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Editorial Steph Curry auctions Bruce Lee sneakers for charity
Editorial Poetic Maxim.
Editorial Courtesan and her Attendants under a Willow Tree.
Editorial Poetic Maxim.
Editorial Bowl with inscription.
Editorial Epigonation (Palitsa).
Editorial Siren.
Editorial Courtesan and her Attendants under a Willow Tree.
Editorial ?, ??(???), ????, ?, Bamboo in Wind and Rain, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), ca. 1694, China, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 87 3/4 x 30 in. (222.9 x 76.2 cm), Paintings, Shitao (Zhu Ruoji) (Chinese, 1642?1707), Shitao, one of the most outstanding lan...
Editorial Дружно за общее дело! Hand in hand for the common cause! (Depicts a peasant, a worker and a White Guardsman clasping hands. The Guardsman is pointing to the text. [Colour]. The text quotes sections from General Denikin's speech, disc...
Editorial Lady Ligeia. "Ligeia" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows an unnamed narrator and his wife Ligeia, a beautiful and intelligent raven-haired woman. She falls ill, composes "The Conqueror Worm", and quotes lines attributed to Joseph Gl...
Editorial World map. c.1743. World map of c 1743. Wood-cut and hand-coloured. A reference to the 8th year of Ch'ien Lung shows that this map was made in or after 1743. The marginal text quotes population figures from Liang's old map, and distances from Tsao's ol...
Editorial "I would call aloud upon her name.". Illustration of Ligeia, a short story. "Ligeia" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows an unnamed narrator and his wife Ligeia, a beautiful and intelligent raven-haired woman. She falls ill, composes...
Editorial Tapestry and carpet pattern of the 16th century. Two women crush a heart in a press against a background of flowers and banners with quotes, 1549. An allegorical depiction of love similar to those seen on tournament shields. Chromolithograph from Hefne...
Editorial Courtesan and her Attendants under a Willow Tree.
Editorial Epigonation (Palitsa).
Editorial Poetic Maxim.
Editorial Siren.
Editorial Bowl with inscription.
Editorial ?, ??(???), ????, ?, Bamboo in Wind and Rain, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), ca. 1694, China, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 87 3/4 x 30 in. (222.9 x 76.2 cm), Paintings, Shitao (Zhu Ruoji) (Chinese, 1642?1707), Shitao, one of the most outstanding lan...
Editorial Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Books, Edo period (1615?1868), 18th century, Japan, Gold, silver togidashimaki-e, hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, cut-out gold foil application, H. 2 in. (5.1 cm); W. 9 in. (22.9 cm); D. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm), Lacquer, Beautifully b...
Editorial At the Tsutsui Well, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1781?1800, Japan, Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Triptych; Overall: 14 1/4 x 30 1/8 in. (36.2 x 76.5 cm), Prints, Chobunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756?1829), The two left pan...
Editorial Coin, A.H. 164/A.D. 780, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Gold, Diam. 11/16 in. (1.7 cm), Coins, Issued during the reign of the Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi, this gold dinar was minted in the year A.H. 164 (A.D. 780). The inscription on its obverse proclaims th...
Editorial Tapestry and carpet pattern of the 16th century. Two women crush a heart in a press against a background of flowers and banners with quotes, 1549. An allegorical depiction of love similar to those seen on tournament shields. Chromolithograph from Hefne...
Editorial Dress of the reign of King Edward I, Longshanks.
Editorial Globe by James Ferguson, London, around 1750. Ferguson re-edited the famous globes by Senex (after 1702), left out quotes and images, except for the discoverer's heart-felt sigh: " Here brandy freezes by the fire" Detail: Greenland.
Editorial Protective talisman against serpents, containing quotes from the Osiride ritual of the four globes. Papyrus and black ink, H: 19,5 cm E 3239.