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Editorial Mahatma Gandhi lying in state at Birla H
Editorial Ends of the earth with fire ..., Parallel title: Last Cremation of the Earths, Signed: J. G. Pintz sculps, copperplate engraving, plate DCCXLIV, F?ssli, Johann Melchior; Pinz, Johann Georg (sculps.), 1731, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer: Kupfer-Bibel (...). A...
Editorial Burning the corpse of a Brahmin where the widow plunges into the flames, Marked upper right: III. Partie Pag. 255, body-burning, cremation, widow, Jan Luyken, 1689, paper, etching, h 145 mm ? w 81 mm.
Editorial Bombay. Le cremation, De Wereld-Toerist, 1900 - 1940.
Editorial Ceremonial cremation in Ceylon Verbrandingh der Lycken (title on object), Print upper right: Pag. 174, body-burning, cremation, Sri Lanka, Jan Luyken, 1692, paper, etching, h 169 mm ? w 126 mm.
Editorial Roman cremation tomb -first century, Provincial Museum, Cadiz, Region of Andalusia, Spain, Europe.
Editorial Karaikkal Ammaiyar, Shaiva Saint.
Editorial Photograph - 'Burning the Bodies', India, Able Seaman David Ralph Goodwin, World War II, 1939-1945, Burning bodies in a Hindu cremation ceremony in India during World War II. One of 32 black and white photographs, some in the form of postcards, relatin...
Editorial Covered urn with geometric decoration.
Editorial Covered urn with geometric decoration.
Editorial [Cremation Ground at Manikarnika Ghat, Varanasi, India].
Editorial Cremation of Buddha. The Buddha's funeral pyre attended by the disciple Kassapa (on left); streams of water come from the sky between two trees to extinguish the fire. The Life of the Buddha. Burma, c,1800-1820. Source: Or. 14298, f.20. Language: Burm...
Editorial The cremation of Sariputta. The funeral pyre of Sariputta with his mother grieving (on left); the Buddha preaching at a temple (on right). The Life of the Buddha. Burma, c,1800-1820. Source: Or. 14298, f.4. Language: Burmese.
Editorial Vibhī?a?a is overcome with grief at the death of his brother, who despite his wickedness acted out his life in accordance with the dharma into which he was born. Rāma consoles him and in full council instructs Vibhī?a?a and the remaining dem...
Editorial Cremation of Buddha. The Buddha's funeral pyre attended by the disciple Kassapa (on left on f.20); (f.21): streams of water come from the sky between two trees to extinguish the fire. The Life of the Buddha. Burma, c,1800-1820. Source: Or. 14298, f.21....
Editorial The funeral ceremony by cremation of a top Lama in Tibetan Buddhism. Monks bring wood as fuel for the fire. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in...
Editorial Cremation of the Demoness Putana, from a Krishna-Lila, c. 1790. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Kangra, 18th century. Opaque watercolor on paper; overall: 20.9 x 31.2 cm (8 1/4 x 12 5/16 in.).
Editorial Covered urn with geometric decoration.
Editorial Covered urn with geometric decoration.
Editorial [Cremation Ground at Manikarnika Ghat, Varanasi, India].
Editorial Terracotta krateriskos (small mixing bowl).
Editorial Cremation of Buddha. The Buddha's funeral pyre attended by the disciple Kassapa (on left); streams of water come from the sky between two trees to extinguish the fire. The Life of the Buddha. Burma, c,1800-1820. Source: Or. 14298, f.20. Language: Burmese.
Editorial The cremation of Sariputta. The funeral pyre of Sariputta with his mother grieving (on left); the Buddha preaching at a temple (on right). The Life of the Buddha. Burma, c,1800-1820. Source: Or. 14298, f.4. Language: Burmese.
Editorial The cremation of Polynices and Eteocles (Oedipus' sons). The Fall of Princes , abridged. England, S. E. (probably Suffolk, possibly Bury St Edmunds); c. 1450 - c. 1460. Source: Harley 1766, f.49v. Language: English.
Editorial Vibhī?a?a is overcome with grief at the death of his brother, who despite his wickedness acted out his life in accordance with the dharma into which he was born. Rāma consoles him and in full council instructs Vibhī?a?a and the remaining dem...
Editorial Cremation of Buddha. The Buddha's funeral pyre attended by the disciple Kassapa (on left on f.20); (f.21): streams of water come from the sky between two trees to extinguish the fire. The Life of the Buddha. Burma, c,1800-1820. Source: Or. 14298, f.21....
Editorial A cremation. Travels (of Sir John Mandeville). England, E. (East Anglia). 2nd quarter of the 15th century. Source: Harley 3954 f.59v. Language: English.
