EditorialHow to know the shore birds (Limicol?) of North America (south of Greenland and Alaska) all the species being grouped according to size and color : Cory, Charles B. (Charles Barney), 1857-1921.
EditorialCarpet with the arms of Rogier de Beaufort, Turenne and De Comminges (fragment), Fragment of a tapestry. On blue ground a pattern of diamond-shaped figures formed by four storks has been applied in white, red, yellow, light and dark brown and black, al...
EditorialShore birds on the tidal flats near the proposed site of a new container terminal in Delta, British Columia, Canada, on Sept. 25, 2021. Members of the Lummi Nation and other Native groups in the area fear the project could pose a serious threat to their fishing waters. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)
EditorialContainer in the shape of a crane Container in the shape of a crane, Lacquer box in the shape of a crane, inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Probably a box for serving food, shore birds and wading birds: crane, anonymous, Japan, c. 1700 - c. 1800, Edo-period...
EditorialCommon cranes on the water Three petals (series title) Sanbira no uchi (series title on object), Five cranes on the beach at the water's edge, a portion of their wings is indicated in blind pressure. This print is the first state on which the first poe...
EditorialKwak (Nycticorax nycticorax), Nacht Rave. / Nictocorax. (title on object), Kwak. Numbered top right: 31. With the Latin and German name. Part of the third album with drawings of birds. Fifth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants k...
EditorialMirrored cabinet Mirror cabinet with doors in which Chinese-style backglass paintings with cranes and water plants, Mirror cabinet glued with multiple types of wood on an oak core and consisting of an upper and lower cupboard. The base has rounded corn...
EditorialCommon flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus), vlaemijnck. / phaenicopteros. / flamandt. (title on object), European flamingo. Numbered top right: 20. Top left the name in four languages. Part of the third album with drawings of birds. Fifth of twelve albums...
EditorialDish, Dish made of glass, Large dish made of blue-green glass. Low, round base with polished pontil mark. On the shelf a white catch in which cutting into the cameo technique saves a seascape with five seagulls, the largest two with a yellow beak and y...
EditorialRoerdomp (Botaurus stellaris), aresbias, ardea stellaris minor. (title on object), Roerdomp. Numbered top right: 22. Part of the third album with drawings of birds. Fifth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, co...
EditorialFrisian with twelve birds, including a stork Frisians with birds (series title), In the middle a stork with a parrot on either side on a branch., birds, shore birds and wading birds: stork, ornamental birds: parrot, Nicolaes de Bruyn (mentioned on obje...
EditorialCourtesan, crane and turtle at pine, shore birds and wading birds: crane, tortoises, turtles, Isoda K?ry?sai (mentioned on object), Japan, 1770 - 1780, paper, colour woodcut, h 693 mm × w 122 mm.
EditorialContainer in the shape of a crane Container in the shape of a crane, Lacquer box in the shape of a crane, inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Probably a box for serving food, shore birds and wading birds: crane, anonymous, Japan, c. 1700 - c. 1800, Edo-period...
EditorialFour young spoonbills on a nest, shore birds and wading birds (SPOONBILL) (young animal), anonymous, 1856 - 1890, glass, zegel rand, h 84 mm ? w 170 mm.
EditorialCommon cranes on the water Three petals (series title) Sanbira no uchi (series title on object), Five cranes on the beach at the water's edge, a portion of their wings is indicated in blind pressure. This print is the first state on which the first poe...
EditorialBittern, Figure of painted porcelain. The figure represents a stirrup that stands on an irregular base between leaves and irises. The chest and neck feathers, those of the abdomen, the wings and the legs are painted in light and dark red-brown, black, ...
EditorialStork (Ciconia ciconia), oijvaert. / ciconia. / cicogne. (title on object), Storks. Numbered top right: 10. Part of the third album with drawings of birds. Fifth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissione...
EditorialHeron skeleton Heron (title on object), Print on the upper right marked: fol: 248, shore-birds and wading-birds: heron, animals (skeleton of an animal), Jan Luyken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1680, paper, etching, h 138 mm ? w 83 mm.
EditorialCommon crane in front of the rising sun, Common crane perching along the rising New Year's sun partly shrouded in fog banks. With one poem, shore birds and wading birds: crane, sunrise, Yashima Gakutei (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1825, paper, colo...
