EditorialCollar of needle lace with rose border, Collar of natural colored needle lace: Venetian rose lace. A symmetrical tendril pattern contrasts with an open bar soil. On the tendrils, medium-sized flowers with lots of roses. Float-sided finish of fine and v...
EditorialFichu of mixed lace with three spirals, Fichu of natural-colored mixed lace: Brussels bobbin lace in combination with a needle lace soil, a fine mesh lace soil. This type of lace is also known as: point d'Angleterre. A broad diamond-shaped back with a ...
EditorialSeated monk, Statue of a lama. The seated monk's lavishly pleated cloak, cloak and sashes are made of silver. A rarely used material that contrasts nicely with the gilt of the seat., Tibet, 1600 - 1699, copper (metal), gilding (material), silver (metal...
EditorialMantle from black machine side with leaf leaves, Mantle from black machine side, imitation black Blonde. Triangular model. An asymmetric, very closed, worked pattern contrasts with a fine mesh net from leaf vines to long stems with a composting flower....
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 ...
Editorial??, ???, ??, ????, Landscapes, early 20th century, China, Album of eight leaves; ink and color on paper, 8 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (21.6 x 26.0 cm), Paintings, He Weipu (Chinese, 1844?1925), He Weipu takes traditional landscape compositions as a point of depa...
EditorialLimestone statuette of a temple girl, Hellenistic or Early Imperial, 3rd century B.C.?1st century A.D., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 10 7/8 x 10 1/4 x 5 in. (27.6 x 26 x 12.7 cm), Stone Sculpture, Temple girls are a rare variation on the temple boy scu...
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 ...