EditorialBris? range of ivory, entirely painted with tempera over which a lacquer-like varnish, with a central cartouche in which 'the Triumph of Love' on the front and an Arcadian seascape at the back, surrounded by chinoiseries, whole painted with tempera ove...
EditorialSquare vase, ca. 1889, French, Choisy-le-Roi, Porcelain, confirmed: 15 3/8 ? 7 3/4 ? 7 3/4 in., 12.9 lb. (39 ? 19.7 ? 19.7 cm, 5.9 kg), Ceramics-Porcelain, Chaplet became well known for his Chinese-inspired forms and colored glazes. In the 1880s he lea...
EditorialOrtalis, Print, Chachalacas are galliform birds from the genus Ortalis. These birds are found in wooded habitats in the far southern United States (Texas), Mexico, and Central and South America. They are social, can be very noisy and often remain fairl...
EditorialSir William Lucas: `Mr. Darcy, you must allow me to present this young lady to you as a very desirable partner (Elizabeth Bennet).' Illustration to 'Pride and Prejudice', the novel by Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice. London : J. M. Dent & Sons, 1907....
EditorialDrawings and Prints, Print, Broadsheet with two love ballads about desirable women, a woman wearing a shawl and a skirt with her hands placed on her hips, Publisher, Artist, Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, Jos? Guadalupe Posada, 1850?1917, Mexican, 1851?1913, ...
EditorialSquare vase, ca. 1889, French, Choisy-le-Roi, Porcelain, confirmed: 15 3/8 ? 7 3/4 ? 7 3/4 in., 12.9 lb. (39 ? 19.7 ? 19.7 cm, 5.9 kg), Ceramics-Porcelain, Chaplet became well known for his Chinese-inspired forms and colored glazes. In the 1880s he lea...
EditorialPen Box with Architectural Cartouches, dated A.H. 1156/ A.D. 1743, Attributed to Iran, Shiraz, Papier-m?ch?; painted, sprinkled with mica, and lacquered, Depth 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm), Lacquer, Ali Ashraf, During the 18th and 19th centuries, Iran witnessed ...