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Editorial Common crane in front of the rising sun, Common crane perching along the rising New Year's sun partly shrouded in fog banks. With one poem, shore birds and wading birds: crane, sunrise, Yashima Gakutei (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1825, paper, colo...
Editorial Inro: perching geese, Five-part inro adorned with perching geese in gold lacquer and inlaid with mother-of-pearl., anonymous, Japan, c. 1750 - c. 1850, Edo-period (1600-1868), wood (plant material), lacquer (coating), mother of pearl, h 10.5 cm ? w 3.5...
Editorial Eight faces of Kanazawa Kanazawa hakkei (title on object), Landscape with the eight famous faces of Kanazawa. In gold from left to right: Snow in Uchikawa, Night rain at Koizumi, Perching geese in Hiragata, Fall moon in Seto, Evening glow in Nojima, Cl...
Editorial Aves, Print, Birds, also known as Aves or avian dinosaurs, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightw...
Editorial Nettapus coromandelicus, Print, Pygmy goose, The pygmy geese are a group of very small "perching ducks" in the genus Nettapus which breed in the Old World tropics. They are the smallest of all wildfowl. As the "perching ducks" are a paraphyletic group,...
Editorial Aves, Print, Birds, also known as Aves or avian dinosaurs, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightw...
Editorial Nettapus albipennis, Print, Pygmy goose, The pygmy geese are a group of very small "perching ducks" in the genus Nettapus which breed in the Old World tropics. They are the smallest of all wildfowl. As the "perching ducks" are a paraphyletic group, the...
Editorial Merganetta armata, Print, The torrent duck (Merganetta armata) is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is the only member of the genus Merganetta. It is placed in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae after the "perching duck" assemblag...
Editorial Eopsaltria obscura, Print, Eopsaltria is a genus of small forest passerines known in Australia as the yellow robins. They belong to the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek for "dawn singer/song" because of ...
Editorial Nettapus coromandelicus, Print, Pygmy goose, The pygmy geese are a group of very small "perching ducks" in the genus Nettapus which breed in the Old World tropics. They are the smallest of all wildfowl. As the "perching ducks" are a paraphyletic group,...
Editorial Merganetta leucogenys, Print, The torrent duck (Merganetta armata) is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is the only member of the genus Merganetta. It is placed in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae after the "perching duck" assem...
Editorial Nettapus auritus, Print, The African pygmy goose (Nettapus auritus) is a perching duck from sub-Saharan Africa. It is the smallest of Africa's wildfowl, and one of the smallest in the world., 1700-1880.
Editorial Dicrurus macrocercus, Print, The black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) is a small Asian passerine bird of the drongo family Dicruridae. It is a common resident breeder in much of tropical southern Asia from southwest Iran through India and Sri Lanka east...
Editorial Nettapus pulchellus, Print, The green pygmy goose (Nettapus pulchellus) is a small perching duck which breeds in southern New Guinea and northern Australia., 1820-1863.
Editorial Parus varius, Print, The varied tit (Sittiparus varius) is a perching bird from the tit family, Paridae. It occurs in eastern Asia in Japan, Korea, and locally in northeastern China (southern Liaoning) and extreme southeastern Russia (southern Kurile I...
Editorial Aix sponsa, Print, The wood duck or Carolina duck (Aix sponsa) is a species of perching duck found in North America. It is one of the most colorful North American waterfowl., 1700-1880.
Editorial Aix galericulata, Print, The mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) is a perching duck species native to East Asia. It is medium-sized, at 41?49 cm (16?19 in) long with a 65?75 cm (26?30 in) wingspan. It is closely related to the North American wood duck, th...
Editorial Aix galericulata, Print, The mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) is a perching duck species native to East Asia. It is medium-sized, at 41?49 cm (16?19 in) long with a 65?75 cm (26?30 in) wingspan. It is closely related to the North American wood duck, th...
Editorial Aix sponsa, Print, The wood duck or Carolina duck (Aix sponsa) is a species of perching duck found in North America. It is one of the most colorful North American waterfowl., 1700-1880.
Editorial Aix galericulata, Print, The mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) is a perching duck species native to East Asia. It is medium-sized, at 41?49 cm (16?19 in) long with a 65?75 cm (26?30 in) wingspan. It is closely related to the North American wood duck, th...
Editorial Aix sponsa, Print, The wood duck or Carolina duck (Aix sponsa) is a species of perching duck found in North America. It is one of the most colorful North American waterfowl., 1700-1880.
