EditorialButton or Bead or Spindle Whorl, 9th?10th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Bone; tinted, incised and inlaid with paint, H. 3/8 in. (0.9 cm) , Ivories and Bone, The dot-in-circle motif recalls designs presumed to be of magical significance, most li...
EditorialGaming Piece, possibly 8th?12th century, Attributed to Eastern Islamic lands, Glass, Gaming pieces, The dot-in-circle motif recalls designs presumed to be of magical significance, most likely an abstract eye to ward off the evil-eye, which serves an ap...
EditorialGaming Piece, possibly 8th?12th century, Attributed to Eastern Islamic lands, Glass, Gaming pieces, The dot-in-circle motif recalls designs presumed to be of magical significance, most likely an abstract eye to ward off the evil-eye, which serves an ap...
EditorialGaming Piece, possibly 8th?12th century, Attributed to Eastern islamic lands, Glass, Gaming pieces, The dot-in-circle motif recalls designs presumed to be of magical significance, most likely an abstract eye to ward off the evil-eye, which serves an ap...
EditorialLimestone statuette of a temple girl, Hellenistic or Early Imperial, 3rd century B.C.?1st century A.D., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 10 7/8 x 10 1/4 x 5 in. (27.6 x 26 x 12.7 cm), Stone Sculpture, Temple girls are a rare variation on the temple boy scu...
EditorialLimestone statuette of a temple girl, Hellenistic or Early Imperial, 3rd century B.C.?1st century A.D., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 10 7/8 x 10 1/4 x 5 in. (27.6 x 26 x 12.7 cm), Stone Sculpture, Temple girls are a rare variation on the temple boy scu...
EditorialApotropaic wand, acting to ward off the dangers of childbirth and early infancy, various evil spirits, and invoking the protection of deities to protect the vulnerable. Made of hippopotamus ivory; protective images include Bes, a pregnant hippopotamus ...
EditorialBowl with a Gorgon's head surrounded by prowling animals, from Kamiros, Rhodes, made in Corinth. A frieze of panthers, deer, two sphinxes and a siren surround the staring face of the Gorgo Medusa. According to Greek legend, anyone who looked at the fac...
EditorialGaming Piece, possibly 8th?12th century, Attributed to Eastern Islamic lands, Glass, Gaming pieces, The dot-in-circle motif recalls designs presumed to be of magical significance, most likely an abstract eye to ward off the evil-eye, which serves an ap...
EditorialGaming Piece, possibly 8th?12th century, Attributed to Eastern Islamic lands, Glass, Gaming pieces, The dot-in-circle motif recalls designs presumed to be of magical significance, most likely an abstract eye to ward off the evil-eye, which serves an ap...
EditorialEarring, probably 11th?13th century, Attributed to Iraq, Gold, filigree, decorated with granulation, and originally set with stones, Jewelry, These earrings ( and .2) were discovered in al-Hillah, Iraq, and are of a known type produced in the 11th?13th...
EditorialGaming Piece, possibly 8th?12th century, Attributed to Eastern islamic lands, Glass, Gaming pieces, The dot-in-circle motif recalls designs presumed to be of magical significance, most likely an abstract eye to ward off the evil-eye, which serves an ap...
EditorialButton or Bead or Spindle Whorl, 9th?10th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Bone; tinted, incised and inlaid with paint, H. 3/8 in. (0.9 cm) , Ivories and Bone, The dot-in-circle motif recalls designs presumed to be of magical significance, most li...
EditorialLimestone statuette of a temple girl, Hellenistic or Early Imperial, 3rd century B.C.?1st century A.D., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 10 7/8 x 10 1/4 x 5 in. (27.6 x 26 x 12.7 cm), Stone Sculpture, Temple girls are a rare variation on the temple boy scu...
EditorialBowl with a Gorgon's head surrounded by prowling animals, from Kamiros, Rhodes, made in Corinth. A frieze of panthers, deer, two sphinxes and a siren surround the staring face of the Gorgo Medusa. According to Greek legend, anyone who looked at the fac...
EditorialApotropaic wand, acting to ward off the dangers of childbirth and early infancy, various evil spirits, and invoking the protection of deities to protect the vulnerable. Made of hippopotamus ivory; protective images include Bes, a pregnant hippopotamus ...