EditorialOriginal Harry Potter watercolour illustration introducing boy wizard to the world on first book cover sets auction record with $600,000 pre-sale estimate
EditorialMarble female figure, Early Cycladic I, 3200?2800 B.C., Cycladic, Marble, H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm), Stone Sculpture, The figure wears a headdress; on later works, the headdress is painted rather than incised. The pairs of holes in the neck and right leg ...
EditorialBlack limestone mask, Santiago Ahuizotla, Mexico. This stone mask, found in the basin of Mexico, displays a wide forehead and stylized planar features typical of the Teotihuacan style. Designs are carved on the cheeks, representing facial painting and ...
EditorialNapkin with the Downfall of the Egyptians in the Red Sea and the Adoration of the Golden Calf, napkin of linen damask with the collapse of the Egyptians in the Red Sea and the Adoration of the Golden Calf. Midfield: the symmetrically doubled pattern sh...
EditorialReliquary bust of Saint Thekla, Relic bust from Saint Thekla, Reliquary bust of gilt silver and enamel, representing Saint Thekla. The hair is divided into two braids at the back. Around the neck, along the edge of the robe, a chain with red enamel and...
EditorialMoon-Shaped Bottle, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), 18th century, China, Soft-paste porcelain with incised decoration under ivory glaze (Jingdezhen ware), H. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm), Ceramics, In the eighteenth century, the kilns at Jingdezhen began using anothe...
EditorialBottle with Dragons, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), first half of the 18th century, China, 'Soft paste' porcelain with incised decoration under glaze (Jingdezhen ware), H. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm), Ceramics, In the eighteenth century, the kilns at Jingdezhen be...
EditorialBugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Flintstones voice actor Mel Blanc memorabilia to go under the hammer, including studio microphone and signed animations
EditorialBugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Flintstones voice actor Mel Blanc memorabilia to go under the hammer, including studio microphone and signed animations
EditorialTraffic sign made of walnut, inlaid and covered with olive wood, ebony, palm wood and bone, the outside has a chess board, palm wood and bone. The square box-shaped game can be folded open on two copper hinges and can be closed by means of a copper hoo...
EditorialArt cabinet Art cabinet Hainhofer cabinet, Rectangular art cabinet glued with ebony, with beveled corners and standing on a wider base on a base with feet on the corners, decorated with lobe ornament. The pedestal shows around diamond-shaped pillows in...
Editorialtreasure find of Palaikastron - part of a necklace (emerald in gold box setting), gold, emerald, cut, chased, soldered, gold, emerald, Total: Height: 1.5 cm; Width: 1.4 cm; Depth: 0.7 cm, body jewelry, necklace, high Hellenistic, late Hellenistic, Gree...
EditorialPendant in the Shape of a Ruler or?Lord, A..D.?200600, Jadeite, 9.98 ? 4.17 ? 1.73 cm (3 15/16 ? 1 5/8 ? 11/16?in.), This pendant in the shape of a standing male figure probably once belonged to a Maya noble. The craggy nose and specific details of the...
EditorialInro with a Chrysanthemum-Blossom?Pattern, early 19th?century, Inro: gold lacquer ground on wood with gold, silver, and red pigment, and decoration in togidashi maki-e, and nashiji on the interior; netsuke: ivory; ojime: variegated stone, 3 5/8 ? 1 3/4...
EditorialClassical antiquity, gem, intaglio, ringstone, Material, stone, jasper, Color, red and yellow, opaque, Shape, oval, standing, Machining, Maaskant-Kleibrink, M, Catalog of the engraved gems in the Royal Coin Cabinet, , 1978, p.60, fig. 2, type F1, 11 x ...
Editorialflints of dark brown material with spiers top and oval cross section, ax, stone, flint, length: 10.4 cm, prehistory, Netherlands, North Brabant, Mill and Saint Hubert, Mill.
EditorialNetherlands Roman period, cameo, Material, stone, agate, Color, light gray, dark gray and red-brown, opaque, Shape, oval, standing, 24 x 17 mm., Thickness 5 mm, Location, the Netherlands.
EditorialNetherlands Roman time, gem, intaglio, ringstone, Material, stone, carnelian, Color, orange, transparent, Shape, oval, standing, Machining, Maaskant-Kleibrink, M, Catalog of the engraved gems in the Royal Coin Cabinet, 1978, p.60, fig.2, type 4A, 15.5 ...
EditorialNetherlands Roman period, gem, intaglio, ringstone, Material, stone, onyx, nicolo, Color, black and blue gray, Shape, oval, standing, Machining, Maaskant-Kleibrink, M, Catalog of the engraved gems in the Royal Coin, Cabinet, 1978, p.60, fig. 2, type F4...
EditorialOld Europe, gem, intaglio, ringstone, material, stone, carnelian, agate, Color, orange, transparent, Shape, oval, standing, Machining, Maaskant-Kleibrink, M, Catalog of the engraved gems in the Royal Coin, Cabinet, 1978, p.60, fig. 2, type F4, 10 x 7 m...
EditorialNetherlands Roman period, gem, intaglio, ringstone, Material, stone, heliotrope, Color, green, opaque, Shape, oval, standing, Machining, Maaskant-Kleibrink, M, Catalog of the engraved gems in the Royal Coin Cabinet, 1978, p.60, fig. 2, type F1, 14 x 11...
EditorialA fragment of an image. Probably it is a man dressed in a cloak hanging over the shoulder with richly decorated piping. He wears wide bracelets and around his neck hangs a composite necklace with convex beads and a large pendant. Very cleverly the scul...
EditorialNetherlands Roman period, gem, intaglio, ringstone, Material, stone, carnelian, Color orange-red, transparent, Shape, oval, horizontal, Machining, Maaskant-Kleibrink, M, Catalog of the engraved gems in the Royal Coin Cabinet, 1978, , p.60, fig. 2, type...
EditorialNetherlands Roman time, gem, intaglio, ringstone, Material, stone, jasper, Color, red, opaque, Shape, oval, standing, Machining, Maaskant-Kleibrink, M, Catalog of the engraved gems in the Royal Coin Cabinet, 1978, p.60, fig. 2, type F1, 14 x 10 mm., Th...
EditorialNetherlands Roman period, gem, intaglio, ring stone, Material, stone, carnelian, Color, red-orange, transparent, Shape, oval, standing, Machining, Maaskant-Kleibrink, M, Catalog of the engraved gems in the Royal Coin Cabinet, 1978, p.60, fig. 2, type 4...
EditorialOld Europe, gem, intaglio, ring stone, Material, stone, jasper, Color, red, opaque, Shape, oval, standing, Machining, Maaskant-Kleibrink, M, Catalog of the engraved gems in the Royal Coin Cabinet, 1978, p.60, fig. 2, type F1, 17 x 12 mm., Thickness 3 m...