EditorialWijnkop from V.O.C. ship the 'Witte Leeuw', Wijnkop from V.O.C. ship the 'Witte Leeuw'. Wine cup made of porcelain, painted in underglaze blue with a frieze of stylized leaves with a frieze with spirals underneath. The shards of the edge show cracks. T...
EditorialKendi from the V.O.C.-ship the 'Witte Leeuw', Kendi of porcelain from V.O.C.-ship the 'Witte Leeuw', 100 percent present. Kendi with a printed convex body, a large spout and a handle that widens upwards with a raised edge around the opening. Decorated ...
EditorialCome from V.O.C. ship the 'Witte Leeuw', made up of fragments. The shard is glassy and white and has little ingrained dirt. The enamel is bluish and peels off over portions of the lip edge. The bottom is glazed, has oblique radial ridges and a twist sp...
EditorialWijnkop from V.O.C. ship the 'Witte Leeuw', complete, decorated The shard is glassy and white and has some seeds. The enamel peels off over the entire lip edge. The bottom is glazed. The foot ring is straight and faceted and is on the inside. No furnac...
EditorialWinepot from the V.O.C. ship the 'White Lion', Porcelain kettle from V.O.C. ship the 'White Lion', 100 percent present. Kettle with a slightly printed convex shape, an S-shaped spout, a standing handle and a bell-shaped lid with a lid knob. Decorated i...
EditorialWijnkop from V.O.C. ship the 'Witte Leeuw', complete. The shard is glassy and white and has no ingrained dirt. The glaze is tinted blue and has pinholes and small cracks on the inside. The foot ring is inward and straight, Saint Helena, Dutch East Indi...
EditorialWijnkop from V.O.C. ship the 'Witte Leeuw', Wijnkop from V.O.C. ship the 'Witte Leeuw'. Wine cup made of porcelain, painted in underglaze blue with a frieze of stylized leaves with a frieze with spirals underneath. The shard is glassy and white and has...
EditorialStatuette of the Goddess Taweret, Ptolemaic Period, 332?30 B.C., From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Qena area, Glassy faience, H. 11 cm (4 5/16 in); W. 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in); D. 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in), In all likelihood, this statuette represents the goddess Ta...
EditorialSmall Child in a Sling, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, second half, ca. 1427?1295 B.C., From Egypt, Glassy faience, H. 2 cm (13/16 in.); 1.5 cm (9/16 in.), This fragment shows a small child being carred in a cloth sling. It was probably part of a figure vase...
EditorialStatuette of the Goddess Taweret, Ptolemaic Period, 332?30 B.C., From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Qena area, Glassy faience, H. 11 cm (4 5/16 in); W. 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in); D. 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in), In all likelihood, this statuette represents the goddess Ta...
EditorialGlass footed beaker, Mid Imperial, 2nd?3rd century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, Height: 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm), Glass, Translucent blue green. Rounded and thickened vertical rim; straight sides tapering downward; integral tubular base ring; kick in center of...
EditorialDrinking Cup, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479?1425 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Glassy faience, gold, h. 10.2 cm (4 in); diam. 7 cm (2 3/4 in), This jar was probab...
EditorialCowroid Set in a Ring Bezel, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca. 1492?1473 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71), coffin III, burial 1b, hands, 1935?36, Gold, glassy faience, L. 1.5 cm (9/...
EditorialClouded bemastistes, Bematistes umbra 1,2, common glassy acraea, Acraea quirina 3,4, and white acraea, Acraea circeis 5,6. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's "Illustrations of Exotic Entomology," Bohn, London, 1837.