EditorialHexagonal cup with a flying crane in a panel, Hexagonal porcelain cup, painted in underglaze blue. A flying crane on the outside wall against a ground of 'crackled ice' in a lobed cartouche, lotus vines around the cartouche, the outer edge with a decor...
EditorialKwak (Nycticorax nycticorax), Nacht Rave. / Nictocorax. (title on object), Kwak. Numbered top right: 31. With the Latin and German name. Part of the third album with drawings of birds. Fifth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants k...
EditorialHerons (Ardeidae), Oyvaerden / Ardeae / Cicognes (title on object), Leaf with four different types of herons, including the red-necked heron (Egretta rufescens). Numbered top right: 11. With the Latin names. Part of the third album with drawings of bir...
EditorialCannon owned by the Van Reigersberg family, Richly decorated cannon made of cast bronze on the original oak wooden horse. The coat of arms of the Van Reygersberg family with two lions as shield holders for the zundgat on the bottom piece, four swimming...
EditorialHow to know the shore birds (Limicol?) of North America (south of Greenland and Alaska) all the species being grouped according to size and color : Cory, Charles B. (Charles Barney), 1857-1921.
EditorialSnipe (Gallinago gallinago), snipe. / beccassine. (title on object), Snipe. Numbered top right: 18. Part of the third album with drawings of birds. Fifth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emp...
EditorialOrdinary flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus), Vlaemijnck. / phaenicopteros. / flamandt. (title on object), European flamingo. Numbered top right: 19. With the Latin and French name. Part of the third album with drawings of birds. Fifth of twelve albums wi...
EditorialKwak (Nycticorax nycticorax), Nacht-Raeve. / Ardea Cinerea minor. nicticorax. (title on object), Kwak. Numbered top right: 32. With the name in four languages. Part of the third album with drawings of birds. Fifth of twelve albums with drawings of anim...
EditorialEuropean crane (Grus grus), Craene. / Grus. / Grue. (title on object), European crane. Numbered top right: 15. At the top the name in nine languages. Part of the third album with drawings of birds. Fifth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds...
EditorialLidded vase Vase with lid, Inverted egg-shaped vase with a narrow, high cylindrical neck and a vaulted lid with a knob. The vase is painted on one side with a heron on a ground and on the other side with a tick on a tree. The lid is painted with a bird...
EditorialMother and daughter, A woman bites off pieces of paper from a long letter, from which her daughter folds cranes. In the background a kimono hangs over a rack. With one poem about a young woman who folds cranes with her child, shore-birds and wading-bir...
EditorialNautilus cup Nautilus cup in the shape of a crane, Nautilus cup with gold-plated silver frame, in the shape of a crane. The bird stands on one leg and wraps a white silver ball in the other. Hunting representations engraved along the mouth of the shell...
EditorialCannon owned by the Van Reigersberg family Cannon owned by the Van Reigersberg family, Richly decorated cannon made of cast bronze on the original oak rolling horse. The coat of arms of the Van Reygersberg family with two lions as shield holders for th...
EditorialCarpet with the arms of Rogier de Beaufort, Turenne and De Comminges (fragment), Fragment of a tapestry. On blue ground a pattern of diamond-shaped figures formed by four storks has been applied in white, red, yellow, light and dark brown and black, al...
EditorialCourtesan on a crane, Courtesan with a long letter on a flying crane. She represents the Chinese immortal Kung Ho, who is usually depicted on a crane with a book. With three poems, shore birds and wading birds: crane, Ry?ry?kyo Shinsai (mentioned on ob...
EditorialMirrored cabinet Mirror cabinet with doors in which Chinese-style backglass paintings with cranes and water plants, Mirror cabinet glued with multiple types of wood on an oak core and consisting of an upper and lower cupboard. The base has rounded corn...
EditorialPear-shaped vase with a molded dragon, Pear-shaped vase of stoneware with a nodule in the neck just below the rim, covered with a crackled gray and flamb? purple glaze. Starting on the shoulder and continuing over the neck a winding, appliqued chilong ...
EditorialCrane for the first sunrise of the year, A standing crane for the first sunrise of the new year. The crane is a sign of a long life. With one poem, shore birds and wading birds: crane, Totoya Hokkei (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1821, paper, colour ...