EditorialSaucer with the personification of Peace and an inscription, Porcelain dish, painted on the glaze with enamel colors and gold. On the shelf the personification of Peace with a spear and a (willow?) Branch in her hands. A helmet, sword with shield and t...
EditorialBronze kylix (drinking cup), Late Classical or Hellenistic, 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); diameter 3 9/16 in. (9 cm), Bronzes, This elegant cup combines the deep bowl of a skyphos with the handles of kylix. The tensile qua...
EditorialSaddle (gser sga), 15th?17th century, Tibetan, Iron, gold, copper, wood, leather, H. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm); L. 23 3/8 in. (59.4 cm); W. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm), Equestrian Equipment-Saddles, This saddle is remarkable for the quality and extent of its pierc...
EditorialGauntlet for the Right Hand, Belonging to the Armor of Don Alonzo P?rez de Guzman el Bueno (1550?1619), Count of Niebla and Duke of Medina-Sidonia, ca. 1580, Milan, Italian, Milan, Steel, silver, gold, textile, leather, L. 13 in. (33 cm); W. 5 9/16 in....
EditorialBronze kylix (drinking cup), Late Classical or Hellenistic, 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); diameter 3 9/16 in. (9 cm), Bronzes, This elegant cup combines the deep bowl of a skyphos with the handles of kylix. The tensile qua...
EditorialBronze kylix (drinking cup), Late Classical or Hellenistic, 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); diameter 3 9/16 in. (9 cm), Bronzes, This elegant cup combines the deep bowl of a skyphos with the handles of kylix. The tensile qua...
EditorialSpherical jar with four rows of painted decoration, Meroitic Period, 100 B.C.?A.D. 300, From Egypt and Sudan, Nubia, Pottery, paint, H. 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in), From both the technical and aesthetic point of view, the ceramics produced during the Meroitic p...
EditorialVase, 1925, French, Glazed stoneware, Height 12 1/2 in. (31.8cm), diameter 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm), Ceramics-Pottery, Lenoble, trained in the fine arts as well as commercial ceramics, was one of the most successful French Art Deco studio potters. His works...
EditorialCandlestick (one of a pair), Master 'RW' (Swedish, Upsala, early 18th century), ca. 1710?20, Swedish, Uppsala, Silver, partially gilt, H. 8 1/2 in. (21.5 cm.); D. standing 5 3/4 in. (15 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Master 'RW' (Swedish, Upsala, early 18th ce...