EditorialTile, Tin-enamelled earthenware, underglaze polychrome decoration, Vertical rectangle, Time from a stove, with flanges of back broken off. Decorated with checkered squares diagonally placed, with hatching running in alternating directions, in green; ro...
Editorialewer, Grieksche A [de] (the Greek A Factory), Delft, Netherlands, founded 1658, Adrianus Kocx, Dutch, active 16871701, Tin-glazed earthenware, Eight-sided, flattened, inverted pear-shaped body on raised foot, looped handle, slender neck, everted spout ...
EditorialSide?Table, 17th18th?century, Wood: top, hua-mu; legs; Huamu and huanghuali woods, 32 1/2 ? 54 1/4 ? 17 3/8 in. (82.6 ? 137.8 ? 44.13?cm), Often called altar tables, rectangular tables such as this served as side tables in a room. When positioned in th...
EditorialTerracotta finial with three flanges, Archaic, 7th?6th century B.C., Greek, Laconian, Terracotta, H. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm), Vases, From the sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at Sparta. Two handles, traces of white paint.
EditorialTrumpet Natural Trumpet, Willem I bought this trumpet in 1813 and donated it to the corps bodyguards on horseback, an elite unit that the Netherlands had defended against Napoleon. Their names are engraved in long rows on the cup, such as Graaf van Lim...
EditorialBronze chisel, Bronze, Other: 2 3/16 x 5 3/4 in. (5.6 x 14.6 cm), Bronzes, Covered with a turquoise- blue patina, of the 'winged' variety, with side flanges and a stop ridge for fastening the handle.
EditorialBronze chisel, Bronze, Other: 2 3/16 x 5 3/4 in. (5.6 x 14.6 cm), Bronzes, Covered with a turquoise- blue patina, of the 'winged' variety, with side flanges and a stop ridge for fastening the handle.
EditorialTerracotta finial with three flanges, Archaic, 7th?6th century B.C., Greek, Laconian, Terracotta, H. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm), Vases, From the sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at Sparta. Two handles, traces of white paint.
Editorial?? ??????, Wine Container (Hu), Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (475?221 B.C.), 5th century B.C., China, Bronze inlaid with copper, H. 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm), Metalwork, During the Eastern Zhou period, vessel shapes became simpler, gradually ...