EditorialJosiah with Jechoniah in his arms, ancestors of Christ from the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo, Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 1770, d. 1773, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian, 14751564, Red chalk on paper, Seated male figure iden...
EditorialShunksai Hokush, death memory picture of the actor Ichikawa Ebijr I, color woodcut, total: height: 36,80 cm; width: 25,50 cm, signed: signature: Shunksai Hokush , publisher: Tenmaya Kihei and Iden, prints, printed matter, actor, actress, Edo period.
EditorialArtist: Ning Zhai, Chinese, active late 15thearly 16th century, Daoist Immortal Han Xiangzi with an?Attendant, late 15thearly 16th?century, Hanging scrol, I, ink and color on silk, without mounting: 63 1/4 ? 38 1/8 in. (160.7 ? 96.8 cm), The flute iden...
EditorialTetrapod Bowl, 1st?4th century, Guatemala, Mesoamerica, Maya, Ceramic, H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm), Ceramics-Containers, Wide-mouthed bowls or plates are believed to have been used as presentation or serving vessels. Those raised on four bulbous feet are iden...
EditorialHvashang, one of the Sixteen arhats who were the first of Buddha's disciples to attain Buddhahood. Hvashvang is surrounded by children here and often wrongly iden-tified as " the laughing Buddha" .