EditorialCasket with bombed lid covered with velvet, Casket with bombed lid covered with green velvet The elegant handles, two with lion heads, and the closing plate and the four legs are made of yellow copper. The velvet is trimmed with silver-colored bullion....
EditorialWine glass with a company at a table, Chalice with a company at a table, Arched foot. Baluster stem with knots and air bubbles. On the bell-shaped chalice a company at a table above which: That friendship from this Leeve closes // It binds the sun out ...
EditorialMirror with scalloped edge, four birds and arabesques, In the midfield four birds, combined with elegant arabesques, scalloped edge. The patina is light green and lead colored., anonymous, China, -500 - -200, Zhou-dynasty (1050 B.C.-221 B.C.), bronze (...
EditorialTazza Drinking bowl with four regents from the Burgerweeshuis in Amsterdam, Drinking bowl on base of driven silver. Three volute-shaped dragons are attached to the trunk. The basin is engraved with bandwork, tendrils and birds. Along a medallion is an ...
EditorialThe Dream of Queen Maya (the Buddha's Conception), Kushan period, ca. 2nd century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Schist, H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); W. 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm); D. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm), Sculpture, Female attendants and guards, one of who...
EditorialBronze kylix (drinking cup), Late Classical or Hellenistic, 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); diameter 3 9/16 in. (9 cm), Bronzes, This elegant cup combines the deep bowl of a skyphos with the handles of kylix. The tensile qua...
EditorialTerracotta stemless kylix (drinking cup), Classical, ca. 500?475 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-glaze, coral red, H. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); diameter 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm), Vases, This cup and its counterpart, are noteworthy for their elegant shape,...
EditorialBronze kylix (drinking cup), Late Classical or Hellenistic, 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); diameter 3 9/16 in. (9 cm), Bronzes, This elegant cup combines the deep bowl of a skyphos with the handles of kylix. The tensile qua...
EditorialBronze kylix (drinking cup), Late Classical or Hellenistic, 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); diameter 3 9/16 in. (9 cm), Bronzes, This elegant cup combines the deep bowl of a skyphos with the handles of kylix. The tensile qua...