EditorialMarble figurine of a woman, Cycladic, ca. 2700-2400 BCE. A few male figures and figures of musicians are known, but the figurines are usually female and naked with folded arms, the right arm always underneat the left. Their heads have no features excep...
EditorialA Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with That of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Human Figure, Posterior View (Finished Study for an Unpublished Plate). Date/Period: 1795 to 1806. Drawing. Graphite and red chalk on moderat...
EditorialA Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with That of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Fowl Body, Lateral View (Highly Finished Study for an Unpublished Table; Shows the Last Stage in Dissection). Date/Period: Between 1795 and 1...
EditorialA Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with That of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Fowl Body, Lateral View (Highly Finished Study for an Unpublished Table; Shows the Last Stage in Dissection). Date/Period: Between 1795 and 1...
EditorialBowl, Glass, Shallow circular bowl; encircled star cut on bottom, narrow flutes rise to swags filled in with fine flutes. Trefoil cut rim. Well defined cuts., possibly Waterford, Ireland, ca. 181020, glasswares, Decorative Arts, Bowl.
EditorialBowl, Glass, Shallow, circular bowl, encircled star cut on bottom, narrow flutes rise to swags filled in with fine flutes. Trefoil cut rim, well defined cuts., possibly Waterford, Ireland, ca. 181020, glasswares, Decorative Arts, Bowl.
EditorialA Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with That of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Fowl Body, Lateral View (Highly Finished Study for an Unpublished Table; Shows the Last Stage in Dissection). Date/Period: Between 1795 and 1...
EditorialDiptah, mask, cartonnage, Mummy or an adult, very heavy and hard and displaying well-defined anatomical details (e.g. the calves). The bandages are partly covered in faded linen, perhaps red in color in view of traces under the foot cover. This is now ...
EditorialHor, mask, cartonnage, Mummy or an adult, very heavy and hard and displaying well-defined anatomical details (eg the calves). The bandages are applied in close concentric windings with a considerable overlap and no longer than 2-4 cm wide. On the front...
EditorialGlass head of Zeus Sarapis, Early or Mid Imperial, 1st?2nd century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast and carved, H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Glass, Opaque deep red., Solid block., Carved in the round: bearded head with hair arranged in long flowing locks, ending in ...
EditorialTerracotta pelike (jar), Classical, ca. 430 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm), Vases, Komos (revel). Obverse, flute-player and youth with skyphos Reverse, two youths The young men are the same Athenian citizens who par...
EditorialLacquered vessel, Japanese, early J?mon period, c5005-c4996 BC. J?mon means 'cord pattern' and the term describes the characteristic surface patterns that were made with a twisted cord. The J?mon peoples were predominantly hunters, fishers and gatherer...
EditorialA Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with That of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Fowl Body, Lateral View (Highly Finished Study for an Unpublished Table; Shows the Last Stage in Dissection). Date/Period: Between 1795 and 1...
EditorialGlass head of Zeus Sarapis, Early or Mid Imperial, 1st?2nd century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast and carved, H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Glass, Opaque deep red., Solid block., Carved in the round: bearded head with hair arranged in long flowing locks, ending in ...
EditorialA Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with That of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Fowl Body, Lateral View (Highly Finished Study for an Unpublished Table; Shows the Last Stage in Dissection). Date/Period: Between 1795 and 1...
Editorial?, ???, ??, ?, Landscape, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), dated 1858, China, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, 61 1/4 x 17 3/16 in. (155.6 x 43.7 cm), Paintings, Wu Xizai (Chinese, 1799?1870), Wu Xizai was a philologist and student of Bao Shichen. Wu's...
EditorialLimestone head of a bearded male wearing a conical helmet, Archaic, 6th?5th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, H.: 14 1/2 x 9 x 10 3/4 in. (36.8 x 22.9 x 27.3 cm), Stone Sculpture, The beard, broken around the lower edge, is divided into rows of large c...
EditorialTerracotta pelike (jar), Classical, ca. 430 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm), Vases, Komos (revel). Obverse, flute-player and youth with skyphos Reverse, two youths The young men are the same Athenian citizens who par...
EditorialGlass head of Zeus Sarapis, Early or Mid Imperial, 1st?2nd century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast and carved, H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Glass, Opaque deep red., Solid block., Carved in the round: bearded head with hair arranged in long flowing locks, ending in ...
EditorialLacquered vessel, Japanese, early J?mon period, c5005-c4996 BC. J?mon means 'cord pattern' and the term describes the characteristic surface patterns that were made with a twisted cord. The J?mon peoples were predominantly hunters, fishers and gatherer...
EditorialMarble figurine of a woman, Cycladic, ca. 2700-2400 BCE. A few male figures and figures of musicians are known, but the figurines are usually female and naked with folded arms, the right arm always underneat the left. Their heads have no features excep...