EditorialTazza, Cl?rissy Factory, established ca. 1686, Tin-glazed earthenware, Circular form with blue and white grotesque decoration in the style of Jean Berain. Central figure is a seated youth dressed in classical garb, holding a scepter. Flanked by singeri...
EditorialItalian 16th Century, (artist), Mortar with Putti and Griffins, early 16th century, bronze/Dark brown bronze, overall: 13.3 x 17.7 cm (5 1/4 x 6 15/16 in.).
EditorialSaucer with griffins and floral scrolls, Porcelain dish with straight wall, painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, black and gold. On the shelf a golden medallion with a pot and branches engraved in it. Around it a golden band and a band with floral...
EditorialDeath of Pieter Cornelis, Baron van Leyden, Lord of Vlaardingen and Vlaardingerambacht, Silver Medal. Front: coat of arms under crown with three helmets, flanked by two griffins above pennant with lettering. Reverse: inscription, Flushing, Vlaardingen,...
EditorialTerracotta pelike (wine jar), Late Classical, ca. 375?350 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 11 in. (28 cm), Vases, Obverse, battle between Arimaspeans and griffins, Reverse, three youths conversing. The Greek historian Herodotus described ...