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Editorial Cylinder seal and imprint, Neo-Babylonian (612-539 BCE) Gilgamesh fighting a bull; shepherd and mountain goats. Cornelian, H: 3,4 cm AO 4770.
Editorial Spring rain
Editorial Cornelian cherry, Cornus mas 1, and common medlar, Mespilus germanica 2. Fruit, leaf and blossom. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) ...
Editorial Cornelian cherry. Cornus mascula.
Editorial Fruits, Fruits a noyau. Banana, Musa sapientum 1, olive, Olea europaea 2,4, jujube, Ziziphus jujuba 3, scarlet hawthorn, Crataegus coccinea 5, Cornelian cherry, Cornus mascula 6, and blackberry, Morus nigra 7. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun aft...
Editorial 'Sansuyu' village
Editorial UNESCO heritage in spring
Editorial 'Sansuyu' flowers in full bloom
Editorial Winter cherries in snow
Editorial Gem with Venus and Anchises, Unknown, Italy, about 25 B.C., Cornelian in modern gold and enamel mount, 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.).
Editorial Book-Shaped Reliquary, c. 1000. Circle of Master of the Registrum Gregorii (German). Ivory, silver: gilded, pearls, rubies, emeralds, crystals, onyx, cornelian, oak; overall: 31.6 x 24.4 x 7.5 cm (12 7/16 x 9 5/8 x 2 15/16 in.); part 1: 17.8 x 14 cm (7...
Editorial Endymion, shepherd with his dog and spear, asleep beneath his lover the moon, Selene. On yellow cornelian from Lord Montague's collection. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Worlidge from James Vallentin's One Hundred and Eight Engravings from Antique Gem...
Editorial Cornelian Bay: Regency women on a picnic are surprised by a sudden storm. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson, aquatint by J.C. Stadler, after a sketch by J. Green from Poetical Sketches of Scarborough, Ackermann, London, 1813.
Editorial Cornelian cherry, Cornus mas (Corniolo). Handcoloured woodblock print by Wolfgang Meyerpick after an illustration by Giorgio Liberale from Pietro Andrea Mattioli's Discorsi di P.A. Matthioli ne i sei libri della Materia Medicinale di Pedacio Dioscoride...
Editorial Fruits, Fruits a noyau. Banana, Musa sapientum 1, olive, Olea europaea 2,4, jujube, Ziziphus jujuba 3, scarlet hawthorn, Crataegus coccinea 5, Cornelian cherry, Cornus mascula 6, and blackberry, Morus nigra 7. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun aft...
Editorial Vignette with the Head of Bacchus on a Cornelian, Tome I, Page 242, from Description des Principales Pierres grav?es du Cabinet de S. A. S. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orl?ans Premier Prince du sang. A Paris chez M. l'abb? de la Chau au Palais-Royal M. l'abb?...
Editorial Anonymous / 'Small agate and cornelian cup'. 1670 - 1700. Agate, Alabaster, Cowry, Enamel, Gold.
Editorial Gem with Venus and Anchises, Unknown, Italy, about 25 B.C., Cornelian in modern gold and enamel mount, 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.).
Editorial Portrait of Aristophanes, Greek comic playwright, on cornelian, from the collection of the King of Naples. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Worlidge from James Vallentin's One Hundred and Eight Engravings from Antique Gems, 1863.
Editorial Portrait of Sapho or Sappho, Greek lyric poet from the island of Lesbos, wearing laurel wreath and diaphanous shawl, on cornelian in Lord Montague's collection. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Worlidge from James Vallentin's One Hundred and Eight Engra...
Editorial Portrait of Antinous, Bithynian Greek youth and lover of the Roman emperor Hadrian, on cornelian from Lord Bessborough's collection. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Worlidge from James Vallentin's One Hundred and Eight Engravings from Antique Gems, 1863.
Editorial Portrait of Jupiter or Jove, Roman deity, on cornelian from the collection of John Fothergill M.D. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Worlidge from James Vallentin's One Hundred and Eight Engravings from Antique Gems, 1863.
Editorial Necklace, 100s BC. Greece, 2nd Century BC. Gold, moonstone, garnet, emerald, cornelian, baroque pearl, and banded agate; overall: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.).
Editorial Book-Shaped Reliquary, c. 1000. Circle of Master of the Registrum Gregorii (German). Ivory, silver: gilded, pearls, rubies, emeralds, crystals, onyx, cornelian, oak; overall: 31.6 x 24.4 x 7.5 cm (12 7/16 x 9 5/8 x 2 15/16 in.); part 1: 17.8 x 14 cm (7...
Editorial The Imperial Eagle, c. 1-25. Italy, Rome, probably Augustan, early 1st Century. Cornelian intaglio; diameter: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.).
Editorial Anonymous / 'Case for small agate and cornelian cup'. 1670 - 1700. Wood, Metal, Silk, Velvet.
Editorial Anonymous / 'Small agate and cornelian cup'. 1670 - 1700. Agate, Alabaster, Cowry, Enamel, Gold.
Editorial 'Sansuyu' flowers in full bloom
Editorial A bird's spring feast
Editorial Vignette with the Head of Bacchus on a Cornelian, Tome I, Page 242, from Description des Principales Pierres grav?es du Cabinet de S. A. S. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orl?ans Premier Prince du sang. A Paris chez M. l'abb? de la Chau au Palais-Royal M. l'abb?...
Editorial Cornelian cherry, Cornus mas (Corniolo). Handcoloured woodblock print by Wolfgang Meyerpick after an illustration by Giorgio Liberale from Pietro Andrea Mattioli's Discorsi di P.A. Matthioli ne i sei libri della Materia Medicinale di Pedacio Dioscoride...
Editorial Vignette with the Head of Bacchus on a Cornelian, Tome I, Page 242, from Description des Principales Pierres grav?es du Cabinet de S. A. S. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orl?ans Premier Prince du sang. A Paris chez M. l'abb? de la Chau au Palais-Royal M. l'abb?...
Editorial Pippin's reliquary, or the reliquary of the circumcision 9th-11th century. Reverse side with birds (eagles? doves?) with enamelled wings; in the center of the roof an antique gem of cornelian representing Apollo. 18,5 cm x 18,5 cm.
Editorial A child's diadem, found in one of the simpler graves at the cemetery of Ur, Mesopotamia. A small wooden coffin containing the bones of a very young child lay at the bottom of a shaft. The child was wearing the diadem around its head. There are three go...
Editorial Necklace of gold pearls with agate, cornelian and lapis lazuli. Funeral gift from a princely tomb in Susa, 4th BCE, Achaemenid period. Sb 2768.
Editorial Japanese cornelian cherries
Editorial Cornelian cherry, Cornus mas (Corniolo). Handcoloured woodblock print by Wolfgang Meyerpick after an illustration by Giorgio Liberale from Pietro Andrea Mattioli's Discorsi di P.A. Matthioli ne i sei libri della Materia Medicinale di Pedacio Dioscoride...
Editorial Necklace of gold pearls with agate, cornelian and lapis lazuli. Funeral gift from a princely tomb in Susa, 4th BCE, Achaemenid period. Sb 2768.
Editorial A child's diadem, found in one of the simpler graves at the cemetery of Ur, Mesopotamia. A small wooden coffin containing the bones of a very young child lay at the bottom of a shaft. The child was wearing the diadem around its head. There are three go...
Editorial Vignette with the Head of Bacchus on a Cornelian, Tome I, Page 242, from Description des Principales Pierres grav?es du Cabinet de S. A. S. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orl?ans Premier Prince du sang. A Paris chez M. l'abb? de la Chau au Palais-Royal M. l'abb?...
Editorial Cornelian cherry, Cornus mas (Corniolo). Handcoloured woodblock print by Wolfgang Meyerpick after an illustration by Giorgio Liberale from Pietro Andrea Mattioli's Discorsi di P.A. Matthioli ne i sei libri della Materia Medicinale di Pedacio Dioscoride...
Editorial Portrait of Vitellius, Roman Emperor, on cornelian, in the collection of Mr Stanley. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Worlidge from James Vallentin's One Hundred and Eight Engravings from Antique Gems, 1863.
Editorial Portrait of Asclepius, Greek god of medicine, with snake, on cornelian in Sir Geoffrey Armytage's collection. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Worlidge from James Vallentin's One Hundred and Eight Engravings from Antique Gems, 1863.
Editorial Portrait of Quintus Titurius Sabinus, Roman legate, on cornelian from the collection of Matthew Duane. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Worlidge from James Vallentin's One Hundred and Eight Engravings from Antique Gems, 1863.
Editorial Portrait of Messalina, Roman Empress, wife to Claudius, on yellow cornelian from Lord Montague's collection. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Worlidge from James Vallentin's One Hundred and Eight Engravings from Antique Gems, 1863.
Editorial Portrait of Apollo, god of medicine and music in Greek mythology, shown naked with lyre, cloak and sun hat, petasos. On cornelian from the Duke of Marlborough's collection. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Worlidge from James Vallentin's One Hundred and...