Editorial" Courtesans of the Tamaya House" Utagawa Toyoharu (attributed to) Japan, Edo period, late 1770s or early 1780s Daily ritual in the pleasure quarter This rare six-fold screen can be firmly attributed to Utagawa Toyoharu (1735-1814) and is one...
EditorialTile, Zachariah Barnes, 1743 1820, Tin-enamelled earthenware, transfer-printed back on white, Square tile. 'Mr. [William Thomas] Lewis in the Character of Douglas'. Standing figure, armed, body facing observer, head to left, one hand resting on bow at ...
EditorialVase, Enameled and glazed porcelain, Designed with 'famille verte' decoration. Tall oviform vase with flared neck; the sides with two oblong reserves depicting figures harvesting tea; in a speckled green ground with vases and lotus blossoms centering c...
EditorialKeinyu, Teabowl, Japan, Edo period (16151868), Keinyu (died 1893), ca. 1852, Japan, Cylindrical with small foot; horizontal lines incised below uneven lip; brown clay with creamy glaze and green overglaze; brown latticed strokes; inside, three flying b...
EditorialLatticed Diamond-shaped Pendant, Indonesia (Java), Eastern Javanese period, Date Last quarter of the 10thlast quarter of the 15th century, Indonesia (Java), Gold, H. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm), Jewelry.
Editorial" Courtesans of the Tamaya House" Utagawa Toyoharu (attributed to) Japan, Edo period, late 1770s or early 1780s Daily ritual in the pleasure quarter This rare six-fold screen can be firmly attributed to Utagawa Toyoharu (1735-1814) and is one...
EditorialA print of William Rogers's celebrated full-length portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, standing in a room with a latticed window. The Queen is holding her orb and sceptre, and wears an elaborate, jeweled farthingale gown; ropes of pearls and a pearl corone...
Editorial" Courtesans of the Tamaya House" Utagawa Toyoharu (attributed to) Japan, Edo period, late 1770s or early 1780s Daily ritual in the pleasure quarter This rare six-fold screen can be firmly attributed to Utagawa Toyoharu (1735-1814) and is one...