EditorialPlate with imaginary portrait of the tragic poet Moschion, 1811?18, French, S?vres, Hard-paste porcelain, Diameter: 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, The decorators at S?vres painted cameos in a way that convincingly captures the stones' translu...
EditorialLarge high-shouldered jar, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, mid?5th Dynasty, ca. 2500?2400 B.C., From Egypt, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), H. 33 cm (13 in.); Diam. 12.7 cm (5 in.), This tall jar reveals the artist's sensitive use of the range of color and th...