EditorialCylindrical vase with powder blue and landscapes with figures or animals, Cylindrical vase of porcelain with a wide, straight neck, flat edge and raised lip, decorated in underglaze blue. The vase is covered with bleu poudr? (powder blue) with differen...
EditorialEwer in the shape of a lobster, Wine jug of porcelain with an S shaped ear and spout, painted on the biscuit in green, yellow and aubergine. The jug has the shape of a lobster, crawling on a lotus plant above swirling waves from which two carp jump. Th...
EditorialVase with pheasants and horses in landscapes, Porcelain vase with an upward-running body, round shoulder and a narrow, spreading neck with a raised edge, painted in underglaze blue. The belly is divided into two parts. The upper part with two pheasants...
EditorialThe Four Seasons Four seasons: spring, Three carp are swimming under a branch of cherry blossoms, some of them swirling downwards, Watanabe Seitei, Tokyo, 1890, schildering, montering, l 114.6 cm ? w 42.8 cm h 7.5 cm ? w 63.8 cm ? d 23.7 cm.
EditorialPlate Dish with grapevines and floral scrolls, Porcelain dish, painted in underglaze blue. On the shelf a grape vine. The wall with a continuous flow of flowers and the edge with a band with swirling waves. The back wall with a flower vine. Ming porcel...
EditorialCandlestick: knight with dragon Candlestick: knight with dragon Candlestick: Knight with a Dragon, On the high-arched back of the dragon sits a little man between branches, whose swirling curls end in leaves. At the top, the rank work changes into a lo...
EditorialCylindrical vase with powder blue and panels with figures and animals in landscapes, Cylindrical vase of porcelain with a wide, straight neck and raised edge, decorated in underglaze blue. The vase is covered with bleu poudr? (powder blue) with differe...
EditorialBaluster vase with four groups of scholars in a fenced garden, Baluster shaped porcelain vase with spreading base, wide neck and trumpet-shaped mouth, painted in underglaze blue. On the wall a continuous representation of four groups of scholars in a f...
EditorialCylindrical vase with powder blue and panels with figures and animals in landscapes, Cylindrical vase of porcelain with a wide, straight neck and raised edge, decorated in underglaze blue. The vase is covered with bleu poudr? (powder blue) with differe...
EditorialTerracotta statuette of dancing Aphrodite with Eros, Classical, early 4th century B.C., Greek, perhaps Corinthian, Terracotta, H. 4 15/16 in. (12.6 cm), Terracottas, Aphrodite, the goddess of love, performs a version of the so-called mantle dance, whic...
EditorialPair of two-light wall brackets, ca. 1750, French, Gilt bronze, Overall (each): 21 ? 12 1/4 ? 8 in. (53.3 ? 31.1 ? 20.3 cm), Metalwork-Gilt Bronze, The Rococo preference for continuous swirling and curvilinear lines is well expressed in the shape of th...
EditorialDancing couple and a violin player, Inn interiors with a dancing couple and a violin player. The dancing man holds a large glass of wine in his hand and the swirling woman has a coin between her fingers. On the floor lie a broken jug and a fallen chair...
EditorialDomestic altar with Guanyin and two attendants. Figure of Guanyin rising from swirling waves, sitting on a lotus throne against a wall of exposed rocks with bamboo branches, in the waves a vase for a carp, on either side of Guanyin a woman on a lotus f...
EditorialRapier, late 16th century, Milan, hilt, probably German; blade, Italian, Milan, Steel, wood, iron, L. 45 5/8 in. (115.9 cm); L. of blade 40 1/2 in. (102.9 cm); W. 7 in. (17.8 cm); D. 5 in. (12.7 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 9 oz. (1162.3 g), Swords, This rapier is t...
EditorialVase with Figures in Landscape, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1660?80, Japan, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Hizen ware), H. 11 1/4 in. (28.5 cm); Diam. 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm), Ceramics, In addition to the shape, both the theme...
EditorialTerracotta statuette of dancing Aphrodite with Eros, Classical, early 4th century B.C., Greek, perhaps Corinthian, Terracotta, H. 4 15/16 in. (12.6 cm), Terracottas, Aphrodite, the goddess of love, performs a version of the so-called mantle dance, whic...
EditorialPair of two-light wall brackets, ca. 1750, French, Gilt bronze, Overall (each): 21 ? 12 1/4 ? 8 in. (53.3 ? 31.1 ? 20.3 cm), Metalwork-Gilt Bronze, The Rococo preference for continuous swirling and curvilinear lines is well expressed in the shape of th...
EditorialVaraha with Bhu, Pahari region, North India, around 1740. The four armed Varaha is shown holding Vishnu's characteristic attributes, the discus, conch shell, a lotus and a club with which he strikes the sea-demon. Blood pours from the demon's chest a...