EditorialPouch with four pattes, of silk with which the Four Cardinal Virtues are knitted with multicolored glass beads: Caution, Justice, Moderation and Courage, with drawstring and large acorns with tassel, of silk with the Four Cardinal Virtues, with caution...
EditorialThe delimitation of the territory of Carthage, Round, lead plaque, surrounded by a fruit wreath. In the foreground, to the right, Dido on horseback. In front of her on a bench, the skin with which she will delimit the terrain is cut into strips by two ...
EditorialCase of gold with six enameled scenes, with flower and green vendors, children and two still lifes respectively, showing flower and vegetable sellers, children and two still lifes. In leather case, dyed green skin (?), vegetables, flowers, Mathieu Coin...
EditorialCup with personifications of the four continents, inserted soil. Cylindrical body. The four continents are depicted on the body. Europe is personified by the Amsterdam mayor Joan Huydecoper (1599-1661), with a feathered hat, standing in front of his Go...
EditorialTerracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl), Late Classical, ca. 360?350 B.C., Greek, South Italian, Paestan, Terracotta; red-figure, diameter 14 1/2in. (36.8cm), Vases, Obverse, Dionysos and maenad in cart drawn by Papposilenos. Reverse, two youths. The phly...
EditorialHand guard, Tsuba in the shape of a turtle, the skin structure is represented by a special treatment of the surface (ishime)., anonymous, Japan, 1600 - 1900, brass (alloy), h 7.0 cm ? w 5.4 cm ? d 0.4 cm.
EditorialLimestone head of Herakles wearing the lion skin, Archaic, early 5th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 6 x 4 1/8 x 5 1/16 in. (15.2 x 10.5 x 12.9 cm), Stone Sculpture, The head of the lion, with a very furrowed muzzle, is on a diagonal relativ...
EditorialBronze bust of a Silenus, Imperial, ca. A.D. 50?125, Roman, Bronze, H. 4 3/4 in. (12 cm), Bronzes, The Silenus wears a fawn skin and ivy wreath. There is silver inlay on the hair, the body and the whites of the eyes. There is copper inlay on the lips, ...
EditorialBronze furniture attachment, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, H.: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Bronzes, This bronze mule's head was originally part of a fulcrum (headrest) on a Roman couch. The mule is associated with Dionysus, the god of wine a...
EditorialBronze bust of a Silenus, Imperial, ca. A.D. 50?125, Roman, Bronze, H. 4 3/4 in. (12 cm), Bronzes, The Silenus wears a fawn skin and ivy wreath. There is silver inlay on the hair, the body and the whites of the eyes. There is copper inlay on the lips, ...
EditorialBronze furniture attachment, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, H.: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Bronzes, This bronze mule's head was originally part of a fulcrum (headrest) on a Roman couch. The mule is associated with Dionysus, the god of wine a...
EditorialTerracotta lamp, Early Imperial, ca. A.D. 40?100, Roman, Cypriot, Terracotta; mold-made, 1 1/16 x 4 3/16 in. (2.7 x 10.6 cm), Terracottas, On discus, Silenus carrying wine-skin.
EditorialTerracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl), Late Classical, ca. 360?350 B.C., Greek, South Italian, Paestan, Terracotta; red-figure, diameter 14 1/2in. (36.8cm), Vases, Obverse, Dionysos and maenad in cart drawn by Papposilenos. Reverse, two youths. The phly...
EditorialLimestone head of Herakles wearing the lion skin, Archaic, early 5th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 6 x 4 1/8 x 5 1/16 in. (15.2 x 10.5 x 12.9 cm), Stone Sculpture, The head of the lion, with a very furrowed muzzle, is on a diagonal relativ...