Editorial????? (????), Landscape of the Four Seasons (Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers), Muromachi period (1392?1573), early 16th century, Japan, Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper, Each: 68 1/4 ? 146 in. (173.4 ? 370.8 cm), Screens, Soami ...
Editorial? ?? ??? ?, Luohan, Yuan dynasty (1271?1368), late 13th?early 14th century, China, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Image: 44 1/4 x 19 5/16 in. (112.4 x 49.1 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist, Fourteenth-century renderings of arhats (or luohans...
EditorialAngel of the Annunciation, ca. 1370?90, Made in Paris (?), Netherlands or France, South Netherlandish or French, Marble, Overall: 24 x 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (61 x 22.2 x 16.5 cm), Sculpture-Stone, Attributed to Jean de Li?ge (Franco-Netherlandish, active c...
EditorialMemorial Head (Nsodie), ca. 1800, Ghana, Twifo-Heman traditional area, Akan peoples, Terracotta, H. 8 1/2 x W. 6 in. (21.6 x 15.2 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture, This elegant terracotta head is a memorial portrait (nsodie) of an Akan ruler from present-day so...
EditorialScene from 'Channel Buoys' (Miotsukushi), chapter 14 of the Tale of Genji, Nanbokucho period (1336?92), late 14th century, Japan, Handscroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 12 3/16 in. x 14 ft. 8 in. (31 x 447 cm), Paintings, The absence of an obvious ...
EditorialMemorial Head (Nsodie), 17th?mid-18th century, Ghana, Akan peoples, Terracotta, roots, quartz fragments, H. 8 x W. 5 5/8 x D. 5 in. (20.3 x 14.3 x 12.7 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture, This elegant terracotta head is a memorial portrait (nsodie) of an Akan rul...
EditorialSaint Catherine of Alexandria, probably 1514?24, Italian, Milan, Marble, Overall (wt confimed): 47 7/16 in., 332 lb. (120.5 cm, 1502kg), Sculpture, The head of a Roman Empreror at Saint Catherine's feet symbolizes her defeat of paganism. Her relaxed po...
Editorial?????, White-Robed Kannon, Muromachi period (1392?1573), 15th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on silk, Image: 32 7/8 in. ? 71 in. (83.5 ? 180.3 cm), Paintings, The painted dragon and tiger, animals symbolic of yin and yang in Chinese iconography, f...
EditorialTerracotta lekythos (oil flask), Classical, ca. 480 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm); diameter 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm), Vases, Athena holding spear and helmet. Athena, the warlike protector of Athens, appears alert but se...
EditorialSaint Mary Magdalene, late 15th century, Made in probably Swabia, Germany, German, Limewood, Overall: 48 1/2 x 17 x 11 5/8 in. (123.2 x 43.2 x 29.5 cm), Sculpture-Wood, The calm, remote face and the broad sweep of drapery produce a serene nobility char...
EditorialThe first born baby by F. Goodall, 1862, young egyptian mother, egypt; costume of the east; Cairene mother; copt woman; from the christian or copt quarter of Cairo; long veil; black habbarah; earrings; dress with venetian sequins and other gold coins; ...
EditorialWooden figure of Avalokiteshvara, Chinese, Song dynasty, 11th-12th century. The bodhisattva of Compassion is relaxed and serene; bodhisattvas were beings who chose not to attain Buddha-hood in order to remain in the world and work for the salvation of ...