EditorialBlock depicting Niankhwadjet from the frame of the false door niche of her husband Mery, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, ca. 2575?2520 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara, Djoser precinct, north of the Step pyramid, Limestone, H 128 ? W 33 ? D 14.5 cm (...
Editorial"Dead. Mr Peggotty ?" I hinted, after a respectful pause. "Drowndead", said Mr Peggotty ?". In the parlour, around a fireplace. Illustraion for the novel 'David Copperfield'. The Works of Charles Dickens Household edition [With illustrations] (David Co...
EditorialTextile, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave, Square fragment in red on white of a repeating vignette depicting a Chinese gentleman seated in an open litter as he receives the respectful bow of another man. The litter ha...
EditorialHogarth Drinking the First Glass of Wine with His Wife - Their Dogs Keeping Respectful Distances, John Thomas Smith, 17661833, British, 1817, Pen and brown ink, black ink, brown wash, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, be...
EditorialOn the right, seeing his sons and Sītā clad in robes of bark, Da?aratha loses consciousness and falls from the throne. The three exiles then kneel before the queens. Sītā is embraced by Kausalyā, who reminds her unnecessarily that her first duty ...
EditorialGaruda, Statue of the bird Garuda, the mount of Vishnu. The bird is shown in human form, but with a bird's nebula. His hair is tied together with a snake. With his right hand he makes the gesture of respectful greeting (abhaya-mudra) and in his left he...
EditorialOn the right, seeing his sons and Sītā clad in robes of bark, Da?aratha loses consciousness and falls from the throne. The three exiles then kneel before the queens. Sītā is embraced by Kausalyā, who reminds her unnecessarily that her first duty ...
Editorial"Dead. Mr Peggotty ?" I hinted, after a respectful pause. "Drowndead", said Mr Peggotty ?". In the parlour, around a fireplace. Illustraion for the novel 'David Copperfield'. The Works of Charles Dickens Household edition [With illustrations] (David Co...
EditorialOn the right, seeing his sons and Sītā clad in robes of bark, Da?aratha loses consciousness and falls from the throne. The three exiles then kneel before the queens. Sītā is embraced by Kausalyā, who reminds her unnecessarily that her first duty ...
EditorialSnuffbox, ca. 1785, Swiss, Gold and enamel, H. 4.7 cm, L. 8.3 cm, D. 6.2 cm, Snuffboxes, The incuse form of the maker?s mark, a system never used in France, and the appearance of the remaining ones, identify them as ?prestige? marks and suggest that th...
EditorialBlock depicting Niankhwadjet from the frame of the false door niche of her husband Mery, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, ca. 2575?2520 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara, Djoser precinct, north of the Step pyramid, Limestone, H 128 ? W 33 ? D 14.5 cm (...