EditorialInterior with letter-reading woman La Surprise Agreable. (title on object), Interior with a woman reading a letter, sitting on a chair. The woman is wearing a dress with a deep neckline that leaves her nipples uncovered. Next to her a man watches her r...
EditorialPottery jug with high spout, Cycladic, Milos, Aegean Sea, 1800-1550 BCE. Characteristic of the Cyclades in the Middle Bronze Age, with dark, matt paint applied to a white background. Nipples link these pots, with their upward tilted spouts, to the huma...
EditorialMirror with Four Nipples, Four Quasi-Dragons, and Birds, mid 14th-mid 17th century. China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Bronze; diameter: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.); overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); rim: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.).
EditorialMirror with a Square Band, Four Nipples, and Grass Leaf Motifs, late 3rd century BC-1st century. China, Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9). Bronze; diameter: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.); overall: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.); rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.).
EditorialMirror with Four Nipples and Eight Animals, 300. China, Western Jin dynasty (265-316). Bronze; diameter: 19.6 cm (7 11/16 in.); overall: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.); rim: 1 cm (3/8 in.).
EditorialMirror with a Square Band, Four Nipples, and Grass Leaf Motifs, late 3rd century BC-1st century. China, Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9). Bronze; diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.); overall: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.); rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.).
EditorialMirror with Four Nipples, Quasi-Dragons, and Birds, late 3rd Century BC - early 1st Century. China, Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9). Bronze; diameter: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.); overall: 1.4 cm (9/16 in.); rim: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.).
EditorialMirror with Four Nipples and Four Birds, late 3rd Century BC - early 1st Century. China, Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9). Bronze; diameter: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.); overall: 1 cm (3/8 in.); rim: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.).
EditorialMirror with Quatrefoil, Four Nipples, Animals, and Birds, late 3rd Century BC - early 1st Century. China, Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9). Bronze; diameter: 17.4 cm (6 7/8 in.); overall: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.); rim: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.).
EditorialMirror with a Square Band, Four Nipples, and Grass Leaf Motifs, 2nd century BC. China, Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9). Bronze; diameter: 18.3 cm (7 3/16 in.); overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); rim: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.).
EditorialMirror with Four Nipples and Eight Birds, 1st century BC. China, Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9). Bronze; diameter: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.); overall: 1 cm (3/8 in.); rim: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.).
EditorialMirror with Four Nipples, Quasi-Dragons, and Birds, late 3rd Century BC - early 1st Century. China, Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9). Bronze; diameter: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.); overall: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.); rim: 0.3 cm (1/8 in.).
EditorialMirror with a Square Band and Four Nipples, late 3rd-early 2nd century BC. China, Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9). Bronze; diameter: 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.); overall: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.); rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.).
EditorialVenus, early 16th century, Southern German, Bronze, with yellow-brown natural patina, Height: 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm), Sculpture-Bronze, The sculptor?s simplified volumetric approach is remarkable even among German bronzes, in which simplicity and geometr...
EditorialVenus, early 16th century, Southern German, Bronze, with yellow-brown natural patina, Height: 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm), Sculpture-Bronze, The sculptor?s simplified volumetric approach is remarkable even among German bronzes, in which simplicity and geometr...
EditorialVenus, early 16th century, Southern German, Bronze, with yellow-brown natural patina, Height: 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm), Sculpture-Bronze, The sculptor?s simplified volumetric approach is remarkable even among German bronzes, in which simplicity and geometr...
EditorialBronze statuette of Neptune, Mid-Imperial, 2nd century A.D., Roman, Bronze, H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm), Bronzes, The god originally leaned on a trident, held in his left hand; his eyes and nipples were probably inlaid with silver and copper.
EditorialVenus, early 16th century, Southern German, Bronze, with yellow-brown natural patina, Height: 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm), Sculpture-Bronze, The sculptor?s simplified volumetric approach is remarkable even among German bronzes, in which simplicity and geometr...
EditorialBronze statuette of Neptune, Mid-Imperial, 2nd century A.D., Roman, Bronze, H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm), Bronzes, The god originally leaned on a trident, held in his left hand; his eyes and nipples were probably inlaid with silver and copper.
EditorialPottery jug with high spout, Cycladic, Milos, Aegean Sea, 1800-1550 BCE. Characteristic of the Cyclades in the Middle Bronze Age, with dark, matt paint applied to a white background. Nipples link these pots, with their upward tilted spouts, to the huma...