EditorialCoiling the cable in the after-tank on board the Great Eastern at Sheerness. Visit of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales on May 24th, Transatlantic Cable on Sailboat Great Eastern, Signed: T. Picken, lith., from a drawing by R. Dudley; London, Day & Son, Limit...
EditorialFragments, Medium: silk and metallic yarns Technique: slit tapestry, Fragments of tapestry roundels and borders from a plain cloth garment, some of which is still visible at the edges of these decorations. The fragments show portions of birds, mytholog...
EditorialNatalia Paruz, a professional sawist known sometimes as “Saw Lady,” performs at the Herald Square subway station in Manhattan on April 14, 2017. (Caitlin Ochs/The New York Times)
EditorialNatalia Paruz, a professional sawist known sometimes as “Saw Lady,” performs at the Herald Square subway station in Manhattan on April 14, 2017. (Caitlin Ochs/The New York Times)
EditorialJar with Diamond-Shaped Frames with Abstract Birds and Coiling Motifs. Casas Grandes, Ramos Polychrome; New Mexico, United States, or Chihuahua, Mexico. Date: 1280-1450. Dimensions: 21.6 x 20.3 cm (8 1/2 in x 8 in.). Ceramic and pigment. Origin: New Me...
EditorialWater Pot with Dragons, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), 18th century, China, Porcelain with painting in underglaze copper red (Jingdezhen ware), H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm), Ceramics, The dragon coiling around the surface of this water pot, which was most likely use...
EditorialBag, Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk and coils of gilt foil on linen Technique: embroidered in half-cross, tent, couching and bouillon stitches using silk; brick and plaited braid stitches using metal-wrapped silk plus coils of gilt foil on plain weav...
EditorialHygeia, after an Antique Statue in Giustiniani Collection, Rome, Felice Giani, Italian, 17581823, Pen and ink, brush and bistre wash, traces of graphite on laid paper, Woman seated upon rock, raises her right hand with device. Coiling snake sits in her...
EditorialFragments, Medium: silk and metallic yarns Technique: slit tapestry, Fragments of tapestry roundels and borders from a plain cloth garment, some of which is still visible at the edges of these decorations. The fragments show portions of birds, mytholog...
EditorialVase with Coiling Dragon, China, Qing dynasty (16441911), Kangxi mark and period (16621722), Date 167888, China, Porcelain with peach-bloom glaze (Jingdezhen ware); Western mount, H. 8 in. (20.3 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialMirror with a Coiling Dragon, 3rd Century. China, Three Kingdoms (221-280). Bronze; diameter: 9.9 cm (3 7/8 in.); overall: 1 cm (3/8 in.); rim: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.).
EditorialWater Pot with Dragons, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), 18th century, China, Porcelain with painting in underglaze copper red (Jingdezhen ware), H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm), Ceramics, The dragon coiling around the surface of this water pot, which was most likely use...
EditorialCoiling the cable in the after-tank on board the Great Eastern at Sheerness. Visit of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales on May 24th, Transatlantic Cable on Sailboat Great Eastern, Signed: T. Picken, lith., from a drawing by R. Dudley; London, Day & Son, Limit...
EditorialCoiling the cable in the large tanks at the works at Greenwich, Wrapping of the Transatlantic Cable on Wheels in Greenwich, Signed: R. M. Bryson, lith., from a drawing by R. Dudley; Day & Son, Limited, Lith, Fig. 6, p. 36, Dudley, Robert (ill.); Bryson...
EditorialHonoring the captaincy of Jan Berewout Jan Lanckhorst (1668?1742) Cup from Jan Berewout's captaincy, The round cup has a separate lid. The foot rests on a low, straight-walled base. It is made up of a constricted part with a widened lower edge, and a c...
EditorialRound box with ribbed sides and a coiling dragon in a medallion on the cover, Round box with ribbed wall, painted in underglaze blue. On the lid a medallion with a winding dragon. Slightly gray, crackled glaze. Ming porcelain in blue and white., anonym...
EditorialRound box with ribbed sides and a coiling dragon in a medallion on the cover, Round box cover with ribbed wall, painted in underglaze blue. On the lid a medallion with a winding dragon. Slightly gray, crackled glaze. Ming porcelain in blue and white., ...
EditorialWater Pot with Dragons, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), 18th century, China, Porcelain with painting in underglaze copper red (Jingdezhen ware), H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm), Ceramics, The dragon coiling around the surface of this water pot, which was most likely use...