EditorialCase for an animal mummy topped by a falcon, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 13.4 cm (5 1/4 in.); W. 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.); L. 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.), The falcon god Horus stands with his wings swept back. He has a...
Editorial'The Conjurer'. Engraving of a conjurer or magician in a dancing posture. He has a girdle round his waist, from which in front hangs a skin, folded over to show the animal mask; and at the side, a bag made from skins, with a long fringe. Attached to th...
EditorialLord Portmore Watching Racehorses at Exercise on Newmarket Heath, John Wootton, 16821764, British, ca. 1735, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 26 5/8 x 49 inches (67.6 x 124.5 cm), breeches (trousers), coats, equestrians, farmland, fence, fields (agricultu...
Editorial'The Conjurer'. Engraving of a conjurer or magician in a dancing posture. He has a girdle round his waist, from which in front hangs a skin, folded over to show the animal mask; and at the side, a bag made from skins, with a long fringe. Attached to th...
EditorialFolding fan with a sheet of paper on which a pastoral representation with two figures, dog and sheep and a shepherdess on the back in gouache a frame of ivory ajour and carved in relief, with accompanying fan box, Folding fan with a sheet of paper on w...