EditorialA lohan A lohan A lohan A luohan, A Buddhist monk figure sits with his head raised and an attentive look in the glass-inlaid eyes. His elongated earlobes indicate that it is no ordinary monk. It is a luohan (arhat), a hermit who lives in seclusion in t...
EditorialThe Attentive Nurse. Dated: 1747. Dimensions: overall: 46.2 x 37 cm (18 3/16 x 14 9/16 in.) framed: 61.9 x 53.7 x 7.3 cm (24 3/8 x 21 1/8 x 2 7/8 in.). Medium: oil on canvas.
EditorialThe Attentive Nurse. Dated: 1747. Dimensions: overall: 46.2 x 37 cm (18 3/16 x 14 9/16 in.) framed: 61.9 x 53.7 x 7.3 cm (24 3/8 x 21 1/8 x 2 7/8 in.). Medium: oil on canvas.
EditorialHead of a cat, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.); W. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); D. 8 cm (3 1/8 in.), The cat was sacred to the goddess Bastet, and was offered in sanctuaries and deposited in animal ne...