EditorialSupport, Gilt bronze, Couchant lion with haunches spread, the back spanned by a flat plate with three holes, probably for attaching to base of candlestick. Protruding tongue, two tails, shell and volute scrolls., Italy, 18th century, metalwork, Decorat...
EditorialEngraving, Black ink and watercolors on paper, Horizontal strip: bear hunt. At left, a bear on its haunches crushes a hound with its foreleg as two other cogs rush it. At the right a hunter shoots a bear at close range. Colors green and brown, the hunt...
EditorialSupport, Gilt bronze, Couchant lion with haunches spread, the back spanned by a flat plate with three holes, probably for attaching to base of candlestick. Protruding tongue, two tails, shell and volute scrolls., Italy, 18th century, metalwork, Decorat...
EditorialTile, Grueby Faience Company, Revere, Massachusetts, 18951908, Formed, applied and glazed earthenware, Light buff earthenware body with press-molded design of lion on haunches backed by stylized trees and landscape. Tan, cream, light blue, and green ma...
EditorialEngraving, Black ink and watercolors on paper, Horizontal strip: bear hunt. At left, a bear on its haunches crushes a hound with its foreleg as two other cogs rush it. At the right a hunter shoots a bear at close range. Colors green and brown, the hunt...
EditorialFigure of a dog, Emile Gall?, French, 1846 - 1904, Glazed earthenware, Bulldog sitting on haunches, decorated as if wearing light blue dressing gown, banded in red and embellished with predominantly red flowers, a few blue forget-me-nots and green foli...
EditorialTiger, Edo period (1615?1868), late 18th century, Japan, Ivory, H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); W. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); D. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm), Netsuke, Raku, Tigers are not native to Japan. Their absence spurred fanciful ideas about their nature and physical for...
EditorialNative japanese sits on his haunches and watches men of the 130th Regt, 33rd Div, make and amphibious landing during "invasion". Japan, 9/2/45.
EditorialSaucer, multicolored, painted with chinoiseries, Saucer with handles, painted porcelain. Along the inside of the mouth rim runs a lace-like ornament in gold. The haunches are pointed. The dish is decorated with a H?roldt chinoiserie within a four-pass....
EditorialCoffin for a mummified cat, Egypt, Roman Period, after 30 BC. This example has a green painted head and a white body. The coffin shape reproduces the external appearance of the cat squatting on its haunches. The cat was closely associated with the godd...
EditorialTiger, Edo period (1615?1868), late 18th century, Japan, Ivory, H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); W. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); D. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm), Netsuke, Raku, Tigers are not native to Japan. Their absence spurred fanciful ideas about their nature and physical for...
EditorialNative japanese sits on his haunches and watches men of the 130th Regt, 33rd Div, make and amphibious landing during "invasion". Japan, 9/2/45.
EditorialCoffin for a mummified cat, Egypt, Roman Period, after 30 BC. This example has a green painted head and a white body. The coffin shape reproduces the external appearance of the cat squatting on its haunches. The cat was closely associated with the godd...