EditorialThe Courtesan Hinaaya of the Choji House, from the series Courtesans Representing the Seven Gods of Luck. Date: 1814-1817. Dimensions: 38 cm x 25.9 cm.
EditorialWheel twenty questions (Rueda de las veinte preguntas). Illustration of a book augural practices. Book of games of luck, published in Valencia by Jordi Costilla, 1515. Spain. Colored.
EditorialWheel twenty questions (Rueda de las veinte preguntas). Illustration of a book augural practices. Book of games of luck, published in Valencia by Jordi Costilla, 1515. Spain.
EditorialBronze phallic amulet, Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, L. 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm.), Bronzes, Phallic emblems are found on a wide range of Roman objects, from amulets to frescoes to mosaics to lamps. They were symbols intended to bring good luck...
EditorialDrawings and Prints, Print, Chap. X: Quel guignon! (What bad luck!), Un an de la vie d'un jeune homme (A Year in the Life of a Young Man), Lithographer, Publisher, Artist, Langlum?, Sazerac and Duval, Victor Adam, French, active 1819?30, French, 1801?1...
EditorialNetsuke of Mother Hare and Son Carrying the Emblem of the Gods of Luck, 19th century, Japan, Ivory with metal disc, Diam. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); D. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm), Netsuke.
EditorialManuscript Leaf wtih Saint Dorothy, from a Book of Hours, ca. 1500, Made in Ghent-Bruges, Netherlands, Netherlandish, Tempera, ink, and shell gold on parchment, 6 5/8 x 4 11/16 in. (16.8 x 11.9 cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, Dressed as a middle cl...
EditorialHow to Pluck a Goose, June 10, 1802, Hand-colored etching, Sheet: 12 1/16 x 15 3/16 in. (30.7 x 38.5 cm), Prints, Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757?1827 London), A young officer playing the card game Cassino with three elderly expert females is t...
EditorialBronze phallic amulet, Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, L. 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm.), Bronzes, Phallic emblems are found on a wide range of Roman objects, from amulets to frescoes to mosaics to lamps. They were symbols intended to bring good luck...
Editorial???(????) ?????????, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin), Dali kingdom (938?1253), 12th century, China, Gilt arsenical bronze; lost-wax cast, H. 20 3/4 in. (52.7 cm); W. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); Diam. (base) 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm), Sculpture, The slim, stra...
EditorialSeeing a Performance, Edo period (1615?1868), 1789, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 9 in. (22.9 cm); W. 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm), Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753??1806), A monkey performance is being held at the home ...
EditorialCourtesan Dressed in an Elaborate Gown Embroidered with Emblems of Good Luck, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1800, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 7 7/8 x 7 1/8 in. (20 x 18.1 cm), Prints, possibly Kubo Shunman (Japan...
EditorialDaikoku (God of Luck) with Radish, Edo period (1615?1868), 18th?19th century, Japan, Ink on paper, 9 5/8 x 13 1/8 in. (24.4 x 33.3 cm), Paintings, School of Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760?1849 Tokyo (Edo)).
EditorialDaikoku, Juro, and Ebisu (Gods of Luck), Edo period (1615?1868), 18th?19th century, Japan, Ink and color on brown prepared paper, 11 x 16 in. (27.9 x 40.6 cm), Paintings, School of Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760?1849 Tokyo (Edo)).
EditorialOrnament in the shape of Daikoku, God of Luck, Edo period (1615?1868), 1698, Japan, Clay glazed and gilt (Kiyomizu ware), H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialEbisu (God of Luck, Protector of Merchants), Edo period (1615?1868), 18th?19th century, Japan, Ink and color on paper, 10 11/16 x 7 in. (27.1 x 17.8 cm), Paintings, School of Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760?1849 Tokyo (Edo)).
EditorialJuro (God of Luck), Edo period (1615?1868), 18th?19th century, Japan, Ink on paper, 10 11/16 x 7 1/8 in. (27.1 x 18.1 cm), Paintings, School of Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760?1849 Tokyo (Edo)).
