EditorialPistol tinder box with flint lock, Tinder box with square iron section, a fungus receptacle on the front and cover with stop surface and spring. On the left side of the container a tube for the wick. On the right-hand side of the square part are the co...
EditorialSilver guy in the shape of scissors, Silver guy in the shape of a scissors with a receptacle at the end., anonymous, The Hague, 1717, silver (metal), founding, h 3.4 cm ? l 16.0 cm ? w 5 cm ? w 126.0 gr.
EditorialPallenis, Print, Pallenis is a small genus of flowering plants in the samphire tribe within the sunflower family. The name is derived from palea (chaff), referring to the chaffy receptacle.
EditorialStatuette of a kneeling man, known as The Worshipper of Larsa. Dedicated by an inhabitant of Larsa to the god Amurru for the life of Hammurabi. Bronze and gold, early 2nd millenium BC. This votive statuette has an inscription, in one of the sides, dedi...
EditorialChandelier. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 35.5 x 54.2 cm (14 x 21 5/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 22" wide; 10 3/4" high; receptacle 6 1/2" in diameter. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard.
EditorialReceptacle for Peanut Oil. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 35.5 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 21 1/4" high; 2 5/8" wide. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard.
EditorialChandelier. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 35.5 x 54.2 cm (14 x 21 5/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 22" wide; 10 3/4" high; receptacle 6 1/2" in diameter. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard.
EditorialReceptacle for Peanut Oil. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 35.5 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 21 1/4" high; 2 5/8" wide. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard.
EditorialSmall receptacle decorated with dancers and a lid with a lion mask, probably an inkpot, from Lebanon. Bronze (2nd CE). Height 7.5 cm Inv. 6027 / 13855.
EditorialStatuette of a kneeling man, known as The Worshipper of Larsa. Dedicated by an inhabitant of Larsa to the god Amurru for the life of Hammurabi. Bronze and gold, early 2nd millenium BC. This votive statuette has an inscription, in one of the sides, dedi...
EditorialIncense burner (br?le-parfum), ca. 1775, French, Gilded and marbelized oak and beech, gilt-bronze, copper, tin and tin-plating, 40 ? 18 1/2 ? 18 1/2 in. (101.6 ? 47 ? 47 cm), Woodwork-Furniture, The word cassolette was current in the eighteenth century...
EditorialSaltcellar: Portuguese Figures, ca. 1525?1600, Nigeria, Edo (Bini-Portuguese), Ivory, H. 7.5 x W. 3 in. (19.1 x 7.6 cm), Bone/Ivory-Containers, This saltcellar created by a Benin ivory carver reflects a local interest and emphasis on extensive detailin...
EditorialBurse, 17th century, Spanish, silk; linen; metal, 11 x 11 in. (28 x 28 cm), Textiles-Ecclesiastical, A burse is a square pocketlike receptacle for the corporal, or the cloth used to cover the elements of the Eucharist. This example is decorated with ap...
EditorialReceptacle with Figurative Relief and Stopper, 1880?1890, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Loango region, Kongo peoples; Vili group, Ivory, H. 6 3/4 x W. 2 x D. 2 1/4in. (17.1 x 5.1 x 5.7cm), This hollow columnar container was most likely carved from ...
EditorialBone attachment, Late Antique or Byzantine, 4th century A.D. or later, Roman or Byzantine, Ivory or bone, H.: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm), Parallels found in excavations at Corinth suggest that this object served as a lid for a small spoon-like receptacle.
Editorial??? ????, Water receptacle, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), 19th century, China, Jade (jadeite), H. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); L. 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm), Jade.
EditorialWater receptacle with cover, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), China, Nephrite, light sage-green with a mottling of white and brown, and a heavy staining of variegated dead-oak-leaf, H. 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); W. 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm); L. 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm), Jade.
EditorialWater receptacle with cover, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), Qianlong period (1736?95), China, Nephrite, white with greenish tint, H. 4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm); W. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm); D. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm), Jade.
EditorialIncense Box and Receptacle for Burnt Incense, Edo period (1615?1868), 18th century, Japan, Lacquer with sprinkled gold, H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); W. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm), Lacquer.
EditorialWater receptacle, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), Qianlong period (1736?95), China, Nephrite, white with very light greenish tint, H. 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm); W. 8 7/16 in. (21.5 cm); L. 4 3/4 in. (12 cm), Jade.
Editorial??? ????, Water receptacle, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), 18th century, China, Jade (jadeite), H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm), Jade.
EditorialStatuette of a kneeling man, known as The Worshipper of Larsa. Dedicated by an inhabitant of Larsa to the god Amurru for the life of Hammurabi. Bronze and gold, early 2nd millenium BC. This votive statuette has an inscription, in one of the sides, dedi...
EditorialBasin, marble. Montfort. Roman period, 1st century CE. This imperial Roman vessel was found in a Crusaders fortress and use of the baptismal fount or a receptacle for holy water. Rockefeller Archaeological Museum. Jerusalem. Israel.
EditorialBassinet in gilded copper from the mid 15th century. Candlestick C and aspersorium, receptacle for holy water D. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the early Middle Ages to the end of the 18th Century," Fran...
EditorialSmall receptacle decorated with dancers and a lid with a lion mask, probably an inkpot, from Lebanon. Bronze (2nd CE). Height 7.5 cm Inv. 6027 / 13855.
EditorialCanopic shrine (receptacle for intestines after mummification) in the form of a chapel, for Pharaoh Sheshonk I. Goddesses Isis and Nephtys guard the defunct's intestines. Alabaster (around 920 BCE), 3rd Intermediate Period, Egypt. Inv. 11100.
EditorialAltar-goddess, bench-like altar with anthropomorphic figure facing a receptacle or cult vessel. Terracotta From Fafos I site, Vinca, Kosovo. Late Mesolithic, Vinca-Plocnik Culture (5th mill. BCE). Height 17.3 cm. Inv. F-I-530.
EditorialA basket of flowers, Ding family of the Jinchang pavillion, Suzhou, 1690. The inscription on this print identifies the Ding family as coming from [near] the Jinchang pavillion. The Jinchang pavillion was near the Chang gate, in north-western Suzhou. Th...