EditorialCase (Inro) with Basketwork Design, Edo period (1615?1868), 18th century, Japan, Woven cane over wood with red lacquer covering; ojime: metal bead; netsuke: ivory in the shape of peapods; Interior: cherry bark, H. 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm); W. 2 1/16 in. (5.3...
Editorial[Whole folio] The Emperor with Frederick Barbarossa, as Frederick is about to embark on his first crusade. He leaves a palace followed by his barons, with ships in the background. He wears a red cloak over his armour, and holds a drawn sword in his rig...
EditorialFine Begum Hastings a Lack a Peck. 1787-1788. The Lord Chancellor, Edward Thurlow, pulls a horse-drawn cart bearing Warren Hastings and Edmund Burke, each asserting their moral ascendancy and holding peapods in the air. The depiction of peapods is a pu...
EditorialCase (Inro) with Basketwork Design, Edo period (1615?1868), 18th century, Japan, Woven cane over wood with red lacquer covering; ojime: metal bead; netsuke: ivory in the shape of peapods; Interior: cherry bark, H. 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm); W. 2 1/16 in. (5.3...