EditorialFILE PHOTO: Writer J.K. Rowling poses as she arrives for the European premiere of the film "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" at Cineworld Imax, Leicester Square in London
EditorialCape, Medium: S-spun tussah silk embroidery, Z-spun cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in chain and back stitch with French knots on two layers of plain weave; inner layer of unspun cotton Label: cotton embroidered with tussah silk in chain and b...
Editorial***EMBARGOED UNTIL 9am EST on TUESDAY 21 DEC*** The Beatles seen in rare and newly-discovered photos in Ringo Starrs upcoming memoir, set for 2022 release
EditorialCape, Medium: S-spun tussah silk embroidery, Z-spun cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in chain and back stitch with French knots on two layers of plain weave; inner layer of unspun cotton Label: cotton embroidered with tussah silk in chain and b...
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...
EditorialBratina (ceremonial vessel), stand and tcharkas (cups), Pavel Akinov Ovchinnikov, Russian, active 1853 - c.1917, Raised, repouss?, chased, and engraved parcel-gilt silver, Parcel-gilt silver bratina with stand and six tcharkas, with lobed panels, each ...
EditorialBratina (ceremonial vessel), stand and tcharkas (cups), Pavel Akinov Ovchinnikov, Russian, active 1853 - c.1917, Raised, repouss?, chased, and engraved parcel-gilt silver, Parcel-gilt silver bratina with stand and six tcharkas, with lobed panels, each ...
EditorialBratina (ceremonial vessel), stand and tcharkas (cups), Pavel Akinov Ovchinnikov, Russian, active 1853 - c.1917, Raised, repouss?, chased, and engraved parcel-gilt silver, Parcel-gilt silver bratina with stand and six tcharkas, with lobed panels, each ...
EditorialMarcus Curtius' death Roman heroes (series title), Round, lead plaque, surrounded by a leaf edge. In the foreground the hero plunges on horseback and in full armor into the fiery canyon that had opened on the Roman Forum. The fortune-tellers had predic...
EditorialDish with serrated edge and decoration in blue, Dish of soft paste porcelain, with serrated edge and decorated on white ground with blue: edge and flat with arabesques and Chinese emblems. At the rear two double circle lines and a fantastic improvised ...
EditorialArgus and Mercury, Round, lead plaque, surrounded by a braid band. In the foreground the two figures are sitting opposite each other, Argus on the right, slumbering in the tones of the god's flute play, which is disguised as a shepherd. On the right on...
EditorialSolomon's judgment, Round, lead plaque, cut from above. In the middle Solomon on his throne, the back to a fantastic palace facade. He turns his head to the standing woman on the far right, who wrongly claims the living child as hers. In the foreground...
EditorialThe angler, Round, lead plaque, surrounded by a sling edge. The fisherman, seated on the left, has turned the upper body all the way to the right and holds the rod in his right hand. Behind him trees and fantastic architectures on an overgrown hilltop....