EditorialHandscreen, Painted paper leaf, turned wood handle, Handscreen with a hand-painted paper leaf. Obverse: a colorful bouquet of flowers. Reverse: blue trumpet shaped flowers resembling Gentiana Acaulis. Turned wood handle., France, England, mid- 18th cen...
EditorialHandscreen, Painted paper leaf, turned wood handle, Handscreen with a hand-painted paper leaf. Obverse: a colorful bouquet of flowers. Reverse: blue trumpet shaped flowers resembling Gentiana Acaulis. Turned wood handle., France, England, mid- 18th cen...
EditorialDish of a walnut basket, painted with scattered flowers and golden rushes, Dish of porcelain. The edge of the dish is cut away. Multicolored scatter flowers on the plate of the dish. In the middle of the shelf a colorful flower bouquet. All edges, incl...
EditorialDress made of ecru cheesecloth (?) With colorful embroidery on floss silk, Dress made from ecru cheesecloth (?) With colorful embroidery on floss silk. Stiff pattern with only a border of tooth-shaped orange and green satin stitching. Finished with pin...
EditorialTerracotta stemless kylix (drinking cup), Classical, ca. 500?475 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-glaze, coral red, H. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); diameter 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm), Vases, This cup and its counterpart, are noteworthy for their elegant shape,...
EditorialShroud of Hori, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19?20, ca. 1295?1070 B.C., From Egypt, Linen, gesso, paint, H. 38 cm (14 15/16 in.); W. 43 cm (16 15/16 in.), This colorful scene depicts Hori at his funerary meal, wearing a cone of fragrant incense on h...
EditorialShroud of Hori, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19?20, ca. 1295?1070 B.C., From Egypt, Linen, gesso, paint, H. 38 cm (14 15/16 in.); W. 43 cm (16 15/16 in.), This colorful scene depicts Hori at his funerary meal, wearing a cone of fragrant incense on h...