, 42 cm, 3.5 lb. (16 9/16 in., 1.6 kg)...
EditorialHalcyon pileata, Print, The black-capped kingfisher (Halcyon pileata) is a tree kingfisher which is widely distributed in tropical Asia from India east to China, Korea and Southeast Asia. This most northerly of the Halcyonidae is resident over much of ...
EditorialHalcyon pileata, Print, The black-capped kingfisher (Halcyon pileata) is a tree kingfisher which is widely distributed in tropical Asia from India east to China, Korea and Southeast Asia. This most northerly of the Halcyonidae is resident over much of ...
EditorialLiAn emblematical miniature illustrating the proverb 'you shouldn't limp in front of a lame person'.The scene contrasts a lame man leaning on his crutch with a richly dressed figure holding a bell. It is also a pun on the twin meanings of 'cloche' ['li...
EditorialIllustration of British gothic cathedrals. Contrasted style of two large buildings. Architecture and religious buildings. . Contrasts, or a parallel between the noble edifices of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and similar buildings of the prese...
EditorialBronze handle of a patera (shallow bowl), Archaic, late 6th?5th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, Other: 9 3/16 in. (23.3 cm), Bronzes, This handle contrasts well with the more common anthropomorphic types, both male and female, examples of which can be see...