EditorialGlass bowl fragment with gold leaf and painted decoration, Late Imperial, 3rd?4th century A.D., Roman, Glass, gold, paint; blown, gold foil applied to upper surface and decorated with stylus, painted, and a second thin layer of glass pressed onto upper...
EditorialPima or Egyptian cotton is the best for making thin, light clothing, but requires much more water to grow than other types of cotton. (Josie Norton/The New York Times)
EditorialGlass bowl fragment with gold leaf and painted decoration, Late Imperial, 3rd?4th century A.D., Roman, Glass, gold, paint; blown, gold foil applied to upper surface and decorated with stylus, painted, and a second thin layer of glass pressed onto upper...
EditorialRound box with antiquities and precious objects, Round box made of porcelain with a flat lid, painted in underglaze blue. On the box of valuables (artemisia leaf, windows, books). The cover with antiques (tripod, books, lotus scepter). Marked on the un...
EditorialWine Pot with Figures in a Landscape, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), 18th century, China, Gold lacquer over pewter, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, H. (incl. handle) 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm), Lacquer, While lacquer on metal is an aspect of the ...
EditorialA "Thin Blue Line" flag and challenge coins in the office of Ron DeLord, a labor organizer who helped write the playbook that police nationwide used to build potent unions, in Austin, Texas, Feb. 5, 2021. (Christopher Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialDish, Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735, porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, Asymetrical ovoid dish with scalloped rim, scrolled at left and right; rim decorated with wide blue band between thin gilt lines; in center, oval medallion wit...
EditorialDish, Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735, porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, Asymetrical ovoid dish with scalloped rim, scrolled at left and right; rim decorated with wide blue band between thin gilt lines; in center, oval medallion wit...
EditorialHinrich Ohm?en, hump bowl for the ertrog fruit at the Feast of Tabernacles, silver, chased, chased, chased, hallmarked, gilded, Total: Height: 3.60 cm; Diameter: 20.00 cm, Bz (Schliemann 38 I); Mz O in H ; ET (French) ET (French import stamp), Gold-/Si...
EditorialA small silver bowl with an S-shaped wall. The bowl has an omphallos bottom and a very thin regular wall. The bottom is decorated with a rosette, accented with engraved lines. The rosette has seven complete leaves that run in a point. Two rounded leave...