EditorialTen of Spades, E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century, B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France, Lithograph on paper, Ten of Spades playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. Vertically, a scene of devil and demon creatures and figures, spad...
EditorialSix of Hearts, E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century, B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France, Lithograph on paper, Six of Hearts playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. Vertically, a figural scene at a horse racetrack. At left, three s...
EditorialNine of Spades, E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century, B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France, Lithograph on paper, Nine of Spades playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. Vertically, two rows of male figures shown in outline, seven sho...
EditorialFive of Hearts, E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century, B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France, Lithograph on paper, Five of Hearts playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. Vertically, a figural scene in outline. At center, a figure of a...
EditorialStanding image of a man, completely naked. The torsos lack the lower legs, forearms, neck and head, sculpture, marble, 27 cm, imperial age 50.
EditorialTwo Female torsos Torso of a goddess, Body of a woman whose head, arms and feet are missing, maybe the Bodhissatva Prajnaparamita ?, representations, goddesses, demi-goddesses, heroines etc. (Hinduism, Buddhism or Jainism), anonymous, Cambodja, 1175 - ...
EditorialShiva Seated with Parvati, Thakuri period, 11th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Copper alloy, H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm); W. 11 in. (27.9 cm); D. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm); Wt. 21 lbs (9.5 kg), Sculpture, The paring of Shiva and his wife, Parvati, as the divin...
EditorialTwo Female torsos Torso of a goddess, Body of a woman whose head, arms and feet are missing, maybe the Bodhissatva Prajnaparamita ?, representations, goddesses, demi-goddesses, heroines etc. (Hinduism, Buddhism or Jainism), anonymous, Cambodja, 1175 - ...
EditorialTwo mythical creatures facing each other. With tails. Human torsos. Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. England, S. (Salisbury?). Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds. 2nd quarter of the 13th cen...
EditorialAlexander battling against giant men; Alexander encountering blemmyae (men with heads on their torsos); Alexander encountering sheep-headed dragons. Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romance...
EditorialShiva Seated with Parvati, Thakuri period, 11th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Copper alloy, H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm); W. 11 in. (27.9 cm); D. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm); Wt. 21 lbs (9.5 kg), Sculpture, The paring of Shiva and his wife, Parvati, as the divin...
EditorialFigure, 150 B.C.?A.D. 100, United States, Alaska, Old Bering Sea, Ivory (walrus), H. 3 3/4 x W. 1 1/8 in. (9.4 x 2.8 cm), Bone/Ivory-Sculpture, The ivory half-figures or torsos made during the late centuries of the first millennium B.C. were often rend...
EditorialHandle with Intertwined Figures, early Malla period, 13th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Copper alloy, H. 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm); Gr. W. 1 9/16 in. (4 cm), Metalwork, This elaborate openwork handle for a ritual vessel is composed of a five intertwined...
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