EditorialBorder, Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered, Narrow border of blue silk embroidered in gold, silver and pale tints of silk. Design is a curving vine with a symmetrical arrangement of small carnation in profile. Trimmed with very narrow...
EditorialBand, Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk, coiled metal strips on linen Technique: split, satin and double running stitches using silk, couched and padded couching for metal-wrapped silk and metal coils on plain weave (metallic yarns are couched in pairs ...
EditorialBorder, Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered, Narrow border of blue silk embroidered in gold, silver and pale tints of silk. Design is a curving vine with a symmetrical arrangement of small carnation in profile. Trimmed with very narrow...
EditorialClassical Landscape with Figures, 1749?1822, Pen and brush and two tints of brown ink, and brown wash. Framing line in pen and brown ink., sheet: 8 11/16 x 14 1/4 in. (22.1 x 36.2 cm), Drawings, Franz Kobell (German, Mannheim 1749?1822 Munich).
EditorialOne of pair of cups, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), China, Jadeite, emerald-green running to lighter tints, and a few light clouds of creamy white tinged with russet, H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); W. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm), Jade.
EditorialIncense burner with cover, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), China, Nephrite, spinach-green with network of black veins, mostly changed to grayish ash tints by calcination, H. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm); W. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm), Jade.