EditorialVase, Daum Fr?res, French, founded 1875, Acid-etched and incised glass, silver-gilt (mount), Squat ovoid body of deep green glass with dark red interior mottling, straight neck. Silver-gilt base and lip mountings with floral designs. Body decoration on...
EditorialFigure, Metal, enamel, gilt, gold, Metal figurine of bald-pated man with top knot holding bow and brown enamel violin with gold strings and edging. Enameled costume: green jacket with gray blet, royal blue waistcoat with gold buttons, light blue breech...
EditorialSidewall, Liberty Wall Paper Company, Schuylerville, New York, Machine-printed paper, Green stripe with metallic gold scrollwork alternating with maroon stripe of ground color with effect of mottling., Schuylerville, New York, USA, 19051912, Wallcoveri...
EditorialCylinder seal with cultic scene, Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian, Date late 8th - 7th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Assyrian, Neutral Chalcedony (Quartz), possibly etched to produce white mottling, 1.16 in. (2.95 cm), Stone-Cylinder Seals.
EditorialStamp seal (ovoid) with cultic scene, Assyro-Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Date late 8th - 6th century B.C., Syria (?), Assyro-Babylonian, Neutral Chalcedony (Quartz), possibly etched or heated to produce white mottling, Seal Face: 1.8 x 1....
EditorialHatchet, France, France, Jadeite, very dark green, almost black, with a veining and mottling of brown, H. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); W. 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); D. 9/16 in. (1.5 cm), Jade.
EditorialUnknown (Chinese), Bell with Leopard Finial, 1279/1368, Porcelaneous stoneware with gray-green glaze and scattered brown mottling, 4 1/2 x 4 7/8 in.
EditorialUnknown (Chinese), Stone with Design of Two Carp in a Stream, 1644/1722, White nephrite jade with brown and ochre mottling, 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (11.4 x 7.0 cm).
EditorialDisc (bi) with Imperial Poem in Seal Script (zhuanshu) by the Qianlong Emperor, 1736-95. China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong reign (1736-95). White jade with brown mottling, historic jade, recut and incised; diameter: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.).
EditorialWater receptacle with cover, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), China, Nephrite, light sage-green with a mottling of white and brown, and a heavy staining of variegated dead-oak-leaf, H. 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); W. 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm); L. 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm), Jade.
EditorialVase with cover, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), Qianlong period (1736?95), China, Nephrite, a mottling of spinach-green and gray, with stainings of brown, H. 12 1/16 in. (30.6 cm); W. 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm); D. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm), Jade.