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EditorialMeasuring instrument, possibly for measuring courses, consisting of a round wooden disc with a rotating pointer on a lead axis, Measuring instrument (course meter) consisting of a round wooden disc with a rotating pointer on a lead ash. On the top and ...
EditorialHand guard, Mokko-shaped tsuba, made up of 17 layers of alternating shakudo and red copper, deep volutes are cut on both sides in the shakudo surface, making the various layers of metal visible (guri-bori technique), the ryo hitu are filled with shakud...
EditorialDrinking bowl with Argus and Mercury, Bowl, round, fully driven. Within an edge of scroll work, the representation of Argus, put to sleep by Mercury with his flute playing, Mercury lulls Argus into sleep by making music, Arent van Bolten (attributed to...
EditorialPottery sugar bowl, E.J. Birch Black Basalt. With lid, Cup-shaped sugar bowl with earthenware lid, Black Basalt. The pot has a lid with a knob shaped like a seated woman with her left arm resting on a barrel. The lower half of the pot is ribbed and abo...
EditorialJacob Mossel (1704-1761), Governor General of the Dutch East Indies (1750-1761), Golden Medal. Front: man's bust (Mossel) inside an inscription. Reverse: man (Mossel), dressed in Roman clothes, with command staff in hand, standing under throne sky with...
EditorialMilk jug from earthenware, E.J. Birch Black Basalt. With lid, Convex cylindrical milk jug made of earthenware, Black Basalt. The jug has a C-shaped ear, a curved sneb and a lid with a button in the shape of a seated woman with her left arm resting on a...
EditorialPlate with a music-making and dancing company on the shelf, Plate of earthenware with liquid-blue transfer decor. On the shelf a musician and dancing company in a garden, small group of musicians, chamber orchestra, jazz band, anonymous, England, c. 14...
EditorialMold for making liver buttons with the arms of the Elias family, Mold for making liver buttons with the weapon of the Elias family with a thistle in the right-hand field weapon., Moss & Gambles, Sheffield, c. 1840 - c. 1860, iron (metal), h 5 cm ? w 5 ...
EditorialCovered jar with Chinese ladies on a terrace, Drum-shaped porcelain jar with handles in the form of monster heads, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze red, black and gold. On the wall of the pot two scenes: two Chinese ladies (long lines) with ...
EditorialCovered jar with Chinese ladies on a terrace and in the shape of a shishi, Drum-shaped porcelain jar with handles in the shape of monster heads, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze red, black and gold. On the wall of the pot two scenes: two Chi...
EditorialPlate with a landscape, Porcelain plate, painted on the glaze in sepia and gold. On the flat a landscape with the ruins of a castle, for which a group of people with a herd of animals. Gold border. Signed in the show with A.T.V., inn, coffee house, pub...
EditorialGlass bowl, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, H.: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm), Glass, Translucent blue green. Deep, outsplayed rim, with rounded lip; at bottom of rim, hanging, folded tubular flange; side flares out at top, making ledge on in...
EditorialWall painting fragment, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Fresco, Overall: 4 7/16 x 4 5/16 x 3/8 in. (11.2 x 11 x 1 cm), Miscellaneous-Paintings, On yellow ground; figure of Genius in red facing left, making a libation.
EditorialGlass revetment plaque fragment, Early Imperial, 1st century B.C.?1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast, 1 3/8 ? 2 1/16 ? 1/4 in. (3.4 ? 5.3 ? 0.7 cm), Glass, Translucent turquoise blue with opaque yellow, making glass look dark greenwith splashes of pa...
EditorialSpindle whorl, Early Helladic, ca. 3000?2000 B.C., Aegean, Terracotta, 1 11/16in. (4.3cm), Vases, Spindle whorls aided in the making of cloth for garments and bedding. They were placed in tombs, perhaps so that the deceased could continue to spin wool ...
EditorialSpherical spindle-whorl, Early Cypriot III?Middle Cypriot I, ca. 2000?1800 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; hand-made, H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm), Spindle whorls aided in the making of cloth for garments and bedding. They were placed in tombs, perhaps so that the...
EditorialTerracotta conical-hemispherical spindle-whorl with flat base, Early Cypriot III?Middle Cypriot II, ca. 2000?1725 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; handmade, H. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm), Spindle whorls aided in the making of cloth for garments and bedding. They wer...