EditorialThe Three Magi, Fragment of an Adoration of the Christ Child, Three Kings of which only the upper part is preserved, lean over to the left. Melchior looks down (towards the child), in the left hand he carries a jar with a lid decorated with grunts. Bal...
EditorialPop, representing the delivery woman, dressed in a cream-colored satin yak that reaches halfway up the upper leg. The yak is snug and runs downwards from the waist down. Below the jacket a single-layered linen shirt, above that a lace mantle., anonymou...
EditorialThe Rat Poison Seller The rat herb seller, The man stands on a square plinth with the right leg forward, holds a cylindrical cage on a long stick in his left hand and probably a pack of poison he offers for sale. Next to him is a boy walking on a belt ...
EditorialWoman's Jacket Yak of sits, which shows large flowers and diamond patterns on a cream colored background, with the main colors purple, pink, blue and blue green. Finish with pink-white long-line tape., anonymous, Coromandelkust, 1810 - 1820 and/or 1750...
EditorialYak or caraco of silk with white flowers on grass-green fond, square neck, half-long sleeves with 'manches ? racquette', front panels with ribs and busque, linen lining, Yak or caraco of silk with a grass-green fond and white flowers, with a square nec...
EditorialTwo Busts of Children, Bust of a Child, Figure of painted porcelain. The figure represents a child's bust on a pedestal in the shape of a four-step with gold-plated rocaille ornament. The child has turned his head to the right. The clothing consists of...
EditorialNight yak of white batist with lace edges on the sleeves and the closure, G. Glas, Deventer, c. 1888 - c. 1894, geheel, sewing, l 29 cm ? w 29 cm.
EditorialChintz Sack Gown, Dress or manteau of sits with a white background and a slender flower pattern, with pli Watteau and trimmed with green trimmings. The bourgeoisie could also show itself outside in a dress of sits. Although of modest quality, this robe...
EditorialPop, representing the nanny as a seamstress, representing the nanny as a seamstress in a long fitted yak of sits with red flowers on a green ground. Underneath is a foot-long skirt made of cream-colored silk with a red striped design, on which a linen ...
EditorialHendrik VIII, Basrelief in pressed ribs (gas cabbage), with accompanying box of leather with separate lid, green on which gilt leaf motif. bust to the left. Henry VIII is bearded and wears a flat hat, decorated with rosettes and precious stones on the ...
EditorialBos grunniens, Print, The domestic yak (Bos grunniens) is a long-haired domesticated bovid found throughout the Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Siberia. It is descended from the wild yak...
EditorialBos grunniens, Print, The domestic yak (Bos grunniens) is a long-haired domesticated bovid found throughout the Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Siberia. It is descended from the wild yak...
EditorialBos grunniens, Print, The domestic yak (Bos grunniens) is a long-haired domesticated bovid found throughout the Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Siberia. It is descended from the wild yak...
EditorialBos grunniens, Print, The domestic yak (Bos grunniens) is a long-haired domesticated bovid found throughout the Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Siberia. It is descended from the wild yak...
EditorialBos grunniens, Print, The domestic yak (Bos grunniens) is a long-haired domesticated bovid found throughout the Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Siberia. It is descended from the wild yak...
EditorialBos grunniens, Print, The domestic yak (Bos grunniens) is a long-haired domesticated bovid found throughout the Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Siberia. It is descended from the wild yak...
EditorialBos grunniens, Print, The domestic yak (Bos grunniens) is a long-haired domesticated bovid found throughout the Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Siberia. It is descended from the wild yak...
EditorialBos grunniens, Print, The domestic yak (Bos grunniens) is a long-haired domesticated bovid found throughout the Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Siberia. It is descended from the wild yak...
EditorialClothes of a woman from the high valley of Laya (4.000 m) consist of a black yak hair shirt, a blouse a black woollen jacket, heavy felt boots and a distinctive conical bamboo hat. Silver jewelry is worn on the back.
EditorialWater Serpent Temple (Dzong-gyap Lu-kang) in Lhasa. Gilt finial on top; below this, black yak-hair curtain. It is on a small island. In the foreground are old poplar trees; in the background is the back of the Potala. . Photographs of Tibet and Sikkim...
EditorialSalt Lake, Thibet. There are hundreds of salt lakes in the northern plateaus of Tibet, including the highest salt lake in the world. Nomads made journeys to these remote waters cradled by snow peaks, returning with salt-laden yak caravans to barter the...
EditorialThe yak of Tartary, Bos grunniens, painted by George Stubbs. From Captain Samuel Turner?s Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet, 1800. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogn...
EditorialMoorcroft and Hearsey on the road to Lake Mansarowar (Tibet). The travellers wearing Indian dress, and riding on yaks, are shown meeting two Tibetans on horseback with a loaded yak. 1812. Watercolour. Source: WD 350.
EditorialWater Serpent Temple (Dzong-gyap Lu-kang) in Lhasa. Gilt finial on top; below this, black yak-hair curtain. It is on a small island. In the foreground are old poplar trees; in the background is the back of the Potala. . Photographs of Tibet and Sikkim...
EditorialLetters Y and Z. Y for yak. Z for zebra. The ark alphabet. London : Frederick Warne & Co., [1876] Camden Press. Source: 12805.l.45.(10) plate 7.
EditorialSalt Lake, Thibet. There are hundreds of salt lakes in the northern plateaus of Tibet, including the highest salt lake in the world. Nomads made journeys to these remote waters cradled by snow peaks, returning with salt-laden yak caravans to barter the...
EditorialThe Yak. Photographic Views of the Progress of the Crystal Palace, Sydenham. Taken during the progress of the works, by desire of the directors, by Philip H. Delamotte. Together with a list of the directors and officers of the company, etc. London, 185...
EditorialMoorcroft and Hearsey on the road to Lake Mansarowar (Tibet). The travellers wearing Indian dress, and riding on yaks, are shown meeting two Tibetans on horseback with a loaded yak. 1812. Watercolour. Source: WD 350.
EditorialYak and Zebra Illustrations and verses from Nonsense Alphabets drawn and written by Edward Lear. . Nonsense Botany, and Nonsense Alphabets, Fifth edition. Frederick Warne & Co.: London & New York, 1889. Source: Cup.400.a.42 100. Language: English.
EditorialThe yak of Tartary, Bos grunniens, painted by George Stubbs. From Captain Samuel Turner?s Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet, 1800. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogn...
EditorialYak, Bos grunniens (vulnerable), musk ox, Ovibos moschatus, wild barbary sheep, Ovis longipes palaeoaegyptiacus (extinct), and red sheep, Ovis aries. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinz's Illustrated Natural History of Men a...