EditorialLower sleeve of lace embroidery with a cuff consisting of two types of bobbin lace, Lower sleeve of lace embroidery - tulle piercing on machine tulle - and a cuff of two strips of bobbin lace: Lille and Mechelen lace. The Lille side strip is sewn on th...
EditorialPaired Peaks Bristle Against the Clouds (Twin Peaks Piercing the Clouds), Kang Youwei, Calligrapher (Chinese, 1858-1927), Qing dynasty, about 1900, ink on paper, 18-3/4 in. x 46-1/4 in., Signed: Kang Youwei Seal: Kang Youwei yin Seal, four column: Kang...
EditorialDisc from V.O.C. ship the 'Witte Leeuw', Disc with central piercing, Saint Helena, Dutch East India Company, anonymous, before 1613, wood (plant material), d 9.2 cm d 3 cm.
EditorialStrip of lace embroidery on machine tulle with roses and c-volutes, Strip of natural-colored lace embroidery, tulle piercing on machine tulle. The pattern has thick roses on branches and neo-rococo c-volutes. Along the scalloped lower edge runs a conca...
EditorialLower sleeve of lace embroidery with a cuff consisting of two types of bobbin lace, Lower sleeve of lace embroidery - tulle piercing on machine tulle - and a cuff of two strips of bobbin lace: Lille and Mechelen lace. The Lille side strip is sewn on th...
EditorialTest piece made of lace embroidery on machine tulle with a flowered branch, Test piece made of natural-colored lace embroidery, tulle piercing on machine tulle. Square model with on it one flower branch with feathered leaves or flower branches., anonym...
EditorialFolding fan with two paper sheets, on which the question and answer game 'l'Oracle' is printed and colored, on a carved ivory frame with 'm?tal en quattre couleurs', Folding fan with two paper sheets on which the question and answer game l'Oracle is pr...
EditorialDisc for packaging from V.O.C. ship the 'Witte Leeuw', Disc for packaging from V.O.C. ship the 'Witte Leeuw'. With central piercing and knot hole, Saint Helena, Dutch East India Company, anonymous, before 1613, wood (plant material), d 9.8 cm ? t 0.4 cm.
EditorialPlate with Pelican in her Piety, 15th century, Made in Dinant or Malines, Netherlands, Netherlandish, Brass, diam. 19 7/8 ? 3 in., 6 lb. (diam. 50.5 ? 7.6 cm, 2744g), Metalwork-Brass, The motif of the pelican piercing its breast to feed its young with ...
EditorialVishnu with the army of Gods are shown to the right, the demon army facing them on the left. In the centre, one of Sukesha's sons, Mali, is seen with a lance piercing his chest and falling from his horse, his sword broken in two. Ramayana. Udaipur, 165...
EditorialDetail of a miniature of a pelican piercing its breast to feed its young. Theological miscellany, including the Summa de vitiis. England; 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century, after c. 1236. Source: Harley 3244, f.54v. Language: Latin.
EditorialBas-de-page scene of a hunting lady, piercing a boar in the throat with her spear. Bas-de-page scene of a hunting lady blowing the mort, carrying a boar’s head on her spear. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours'). England, S. E.? (London?...
EditorialVishnu with the army of Gods are shown to the right, the demon army facing them on the left. In the centre, one of Sukesha's sons, Mali, is seen with a lance piercing his chest and falling from his horse, his sword broken in two. Ramayana. Udaipur, 165...
EditorialGold Necklace with Cross, 6th century, Byzantine, Gold, Overall: 57 1/16 x 2 5/8 x 9/16 in. (145 x 6.6 x 1.4 cm) Wt: 177g, Metalwork-Gold, This elegantly worked necklace was made by piercing the design into sheets of gold, a popular Byzantine technique...
EditorialPlate with Pelican in her Piety, 15th century, Made in Dinant or Malines, Netherlands, Netherlandish, Brass, diam. 19 7/8 ? 3 in., 6 lb. (diam. 50.5 ? 7.6 cm, 2744g), Metalwork-Brass, The motif of the pelican piercing its breast to feed its young with ...
EditorialAleuts from Unalaska island. Man in fur-lined coat with canoe paddle, and woman with baby in papoose. Portraits of both showing facial decoration, piercing and tattoos. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergall...