EditorialSprinklers surround giant sequoia trees in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park in California, July 19, 2022. (Nic Coury/The New York Times)
EditorialBuzurjumid leading the funeral procession accompanied by water-sprinklers and men giving coins to bystanders. An abridged version of Khusrau u Shirin by Nizami. Sixty-three miniatures. 1726. Opaque watercolour. Mughal style. Source: Or.2933 f.95v.
EditorialBottles (Sprinklers) Sprinkler of blue glass, Sprinkler with hollow stand ring. Inserted bottom. Spherical body, merging into a high, slightly ribbed and twisted, curved neck, which ends in a wide mouth with a narrow spout., anonymous, Persia, c. 1700 ...
EditorialBottles (Sprinklers) Sprinkler of blue glass, Sprinkler with a flat base with a hollow, turned-over rim. Stem made up of three hollow nodes. Pear-shaped body, blown into the shape with grunts and ribs, merging into a ribbed, twisted and curved neck tha...
EditorialBottles (Sprinklers) Sprinkler of blue glass, Sprinkler with flat foot with folded edge. Stem made up of three hollow nodes. Pear-shaped body, blown into the shape with grunts and ribs, merging into a ribbed, twisted and curved neck that ends in a wide...
EditorialBuzurjumid leading the funeral procession accompanied by water-sprinklers and men giving coins to bystanders. An abridged version of Khusrau u Shirin by Nizami. Sixty-three miniatures. 1726. Opaque watercolour. Mughal style. Source: Or.2933 f.95v.
EditorialBuzurjumid leading the funeral procession accompanied by water-sprinklers and men giving coins to bystanders. An abridged version of Khusrau u Shirin by Nizami. Sixty-three miniatures. 1726. Opaque watercolour. Mughal style. Source: Or.2933 f.95v.
EditorialWater bottle (Kundika), ?? ?? ??, Goryeo dynasty (918?1392), Korea, Bronze, H. 13 1/2 in. (34.2 cm); W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm), Metalwork, Distinctively shaped containers such as this example were traditionally used in Asia as water sprinklers for Buddhis...
EditorialWater bottle (Kundika), ?? ?? ??, Goryeo dynasty (918?1392), Korea, Bronze, H. 13 1/2 in. (34.2 cm); W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm), Metalwork, Distinctively shaped containers such as this example were traditionally used in Asia as water sprinklers for Buddhis...
EditorialKundika (water sprinklers),Korean, Koryo dynasty, 12th ct. Watersprinklers were used in Buddhist rituals, to hold the "water of Life". Their form derived from similar Chinese vessels; they were mostly used during the Koryo dynasty, when Buddhism was ...