EditorialSencha the Druid on the Hill of Slane. The Moment of Good Luck is Come. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Stephen Reid from Eleanor Hull's Cuchulain The Hound of Ulster, Harrap, London, 1909.
EditorialWheel twenty questions (Rueda de las veinte preguntas). Illustration of a book augural practices. Book of games of luck, published in Valencia by Jordi Costilla, 1515. Spain. Colored.
EditorialWoman in fancy dress costume with good luck symbols, swastikas. Handcolored pochoir (stencil) lithograph from the French luxury fashion magazine Art, Gout, Beaute, 1925.
EditorialShichifukujin, The seven gods of good luck., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865, artist, [between 1830 and 1844], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 36.5 x 24.9 cm (top panel), 37.9 x 24.9 cm (bottom panel), Print shows the seven lucky gods in Japanese mythology.
EditorialWheel twenty questions (Rueda de las veinte preguntas). Illustration of a book augural practices. Book of games of luck, published in Valencia by Jordi Costilla, 1515. Spain.
EditorialShichifukujin, The seven gods of good luck., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865, artist, [between 1830 and 1844], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 36.5 x 24.9 cm (top panel), 37.9 x 24.9 cm (bottom panel), Print shows the seven lucky gods in Japanese mythology.
EditorialOmatsuri shozoku no shichifukujin, The seven gods of good luck dressed in festival clothes., Katsukawa, Shunsen, 1762-approximately 1830, artist, [181-], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 18.7 x 36.5 cm., Print shows the seven lucky gods of Japan with large f...
EditorialOmatsuri shozoku no shichifukujin, The seven gods of good luck dressed in festival clothes., Katsukawa, Shunsen, 1762-approximately 1830, artist, [181-], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 18.7 x 36.5 cm., Print shows the seven lucky gods of Japan with large f...
EditorialFortuna, Roman god of luck, with crown and sceptre. Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from "La Mythologie en Estampes" (Mythology in Prints, or Figures of Fabled Gods), ...
EditorialPlutus, Fortuna and Harpocrates, Greek and Roman gods of wealth, luck, and silence. Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from "La Mythologie en Estampes" (Mythology in Prin...
Editorial"ROBIN GOODFELLOW," THE NEW PLAY AT THE GARRICK THEATRE: 1. Valentine Barbrook (Mr. John Hare): "There, and you will be silent then." 2. Grace Barbrook (Miss K. Rorke) and Hugh Rokeby (Mr. J. Forbes Robertson): "May I keep this ribbon that you have wor...
EditorialWorld War I (1914-1918). Battle of Champagne (France): a wounded captain and battalion chief, who also joined the struggle, shake hands wishing for luck. Year 1915.
EditorialEmbroidered bags for prayer shawls, from Morocco. Pierced and repoussee silver on velvet. The rooster on the left-hand bag is a symbol of good luck. 28 x 19 cm.
EditorialKetubah, Jewish marriage contract, from Tiberias, Israel, 1888. Apotropaic eyes in the upper corners protect bride and groom from evil and bad luck. Paint and ink on paper, 45,2 x 36,7 cm.
EditorialFish tureen from Meissen. Handles on tureen and lid are goldfish, a Chinese symbol of good luck. The China-blue is painted under the glaze, the other colours are added over the glaze. 1730.
EditorialThe " Luck box" (yang gam) is always kept in the house, filled with precious objects such as beads of coral and turquoise placed there at the time the house was built. It is never opened as it contains the " luck" of house and famil...
EditorialSteel helmets were padded inside for comfort and deco-rated with a plated braid in five colours for good luck and protection. A general's helmet, steel, silk, cotton. H: 40 cm.
EditorialA basket of flowers, Ding family of the Jinchang pavillion, Suzhou, 1690. The inscription on this print identifies the Ding family as coming from [near] the Jinchang pavillion. The Jinchang pavillion was near the Chang gate, in north-western Suzhou. Th...
EditorialRounded bowl of colourless glass; two rams in dark blue blue overlay and the inscription " Reptah", " good luck". Fatimid period, 11th. H: 8,5 cm Inv. 2463.