EditorialInflation and tight supplies are the big reasons Christmas trees cost more this year. Still, there are some things you can do to keep the price down and still have a natural tree. (Thomas Fuchs/The New York Times)
EditorialAlong with much else on the holiday shopping list, Christmas trees, both real and fake, are more expensive this year. (Till Lauer/The New York Times)
EditorialSaucer with stylized flower, prunus trees and birds, Porcelain saucer with round wall, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow and black. On the shelf a stylized flower in the center, a flowering prunus tree on either side of it, a flyin...
EditorialPlate with a lady and gentlemen in a garden, in the background a women, Porcelain plate painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, black and gold. On the shelf a representation of a reclining lady in a garden with flowering plants and tree...
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...
EditorialSet of six small heart-shaped dishes Heart-shaped dish Heart-shaped dish, painted with figures around a tree, Heart-shaped dish, multicolored painted with figures around a tree., trees, anonymous, Delft, c. 1735 - c. 1755.
EditorialHand guard with cherry trees and pheasants, Rounded rectangular tsuba with two pheasants in front of a flowering cherry tree in iroe-taka-zogan, at the back, flower branches and a stream, inscriptions 'minamoto kagekuni kitan' and 'soun no zu', signed ...
EditorialDeath of Oliver Cromwell, Medal upon the death of Oliver Cromwell, September 3, 1658. Silver Medal, obverse: bust, portrait of a man with laurel wreath in profile to the left, inside Latin inscription, reverse: shepherd with sheep in a hilly landscape,...
EditorialSet of six small heart-shaped dishes Heart-shaped dish Heart-shaped dish, painted with figures around a tree, Heart-shaped dish multi-colored painted with figures around a tree, trees, anonymous, Delft, c. 1735 - c. 1755.
EditorialSaucer with stylized flower, prunus trees and birds, Porcelain saucer with round wall, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow and black. On the shelf a stylized flower in the center, a flowering prunus tree on either side of it, a flyin...
EditorialSet of six small heart-shaped dishes Heart-shaped dish Heart-shaped dish, painted with figures around a tree, Heart-shaped dish, multicolored painted with figures around a tree, trees, anonymous, Delft, c. 1735 - c. 1755.
EditorialPlate with a lady and gentlemen in a garden, in the background a women, Porcelain plate painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, black and gold. On the shelf a representation of a reclining lady in a garden with flowering plants and tree...
EditorialSet of six small heart-shaped dishes Heart-shaped dish Heart-shaped dish, painted with figures around a tree, Heart-shaped dish, multicolored with figures around a tree, trees, anonymous, Delft, c. 1735 - c. 1755, w 11.5 cm.
EditorialPlate with figures in a pavilion and playing boys, Flat porcelain plate, painted in underglaze blue. On the shelf a Chinese lady, gentleman and boy in a pavilion, two boys are playing outside in a fenced garden with a tree, rocks and plants, on the edg...
EditorialJohn the Baptist and John the Evangelist, Virtually square lead plaque. The two figures face each other, the Baptist seen frontally, the court three-quarters to the left. On his left arm he carries the Lamb with victory on a book, he raised his right h...
EditorialBowl (crow cup) with Chinese ladies, trees and a bridge on a rock, Bowl or crow's head made of porcelain with a scalloped edge, painted in underglaze blue. The outer wall is divided into wide and narrow compartments with in the broad compartments alter...
EditorialEarth (Terra), Earth. Round bronze plaque, surrounded by a flat border. The naked, female figure is seated on the left, the head is wreathed, and a bunch of flowers in her left hand raised, her right arm is supported by a vase of fruits, behind her a t...
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...
EditorialPlate with figures in a pavilion and playing boys, Flat plate of porcelain, painted in underglaze blue. On the shelf a Chinese lady, gentleman and boy in a pavilion, two boys are playing outside in a fenced garden with a tree, rocks and plants, on the ...
EditorialCaddy with chinoiseries, Caddy. Rectangular. The wooden core is glued with turtle and inlaid with engraved silver chinoiseries. Silver, profiled frames on all sides. The cylindrical lid is made of silver and is crowned by a round button. On the four si...
EditorialSet of six small heart-shaped dishes Heart-shaped dish Heart-shaped dish, painted with figures around a tree, Heart-shaped dish, multicolored painted with figures around a tree, trees, anonymous, Delft, c. 1735 - c. 1755.
EditorialSuzanna with the old, Round, lead plaque. On the left in the foreground one of the old, three-quarters viewed from behind, to the right behind a tree stump the second in profile, leaning forward towards Suzanna, who leans back in the middle plan, in a ...
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....