EditorialAfternoon Tea. James McNeill Whistler; American, 1834-1903. Date: 1896-1897. Dimensions: 185 x 157 mm (image); 397 x 242 mm (sheet). Transfer lithograph in black on tan laid Japanese vellum. Origin: United States.
EditorialTea caddy Ovoid tea caddy with European figures in landscapes, Egg shaped porcelain tea caddy, on a base with openwork curl, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, eggplant, black and gold. On the wall twice a cartouche of leaf vines w...
EditorialOvoid tea caddy with European figures in landscapes, Egg shaped porcelain tea caddy, on one foot with openwork curl, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, eggplant, black and gold. On the wall twice a cartouche of leaf vines with in o...
EditorialTurmeric milk tea with black pepper for inflammation, one of the possible cold and flu solutions at home, in New York, Oct. 16, 2022. (Molly Matalon/The New York Times)
EditorialIn the garden of the Aioiya tea house, Courtisane with two younger attendants, talking to man in black cloak, watched by man, sitting on couch with pipe in left hand, behind which young male servant of tea house, far left waitress with saucer in hands ...
EditorialAfternoon Tea. James McNeill Whistler; American, 1834-1903. Date: 1896-1897. Dimensions: 185 x 157 mm (image); 397 x 242 mm (sheet). Transfer lithograph in black on tan laid Japanese vellum. Origin: United States.
EditorialTea caddy with a black glaze, Dust tea can or chaire of stoneware with an ivory lid, covered with a black glaze. Gold lacquer restorations on the edge. Old label on the inside with 'Raku (Kyoto) / 18th'. Raku., anonymous, Japan, c. 1700 - c. 1850, ston...
EditorialMen haori with the hills near the Daikyoan temple, Haori for a man with a decoration on the lining of a circular image of a hilly landscape with a calligraphic poem above it, visible between two sliding doors with calligraphy and a stamp, bottom left a...
EditorialTable for Tea Ceremony, Edo period (1615?1868), 18th century, Japan, Black lacquer, H. 26 3/4 in. (67.9 cm); W. 35 1/2 in. (90.2 cm); L. 15 3/4 in. (40 cm), Lacquer.
EditorialThe actor Sanj? Kantar? as a tea-seller, Edo period, Japan, c1720-c1730. The onnagata (female impersonator) Sanj? Kantar? plays the Kabuki role of a seller of Uji tea carrying her portable stall. The print is hand coloured in shades of red, pink and pu...
EditorialTea Bowl and Saucer. Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory; Austrian, 1718-1744. Date: 1725-1735. Dimensions: Cup: H. 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.); diam. 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.); Saucer: diam. 13 cm (5 1/8 in.). Hard-paste porcelain, black monochrome, and gilding. Origin...
EditorialTea Bowl and Saucer. Du Paquier Porcelain Manufactory; Austrian, 1718-1744. Date: 1725-1735. Dimensions: Cup: H. 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.); diam. 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.); Saucer: diam. 12.9 cm (5 1/16 in.). Hard-paste porcelain, black monochrome, and gilding. O...
EditorialAsk for Liebig Company's extract of meat being the finest meat-flavouring ingredient. None genuine without fac-simile of Baron Liebig, the inventor's signature in blue color across the label. Avoid all imitation extracts. Directions. Beef-tea. Efficien...
EditorialCylindrical box, Edo period (1615?1868), 19th century, Japan, Red lacquer on bamboo with sprinkled gold powder, H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); Diam. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm), Lacquer, This box probably held a tea whisk. The designs are of the autumn grass hagi (bush...