EditorialTerracotta vase in the form of a sleeping African (known as Ethiopian) boy, Hellenistic, ca. 3rd?2nd century B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta, H. 8 3/16 in. (20.8 cm), Vases, The sleeping boy's nakedness and exhausted state suggest that he is a slave or serva...
EditorialBalsamarium to put perfumed oil for massages. 2nd century AD. Bronze. From Valencia de Alcantara (Caceres province, Extremadura, Spain). National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.
EditorialChef Kia Damon, who said that if she could only cook one more thing, it would be duck confit perfumed with orange peel, star anise and juniper berries over two to three days, in New York, June 16, 2019. (Wayne Lawrence/The New York Times)
EditorialChef Kia Damon, who said that if she could only cook one more thing, it would be duck confit perfumed with orange peel, star anise and juniper berries over two to three days, in New York, June 16, 2019. (Wayne Lawrence/The New York Times)
EditorialAttributed to the Group of the Boeotian Dancers, Terracotta tripod kothon (vessel for perfumed oil), Greek, Boeotian, Archaic, Date mid-6th century B.C., Greek, Boeotian, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm), diameter 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm), V...
EditorialA Chinese lady and her son. The Costume of China. Illustrated in forty-eight c. William Miller: London, 1805. The lady wears a long robe of silk or satin. Underneath, she wears an under-vest and drawers of taffeta. Her hair is smoothed with oil and clo...
EditorialBalsamarium to put perfumed oil for massages. 2nd century AD. Bronze. From Valencia de Alcantara (Caceres province, Extremadura, Spain). National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.
EditorialBalsamarium to put perfumed oil for massages. 2nd century AD. Bronze. From Valencia de Alcantara (Caceres province, Extremadura, Spain). National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.
EditorialGladiolus orchidiflorus (Perfumed corn-flag, Gladiolus viperatus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854.
EditorialOiran courtesan having her hair treated with perfumed oil by a kamuro outside a barred shopfront in the pleasure quarters. Another maid brings a letter. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water ...
EditorialOn the perfumed high road which leads to happiness. Snowdrop. The Black Princess, and other fairy tales from Brazil-“Contos para Crianc?as.” Translated from the Portuguese of “Chrysanthe?me” by Christie T. Young. Illustrated by Florence Mary ...
EditorialSacrifice at the temple. The Costume of China. Illustrated in forty-eight c. William Miller: London, 1805. The figure on the right hand is anxiously watching the fall of tallies, which he is shaling in a joint of bamboo and as they fall, the characters...
EditorialA Chinese lady and her son. The Costume of China. Illustrated in forty-eight c. William Miller: London, 1805. The lady wears a long robe of silk or satin. Underneath, she wears an under-vest and drawers of taffeta. Her hair is smoothed with oil and clo...
EditorialPerfume burner in the form of a dove-cote, 1759?65, British, Chelsea, Soft-paste porcelain, Overall (confirmed): 20 5/16 x 9 3/16 x 8 1/4 in. (51.6 x 23.3 x 21 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, A model produced in both the red and gold anchor periods at Chelsea...
EditorialBottle and lid naming Thutmose III, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479?1425 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Homogenous travertine (Egyptian alabaster); gold leaf on edge...
EditorialOintment jar inscribed with the name of Pepi I, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, ca. 2289?2255 B.C., From Egypt, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), H. 15 cm (5 7/8 in); greatest diam. 13 cm (5 1/8 in), This ointment jar was probably valued more for its inscriptio...
EditorialTerracotta vase in the form of a sleeping African (known as Ethiopian) boy, Hellenistic, ca. 3rd?2nd century B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta, H. 8 3/16 in. (20.8 cm), Vases, The sleeping boy's nakedness and exhausted state suggest that he is a slave or serva...
EditorialWide-necked jar and lid naming Thutmose III, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479?1425 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Anhydrite, gold, H. 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in.); Diam. 5.4 ...
EditorialOintment jar and lid naming Thutmose III, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479?1425 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Serpentinite, gold leaf, H. 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in); diam. 8...
EditorialGladiolus orchidiflorus (Perfumed corn-flag, Gladiolus viperatus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854.
EditorialOiran courtesan having her hair treated with perfumed oil by a kamuro outside a barred shopfront in the pleasure quarters. Another maid brings a letter. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water ...