EditorialBowl with sea bream, associated with Ebisu, the God of Daily Food Tea bowl with a fish and bamboo spray, Tea bowl made of stoneware, covered with a cream-colored glaze and painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, black and gold. A fish (red sea bream)...
EditorialLid from ritual offering bowl, Lid from ritual barrel for food with one decorative band and circles in relief over the wall., anonymous, China, -800 - -500, Zhou-dynasty (1050 B.C.-221 B.C.), bronze (metal), h 5.8 cm ? d 18 cm.
EditorialWindow with a bird and birdhouse with crib, A window with enamel painting of a bird and a birdhouse. The bird pulls up a food bowl, birds, anonymous, c. 1650 - c. 1675, glass, h 11.6 cm ? w 8.8 cm.
EditorialThe banquet of Dido The history of Dido and Aeneas (series title), A company sits around a table in a room. Servants carry food. One of them pours wine from a jug into the drinking bowl of a harnessed man seated in the foreground. It is Achates, the fr...
EditorialFable of the satyr and the farmer, On the left is a satyr for a table with a club in the right hand. On the right his wife pouring soup. The farmer is drinking his soup at the table. He blows in his bowl. This is the representation of a fable, in which...
EditorialRitual offering bowl, ritual vessel for food with decoration on two bands and circles in relief over the belly. The ears have the shape of a monster that devours a stylized bird., anonymous, China, -800 - -500, Zhou-dynasty (1050 B.C.-221 B.C.), bronze...
EditorialLacquered vessel, Japanese, early J?mon period, c5005-c4996 BC. J?mon means 'cord pattern' and the term describes the characteristic surface patterns that were made with a twisted cord. The J?mon peoples were predominantly hunters, fishers and gatherer...
EditorialFood or Serving Bowl (Presentation Bowl), 1880- 90. Great Basin, Panamint- Shoshone, late 19th century. Sumac, devil's claw, yucca root, with orange shafted flicker (woodpecker) quills; coiled ( 2 rod and a bundle of deer grass or basket grass); diamet...
EditorialPage from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Fifty-second night: The pious man?s wife offers the seven-colored bird as food to her lover, but not finding its head, he breaks the pot and bowl in anger, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. O...
EditorialFood or Carrying Bowl, late 1800 - early 1900. California, Pala- Luiseno, Pala Mission, late 19th - early 20th century. Coiled; overall: 25.5 x 48.8 cm (10 1/16 x 19 3/16 in.).
EditorialFood Bowl, c 1875- 1925. California, Southern, Gabrielino (San Gabriel, Mission or Tongva), Late 19th- Early 20th century. Coiled; overall: 15 x 43 cm (5 7/8 x 16 15/16 in.).
EditorialA bas-de-page scene of a man stealing food from a blind beggar's bowl, through a tube. Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). France, S. (Toulouse?); last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th centu...
EditorialThe magic food. Ramayana, Bala Kanda. Udaipur, 1712. A celestial being appears from the sacrificial fire, bearing a bowl of magical food to be given to Dasaratha's wives. Image taken from Ramayana, Bala Kanda. Originally published/produced in Udaipur...
EditorialBronze patera (shallow bowl with handle), Early Imperial, Augustan, probably, early 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, Other: 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm), Bronzes, This finely worked and ornate vessel was used for serving food or drink at dinner parties or for ...
EditorialTransverse strainer-spoons from the Hoxne hoard, Roman Britain, buried in the 5th century. The gilded decoration shows Oceanus or a similar marine deity with dolphins. These two spoons are of unknown use, but they may have been used for lifting solid p...
EditorialDish ring, 1777, Irish, Silver, Overall (confirmed): 3 7/8 ? 8 1/8 ? 8 1/8 in. (9.8 ? 20.6 ? 20.6 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Unidentified Dublin maker W. H., This dish ring is a refined example of an emblematic Irish form. Such rings were used on the dinin...
EditorialSpouted Bowl, Inscribed 'Sovereignty is God's', late 10th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Earthenware; white slip with black slip decoration under transparent glaze, H. 2 15/16 in. (7.4 cm), Ceramics, Although inscribed with a lofty sentiment, th...
EditorialBronze patera (shallow bowl with handle), Early Imperial, Augustan, probably, early 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, Other: 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm), Bronzes, This finely worked and ornate vessel was used for serving food or drink at dinner parties or for ...
EditorialLacquer Bowl for New Year Food, Edo period (1615?1868), 19th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 5 5/8 x 7 7/16 in. (14.3 x 18.9 cm), Prints, Ryuryukyo Shinsai (Japanese, active ca. 1799?1823).
EditorialTerracotta hemispherical strainer, Archaic, 6th century B.C., Lydian, Terracotta, H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm), Vases, This bowl-shaped strainer, provided with a handle, may have been used to prepare a cheese- or yoghurt-like food.
EditorialLacquered vessel, Japanese, early J?mon period, c5005-c4996 BC. J?mon means 'cord pattern' and the term describes the characteristic surface patterns that were made with a twisted cord. The J?mon peoples were predominantly hunters, fishers and gatherer...
EditorialTransverse strainer-spoons from the Hoxne hoard, Roman Britain, buried in the 5th century. The gilded decoration shows Oceanus or a similar marine deity with dolphins. These two spoons are of unknown use, but they may have been used for lifting solid p...