EditorialAllegorical Figure of 'Africa', Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, Gottfried Bernhard G?z, German, 1708 - 1774, hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, 'Africa' female figure, black, with elephant-head coif, fe...
EditorialCoif, Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk-core embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, coral, leaf, and chain stitches with looping and detached looping on plain weave foundation Label: linen embroidered with silk and metallic th...
EditorialBukharan woman and husband. Lalla Ro?kh. [A description of Tableaux vivants re. Berlin, 1822. A Bukharan woman and her husband. The outdoor bonnet and coat is different from that of Bukharan girls. Bukharan women wear under their bonnet a sort of coif...
EditorialBukharan woman and husband. Lalla Ro?kh. [A description of Tableaux vivants re. Berlin, 1822. A Bukharan woman and her husband. The outdoor bonnet and coat is different from that of Bukharan girls. Bukharan women wear under their bonnet a sort of coif...
EditorialSandstone stele with a figure of Harihara, Indian, 10th. The main four-armed standing figure is divided verticlly through the centre, its proper right-side (that is on the left of this picture) is Shiva, and the left Vishnu. Shivas hair is built up in ...