EditorialAllegorical Figures of the 'Four Continents', Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, Friedrich Elias Meyer, German, 1723 - 1785, hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, Four figures (a, b, c, d) together form a set...
EditorialAllegorical Figures of the 'Four Continents', Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, Friedrich Elias Meyer, German, 1723 - 1785, hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, Four figures (a, b, c, d) together form a set...
EditorialA Young Woman (of Venice?) in Gown and Mantle. Dated: c. 1563. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.) gross weight: 62.31 gr (0.062 kg). Medium: lead.
EditorialFragment of Paracas mantle, Medium: cotton, wool Technique: embroidered on plain weave foundation, Design of a butterfly looked at from above. Four curled feelers on either side of the head and a mask at the end of a long tongue. Solid embroidery on co...
EditorialMantle, Medium: warp: cotton; weft: silk, metallic (silver strips wrapped around linen core) Technique: plain weave with discontinuous wefts (tapestry), interlocked Label: silk and metallic tapestry, Mantle decorated with series of broad and narrow hor...
EditorialWoman's mantle (chyrpy), Medium: silk embroidery, wool appliqu?, cotton foundation Technique: embroidered and appliqu?d on plain weave foundation Label: cotton, appliqu?d with wool and embroidered with silk, Woman's white cotton chyrpy embroidered with...
EditorialMantle Clock Supported by a Hotei ('Laughing Buddha'), Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 1773, soft paste porcelain; enamel, brass, steel, glass, bronze, gold, porcelain, A white porcelain figure of Budai on a gilt bronze four legged b...
EditorialFragment, Medium: cotton Technique: plain weave foundation with gauze weave, Fragment of a red cotton shawl or mantle in which a geometrical design is executed in an open work or lace effect., Peru, 400100 BC, woven textiles, Fragment.
EditorialAllegorical Figures of the 'Four Continents', Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, Friedrich Elias Meyer, German, 1723 - 1785, hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, Four figures (a, b, c, d) together form a set...
EditorialAllegorical Figure of 'America', Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, Peter Reinicke, German, 1715 - 1768, Johann Friedrich Eberlein, German, 1696 - 1749, Gottfried Bernhard G?z, German, 1708 - 1774, hard paste porcel...
Editorial5 drachmas from Greece of King Georgios I, 1875, Greece, King Georgios I, 5 drachmas, Silver coin. Front: King's head to the left. Year below in circular. To the right of that is letter A [= Paris]. Reverse side: Greek coat of arms hanging on mantle wi...
EditorialMantle Fragment, Paracas, 6th5th century B.C., Peru, Ica Valley, Paracas, Cotton, pigment, H. 21 x W. 70 1/2 in. (53.3 x 179.1 cm), Textiles-Woven.
EditorialChandelier woman (Leuchterweibchen) with a coat of arms, Stag horned female with coat of arms, The female half-figure dressed in Renaissance costume holds a coat of arms with both hands embossed with a capricorn running on the hind legs. Her cloak, whi...
EditorialThe Supper at Emmaus The Emmaus goers, On an ascending floor behind a set round table there is Christ between the two Emmaus goers, to the right of them are a man and a woman. Christ is pictured the moment He breaks the bread. The stigmata on his hands...
EditorialNautilus shell with sliced vines, A nautilus shell decorated with vines cut from the mantle around the walls and four concentric ovals at the bottom. Two female heads resting in a rosette have been saved from the thickness around the navel. Signed Cbf ...
EditorialChandelier woman (Leuchterweibchen) with a coat of arms, Stag horned female with coat of arms, The female half-figure dressed in Renaissance costume holds a coat of arms with both hands embossed with a capricorn running on the hind legs. Her cloak, whi...
EditorialThe Supper at Emmaus The Emmaus goers, On an ascending floor behind a set round table there is Christ between the two Emmaus goers, to the right of them are a man and a woman. Christ is pictured the moment He breaks the bread. The stigmata on his hands...
EditorialPlate with the Hasselaer - Kick alliance arms Plate, painted in many colors with the coat of arms of Nicolaas Cornelis Hasselaer (1703-1741) and Anna Divera Kick Pancras (1707-1769), Plate of painted porcelain. The slightly deepened shelf is painted wi...
EditorialFragment of a mantle of cisel? velvet with bobbin lace, according to tradition from Hugo de Groot, Fragment of a mantle of black cisel? velvet on which black bobbin lace is sewn. According to tradition, the fragment comes from a cloak of Hugo de Groot....
EditorialGold finger ring engraved with an image of Hermes, Late Classical, late 4th century B.C., Greek, South Italian, Tarentine, Gold, Overall: 13/16 x 7/16in. (2 x 1.1cm), Gold and Silver, The broad oval bezel of this heavy gold ring is engraved with an int...
EditorialTerracotta statuette of a draped, standing woman, Hellenistic, 3rd century B.C., Greek, Boeotian, Terracotta, H. 8 11/16 in. (22.1 cm), Terracottas, Much of the polychromy, which was added after firing, is beautifully preserved. The mantle has pink dye...
Editorial5 drachmas from Greece of King Georgios I, 1875, Greece, King Georgios I, 5 drachmas, Silver coin. Front: King's head to the left. Year below in circular. To the right of that is letter A [= Paris]. Reverse side: Greek coat of arms hanging on mantle wi...
EditorialBudai, Image of a sitting fat man with a beard, one hand on the raised knee, the mantle has sunk so that the belly and shoulders are bared. The rear is only roughly machined. (crack in belly, nose worn)., anonymous, China, c. 1600 - c. 1699, ivory, h 5...
EditorialA Young Woman (of Venice?) in Gown and Mantle. Dated: c. 1563. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.) gross weight: 62.31 gr (0.062 kg). Medium: lead.
EditorialA Young Woman (of Venice?) in Gown and Mantle. Dated: c. 1563. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.) gross weight: 62.31 gr (0.062 kg). Medium: lead.
EditorialGold finger ring engraved with an image of Hermes, Late Classical, late 4th century B.C., Greek, South Italian, Tarentine, Gold, Overall: 13/16 x 7/16in. (2 x 1.1cm), Gold and Silver, The broad oval bezel of this heavy gold ring is engraved with an int...
EditorialTerracotta statuette of a draped, standing woman, Hellenistic, 3rd century B.C., Greek, Boeotian, Terracotta, H. 8 11/16 in. (22.1 cm), Terracottas, Much of the polychromy, which was added after firing, is beautifully preserved. The mantle has pink dye...