EditorialField of four tiles with animals, Field of four tiles each with a multi-colored (blue, orange, green, yellow and purple) animal on a piece of land within a circle frame. In the corners, filling technique ornament., anonymous, Netherlands, c. 1580 - c. ...
EditorialPorcelain cup with a rose-violet fond, Porcelain cup with a rose-violet fond. On the head a piece of land with a seated woman with a party animal., Manufactuur Oud-Loosdrecht (possibly), c. 1772, porcelain (material), h 4.0 cm ? d 7.5 cm h 2.0 cm ? d 1...
EditorialMap of China, Regni Sinae vel Sinae propriae Mappa et descriptio geographica (title on object), parts differently colored. Bottom right the title surrounded by dragons and plant motifs and some Chinese figures. Below left explanation of the layout of t...
EditorialCup and saucer, Porcelain cup and saucer, with a rose-violet fond. On the head a piece of land with a seated woman with a party animal. On the dish on a ground a standing girl with a mask in her hand., Manufactuur Oud-Loosdrecht (possibly), c. 1772, po...
EditorialFolding fan with a sheet of paper on which a pastoral representation with two figures, dog and sheep and a shepherdess on the back in gouache a frame of ivory ajour and carved in relief, with accompanying fan box, Folding fan with a sheet of paper on w...
Editorial'The Conjurer'. Engraving of a conjurer or magician in a dancing posture. He has a girdle round his waist, from which in front hangs a skin, folded over to show the animal mask; and at the side, a bag made from skins, with a long fringe. Attached to th...
EditorialCase for an animal mummy topped by a falcon, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 13.4 cm (5 1/4 in.); W. 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.); L. 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.), The falcon god Horus stands with his wings swept back. He has a...
EditorialNatives of Tasmania, Van Diemen's Land. Grou Agara, man with scarification on his chest and animal-skin cape, and Arra-Maida, woman with child on her back in kangaroo papoose. The Tasmanian natives were exterminated by colonists. Copied from Nicolas Ma...