EditorialOrnaments, Medium: silk, metal, pearls Technique: split stitch embroidery on satin weave, Four separate ornaments, cruciform, with center circular medallions framing pictorial representations of Saints (apostles). Faces and hands in fine silk split sti...
EditorialBris? fan, Carved tortoiseshell sticks, silk ribbon (probably replacement), tortoiseshell washer and metal loop at the rivet, Bris? fan of tortoise shell with green silk ribbon. Blades mostly plain with three carved panels. Guards carved in high relief...
EditorialBris? fan, Carved and pierced ivory sticks, silk ribbon, metal washer at the rivet, Bris? fan. Sticks of lace-carved and pierced ivory with monogram at the center; silk connecting ribbon; metal washer at the rivet; guards carved in high-relief with lan...
EditorialSmall, round, ivory box with lid, round box with a convex lid. Circumcised in high relief with three Chinese on the lid by a tree and a pavilion, around the side a landscape with houses without figures and on the bottom a flower in low relief. On the i...
EditorialSmall, round, ivory box with engraved mother-of-pearl tokens, round box with a convex lid. The lid and sides decorated in high relief. On the lid a curious representation of three trees surrounded by a fence, on the sides a landscape with houses withou...
EditorialThe Death of the Virgin (The Dormition), late 15th century, Made in Cologne, Germany, German, Oak, 63 x 73 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. (160 x 187.3 x 43.8 cm), Sculpture-Wood, Workshop of Tilman Heysacker (German, active Cologne 1487?died 1515), This high-relief ...
EditorialSmall, round, ivory box with lid, round box with a convex lid. Circumcised in high relief with three Chinese on the lid by a tree and a pavilion, around the side a landscape with houses without figures and on the bottom a flower in low relief. On the i...
EditorialBursa of yellow silk satin with embroidery, Bursa of yellow silk satin with embroidery in silk and in high relief with gold and silver thread depicting Greek cross., anonymous, Netherlands, c. 1750 and/or c. 1800 - c. 1849, silk, silver thread, h 22 cm...
EditorialSmall, round, ivory box with engraved mother-of-pearl tokens, round box with a convex lid. The lid and sides decorated in high relief. On the lid a curious representation of three trees surrounded by a fence, on the sides a landscape with houses withou...
EditorialHand guard, Square mocha-shaped tsuba with a decoration of two hanan in high relief on a background of imitated wood. In wooden box (not matching) with collector's stamp., anonymous, Japan, 1800 - 1900, iron (metal), copper (metal), d 8.2 cm ? t 0.5 cm.
EditorialDecapitation of John the Baptist, The decapitation of John the Baptist. The beheaded John is lying on the ground. His head is placed by the executioner on a dish that stops Salom?. The image is a high relief, the beheading of John the Baptist, anonymou...
EditorialThe Death of the Virgin (The Dormition), late 15th century, Made in Cologne, Germany, German, Oak, 63 x 73 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. (160 x 187.3 x 43.8 cm), Sculpture-Wood, Workshop of Tilman Heysacker (German, active Cologne 1487?died 1515), This high-relief ...
EditorialBronze bust of an Amazon, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, H. 14.5 cm, Bronzes, In high relief: Amazon or goddess wearing an oriental cap and carrying a sheathed sword.
EditorialTwo bronze handle attachments, Imperial, ca. 2nd century A.D., Roman, Bronze, H. 7/16 in. (8.8 cm), Bronzes, The handles once decorated the side of a situla (wine bucket), and the wreathed mask in high relief may be identified as that of Dionysus.
EditorialLimestone head of Apollo, Hellenistic, 3rd?1st century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (29.8 x 24.1 x 19.1 cm), Stone Sculpture, The face is surrounded by thick curls. The laurel wreath, consisting of groups of three or fo...
EditorialBronze bust of an Amazon, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, H. 14.5 cm, Bronzes, In high relief: Amazon or goddess wearing an oriental cap and carrying a sheathed sword.
EditorialTwo bronze handle attachments, Imperial, ca. 2nd century A.D., Roman, Bronze, H. 7/16 in. (8.8 cm), Bronzes, The handles once decorated the side of a situla (wine bucket), and the wreathed mask in high relief may be identified as that of Dionysus.