EditorialBlue albarellos or jars. Cylindrical in shape vessels designed to store apothecaries' ointments, plants, minerals, medicinal compounds and dry drugs. Type of pottery used in the Middle Ages in pharmacies. Museum of Esteve Pharmacy. Llivia, Girona provi...
EditorialOintment bowl in the shape of a fish, slate, greywacke, Total: Height: 5.8 cm; Width: 10.9 cm, cosmetics, grave goods, fish (animals), animals, The ointment or make-up bowl reminds of the make-up palettes of the predynastic time of the 4th millennium B...
EditorialStatuette lekythos in the shape of an Eros, clay, pressed into the form, quickly turned, painted (ceramic), cold painting, clay, turned, hand formed and painted, Total: Height: 25,50 cm; Width: 18,00 cm; Base diameter: 10,00 cm, Ceramics, History of Cu...
EditorialThe Three Marys Going to the Sepulchre, Print made by Valentine Green, 17391813, British, after Benjamin West, 17381820, American, active in Britain (from 1763), Published by V. Green & Son, 17391813, British, 1784, Mezzotint on moderately thick, moder...
EditorialMetal vase found in Herculaneum, Naples 1, metal case adorned with silver, perhaps to store women's clothes, found in Herculaneum 2, metal rings found in the Villa Casali outside the Porta San Sebastiano 3, metal rings and a spoon, perhaps used for mix...
EditorialBlue albarellos or jars. Cylindrical in shape vessels designed to store apothecaries' ointments, plants, minerals, medicinal compounds and dry drugs. Type of pottery used in the Middle Ages in pharmacies. Museum of Esteve Pharmacy. Llivia, Girona provi...
EditorialBlue albarellos or jars. Cylindrical in shape vessels designed to store apothecaries' ointments, plants, minerals, medicinal compounds and dry drugs. Type of pottery used in the Middle Ages in pharmacies. Museum of Esteve Pharmacy. Llivia, Girona provi...
EditorialBronze stirring rod, Hellenistic or Early Imperial, ca. 2nd century B.C.?1st century A.D., Greek or Roman, Bronze, length 18.39 cm., Bronzes, This instrument was used for mixing ointments or cosmetics. The central disk both served as a lid for the bott...
EditorialBronze stirring rod, Hellenistic or Early Imperial, ca. 2nd century B.C.?1st century A.D., Greek or Roman, Bronze, length 18.39 cm., Bronzes, This instrument was used for mixing ointments or cosmetics. The central disk both served as a lid for the bott...
EditorialBottle and lid naming Thutmose III, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479?1425 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Homogenous travertine (Egyptian alabaster); gold leaf on edge...
EditorialBronze stirring rod, Hellenistic or Early Imperial, ca. 2nd century B.C.?1st century A.D., Greek or Roman, Bronze, length 18.39 cm., Bronzes, This instrument was used for mixing ointments or cosmetics. The central disk both served as a lid for the bott...
EditorialVessel in the Shape of a Fish, 4th?6th century, Roman or Byzantine, Copper alloy, cast, Overall (vessel only standing on tail): 8 13/16 x 2 13/16 x 1 5/8 in. (22.4 x 7.1 x 4.1 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy, The stopper has a butterfly on the end as if th...
EditorialWide-necked jar and lid naming Thutmose III, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479?1425 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Anhydrite, gold, H. 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in.); Diam. 5.4 ...
EditorialOintment jar and lid naming Thutmose III, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479?1425 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Serpentinite, gold leaf, H. 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in); diam. 8...
EditorialMetal vase found in Herculaneum, Naples 1, metal case adorned with silver, perhaps to store women's clothes, found in Herculaneum 2, metal rings found in the Villa Casali outside the Porta San Sebastiano 3, metal rings and a spoon, perhaps used for mix...