EditorialDesign for Painted Decoration of a Wall, Brush and gouache, watercolor, graphite on paper, Three pilasters, standing upon a dado, support an entablature, the frieze of which shows four semicircular representations of flowes in various receptacles and o...
EditorialDesign for a Flower Stand, Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on paper, Vertical rectangle. A circular base is supported by seven steps. Above rise alternately a column and a female hermae; the first supports the rim of the lower recepta...
EditorialElevation of a Reliquary Cross, Pietro Belli, Italian, 17801828, Pen and ink, brush and ochre and black watercolor, graphite on paper, Vertical rectangle. Design for a reliquary, the pedestal in the shape of an antae sarcophagus, featuring a pelican on...
EditorialDish with Three Bowl-Shaped Receptacles, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), ca. 1st century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Stone, Diam. 3 3/4 in (9.5 cm), Sculpture.
EditorialBox Coffin and Rope, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 3?4, ca. 2649?2465 B.C., From Egypt, Fayum Entrance Area, Tarkhan, BSAE excavations 1911-1913, Wood (tamarisk), pigment, fiber, L. 87 cm (34 1/4 in); W. 54 cm (21 1/4 in); W. 59 cm (23 1/4 in), The earliest rec...
EditorialWater reservoir at the silver washing plant near the silver mines of Lavrion. Storage receptacles. The precious metals sank and were retained in the cups.
EditorialPyx, late 15th?early 16th century, Spanish, Silver with silver-gilt interior, Overall: 4 3/16 x 3 7/16 in. (10.6 x 8.8 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Pyxes (from the Greek for 'boxwood vessel') are receptacles made to hold the consecrated bread, or Host, in re...
EditorialAncient silver mines in Lavrion. Remains of silver washing plant with channels and receptacles. The precious metals sank and were retained in the cups.
EditorialAncient silver mines in Lavrion. Remains of silver washing plant with channels and receptacles. The precious metals sank and were retained in the cups.
EditorialPyx, late 15th?early 16th century, Spanish, Silver with silver-gilt interior, Overall: 4 3/16 x 3 7/16 in. (10.6 x 8.8 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Pyxes (from the Greek for 'boxwood vessel') are receptacles made to hold the consecrated bread, or Host, in re...
EditorialBox Coffin and Rope, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 3?4, ca. 2649?2465 B.C., From Egypt, Fayum Entrance Area, Tarkhan, BSAE excavations 1911-1913, Wood (tamarisk), pigment, fiber, L. 87 cm (34 1/4 in); W. 54 cm (21 1/4 in); W. 59 cm (23 1/4 in), The earliest rec...
EditorialAncient silver mines in Lavrion. Remains of silver washing plant with channels and receptacles. The precious metals sank and were retained in the cups.