Editorial Aix sponsa, Print, The wood duck or Carolina duck (Aix sponsa) is a species of perching duck found in North America. It is one of the most colorful North American waterfowl., 1700-1880.
Editorial Aix galericulata, Print, The mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) is a perching duck species native to East Asia. It is medium-sized, at 41?49 cm (16?19 in) long with a 65?75 cm (26?30 in) wingspan. It is closely related to the North American wood duck, th...
Editorial Aix galericulata, Print, The mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) is a perching duck species native to East Asia. It is medium-sized, at 41?49 cm (16?19 in) long with a 65?75 cm (26?30 in) wingspan. It is closely related to the North American wood duck, th...
Editorial A phoenix on a bent tree perching above a row of rice straw fences. Detail from a large Meissen plate. The design is no longer Chinese, but strongly influenced by Japanese masters like Kakiemon. Diameter of entire plate 22.5 cm (1730-1735).
Editorial Parabole or Proverbs. In the Gutenberg Bible. The Gutenberg Bible, the Mazarine Bible and the 42-line page Bible. Mainz, 1455. The opening page of the second volume, Parabole or Proverbs. A letter 'I' has been supplied in the inner margin in red and bl...
Editorial Page from the Gutenberg Bible, with Erfurt illumination, with a heading added by hand in red ink. A letter 'F' has been supplied in green and maroon highlighted with gold pen-work within the body of the letter, extending further down the inner margin a...
Editorial Purgatorio: Dante sees Beatrice among the virtuous under the Tree of Knowledge, on which the Roman imperial eagle is perching. Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia ( The Divine Comedy ), with a commentary in Latin. 1st half of the 14th century. Source: Ege...
Editorial Birds Perching on a Maple Branch (Autumn).
Editorial Parrot Perching on Melons.
Editorial "A Bathhouse Keeper is Consumed by Passion for his Beloved", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi.
Editorial Bird Perching on a Blossoming Branch.
Editorial A phoenix on a bent tree perching above a row of rice straw fences. Detail from a large Meissen plate. The design is no longer Chinese, but strongly influenced by Japanese masters like Kakiemon. Diameter of entire plate 22.5 cm (1730-1735).
Editorial Caladrius perching at the bedside of a king, illustrating the text that the bird has the power to foretell whether an ill patient will live or die. If the bird turns its back on the patient, the patient is sure to die; however, if the bird faces him he...
Editorial A cockerel perching on Humayun’s shoulder in the ewer room is seen as an omen of victory before Humayun left for Badakhshan (1548). By Narsingh. Akbarnama, vol. 1, by Abu'1-Fazl ibn Mubarak, from the beginnings of the dynasty up to 1555. 1603 - 1604....
Editorial Parabole or Proverbs. In the Gutenberg Bible. The Gutenberg Bible, the Mazarine Bible and the 42-line page Bible. Mainz, 1455. The opening page of the second volume, Parabole or Proverbs. A letter 'I' has been supplied in the inner margin in red and bl...
Editorial A caladrius perching at the bedside of a king, illustrating the text that the bird has the power to foretell whether an ill patient will live or die. If the bird turns its back on the patient, the patient is sure to die; however, if the bird faces him ...
Editorial Page from the Gutenberg Bible, with Erfurt illumination, with a heading added by hand in red ink. A letter 'F' has been supplied in green and maroon highlighted with gold pen-work within the body of the letter, extending further down the inner margin a...
Editorial (Fourth section): An orange sun with a human face; beneath, three animals: to the left, a red lion, affronté , a white eagle perching on its head and holding a horseshoe in its beak; in the centre, a red lion, affronté , a cockatrice perching on its ...
Editorial Purgatorio: Dante sees Beatrice among the virtuous under the Tree of Knowledge, on which the Roman imperial eagle is perching. Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia ( The Divine Comedy ), with a commentary in Latin. 1st half of the 14th century. Source: Ege...
Editorial Stomacher.
Editorial "A Bathhouse Keeper is Consumed by Passion for his Beloved", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi.
Editorial Bird Perching on a Blossoming Branch.
Editorial Cock and five chickens in a henhouse, two of them perching, two black chickens scratching around, print maker: Jan Gerard Smits (mentioned on object), Dating 1872.
Editorial Short eared owl shown perching on a mossy stump... Asio flammeus (Strix brachyotos, Strix brachyotis).
Editorial A phoenix on a bent tree perching above a row of rice straw fences. Detail from a large Meissen plate. The design is no longer Chinese, but strongly influenced by Japanese masters like Kakiemon. Diameter of entire plate 22.5 cm (1730-1735).