EditorialCooking pot with two times three decorative rings., The fully molded object has a casting seam on the outside in the middle between the ears. The wide round bottom almost flat hull has twice three decorative rings. The straight oblique outward-facing n...
EditorialGlass network mosaic fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.?early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast, Other: 1 7/16 x 1 3/8 in. (3.6 x 3.6 cm), Glass, Body fragment., Colorless, with opaque white., Convex curving side, sloping in at an acute...
EditorialReed grass and acute sedge, Carex acuta. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in ...
EditorialAcute dock, Rumex acutus, and alpine dock, Rumex alpinus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, ...
EditorialTerracotta aryballos (perfume vase) in the form of a monkey, Archaic, 1st quarter of the 6th century B.C., Rhodian, Terracotta, H. 3 11/16 in. (9.3 cm), Vases, Small figural vases found great favor in the East Greek world. This vase in the form of a mo...
EditorialA Bouquet of Flowers in a Crystal Vase, 1662, Oil on canvas, 19 1/2 x 15 7/8 in. (49.5 x 40.3 cm), Paintings, Nicolaes van Veerendael (Flemish, 1640?1691), Van Veerendael was influenced by two of the leading flower painters in Antwerp, Jan Davidsz de H...
Editorial?, ????, ????, ?, Landscapes and Calligraphy, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), dated 1736, China, Album of six paintings; ink and color on paper, Each leaf: 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (31.8 x 24.8 cm), Paintings, Gao Fenghan (Chinese, 1683?1749), Passing the local-le...
EditorialGlass head flask, Late Imperial, 4th century A.D., Roman, probably Syrian, Glass, blue; mold-blown, Height: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue, with same color handle and base., Everted rim with cracked off vertical lip; broad funnel-s...
EditorialGlass mosaic fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.?early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast, Other: 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (1.2 x 4 cm); estimated diam. of rim 7 7/8 in. (20 cm), Glass, Rim fragment., Translucent deep purple, blue, light blue app...
EditorialGlass cup, Mid Imperial, 2nd?3rd century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm), Glass, Colorless with blue green tinge. Rounded and thickened vertical rim; sides slighty tapering downward, then with a horizontal bulge (41 mm below rim), and th...
EditorialGlass network mosaic fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.?early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast, Other: 1 7/16 x 1 3/8 in. (3.6 x 3.6 cm), Glass, Body fragment., Colorless, with opaque white., Convex curving side, sloping in at an acute...
EditorialGlass rectangular bottle, Mid Imperial, 2nd?3rd century A.D., Roman, Glass; mold-blown, Overall: 7 3/8 x 4 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (18.7 x 10.8 x 7 cm), Glass, Translucent blue green, with same color handles., Thick rim folded out, round, and in, and pressed i...
EditorialDagger (Pesh-kabz) with Sheath, late 18th?early 19th century, Indian, Mughal, Jade, steel, silver, wood, velvet, ruby, gold, L. with sheath 17 13/16 in. (45.2 cm); L. without sheath 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm); L. of blade 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm); W. 2 1/8 in. (...
EditorialGlass one-handled hexagonal bottle, Imperial, late 1st?early 3rd century A.D., Roman, Glass; mold-blown, Overall: 8 7/8 x 8 13/16 in. (22.5 x 22.4 cm), Glass, Translucent light blue with greenish tinge; handle in same color., Thick rim, partially tubul...
EditorialGlass jug, Mid Imperial, 2nd?3rd century A.D., Roman, Cypriot, Glass; blown and cut, 4 9/16 in. (11.5 cm), Glass, Colorless with pale greyish green tinge; handle in same color. Tubular rim, folded out, down, over, and in, with beveled upper surface for...
EditorialGlass square bottle, Early to Mid Imperial, 1st?3rd century A.D., Roman, Glass; mold-blown, Overall: 5 3/8 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/16 in. (13.7 x 7.9 x 7.8 cm), Glass, Translucent blue green, with same color handle. Rim folded out, over, and in, and pressed into...
EditorialGlass square bottle, Early to Mid Imperial, 1st?3rd century A.D., Roman, Glass; mold-blown, Overall: 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm), Glass, Translucent blue green, with same color handle. Broad, thick rim folded out, down, over, and in, and smoothed into top of ...
EditorialGlass square bottle, Early to Mid Imperial, late 1st?3rd century A.D., Roman, Glass; mold-blown, Overall: 5 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (13 x 7.9 cm), Glass, Translucent pale green, with same color handle. Rim folded out, over, and in, forming slightly constrictio...
EditorialGlass square bottle, Early to Mid Imperial, 1st?3rd century A.D., Roman, Glass; mold-blown, Overall: 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (16.5 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm), Glass, Translucent blue green, with same color handle. Rim folded out, over, and in, forming slightly ...
EditorialReed grass and acute sedge, Carex acuta. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in ...
EditorialAcute dock, Rumex acutus, and alpine dock, Rumex alpinus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, ...
EditorialAcute and three-banded bulimulus snails, Bulimulus acutus and Bulimulus trifasciatus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leach's Zoological Miscellany, McMillan, London, 1814.
EditorialPoor-man's-orchid or acute petaled schizanthus, Schizanthus hookeri. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Swan after an illustration by William Jackson Hooker from Samuel Curtis's "Botanical Magazine," London, 1831.
EditorialAcute dock, Rumex acutus. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from Johannes Zorn's "Afbeelding der Artseny-Gewassen," Jan Christiaan Sepp, Amsterdam, 1796. Zorn first published his illustrated medical botany in Nurnberg in 1780 with 500 plates...