EditorialMarcus Curtius' death Roman heroes (series title), Round, lead plaque, surrounded by a leaf edge. In the foreground the hero plunges on horseback and in full armor into the fiery canyon that had opened on the Roman Forum. The fortune-tellers had predic...
EditorialSacrifice leaf, Talam, sacrifice leaf, bronze, decorated in the middle with a pot with flower-bearing branches. On the belly of the barrel the 'Sri sign'., anonymous, Indonesia, 800 - 930, bronze (metal), d 46.7 cm ? h 2.3 cm.
EditorialCong of jade, tomb gift, symbol of earth, used at sacrifice in Zhou period. This Cong is late imitation., anonymous, China, 1600 - 1699, jade (rock), h 11.2 cm ? w 6.5 cm ? d 6.5 cm.
EditorialTalam, Sacrifice leaf, talam, with border and incised decoration that is characteristic of the East Javanese period., anonymous, Indonesia, 1300 - 1500, bronze (metal), d 25 cm ? h 1.8 cm.
EditorialBand for the New Testament and the Psalms, The New testament and the psalms from 1854, bound in a shrines band with old silver locks, corners and rings. Abraham's sacrifice, driven by the locks, and the three angels by Abraham. The proclamation and the...
EditorialWalking stick button, used as a cachet, The round, cast button rests on a slightly constricted band with a profiled upper edge, with which it was attached to the rot. Above a curved bottom edge, it widens to the curved top. The bottom edge is decorated...
EditorialDish with the Expulsion from Paradise Dish with the sacrifice of Kain and Abel and the Expulsion of Adam and Eve from paradise, Round dish of multicolored painted majolica with the sacrifice of Kain and Abel the Expulsion of Adam and Eva from paradise....
EditorialFragments of a terracotta calyx-krater (mixing bowl), Late Classical, ca. 400?360 B.C., Greek, South Italian, Lucanian, Terracotta; red-figure, A-H. 8 11/16 in. (22 cm), Vases, Obverse, Herakles and Busiris, Reverse, Dionysos and Ariadne. Dionysos was ...
EditorialTerracotta lekythos (oil flask), Classical, ca. 470?460 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, white-ground, H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); diameter 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); H. as restored 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm), Vases, Young warrior cutting his hair with sword. T...
EditorialPottery shrapnel with drawing of three figures near a staircase, in underglaze blue, possibly Manoah's sacrifice, anonymous, 1500 - 1799, earthenware, glaze, h 3.4 cm ? w 21.6 cm ? d 20.4 cm.
EditorialPlaque of oyster shell, Oyster shell with mother-of-pearl engraving depicting Abraham's sacrifice. Marked., J. Bellekin, 1600 - 1699, oyster shell, engraving, h 10.4 cm ? w 8.2 cm ? d 1.4 cm.
EditorialLimestone altar, Cypro-Classical, first half of the 5th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 9 3/8 x 6 3/8 x 6 in. (23.8 x 16.2 x 15.2 cm), Cesnola Inscriptions, The altar is decorated on two sides; on one, together with a Cypro-syllabic inscript...