EditorialMarilyn Monroe and Playboy go on tour: Asian exhibition will showcase 1,000 items, including from The Seven Year Itch to Hefner?s red smoking jacket ahead of Hollywood auction
EditorialHairpin with a Figure of a Hippopotamus, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12?13, ca. 1981?1640 B.C., From Egypt, Bone, h. 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in), The figure of an erect hippopotamus represents a goddess invoked as the protector of women in pregnancy and childbirth. ...
EditorialDiana, resting at a source, Round, silver plaque. The goddess sits on the left side of a rocky elevation, under trees. In her left hand she holds the straps of both her hunting dogs. A long-haired dog is behind her. At her feet the quiver with bow and ...
EditorialCup with a classical scene, Cup (trembleuse) of porcelain with a cylindrical wall and braided, C-shaped ear, painted on the enamel in enamel colors and gold. On the outside wall a classical representation of a landscape with a goddess (Venus?) Floating...
EditorialTerracotta medallion fragment, late 2nd?early 3rd century A.D., Roman, Terracotta; Rh?ne Valley ware, H. 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm), Vases, Originally, the medallion would have decorated the body of a vessel, as with the three-handled jug in this case. This a...
EditorialDiana, resting at a source, Round, silver plaque. The goddess sits on the left side of a rocky elevation, under trees. In her left hand she holds the straps of both her hunting dogs. A long-haired dog is behind her. At her feet the quiver with bow and ...
EditorialDish with sea goddess, Round dish of multi-colored faience. In the middle is a circle within which a sea goddess is painted. From the circle, four radians are painted that divide the border into four sections. Winged monsters (?) Are painted with human...
EditorialTerracotta pomegranate, Classical, 5th?4th century B.C., Greek, Terracotta, Diam.: 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm), Terracottas, Throughout Greek art and the Greek world, the pomegranate has been associated with funerary beliefs and ritual. The mythological expres...
EditorialBronze head of a goddess, Late Hellenistic or Early Imperial, ca. 100 B.C.?A.D. 100, Greek or Roman, Bronze, H. 1 in. (2.5 cm), Bronzes, Head of a woman wearing a diadem with short straight hair, parted in the middle, and slightly wavy around the foreh...
EditorialTerracotta statuette of a seated goddess, Archaic, ca. 550?500 B.C., Greek, Boeotian, Terracotta, Height: 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm), Terracottas, The headdress with rays suggests that the figure is a goddess.
EditorialTerracotta statuette of a seated woman, Archaic, ca. 575?550 B.C., Greek, Boeotian, Terracotta, H.: 5 5/16 x 3 1/16 in. (13.5 x 7.8 cm), Terracottas, Because of her seated position and the headdress, this figure probably represents a goddess. Of partic...
EditorialTerracotta head of a goddess, Cypro-Classical II, 4th century B.C., Greek, Cypriot, Terracotta; mold-made and handmade, H. 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm), Terracottas, The head, of the Kition goddess type, is mold-made and hollow; the veil was added by hand. The ...
EditorialCup with a classical scene, Cup (trembleuse) of porcelain with a cylindrical wall and braided, C-shaped ear, painted on the enamel in enamel colors and gold. On the outside wall a classical representation of a landscape with a goddess (Venus?) Floating...
EditorialDiana and Actaeon, Ronde, lead plaque, surrounded by a braid band. On the right Diana with two companions in a square basin with a water-breathing mask. Actaeon is approaching from the left, a spear in his right hand and two dogs at his feet. The godde...
EditorialGoddess of Abundance Enthroned on Lion and Lustrated by Elephants. India, Kashmir or Pakistan. Date: 601 AD-800 AD. Dimensions: 24.3 x 14.5 x 3.7 cm (9 5/8 x 5 3/4 x 1 7/16 in.). Chlorite. Origin: India.
EditorialBronze head of a goddess, Late Hellenistic or Early Imperial, ca. 100 B.C.?A.D. 100, Greek or Roman, Bronze, H. 1 in. (2.5 cm), Bronzes, Head of a woman wearing a diadem with short straight hair, parted in the middle, and slightly wavy around the forehead.
EditorialBronze bust of Artemis, Early Imperial, 1st half of the 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, H. 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm), Bronzes, The goddess of the hunt is represented with her quiver on her back.
EditorialBronze bust of an Amazon, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, H. 14.5 cm, Bronzes, In high relief: Amazon or goddess wearing an oriental cap and carrying a sheathed sword.