EditorialSaucer, multicolored, painted with chinoiseries, Saucer with handles, painted porcelain. Along the inside of the mouth rim runs a lace-like ornament in gold. The haunches are pointed. The dish is decorated with a H?roldt chinoiserie within a four-pass....
EditorialCoffin for a mummified cat, Egypt, Roman Period, after 30 BC. This example has a green painted head and a white body. The coffin shape reproduces the external appearance of the cat squatting on its haunches. The cat was closely associated with the godd...
EditorialTiger, Edo period (1615?1868), late 18th century, Japan, Ivory, H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); W. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); D. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm), Netsuke, Raku, Tigers are not native to Japan. Their absence spurred fanciful ideas about their nature and physical for...
EditorialNative japanese sits on his haunches and watches men of the 130th Regt, 33rd Div, make and amphibious landing during "invasion". Japan, 9/2/45.
EditorialCoffin for a mummified cat, Egypt, Roman Period, after 30 BC. This example has a green painted head and a white body. The coffin shape reproduces the external appearance of the cat squatting on its haunches. The cat was closely associated with the godd...