EditorialEXCLUSIVE: Leonardo Dicaprio Looks Up To The Sky And Takes Photos Of The Massive Rolling Stones Stage And Venue As He Makes Incognito Arrival With His Supermodel Girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti In Las Vegas - 11 May 2024
EditorialPolished axe-head, ca. 1800 BCE The Neolithic period is characterized by the advent of ground and polished axes and adze heads. Polishing the stone tool by grinding a fine abrasive against it gave the axe a smoother cutting edge and greater strength. P...
EditorialPolished axe-head, ca. 1800 BCE The Neolithic period is characterized by the advent of ground and polished axes and adze heads. Polishing the stone tool by grinding a fine abrasive against it gave the axe a smoother cutting edge and greater strength. P...
EditorialEarrings, Gilt, pearls, paste stones, A and B: Gilt earrings in the form of a human head wearing a turban set with paste diamonds and pearl earrings; at the bottom, a lead ornament set with red and green stones. Ring at the bottom suggests a part may b...
EditorialMiser's purse, Medium: silk, metal Technique: crocheted, Crocheted light blue silk, unornamented. Two gold rings control side opening; gold seals containing carved stones are attached to either end. A carved portrait head is on one; writing, possibly a...
EditorialEarrings, Gilt, pearls, paste stones, A and B: Gilt earrings in the form of a human head wearing a turban set with paste diamonds and pearl earrings; at the bottom, a leaf ornament set with red and green stones. RIng at bottom indicates a part may be m...
EditorialDesigns for Nine Bands for Bases, Pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor, traces of graphite on off-white laid paper; verso: pen and brown ink, graphite, Nine designs for bands for covering the points of bases intended to be executed in metal and, exc...
EditorialCarolingian fibula, missing the probably iron needle. The whole of bronze. Foot and head decorated with incised leaf ornament, the braces with inlaid green stones., Fibula, even-arm fibula, metal, bronze, 1.1 x 3.2 x 0.9 cm, vmec 800-850, Netherlands, ...
EditorialUnknown, I have a notion that even Chiffney could not do the thing better, but it appears tome the horse's head is getting a long way off., c. 1820, Lithograph with three or four stones, touched by hand, on paper, image: 4 5/8 x 6 9/16 in. (11.8 x 16.6...
EditorialPlaque, 12th century, Made in Italy, Sicily, Bone; carved and incised, H. 1 5/8 (4.1 cm), Ivories and Bone, This small pentagonal ivory plaque depicts a lion set against foliage. With one paw raised, the lion tilts its head upwards, and its tail swings...
EditorialNicole Kidman's signed Prada purse and caftan worn by Barbra Streisands in Meet the Fockers among slew of items going under the hammer in huge celebrity auction
EditorialPrinces blue electric guitar, Madonnas Vogue outfit and Michael Jacksons loafers among memorabilia going under the hammer in huge music icons auction
EditorialApplique in the shape of a wolf's head, Unknown, Central Asia, 100 B.C. - A.D. 50, Gold and inlaid stones, 4.9 ? 11.4 ? 2.5 cm (1 15/16 ? 4 1/2 ? 1 in.).
Editorial** WARNING: Contains Graphic Content ** Doctors remove nearly three pounds of gold jewellery worth an estimated £ 53,000 from woman's abdomen in eastern India
EditorialPlaque, 12th century, Made in Italy, Sicily, Bone; carved and incised, H. 1 5/8 (4.1 cm), Ivories and Bone, This small pentagonal ivory plaque depicts a lion set against foliage. With one paw raised, the lion tilts its head upwards, and its tail swings...
EditorialHead of a Water Deity (Chalchiuhtlicue), 15th?early 16th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Aztec, Basalt, Overall: 9 x 8 x 6 3/4 in. (22.86 x 20.32 x 17.15 cm), Stone-Sculpture, The Aztecs carved thousands of images of their gods in stones ranging from muc...
EditorialEgypt. Great Sphinx of Giza. Limestone statue with lion body and human head. Is believed that represents the Pharaoh Khafra. Built as a protective guard on the banks of the River Nile. Detail. Lion's claws built with molded ashlar stones. Old Kingdom. ...
EditorialPolished axe-head, ca. 1800 BCE The Neolithic period is characterized by the advent of ground and polished axes and adze heads. Polishing the stone tool by grinding a fine abrasive against it gave the axe a smoother cutting edge and greater strength. P...