EditorialThree vases, part of a garniture Covered vase, painted with pagodas, Chinese landscapes and bouquets, Covered vase, multicolored with pagodas, Chinese landscapes and bouquets ? la chinoise. The base and the top and bottom of the vase are made entirely ...
EditorialTerracotta kylix (drinking cup) with horses, Archaic, ca. 510?500 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 3 7/8 in. (9.80 cm), Vases, This kylix of Type B is one of the more notable vases by the painter of Berlin. Although it was composed withou...
EditorialCalendar leaf from Sforza Hours. Sforza Hours. N. Italy [Milan]; circa 1490. [Whole leaf] Calendar page from October. A man and woman riding with hawks, the woman having already released her bird. The lifelike rendering of the two horses probably refle...
EditorialA detail of two old-fashioned whale-like sea monsters and an inset with more lifelike whales. Nova Francia, alio nomine dicta Terranova, anno 1504. a? Britonibus primum detecta circa sinum S. Laurentij, & anno 1524. a? Ioanne Verrazzano Florentino .....
EditorialCalendar leaf from Sforza Hours. Sforza Hours. N. Italy [Milan]; circa 1490. [Whole leaf] Calendar page from October. A man and woman riding with hawks, the woman having already released her bird. The lifelike rendering of the two horses probably refle...
EditorialAntelope Head, Late Period, Dynasty 27, 525?404 B.C., From Egypt; Probably from Memphite Region, Memphis (Mit Rahina), Greywacke, travertine (Egyptian alabaster), agate, h. 9 cm (3 9/16 in); w. 15 cm (5 7/8 in), This head of an antelope represents Late...
EditorialRelief fragment with the head of a goddess, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5?6, ca. 2353?2152 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, Pyramid Temple of Amenemhat I, 1906?07, Limestone, paint, h. 42 cm (16 9/16 in); w. 51 cm (20 1/16 in), This large fragm...
EditorialMarble portrait of Livia, Early Imperial, Tiberian, ca. A.D. 14?37, Roman, Marble, Other: 9 7/8 x 7 1/4 x 6 3/8 in. (25.1 x 18.4 x 16.2 cm), Stone Sculpture, This well-executed head does not seek to be a lifelike portrait but depicts Livia as an ideali...
EditorialTerracotta kylix (drinking cup) with horses, Archaic, ca. 510?500 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 3 7/8 in. (9.80 cm), Vases, This kylix of Type B is one of the more notable vases by the painter of Berlin. Although it was composed withou...
EditorialOkimono in the Form of a Raven, early 18th century, Japanese, Steel, L. 18 in. (45.7 cm), Miscellaneous, Myochin Munesuke (Japanese, Edo period, 1688?1735), This raven was fashioned by hammering and embossing steel??a most intractable medium??into a be...
EditorialRelief Plaque of Hindu Deity, Probably Processional: Face of Ganesha, probably 14th?16th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Repouss? copper alloy, H. 7 13/16 in. (19.9 cm); W. 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm), Metalwork, These 'masks' were likely intended for use...
EditorialRelief Plaque of Hindu Deity, Probably Processional: Face of a Deity, probably 14th?16th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Repouss? copper alloy, H. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm); W. 5 1/16 in. (12.8 cm), Metalwork, These 'masks' were likely intended for use in...
EditorialRelief Plaque of Hindu Deity, Probably Processional: Face of a Deity, probably 14th?16th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Repouss? copper alloy, H. 5 9/16 in. (14.2 cm); 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm), Metalwork, These 'masks' were likely intended for use in ...
EditorialRelief Plaque of Hindu Deity, Probably Processional: Face of Varaha, probably 14th?16th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Repouss? copper alloy, H. 6 7/16 in. (16.4 cm); W. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm), Metalwork, These 'masks' were likely intended for use in ...
EditorialGoddess Chamunda, probably 15th?16th century, Nepal, Repouss? copper alloy, H. 7 15/16 in. (20.1 cm); W. 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm), Metalwork, Chamunda is conceived as a terrifying aspect of Durga, symbolizing delusion and death. Such repouss? 'masks' were...
EditorialRelief Plaque of Hindu Deity, Probably Processional: Face of a Deity, probably 14th?16th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Repouss? copper alloy, Overall: 7 1/16 x 5 3/8 in. (17.9 x 13.6cm), Metalwork, These 'masks' were likely intended for use in the...
EditorialEmperor Jahangir receiving his to sons, Khusrau and Parviz. Two servants stand in attendance, while a young page stands behind the emperor's throne holding a flywhisk. Perhaps inspired by European art, the Moghul emperors encouraged their artists to ...