EditorialCourt in Beijing Indian Clothing / Cours, Habillemens, Salutations, etc. des Indiens (title on object) The Indes Orientales and Occidentals and autres lieux (series title), The court in Beijing with three pagodas. On a square walk Japanese, Chinese, Ta...
Editorialman's ceremonial coat, Uzbek people, early 1900s, silk cross-stitched on cotton backing, L: 54 in. W: 78 in. (including sleeves), Central Asian, Uzbekistan, Textile and Fashion Arts.
EditorialPlate with an allegory on the Dutch East India Company, Porcelain plate with lobed wall, painted on the glaze in pink (and camaieu) and gold. On the shelf a group of people: a woman with a flag bearing the initials of the Dutch East India Company, surr...
EditorialSaucer with figures in a landscape, Porcelain dish, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, black and gold. On the shelf a rosette in a gold medallion. Around this medallion, continuous on the wall, a fantasy landscape with buildings, trees and...
Editorialman's ceremonial coat, Uzbek people, early 1900s, silk cross-stitched on cotton backing, L: 54 in. W: 78 in. (including sleeves), Central Asian, Uzbekistan, Textile and Fashion Arts.
Editorialman's ceremonial coat, Uzbek people, early 1900s, silk cross-stitched on cotton backing, L: 54 in. W: 78 in. (including sleeves), Central Asian, Uzbekistan, Textile and Fashion Arts.
Editorialman's ceremonial coat, Uzbek people, early 1900s, silk cross-stitched on cotton backing, L: 54 in. W: 78 in. (including sleeves), Central Asian, Uzbekistan, Textile and Fashion Arts.
Editorialman's ceremonial coat, Uzbek people, early 1900s, silk cross-stitched on cotton backing, L: 54 in. W: 78 in. (including sleeves), Central Asian, Uzbekistan, Textile and Fashion Arts.
Editorialman's ceremonial coat, Uzbek people, early 1900s, silk cross-stitched on cotton backing, L: 54 in. W: 78 in. (including sleeves), Central Asian, Uzbekistan, Textile and Fashion Arts.
EditorialZahhak-Hitler is nailed to Mt Damavand by the liberated Iranian people, with the Mussolini and Tojo snakes on his shoulders appearing rather deflated as the trio of western leaders gaze benevolently at the scene. Postcards in the Persian language, prod...
EditorialKaveh, the symbol of liberation for the Iranian people, coming before Zahhak-Hitler and raising his blacksmith’s apron as a banner of rebellion. Postcards in the Persian language, produced by the Ministry of Information. c.1942. A series of postcards...
EditorialThe arrival of the promised warriors, Churchill leading the way with his cigar, following by Stalin with his pipe and Roosevelt with his cigarette in its signature holder. The trio are, of course, led by the symbol of Iranian national liberation, Kaveh...