EditorialVase Vase Vase with convex body and slenderly flared high neck, Vase with a convex body and slenderly flared high neck of gray-white porcelain covered with an icing in deep red, white and light green., Ernest Chaplet, Choisy-le-Roi, c. 1888 - c. 1895, ...
EditorialModel of a Sounding Lead, Model of a deep red, painted black, incomplete. It consists of a ball attached to a round bar. This rod hangs with two arms on a double line, which must be attached to the perpendicular, the arms fall as soon as the weight of ...
EditorialCereus papillosus, Print, The dahlia anemone (Urticina felina) is a sea anemone found in the north Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. Its colour is variable, from deep red to brown or purplish, with green spots and darker tentacles. Dahl...
EditorialGlass head of Zeus Sarapis, Early or Mid Imperial, 1st?2nd century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast and carved, H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Glass, Opaque deep red., Solid block., Carved in the round: bearded head with hair arranged in long flowing locks, ending in ...
EditorialEngaged molding, ca. 1315?30, Italian, Siena, Poplar. Linen over panel, moldings and sides. Gilt; deep red-orange bole., Overall, 52.7 x 29.8cm; sight, 47.4 x 25.4 cm; engaged., Frames, This panel, 'The Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Donors' by t...
EditorialEwer, ca. 1350?80 (ewer); ca. 1400 (mounts), German or Rhenish, Jasper body, silver-gilt mounts, Overall: 13 1/4 x 6 3/4 x 5 9/16 in. (33.7 x 17.1 x 14.1 cm), Lapidary Work-Jasper, A document from the 1500s tells of a search ordered by Emperor Charles ...
EditorialCarpet, late 18th?early 19th century, Attributed to present-day China, Kashgar, Cotton (warp and weft) silk (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile, H. 174 in. (442 cm), Textiles-Rugs, Carpets woven in the former silk road settlements of Kashgar, Yarkand, ...
EditorialPainted Dado Panels, 9th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Stucco; painted, H. 40 3/8 in. (102.6 cm), Stucco, This dado panel was excavated from a room in the Tepe Madrasa area of Nishapur that once had a lively scheme of painted decoration. The up...
EditorialThe Actor Onoe Matsusuke in Shibaraku in Deep Red Robes, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1781, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shunsho (Japanese, 1726?1792).
EditorialGlass head of Zeus Sarapis, Early or Mid Imperial, 1st?2nd century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast and carved, H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Glass, Opaque deep red., Solid block., Carved in the round: bearded head with hair arranged in long flowing locks, ending in ...
EditorialCostume of Madame Raquet, merveilleuse in the martyr style. She wears a round English hat in beaver skin, decorated with a cavalier feather and deep red ribbon. She wears a spencer over a low-cut dress. Her chemise is cut out over the bust but tied at ...