EditorialCooling young woman, Naked young woman, sitting in loose kimono, herself cooling with fan, in the foreground a scratching cat, in the background a spider web and a bell in the wind., Zedekiah is captured by the Babylonians, Isoda K?ry?sai (mentioned on...
EditorialPhotograph, 'Wash Water Filtering & Cooling Scheme', Abbotsford, 1937-1938, Black and white photograph of water tanks in the grounds of the Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd factory at Abbotsford, 1937-1938. The image shows sedimentation tanks, insulated chill...
EditorialCooling the copper pieces, The cooked copper is already cooled in hot pots with water and then kept in a water container, woodcut, p. 434, (Liber undecimus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica libri XII: qu...
EditorialModel of a Windsail, Model of a cooling sail with weather vane. The upper part consists of three rotating hoops covered with cloth and with a weather vane on top and an opening for the air to enter. A piece of lead serves as a counterweight to the wind...
EditorialModel of a Windsail, Model of a cooling sail. The five hoops are made of wood wrapped in rope. The upper piece between the first two hoops consists of a four pieces of cloth sewn together in a cross, this creates four openings, one for each wind direct...
EditorialSemi-spherical cooling vessel made of English hard-fired earthenware, Pont-aux-Choux faience fine, Semicircular shaped vessel made of hard-fired earthenware. The barrel stands on a profiled foot and has two shell-shaped handles. The corrugated exterior...
EditorialSemi-spherical cooling vessel made of English hard-fired earthenware, faience fine by Pont-aux-Choux, Semi-spherical cooling vessel made of hard-fired earthenware. The barrel stands on a profiled foot and has two shell-shaped handles. The corrugated ex...
EditorialCooling vessel with two bottles, Cooling vessel with two bottles of faience. Multicolored painted with flower decorations, ornament derived from plant forms, De Metaale Pot, Delft, c. 1695 - c. 1715.
Editorial???????????, Unlined Summer Kimono (Hito-e) with Plovers in Flight over Stylized Waves, Taisho period (1912?26), Japan, Embroidered and resist-dyed silk gauze (ro), H (shoulder to hem) 61 in. (154.9 cm); W (wrist opening to wrist opening) 50 in. (127 c...
EditorialOkawabata yuryo, Cooling off near the river bank., Torii, Kiyonaga, 1752-1815, artist, [1785, printed later], 1 print : woodcut, color., Print shows three women strolling next to the Sumida(?) River, enjoying the cool evening air.
EditorialOkawabata yuryo, Cooling off near the river bank., Torii, Kiyonaga, 1752-1815, artist, [1785, printed later], 1 print : woodcut, color., Print shows three women strolling next to the Sumida(?) River, enjoying the cool evening air.
EditorialCooling off at Nakasu (Nakasu no suzumi), from the series "A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase)". Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1778-1788. Dimensions: 38.5 x 26.0 cm. Color woodblock print...
EditorialHunting. The Ni'matnama-i Nasir al-Din Shah. A manuscript o. 1495 - 1505. Sultan Ghiyath al-Din going out hunting with the necessities. Ghiyath Shahi, riding a skewbald horse, possibly arriving at his camp. Landscape of heavy vegetation. Servants with ...
Editorial[Lower scene] In centre, a oval roofed oven with two openings containing pans for melting. One glassblower dips his long pipe into the molten mass, and the other is blowing. On the left is an extension for cooling the glass, and on the other side an as...
EditorialHobnail Celery vase, 1886?1900, Made in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States, American, Pressed glass, H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm); Diam. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm), Glass, Hobbs, Brockunier and Company (1863?1891), In 1886, Hobbs, Brockunier and Company patente...
EditorialBase for a Water Pipe (huqqa) with Floral Medallions, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), early 18th century, China, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze, and with brown glaze (Jingdezhen ware), H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm), Ceramics, The shape ...
Editorial???????????, Unlined Summer Kimono (Hito-e) with Plovers in Flight over Stylized Waves, Taisho period (1912?26), Japan, Embroidered and resist-dyed silk gauze (ro), H (shoulder to hem) 61 in. (154.9 cm); W (wrist opening to wrist opening) 50 in. (127 c...
EditorialKyoto Shijo yu-suzumi, Cooling Off at the Kamo River near Shijo in Kyoto, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1860, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm); W. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm), Prints, Utagawa Hiroshige II (Japane...
EditorialTerracotta psykter (vase for cooling wine), Archaic, ca. 520?510 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 11 7/8 in. (30.20 cm), Vases, Around the body, hoplites(foot soldiers) mounted on dolphins. This procession of identically dressed foot sold...
EditorialOkawabata yuryo, Cooling off near the river bank., Torii, Kiyonaga, 1752-1815, artist, [1785, printed later], 1 print : woodcut, color., Print shows three women strolling next to the Sumida(?) River, enjoying the cool evening air.
EditorialOkawabata yuryo, Cooling off near the river bank., Torii, Kiyonaga, 1752-1815, artist, [1785, printed later], 1 print : woodcut, color., Print shows three women strolling next to the Sumida(?) River, enjoying the cool evening air.
EditorialA female ghost, Meiji era, Japan, c1871-c1889. She shrieks in triumph as she bears off the severed head. Cutting off a defeated enemy's head was the ultimate sign of victory in battle, but here, she even has blood dripping from her gaping fangs, sugges...