Editorial" The Dying Lion", a stone panel from Ninveh, northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, 645 BCE. Small alabaster wall panel showing a lion struck by one of the king's arrows; blood gushes from the lion's mouth, veins stand out on his face. Lions sym-boliz...
EditorialAbstract Japanese Naval Flag Motif, Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire), Abstracted Japanese naval flags in the shape of pine-bark lozenges are alternating with another Japanese sym...
EditorialPurse, Medium: silk, gilt wire, metal-wrapped silk-core threads Technique: plain weave with discontinuous weft (tapestry weave), Small purse with four identical shield-shapes sides and a draw-cord top, lined with blue silk damask. On each side is a sym...
EditorialCiborium cover, Medium: silk, metal, cotton Technique: embroidered on taffeta, Conical shaped cover made in four sections, now partly ripped; cream white taffeta. Each section embroidered in gold thread with details in pink and green silk; stylized sym...
EditorialBelt Buckle, 550?600, Visigothic, Copper alloy with garnets, glass, lapis lazuli, and cuttlefish bone, Overall: 5 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. (13.6 x 6 x 2.9 cm), Metalwork-Copper, The belt buckle was a field for elaborate decoration and a very visible sym...
Editorial" The Dying Lion", a stone panel from Ninveh, northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, 645 BCE. Small alabaster wall panel showing a lion struck by one of the king's arrows; blood gushes from the lion's mouth, veins stand out on his face. Lions sym-boliz...
EditorialBelt Buckle, 550?600, Visigothic, Copper alloy with garnets, glass, lapis lazuli, and cuttlefish bone, Overall: 5 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. (13.6 x 6 x 2.9 cm), Metalwork-Copper, The belt buckle was a field for elaborate decoration and a very visible sym...
Editorial" The Dying Lion", a stone panel from Ninveh, northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, 645 BCE. Small alabaster wall panel showing a lion struck by one of the king's arrows; blood gushes from the lion's mouth, veins stand out on his face. Lions sym-boliz...
EditorialBelt Buckle, 550?600, Visigothic, Copper alloy with garnets, glass, lapis lazuli, and cuttlefish bone, Overall: 5 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. (13.6 x 6 x 2.9 cm), Metalwork-Copper, The belt buckle was a field for elaborate decoration and a very visible sym...
Editorial" The Dying Lion", a stone panel from Ninveh, northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, 645 BCE. Small alabaster wall panel showing a lion struck by one of the king's arrows; blood gushes from the lion's mouth, veins stand out on his face. Lions sym-boliz...
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