EditorialTerracotta lekythos (oil flask), Archaic, ca. 550?530 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 6 3/4 in. (17.15 cm), Vases, On the shoulder, a seated woman, perhaps a goddess, is approached by four youths and eight dancing maidens, On the body,...
EditorialTerracotta lekythos (oil flask), Archaic, ca. 550?530 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 6 3/4 in. (17.15 cm), Vases, On the shoulder, a seated woman, perhaps a goddess, is approached by four youths and eight dancing maidens, On the body,...
Editorial? ?? ??? ?, Fragrant Snow at Broken Bridge, Yuan dynasty (1271?1368), China, Hanging scroll; ink on silk, Image: 44 1/2 x 19 3/4 in. (113 x 50.2 cm), Paintings, Wang Mian (Chinese, 1287?1359), An ambitious scholar, Wang Mian was determined to fulfill h...
EditorialA Mirror of Japan?s Nobility: The Emperor Meiji, His Wife, and Prince Haru (Fuso koki kagami), ???????, Meiji period (1868?1912), August 8th, 1887, Japan, Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, 14 3/4 x 29 5/8 in. (37.5 x 75.2...
EditorialAmulet of a Bes-image, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1390?1352 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, South Village, 1911?12, Faience, H. 3 ? W. 1.7 ? D. 0.7 cm (1 3/16 ? 11/16 ? 1/4 in.), This amulet represents a deity that is referred as the ...