EditorialChrist Crowned with Thorns, Oil, perhaps over tempera, on wood, 16 3/4 x 12 in. (42.5 x 30.5 cm), Paintings, Antonello da Messina (Antonello di Giovanni d'Antonio) (Italian, Messina ca. 1430?1479 Messina), An artist of astonishing originality, Antonell...
Editorial?? ?????????(??), Bodhisattva, probably Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin), Northern Qi dynasty (550?577), ca. 550?560, China, Sandstone with pigment, H. 13 ft. 9 in. (419.1 cm); H. with base 14 ft. 9 in. (449.6 cm), Sculpture, Large-scale sculptures of bodhisa...
EditorialThe full and original company of Chinese magicians appearing at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Astonishing feats of dexterity. In all their wonderful and startling feats, including the decapitation and knife impalement!!!. Illustrated with a demonstrat...
EditorialTop for standard, Iron Age III, ca. 8th century B.C., Iran, probably from Luristan, Iran, Bronze, H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm), Metalwork-Sculpture, In the early first millennium B.C., inhabitants of the mountainous region of western Iran known as Luristan m...
EditorialTerracotta jug, Cypro-Archaic I, ca. 750?600 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta, H. 7 15/16 in. (20.2 cm), Vases, The astonishing figure shows a compact body with small hooves, one of a pair of wings, and a human face. The iconographical source is Near Eastern,...
EditorialChrist Crowned with Thorns, Oil, perhaps over tempera, on wood, 16 3/4 x 12 in. (42.5 x 30.5 cm), Paintings, Antonello da Messina (Antonello di Giovanni d'Antonio) (Italian, Messina ca. 1430?1479 Messina), An artist of astonishing originality, Antonell...
EditorialSnuff Bottle with Flowers and Rocks, Republic of China (1912?1949), China, Painted enamel on glass with nephrite stopper, H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); W. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm), Snuff Bottles, Snuff, or powdered tobacco, was brought to China by Jesuit missionaries...
Editorial?? ?????????(??), Bodhisattva, probably Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin), Northern Qi dynasty (550?577), ca. 550?560, China, Sandstone with pigment, H. 13 ft. 9 in. (419.1 cm); H. with base 14 ft. 9 in. (449.6 cm), Sculpture, Large-scale sculptures of bodhisa...
EditorialSnuff Bottle with European Woman and Child, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), Qianlong mark and period (1736?95), 18th century, China, Painted enamel on copper, H. 2 1/8 in (5.4 cm); W. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); D. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); , Snuff Bottles, Jesuit missionar...
EditorialTop for standard, Iron Age III, ca. 8th century B.C., Iran, probably from Luristan, Iran, Bronze, H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm), Metalwork-Sculpture, In the early first millennium B.C., inhabitants of the mountainous region of western Iran known as Luristan m...
EditorialCast gold lime-flask of a seated female from Colombia, Quimbaya, c600-c1100 AD. The cast gold lime-flasks made by the Quimbaya culture are wonderful examples of the astonishing virtuosity achieved by pre-Columbian artisans. Various types of Quimbaya go...