EditorialSkirt panel, Medium: silk Technique: chain stitch embroidery on plain weave, Rectangular skirt panel with delicate festoons of flowers caught with bows in a symmetrical arrangement. Embroidered in soft pastel colors on a cream-colored ribbed ground. Sm...
EditorialAn earthenware bowl with a flat bottom. The wall is slanted outwards and ends in an unadulterated and rounded edge. On the inside, the lower part of the wall is partially thickened. Manufactured on the wheel. The clay is brown in color, has a medium te...
EditorialAbout of the scale is missing. The bowl has a spherical foot surrounded by a rim. The underside of the shell is wide and slightly bulging until they turn into a rather high raised edge with a bend. The edge ends slightly projecting and is flattened at ...
EditorialFragment of a border with handle. The wall is slightly convex, with a rather small horizontal handle just below the edge. The handle has been partly broken off. The color on the inside as well as the outside is red with on the inside a black discolorat...
EditorialThe lamp has a round base that runs from a straight edge to the spout. From the foot the walls run slightly bulging up to a ledge, after which the wall runs in a slightly bulging way. The spout is part of the oval basic shape of the lamp. A small proje...
EditorialAn earthenware bowl with a ring foot. The wall rises obliquely outwards and is bent upwards around the edge. The edge is thickened on the inside and outside. The edge is flattened at the outside. A shallow horizontal groove under the edge. Manufactured...
Editorialsnake head, The head and the front part of the body of a snake. The head is raised so that it is in a corner with the rest of the body. The head and eyes are designed in a simple way, by means of a pair of ridges on the side of the head. The suspension...
EditorialThe ax is of the type: 'ax ax' or 'eye ax'. The sleeve flows smoothly into the ax blade. On the border between the sleeve and the ax blade are two oval holes, the 'eyes'. The holes run in the longitudinal direction of the ax, from halfway along the sle...
EditorialSaxon ball pot of gray earthenware. Orange discoloration on the belly and rim. The surface is slightly damaged, loose remains on the inside of the pot, pot, ball pot, earthenware (hand shaped), h: 22.8 cm, diam: 24.2 cm, vme 450-1050 AD, Netherlands, F...
EditorialThe lamp has a flat base. The walls have a slightly convex shape. The edge runs almost horizontally inwards and the end is angled downwards. The spout is a protrusion of the round basic shape of the lamp. The color is red with lots of white spots and b...
EditorialThe lamp has a clear flat base with an edge. The walls have a wide flared shape from the base, after which they get a slightly rounded shape and with a sharp kink turn into an almost horizontal inwardly extending edge. The spout is part of the oval bas...
EditorialBobbin lace strip without painted flowers and leaves in a series of strips that have been painted, Natural Bobbin lace strip, Binche lace, sewn with a few stitches to a blue and green painted strip with the same pattern. The pattern consists of feather...
EditorialBobbin lace strip without painted flowers and leaves in a series of strips that have been painted, Natural Bobbin lace strip, Binche lace, sewn with a few stitches to a blue and green painted strip with the same pattern. The pattern consists of feather...
EditorialBox in the shape of a duck, Round box made of stoneware, covered with a transparent glaze with a light blue tint. The lid is modeled in the shape of a duck. Brown discoloration on the head. Qingbai., anonymous, China, c. 960 - c. 1279, Song-dynasty (96...
EditorialTooth of a baby roussa (boar) from V.O.C. ship the 'Witte Leeuw', Tooth of a baby roussa (boar) from V.O.C. Comma-shaped ivory tooth, with gray discoloration. The enamel is worn on the back, Sint-Helena, Dutch East India Company, southeast Asia, before...
EditorialGayumarth and his court. Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 23 miniatures. Shiraz, Iran, 1560. Gayumarth and his court. Rocky landscape, gold sky. Artist A. Slight discoloration. 18 by 19 cm. Image taken from Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 23 miniatures. Origina...
EditorialNastihan slain by Bizhan. Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 49 miniatures. 1590 - 1600. Nastihan slain by Bizhan. Patches of discoloration. 14 by 14.5 cm. Opaque watercolour. Safavid/Isfahan style. Image taken from Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 49 miniatures. ...