EditorialGrecian and Roman architectural mouldings. Greek fillet listel annulet, cyma recta, fascia, echinus ovolo, talon enriched, astragal, Doric, cavetto and torus, and Roman Scotia, cantaliver and Corinthian modillion. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry ...
EditorialUrn on Pedestal, Niderviller Porcelain Factory, French, active from 1754, porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, Bottom of bowl on outside decorated with loops and acanthus leaves in relief. Upper portion decorated by friezes of triglyph-like rectangles, re...
EditorialMarble sphinx on a cavetto capital, Archaic, ca. 580?575 B.C., Greek, Attic, Marble, H. with akroterion 28 3/8 in. (72 cm), Stone Sculpture, Inscribed on the plinth, I am the monument of [...]linos. This sphinx and capital once crowned the tall grave s...
EditorialMarble sphinx on a cavetto capital, Archaic, ca. 580?575 B.C., Greek, Attic, Marble, H. with akroterion 28 3/8 in. (72 cm), Stone Sculpture, Inscribed on the plinth, I am the monument of [...]linos. This sphinx and capital once crowned the tall grave s...
EditorialGrecian and Roman architectural mouldings. Greek fillet listel annulet, cyma recta, fascia, echinus ovolo, talon enriched, astragal, Doric, cavetto and torus, and Roman Scotia, cantaliver and Corinthian modillion. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry ...
EditorialMarble sphinx on a cavetto capital, Archaic, ca. 580?575 B.C., Greek, Attic, Marble, H. with akroterion 28 3/8 in. (72 cm), Stone Sculpture, Inscribed on the plinth, I am the monument of [...]linos. This sphinx and capital once crowned the tall grave s...
EditorialSistrum Inscribed with the Names of King Teti, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, ca. 2323?2291 B.C., From Egypt; Possibly from Memphite Region, Memphis (Mit Rahina), Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), pigment, resin, H. 26.5 cm (10 7/8 in.); W. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); D...
EditorialGrecian and Roman architectural mouldings. Greek fillet listel annulet, cyma recta, fascia, echinus ovolo, talon enriched, astragal, Doric, cavetto and torus, and Roman Scotia, cantaliver and Corinthian modillion. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry ...