EditorialAn Escutcheon, Black chalk, pen and ink, brush and bistre wash on laid paper, Vertical rectangle. A scrollwork escutcheon showing a female mask at top center, a satyr mask laterally, male mask between them. On verso: a seated woman reading and framed b...
EditorialDesign for a Candlestick, Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 17991868, Graphite, pen and ink, brush and wash on paper, A grape vine is wound around a column upon which two swans support a starred globe. Fasted to it by spokes is a ring supporting eight...
EditorialDesign for a Candlestick, Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 17991868, Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper, A column surrounded by a grapevine stands on a high pedestal and is topped by two swans supporting a starred sphere. Fasted to it is a ring int...
EditorialFasting Buddha Shakyamuni, Kushan period, 3rd?5th century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Schist, H. 10 15/16 in. (27.8 cm), Sculpture, After reaching enlightenment at Bodhgaya, Shakyamuni meditated and fasted for forty-nine days. Thus, showing...
EditorialFasting Buddha Shakyamuni, Kushan period, 3rd?5th century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Schist, H. 10 15/16 in. (27.8 cm), Sculpture, After reaching enlightenment at Bodhgaya, Shakyamuni meditated and fasted for forty-nine days. Thus, showing...