EditorialVase with Dragon Handles, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), Yongzheng period (1723?35), China, Porcelain with crimson-flushed blue glaze (Jingdezhen ware), H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm), Ceramics, A glaze is formed when clay fired onto the surface of porcelain melts...
EditorialTerracotta jug, Cypro-Archaic I, ca. 750?600 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta, H. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm), Vases, In vase-painting of mainland Greece, floral and foliate ornament is always contained and precise. This jug is noteworthy for the almost tropical lush...