EditorialCooker with depressions, Grooves and recesses in the tarpaulin keep the heavier goldish back, woodcut, p. 260, (Liber octavus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica libri XII: quibus officia, instrumenta, mac...
EditorialLeibrock, Chromolithography, Leibrock with cellular depressions, signature: color print by Henry & Cohen, plate II, Henry & Cohen (imp.), 1859, Franz Bock: Geschichte der liturgischen Gew?nder des Mittelalters oder Entstehung und Entwicklung der kirchl...
EditorialTerracotta lamp, Late Antique or Early Byzantine, 5th?6th century A.D., Roman, Cypriot, Terracotta, Overall: 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (3.8 x 8.9 cm), Terracottas, Unpierced handle. On discus, radiating linear depressions decorated with herring-bone patterns, ...
EditorialPlate or palette or whetstone, Classical ?, 4th century B.C.?, Cypriot, Stone, H.: 1/4 x 4 5/8 x 2 1/4 in. (0.6 x 11.7 x 5.7 cm), Cesnola Inscriptions, The edges of the bottom are beveled. On the top are two long shallow, polished depressions as if to ...
EditorialInlay: male torso, Early Dynastic IIIa, ca. 2600?2500 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, Shell, 2.17 x 3.23 in. (5.51 x 8.2 cm), Shell-Ornaments, This plaque is cut from a piece of pearly shell in the shape of a man?s upper torso and arms. He clasps ...
Editorial" Palace Ware" jar, Neo-Assyrian, from Ninveh, northern Iraq, 700-612 BCE. " Palace Ware" is very thin and delicate, with flared rims and dimples on the body. Potters made the dimples by pressing with their fingers. Finger marks are...