EditorialTy, Case (Inr) with Design of Buddhist Angel (obverse); Pine Forest (reverse), Japan, Edo period (16151868), Ty (Japanese, active second half of the 18th century), late 18th century, Japan, Silver shibuichi lacquer decorated with roiro (waxen) lacquer ...
EditorialBohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus. (Waxen chatterer, Ampelis garrulus) Handcoloured copperplate engraving of an illustration by A (Ann) Hayes from William Hayes' Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds from the Menagery of Osterly Park, London, Bulmer,...
EditorialShibata Zeshin, Case (Inr) in the Shape of an Ink Stick with Design of God of Longevity (Jurjin), Reading beneath a Star Constellation (obverse);Twelve-Character Inscription (reverse), Japan, Meiji period (18681912), Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 18071891)...
EditorialCase (Inr) with Design of Chinese Women at Court, Japan, Edo period (16151868), Date late 18thearly 19th century, Japan, Roiro (waxen) lacquer decorated with incised gold; Ojime: stone bead, Netsuke: carved ebony monkey, 3 3/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 3/16 in. (8....
EditorialCase (Inr) with Design of Chinese Woman at Court Feeding a Parrot, Japan, Edo period (16151868), Date late 18th century, Japan, Roiro (waxen) lacquer decorated with incised gold and metal, ceramic, ivory, and coral inlay, H. 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm); W. 2 ...
EditorialTy, Case (Inr) with Design of Buddhist Angel (obverse); Pine Forest (reverse), Japan, Edo period (16151868), Ty (Japanese, active second half of the 18th century), late 18th century, Japan, Silver shibuichi lacquer decorated with roiro (waxen) lacquer ...
EditorialShibata Zeshin, Case (Inr) with Painting of Courtesan at Night (obverse); House Gate (reverse), Japan, Edo period (16151868), Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 18071891), 19th century, Japan, Roiro (waxen) lacquer with sprinkled hiramkie lacquer and togidashi ...
EditorialKoma Kry, Case (Inr) with Design of People Catching Fireflies, Japan, Edo period (16151868), Koma Kry (Japanese, died 1796), 19th century, Japan, Roiro (waxen) lacquer with decoration in togidashi sprinkled and polished lacquer and nashiji (pear-skin) ...
EditorialA wax figure of King Charles VI of France is offered at the shrine of Saint Aquaire, known for curing madness, 1390s. Shrine of St. Aquaire. Presentation of the waxen figure of the king. Woodcut after an illuminated manuscript from Sir John Froissart's...
EditorialBohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus. (Waxen chatterer, Ampelis garrulus) Handcoloured copperplate engraving of an illustration by A (Ann) Hayes from William Hayes' Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds from the Menagery of Osterly Park, London, Bulmer,...
EditorialWaxen chatterer or Bohemian waxwing with crested cap, fine chestnut back and breast, pale belly and yellow-tipped tail... Bombycilla garrulus (Ampelis garrulus).