EditorialBasin with the Lamb of God, A representation of the Lamb of God (John 1, 29-36) is punched into the plane of the basin with aureole, staff, vane and chalice, in which the blood is collected. This is surrounded by a punched edge of stylized leaf ornamen...
EditorialFurniture plaque carved in relief with a winged, falcon-headed sphinx, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th?8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, 4.37 x 3.23 x 0.24 in. (11.1 x 8.2 x 0.61 cm), Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, This exquisitely car...