EditorialThe mystery Sonning on Thames artist is back again with brand-new installation along The River Thames, Sonning on Thames, Berkshire, UK - 03 Apr 2024
EditorialChrysanthemum crane, Iron, shakudo (a soft copper and gold alloy), This Kyo-sukashi (Kyoto openwork) style tsuba takes the form of a tsuru maru (crane circle). At the center is the nakago-ana, an opening through which the sword passes, with traces of s...
EditorialPair of Turquoise-Blue Plugs, China, late Warring States (475221 B.C.)Western Han (206 B.C.), Date ca. 3rd century B.C., China, Gilt turquoise glass, L. 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm), L. 1 6/16 in. (3.5 cm), Glass.
EditorialEXCLUSIVE: Inside killer cop Derek Chauvins prison cell as hes placed in segregation at Minnesota state prison where staff watch him like a hawk
EditorialDry plugs, Fig. 101, XCVIII, Capitel LI-C., Leonhart Fuchs: New Kreuterbuch, in welchem nit allein die gantz histori, das ist, namen, gestalt, statt und zeit der wachsung [...] des meysten theyls der Kreuter so in Teutschen und andern Landen wachsen, [...
EditorialHolder of oil and vinegar set with four bottles in a pointed oval holder. The pointed oval holder has straight, slightly raised walls on the sides. It rests on four downwardly bent, bent, ribbed legs. Fillet edges run above these legs and along the top...
EditorialOil and vinegar set with four bottles in a pointed oval holder. The pointed oval holder has straight, slightly raised walls on the sides. It rests on four downwardly bent, bent, ribbed legs. Fillet edges run above these legs and along the top of the ho...
EditorialPortrait of The Great Teacher Marpa, 17th century, Tibet, Bronze inlaid with copper and silver; gold plugs, H. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm), Sculpture, This portrait is inscribed with the name of Marpa (1012?1097), one of the seminal figures of early Tibetan Bu...
EditorialBotocudo natives of the Amazon, busts and profiles showing plugs in earlobes and lower lip. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinz's Illustrated Natural History of Men and Animals, 1836.
EditorialMan and woman of the Aymore or Botocudo people, Brazil. The man with the distinctive plugs (botocudo) in his ears may be Manuel, who was exhibited in Paris in 1844. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Verner from Charles d'Orbign...