EditorialButter dish lid, painted with river landscapes with figures and monuments, Porcelain butter dish. Shell-shaped ears, fruit with leaf on the lid as a bud. Painted on both sides and on the lid with river landscapes with figures and monuments in beet red....
Editorialman's sleeveless surcoat worn over armor; jinbaori, Edo, Edo, late 18th century, Wool (red), Gold Flat Paper Thread, 35-3/4 x 21-1/2 in., Textile and Fashion Arts.
EditorialToilet box with rocailles in relief, the inside painted with figures in a river landscape, Porcelain toilet box. Draperies on the body hanging on buds in relief, around which rocailles are painted in beet red. On the lid a vase-shaped bud, around which...
EditorialLid from toilet box, On the lid a vase-shaped button, around which an oval rosette in relief. Seed beads are painted red in beetroot around this rosette. The inside of the lid is painted with figures in a river landscape with a church tower in beetroot...
EditorialHemerocallis, Red Gold Bills, Fol. 285v, 1590, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Joachim Camerarius: Kreuterbuch desz hochgelehrten unnd weitber?hmten Herrn D. Petri Andreae Matthioli. Franckfort am Mayn: [Feyrabendt], 1590.
EditorialButter dish, painted with river landscapes with figures and monuments, Butter dish made of porcelain. Shell-shaped ears, fruit with leaf on the lid as a bud. Painted on both sides and on the lid with river landscapes with figures and monuments in beet ...
EditorialWalking stick of ebony with a button of red gold, Walking stick of lacquered ebony with a button of red gold. The button bears the inscription 'POEARDATAR 1878. 87'. A native prince of Sumatra's West Coast has this stick on the B.B. Officer Visser dona...
EditorialTerrine, multi-colored painted with figures in a river landscape, Porcelain terrine with two openwork slightly bent ears. Cover and dish rim scalloped. Painted in beet red with figures in a river landscape. Under the ears a ground with tree stumps in b...
EditorialButter dish, painted with river landscapes with figures and monuments, Butter dish of porcelain. Shell-shaped ears, fruit with leaf on the lid as a bud. Painted on both sides and on the lid with river landscapes with figures and monuments in beet red. ...
EditorialNecklace, Necklace of red gold filigree inlaid with mother-of-pearl, with a buckle closure. The sleek design and the use of mother-of-pearl are in line with the international fashion in jewelry at the beginning of the twentieth century. The necklace fi...
EditorialMan's ring Entourage ring of diamonds set in silver. On the top side the ring is set with an oval rose diamond in smooth conversion on foil. Surrounded by a rim with rose diamonds mounted on a base that ran out into a narrow shin, the shoulders set wit...
EditorialHandle box with Chinese designs, Handle box made of white porcelain, decorated with Chinese designs in red, gold, turquoise, blue and tan. The handle is plated. At the top edge of the container a row of white pearls in relief., Spode, Stoke-on-Trent, 1...
EditorialBris? fan of wood on which a Chinese scene in a cartouche on either side lacquerware of two colors of gold on a black background, Bris? range of wood with a Chinese scene on both sides and a cartouche in lacquerwork of two colors of gold on a black bac...
EditorialEwer and basin Bowl Bowl, painted with figures in a river landscape, Bowl of porcelain. The bowl has a ribbed and wavy scalloped edge, decorated in green and gold. On the shelf surrounded by an ornament band painted in green and gold a river landscape ...
EditorialWooden weapon board with three cloverleaf in it, originating from the Hopman family, Wooden polychromed weapon board. The weapon is covered by a helmet and has covers. The weapon carries three cloverleafs (two above, one and below). The helmet sign con...
EditorialDish with the arms of the Van der Broek or Dierkens family, Porcelain dish, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, black and gold. On the shelf the arms of the Van den Broek or Dierkens family. A blue eagle is depicted on the oval coat of arms. The h...
Editorial" Scivias" (Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179). The book, Codex Rupertsberg, disappeared during WW II. Transparen-cies are from a facsimile. God (the white circle) and his son, Christ, in ...
EditorialBinding in red, gold and black. The Government of the Tongue. By the Author of the Whole Duty of Man, &c. The fifth impression. Oxford : At the Theater, 1667 [1677]. Goatskin. Drawer handle motif; All over design; Floral; Pointille (comprising dots); ...
EditorialSaint Onuphrius. Dated: c. 1480. Dimensions: image: 9 x 7.1 cm (3 9/16 x 2 13/16 in.) sheet: 9.8 x 7.7 cm (3 7/8 x 3 1/16 in.). Medium: woodcut in brown, hand-colored in tan, blue, green, red, gold, and orange.
EditorialSaint Onuphrius. Dated: c. 1480. Dimensions: image: 9 x 7.1 cm (3 9/16 x 2 13/16 in.) sheet: 9.8 x 7.7 cm (3 7/8 x 3 1/16 in.). Medium: woodcut in brown, hand-colored in tan, blue, green, red, gold, and orange.
EditorialJasper intaglio: Cock-headed anguipede, Imperial, ca. 2nd?3rd century A.D., Roman, Jasper, red, gold, Other: 1 3/8 x 7/8 x 1/8 in. (3.5 x 2.2 x 0.3 cm), Gems.
EditorialIncense Burner, Edo period (1615?1868), 1700, Japan, White porcelain with decoration of iron red, gold and silver, H. 2 3/4 in. ( 7 cm); Diam. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialCovered Cup on Pedestal, 19th century, Japan, White porcelain decorated with red, gold, blue under the glaze (Arita ware), H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); W. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialCup, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1770, Japan, White porcelain decorated with colored enamels, iron red, gold and silver (Satsuma ware, early), H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); Diam. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm), Ceramics, Hirasa.
EditorialCup, Edo period (1615?1868), 18th century, Japan, White porcelain decorated with iron red, gold and black (Hizen ware, Kutani type), H. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm), Ceramics.
Editorial" Scivias" (Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179). The book, Codex Rupertsberg, disappeared during WW II. Transparen-cies are from a facsimile. God (the white circle) and his son, Christ, in ...
EditorialPortrait of Emperor Aureng-Zeb, shown in profile with head bent and hands together as if in prayer. He is dressed in white, has a white beard and wears a jewelled turban with a halo. The portrait is set within a window-like frame with red, gold and bla...