Editorial23-cm Palliser Shell, Point-shaped 23 cm grenade, painted red. The grenade is 50.5 cm long and has a caliber of 225 mm. The grenade has two ring lugs for a drawn barrel with six migratory fields. A softer metal canister with a filling hole is cast in t...
Editorial18-cm Palliser Shell in a Wooden Box, A semi-pointed 18 cm garnet, painted red, in a wooden box. The grenade is 42 cm long and has a caliber of 176 mm. It is cracked open lengthwise, the nose is still intact. The grenade has two ring holes for cams, wh...
Editorial18 cm Palliser Shell, Pointed 18 cm garnet, painted red. The grenade is 41.5 cm long and has a caliber of 175 mm. The grenade has two ring lugs for a drawn barrel with three migratory fields and in the bottom a canister of a softer metal is cast with a...
Editorial23 cm Palliser Shell in a Wooden Box, A semi-pointed 23 cm garnet, painted red, and a wooden box. The box is damaged. The grenade is 51.5 cm long and has a caliber of 225 mm. It is cracked open lengthwise, the nose is still intact. The grenade has two ...
EditorialThe pillow shell Makuragai (title on object) A comparison of Genroku poems and shells (series title) Genroku kasen kaiawase (series title on object), A still life with a wooden pillow with softer material on top. In the opened drawer a cup of sand, use...
EditorialChauliognathus, Print, Chauliognathus is a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. Adults have almost rectangular bodies. Some are red and black, similar to the military uniforms that were common before the usage of camouflage, hence the na...
EditorialMask of a woman with a large coil of plaited hair, Roman Period, Hadrian, A.D. 117?138, From Egypt, Plaster, paint, glass, h. 21 cm (8 1/4 in); w. 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in), This woman's high coiled braid recalls portraits of the Empress Sabina. The softer ar...
Editorial????? ?????, Birds in Willows and Blossoming Peach Tree, Edo period (1615?1868), Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, 51 1/2 x 24 9/16 in. (130.8 x 62.4 cm), Paintings, Yosa Buson (Japanese, 1716?1783), Buson?s painting style translates Chines...
EditorialLimestone head of a man, Archaic, early 5th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 13 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 10 in. (33.7 x 21 x 25.4 cm), Stone Sculpture, This work exemplifies the Hellenization of the Assyrian type of head. The treatment of the beard, tho...
EditorialWoman in velvet bonnet with plumes, long carrick coat in wool with two pelerines (shoulder capes). "There is nothing lighter, softer and warmer than a cashmere shawl. The ladies dress down with heavy, bulky wool riding coats." Handcoloured engraving fr...