EditorialArikara or Riccaree brave Pah-too-ca-ra, He Who Strikes 83 and young girl Pshan-shaw, Sweet-Scented Grass 84. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.
EditorialMourners poured a silver cup of water into a bowl as part of a modified purification ritual at Wat Rat Samakee temple in Uthai Sawan, Thailand, on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. (Andre Malerba/The New York Times)
EditorialA view of a lake or river with courtyard buildings surrounded by trees and low hills, with dark oval plants or stones in the water in the foreground and a rocky landscape in the background. The Sweet scented Water, and Compleat Mountains : A View of so...
EditorialSilent Fall, a multi-sensory mirrored installation by A.A. Murakami, presented by Superblue in Burlington Gardens., Burlington Gardens, London, UK - 11 Oct 2021
EditorialArikara or Riccaree brave Pah-too-ca-ra, He Who Strikes 83 and young girl Pshan-shaw, Sweet-Scented Grass 84. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.
EditorialSultan Ghiyath al-Din. The Ni'matnama-i Nasir al-Din Shah. A manuscript o. 1495 - 1505. Advice on a healthy life style', Sultan Ghiyath al-Din being cooled, shampooed and scented by his attendants. Opaque watercolour. Sultanate style. Image taken from...
EditorialSultan Ghiyath al-Din. The Ni'matnama-i Nasir al-Din Shah. A manuscript o. 1495 - 1505. Advice on a healthy life style', Sultan Ghiyath al-Din being cooled, shampooed and scented by his attendants. Opaque watercolour. Sultanate style. Image taken from...
EditorialA view of a lake or river with courtyard buildings surrounded by trees and low hills, with dark oval plants or stones in the water in the foreground and a rocky landscape in the background. The Sweet scented Water, and Compleat Mountains : A View of so...
EditorialBird-Shaped Incence Burner, 12th?13th century, Attributed to Central Asia or Eastern Iran, Bronze; cast, pierced, and engraved, 9 13/16 x 3 9/16 x 7 3/8 in. (25 x 9 x 18.8 cm), Metal, Incense was widely used in the medieval Islamic world. At receptions...
EditorialSnuffbox, 1738?44, French, Paris, Gold, mother-of-pearl, Overall: 2 1/2 ? 1 13/16 ? 1 1/4 in. (6.4 ? 4.6 ? 3.2 cm), Metalwork-Gold and Platinum, The use of snuff became very fashionable in Europe during the eighteenth century. The affluent snuff-taker ...
EditorialBird-Shaped Incence Burner, 12th?13th century, Attributed to Central Asia or Eastern Iran, Bronze; cast, pierced, and engraved, 9 13/16 x 3 9/16 x 7 3/8 in. (25 x 9 x 18.8 cm), Metal, Incense was widely used in the medieval Islamic world. At receptions...
Editorial?? ?? ?? ??????????? ????? ???? ??, Quatrain on a Spring Garden, Song dynasty (960?1279), China, Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on silk, 11 x 9 1/2 in. (27.9 x 24.1 cm), Calligraphy, Emperor Lizong (Chinese, 1205?64, r. 1224?64), This verse, written...
EditorialArikara or Riccaree brave Pah-too-ca-ra, He Who Strikes 83 and young girl Pshan-shaw, Sweet-Scented Grass 84. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.