EditorialPleated fan, Painted skin leaf, ivory sticks carved ? jour, gilt and silvered, brilliants, Pleated fan with painted skin leaf. Obverse: scene of shepherd and shepherdesses at a well. Reverse: sprays of flowers. Ivory sticks carved ? jour, gilt and silv...
EditorialPleated fan, Paper leaf gilded and painted with gouache, pierced, carved, and gilded ivory sticks, mother-of-pearl guards, pin set with a brilliant, Pleated fan. Gilded paper leaf painted with gouache showing an outdoor scene with two figures playing m...
EditorialPleated fan, Parchment and silk leaf, gilded and painted with gouache, painted and gilded ivory and mother-of-pearl sticks, brilliant set in pin, Pleated fan. Parchment and silk leaf, gilded and painted with gouache. Obverse: scene of playing maidens a...
EditorialGlass cinerary urn (olla), Imperial, mid-1st?mid 2nd century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, Diam.: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm), Glass, Translucent blue green. Broad, everted, tubular rim, made by folding out, down, round, and in, with beveled upper surface; ovoid bo...
EditorialGlass perfume bottle, Mid Imperial, 2nd?3rd century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm), Glass, Translucent blue green. Rim folded out, round, and in, flattened on top with irregular mouth; concave cylindrical neck, expanding at base to form...
EditorialGlass perfume bottle, Mid Imperial, 2nd century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, 3 1/8 in. (8 cm), Glass, Translucent pale blue green. Rim folded out, down, over, and in; cylindrical neck, expanding slightly downwards and tooled in at base; globular body; sl...
EditorialGlass perfume bottle, Early or Mid Imperial, 1st?2nd century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, 4 7/16in. (11.3cm), Glass, Colorless. Rim folded out, over, and in; cylindrical neck, expanding downward, with tooling around base; elongated piriform body with con...