EditorialThe two spouses in a palanquin doing a great walk, It is customary for a newlywed couple to be carried in a litter and accompanied by the people. Signed: P. Sonnerat pinx, Poisson sc, pl. 13, after p. 82 (vol. 1), Sonnerat, Pierre M. (pinx.); Poisson, ...
EditorialOverview of the wages and salaries in the cotton factories that were customary at the beginning of the year 1840 in the most important factory districts of today's federal states, Table on Wages in Bavaria, Saxony, Prussia, Rhine Provinces, Bohemia, Ta...
EditorialTerracotta lekythos (oil flask), Classical, ca. 470?460 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, white-ground, H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); diameter 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); H. as restored 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm), Vases, Young warrior cutting his hair with sword. T...
EditorialJudanme, Act ten [of the Chushingura]., Utagawa, Kuniyasu, 1794-1832, artist, [between 1815 and 1818], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 19 x 25.9 cm., Print shows a masked man, one of the Ronin, with a sword attacking Osono, the estranged wife of Gihei, in o...
EditorialJudanme, Act ten [of the Chushingura]., Utagawa, Kuniyasu, 1794-1832, artist, [between 1815 and 1818], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 19 x 25.9 cm., Print shows a masked man, one of the Ronin, with a sword attacking Osono, the estranged wife of Gihei, in o...
EditorialA blue gum tree with its customary peculiarly shaped base, spreading often times as large as a huge tree...Lagoon...Fla., Jerome Nelson Wilson (American, 1827 - 1897, active Savannah, Georgia), about 1870, Albumen silver print.
EditorialHaving finally persuaded his mother and brother to calmly accept his fate, Rāma and Lak?ma?a return to his own palace in the chariot, Rāma’s head bowed in his customary humility. They are met by Sītā, who has first espied him from an upstairs...
EditorialHaving finally persuaded his mother and brother to calmly accept his fate, Rāma and Lak?ma?a return to his own palace in the chariot, Rāma’s head bowed in his customary humility. They are met by Sītā, who has first espied him from an upstairs...
EditorialPair of Earflare Frontals, 12th?15th century, Peru, Chim?, Gold, Diam. 3 1/2 in. (8.89 cm), Metal-Ornaments, It was customary in Precolumbian America to bury the personal finery of an individual with him upon his death. In the earliest times such finer...
EditorialCoffin of Wah, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981?1975 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Southern Asasif, Tomb of Wah (), 1920, Coniferous wood (spruce or cedar), paint, l. 217 cm (85 7/16 in.); w. 65 cm (25 9/16 in); h. 83.5 (32 7/8 in.), Wah's...
EditorialGold and copper alloy spiral with lion-head terminal, Classical, 2nd half of the 5th century B.C., Cypriot, Gold, copper alloy, Other: 1 in. (2.5 cm), Gold and Silver, Gold plated spiral earrings. Spirals with ornate animal-head terminals are frequentl...
EditorialThe 'Simonetti' Carpet, ca. 1500, Attributed to Egypt, probably Cairo, Wool (warp, weft, and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile, Rug: L. 353 in. (896.6 cm), Textiles-Rugs, Named the 'Simonetti' carpet after a former owner, this majestic weaving is amon...
EditorialLimestone footstool, Classical, 1st half of the 5th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 7 7/8 ? 28 7/16 in. (20 ? 72.2 cm), Cesnola Inscriptions, The relief shows a chimera, a mythical creature composed of a lion, a she-goat, and a snake. It was...
EditorialTerracotta lekythos (oil flask), Classical, ca. 470?460 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, white-ground, H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); diameter 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); H. as restored 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm), Vases, Young warrior cutting his hair with sword. T...
EditorialStatuette of Isis and Horus, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 400?200 BC, From Egypt; Probably from Memphite Region, Memphis (Mit Rahina), Blue faience, H. 12.9 ? W. 3.7 ? D. 7.2 cm (5 1/16 ? 1 7/16 ? 2 13/16 in.), The child Horus is missing, but the smil...
EditorialJudanme, Act ten [of the Chushingura]., Utagawa, Kuniyasu, 1794-1832, artist, [between 1815 and 1818], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 19 x 25.9 cm., Print shows a masked man, one of the Ronin, with a sword attacking Osono, the estranged wife of Gihei, in o...
EditorialJudanme, Act ten [of the Chushingura]., Utagawa, Kuniyasu, 1794-1832, artist, [between 1815 and 1818], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 19 x 25.9 cm., Print shows a masked man, one of the Ronin, with a sword attacking Osono, the estranged wife of Gihei, in o...