EditorialEgypt is the fulcrum of the reed, Parallel Title: Egyptian Pipe Staff, Signed: J. G. Pintz sculps, copperplate engraving, plate DCXXXV, F?ssli, Johann Melchior; Pinz, Johann Georg (sculps.), 1731, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer: Kupfer-Bibel (...). Augspurg u...
EditorialBronze fulcrum attachment with a bust of Eros, Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, Overall: 2 11/16 x 2 3/16 in. (6.8 x 5.5 cm), Bronzes, Furniture attachment from a couch, Eros.
EditorialBronze furniture attachment, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, H.: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Bronzes, This bronze mule's head was originally part of a fulcrum (headrest) on a Roman couch. The mule is associated with Dionysus, the god of wine a...
EditorialRelief from couch, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Ivory, Other: 1 5/8 x 5/8 x 4 1/16 in. (4.2 x 1.7 x 10.4 cm), Head of a duck with the figure of Eros.. These reliefs once decorated a dining couch. They would have been attached to the two end...
EditorialBronze fulcrum attachment with a bust of Eros, Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, Overall: 2 11/16 x 2 3/16 in. (6.8 x 5.5 cm), Bronzes, Furniture attachment from a couch, Eros.
EditorialBronze furniture attachment, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, H.: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Bronzes, This bronze mule's head was originally part of a fulcrum (headrest) on a Roman couch. The mule is associated with Dionysus, the god of wine a...