EditorialThree dancing Persians, Dancing women sprinkle the path with flowers, Tab. XII, after p. 15, Oberbeck, F. (Zeichn.); Amsler, S. (gest.), Hermann L?cke: Der Einzug Alexander des Grossen in Babylon: Marmorfries von B. Thorwaldsen: nach Zeichnungen von F....
EditorialAllegory of marriage, A love couple walks hand in hand out of a temple and is checked by Juno, guardian of marriage and birth. Two putti walk ahead of the couple and sprinkle flowers. On the left is an angel with a torch at a sacrificial column with th...
EditorialTeapot, painted with flower bouquets, Porcelain teapot. Body covered with a woven pattern with ribs in relief. Ear in the shape of a branch with side branches and leaves ending in the body of the pot. Painted on the front and back with a flower bouquet...
EditorialPot (without lid), Pot (without lid) of faience with sprinkle of floral decor, archer's weapons: bow and arrow, De Drie Posteleyne Astonne, Delft, c. 1690 - c. 1710, h 22 cm ? d 17 cm.
EditorialPlate with bouquets and flowers, Deep porcelain plate, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, black, brown and gold. On the shelf a bouquet of different flowers and a coconut [?]. Sprinkle flowers around the bouquet and on the edge. Th...
EditorialHat made of silver gray straw, decorated with dark purple gaze de soie and a tuft of purple colored feathers, Hat made of silver gray straw. Wide sides, front with a notch, pleated at the back and ending in nothing. Small, standing, flattened conical s...
EditorialJug Kan Jug with decor of scattered flowers, Jug of faience with sprinkle flower decor, flowers, ornament, De Drie Posteleyne Astonne, Delft, c. 1700 - c. 1720, h 22.7 cm.
EditorialTeapot, painted with flower bouquets, Porcelain teapot. Body and cover covered with a woven pattern with ribs in relief. Ear in the shape of a branch with side branches and leaves ending in the body of the pot. Painted on the front and back with a flow...
EditorialFigure of a girl, sleeping boy and a dog, Sculpture of porcelain in biscuit, painted with gold. The image represents a boy and a girl by a pillar with a vase or urn with a garland on it. The boy has fallen asleep against the pillar, next to him is a ba...
EditorialAnshuman finds the horse and the ashes of his sixty thousand uncles. In great distress, he looks for water with which to sprinkle the ashes. His maternal uncle Garuda advises him to return with the horse in order to complete the sacrifice. He also says...
EditorialPriest's cap called the Apex from a basrelief on the Capitol 1, cap of a high priest of Jupiter from the Temple of Jupiter the Thunderer 2, religious cap used by Flamen priests of Bacchus 3, various knives, axe and instruments to kill sacrificial victi...
EditorialPelicans in piety. Bestiary. England (Salisbury?); 1230-1240. (Whole folio) Pelicans in their piety mourn the disobedient offspring which they have killed and sprinkle them with their own blood to restore them to life. Image taken from Bestiary. Orig...
EditorialAnshuman finds the horse and the ashes of his sixty thousand uncles. In great distress, he looks for water with which to sprinkle the ashes. His maternal uncle Garuda advises him to return with the horse in order to complete the sacrifice. He also says...
EditorialBird-Shaped Incence Burner, 12th?13th century, Attributed to Central Asia or Eastern Iran, Bronze; cast, pierced, and engraved, 9 13/16 x 3 9/16 x 7 3/8 in. (25 x 9 x 18.8 cm), Metal, Incense was widely used in the medieval Islamic world. At receptions...
EditorialBird-Shaped Incence Burner, 12th?13th century, Attributed to Central Asia or Eastern Iran, Bronze; cast, pierced, and engraved, 9 13/16 x 3 9/16 x 7 3/8 in. (25 x 9 x 18.8 cm), Metal, Incense was widely used in the medieval Islamic world. At receptions...
EditorialPriest's cap called the Apex from a basrelief on the Capitol 1, cap of a high priest of Jupiter from the Temple of Jupiter the Thunderer 2, religious cap used by Flamen priests of Bacchus 3, various knives, axe and instruments to kill sacrificial victi...
EditorialTwo bumpas, ritual vases filled with scented holy water. The aspergillum terminates with a gold medallion from which water is poured into the hands of the faith-ful. Peacock feathers serve to sprinkle water in offering ceremonies. Silver, fire-gilt, H:...