EditorialTerracotta hydria (water jar), Archaic, mid-6th century B.C., Greek, Euboean, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 8 15/16 in. (22.7 cm), Vases, On the body, eagle between two sphinxes. With its lustrous glaze and well-preserved details in added color, this va...
EditorialCabinet, ca. 1640?50, Dutch, Amsterdam, Oak veneered with ebony, snakewood, rosewood, kingwood, cedar and other woods; mother-of-pearl, ivory, green stained bone, Overall: 27 9/16 ? 32 5/16 ? 15 3/4 in. (70 ? 82.1 ? 40 cm), Woodwork-Furniture, Figures ...
EditorialNautilus pompilius, Print, The chambered nautilus, Nautilus pompilius, also called the pearly nautilus, is the best-known species of nautilus. The shell, when cut away, reveals a lining of lustrous nacre and displays a nearly perfect equiangular spiral...
EditorialDorcus, Print, Dorcus is a genus of beetles in the family Lucanidae (stag beetles). Of the 30-odd species, most occur in Asia and India; two are found in southern Europe, and two species are from North America. Previously, specimens with serriform teet...
EditorialNautilus pompilius, Print, The chambered nautilus, Nautilus pompilius, also called the pearly nautilus, is the best-known species of nautilus. The shell, when cut away, reveals a lining of lustrous nacre and displays a nearly perfect equiangular spiral...
EditorialNautilus pompilius, Print, The chambered nautilus, Nautilus pompilius, also called the pearly nautilus, is the best-known species of nautilus. The shell, when cut away, reveals a lining of lustrous nacre and displays a nearly perfect equiangular spiral...
EditorialNautilus pompilius, Print, The chambered nautilus, Nautilus pompilius, also called the pearly nautilus, is the best-known species of nautilus. The shell, when cut away, reveals a lining of lustrous nacre and displays a nearly perfect equiangular spiral...
EditorialNautilus pompilius, Print, The chambered nautilus, Nautilus pompilius, also called the pearly nautilus, is the best-known species of nautilus. The shell, when cut away, reveals a lining of lustrous nacre and displays a nearly perfect equiangular spiral...
EditorialNautilus pompilius, Print, The chambered nautilus, Nautilus pompilius, also called the pearly nautilus, is the best-known species of nautilus. The shell, when cut away, reveals a lining of lustrous nacre and displays a nearly perfect equiangular spiral...
EditorialTile, 9th?12th century, Made in north or central Syria, Syrian, Gold Glass, Overall: 3 1/2 x 3 5/16 x 5/16 in. (8.9 x 8.4 x 0.8 cm), Glass-Gold glass, This lustrous tile is made of dark purple glass overlaid with gold foil and sealed again with clear g...
EditorialCabinet, ca. 1640?50, Dutch, Amsterdam, Oak veneered with ebony, snakewood, rosewood, kingwood, cedar and other woods; mother-of-pearl, ivory, green stained bone, Overall: 27 9/16 ? 32 5/16 ? 15 3/4 in. (70 ? 82.1 ? 40 cm), Woodwork-Furniture, Figures ...
EditorialTerracotta hydria (water jar), Archaic, mid-6th century B.C., Greek, Euboean, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 8 15/16 in. (22.7 cm), Vases, On the body, eagle between two sphinxes. With its lustrous glaze and well-preserved details in added color, this va...
EditorialFukurokujin, Edo period (1615?1868), 1840, Japan, Pottery covered with lustrous glaze passing from light green to brown (Takatori ware), H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm); Diam. 12 9/16 in. (31.9 cm), Ceramics.