Editorial [Cremation Ground at Manikarnika Ghat, Varanasi, India].
Editorial Page of a Sketchbook: Showing a Scene of a Cremation. Date/Period: Ca. 1590. Drawing. Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on laid paper.
Editorial Bronze handle with dogs flanking a reclining youth, Late Classical, 4th century B.C., Etruscan, Bronze, H.: 7 x 9 9/16 in. (17.8 x 24.3 cm), Bronzes, This magnificent handle may well represent the sleeping Endymion, the beloved hunter of Artemis, who w...
Editorial Painted sarcophagus of Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa, 150-140 BCE, found at Poggio Cantarello, Tuscany, Italy. Her name is inscribed on the chest. She is depicted reclining upon a mattress and pillow, holding an open-lidded mirror in her left hand and raisi...
Editorial Mask and hands from the tumulus Kr_ll-Schmidt Kogel in Kleinklein, Austria. They were metal decorations of a wooden urn for ashes collected after cremation. See 07-01-03 / 1-3, 07-02-02 / 27. Sheet bronze. Height mask 23 cm, hands 15 cm.
Editorial Mask and hands from the tumulus Kr_ll-Schmidt Kogel in Kleinklein, Austria. They were metal decorations of a wooden urn for ashes collected after cremation. See 07-01-03 / 1-3, 07-02-02 / 27. Sheet bronze. Height mask 23 cm, hands 15 cm.
Editorial Karaikkal Ammaiyar, Shaiva Saint.
Editorial Terracotta krateriskos (small mixing bowl).
Editorial Covered urn with geometric decoration.
Editorial Covered urn with geometric decoration.
Editorial [Cremation Ground at Manikarnika Ghat, Varanasi, India].
Editorial Bronze handle with dogs flanking a reclining youth, Late Classical, 4th century B.C., Etruscan, Bronze, H.: 7 x 9 9/16 in. (17.8 x 24.3 cm), Bronzes, This magnificent handle may well represent the sleeping Endymion, the beloved hunter of Artemis, who w...
Editorial A CREMATION AT BANGKOK, 1889: THE BURNING OF H.E. THE LATE CHOW PHYA SURIWONGS WAIGAWAT T'EE SAMUHA PHRA KALAHOME; THE LATE MINISTER OF WAR, AND HIS SON THE LATE PHYA PRAPHA.
Editorial THE CREMATION BUILDINGS AT ST. JOHN'S, KNAPHILL, WOKING UK 1889.
Editorial Sinhalese funeral procession and cremation of a pepper-embalmed corpse. Handcolored copperplate engraving from G. T. Wilhelm's "Encyclopedia of Natural History: Mankind," Augsburg, 1804. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergyman and ...
Editorial The funeral ceremony by cremation of a top Lama in Tibetan Buddhism. Monks bring wood as fuel for the fire. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in...
Editorial ROUND THE WORLD YACHTING IN THE "CEYLON," CALCUTTA: CREMATION.
Editorial Keller, Albert (1820-1874). Italian capitalist. He bequeathed part of his fortune to build the first crematorium in Milan by entering in his will that his own corpse was subjected to cremation. Keller's body cremated. Colored engraving.
Editorial Keller, Albert (1820-1874). Italian capitalist. He bequeathed part of his fortune to build the first crematorium in Milan by entering in his will that his own corpse was subjected to cremation. Keller's body cremated. Engraving.
Editorial Mask and hands from the tumulus Kr_ll-Schmidt Kogel in Kleinklein, Austria. They were metal decorations of a wooden urn for ashes collected after cremation. See 07-01-03 / 1-3, 07-02-02 / 27. Sheet bronze. Height mask 23 cm, hands 15 cm.
Editorial Mask and hands from the tumulus Kr_ll-Schmidt Kogel in Kleinklein, Austria. They were metal decorations of a wooden urn for ashes collected after cremation. See 07-01-03 / 1-3, 07-02-02 / 27. Sheet bronze. Height mask 23 cm, hands 15 cm.
Editorial Schist relief panel depicting the division of the Buddha's relics, from Gandhara, 2nd century. A table with thick, elaborately turned legs dominates the panel. A densely worked textile covers it, on which sit eight reliquaries. The brahmin Drona stands...
Editorial Decorated bronze mirror, Iron Age, 50 BC-50 AD. The pattern on the back can be interpreted as an abstract or hidden face. In parts of the pattern, lines were made at right angles to each other to make a prominent 'basket-weave' effect. The back of bron...
Editorial Painted sarcophagus of Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa, 150-140 BCE, found at Poggio Cantarello, Tuscany, Italy. Her name is inscribed on the chest. She is depicted reclining upon a mattress and pillow, holding an open-lidded mirror in her left hand and raisi...