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EditorialGrave of Peter V of Queralt i Alamanda Rocabert? (XIV century). Detail knight on horseback. It is preserved in the church of Santa Mar?a de Bell-Lloc, Santa Coloma de Queralt. Gothic.
EditorialSampler, Thomizan Thomson, English, Medium: silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, eyelet, cross, half cross, and rococo (queen) stitches on plain weave foundation, 'Blessed those who have God chose/ and in him put there tr...
EditorialSampler, Margaret Barnholt, (American), Medium: cotton and silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross and stem stitches on plain weave foundation Label: cotton embroidered with cotton and silk in cross and stem stitches, A sam...
EditorialSampler, Mary Mitchell, Medium: silk, linen, and cotton embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in back, long aremed cross, cross, eyelet, satin stitches and cutwork with needlemade fillings on plain weave foundation, Bands of pattern in ...
EditorialCentaur, Gift from Gertrud Benndorf (Hamburg), Clay, hand-modeled, Clay, hand-modeled, Total: Height: 8.8 cm; Width: 5.5 cm; Depth: 8.2 cm, Ceramics, Small sculptures/small sculptures, Centaurs, late archaic, Greek antiquity, The centaur stands on the ...
EditorialTombboard of Laurentius de Blau, diamond-shaped weaponboard hung on one corner, black frame with golden edge. Presentation: on a black background an olive-green shield with a golden cow's head and two golden acorns. Above the shield a crown with a pear...
EditorialMount for Spear-Shaft, ca. 400, Made in Vermand, North France, Late Roman, Silver-gilt, niello, Overall: 3 11/16 x 5/8 x 1/16 in., 0.7oz. (9.4 x 1.6 x 0.2 cm, 19g), Enamels-Translucent, This object comes from the Vermand Treasure, the most richly appoi...
EditorialMount for Spear Shaft, ca. 400, Late Roman, Silver-gilt, niello, Overall: 1 3/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 in., 1.1oz. (3 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm, 31g), Metalwork-Silver, This object comes from the Vermand Treasure, the most richly appointed barbarian-warrior grave ever foun...
EditorialCup with feather (?) decoration, Roman Period, 30 B.C.?A.D. 364, From Egypt, Nubia, Faras, Cemetery 1, Grave 2538, University of Oxford Excavations in Nubia 1911?1912, Pottery, paint, h. 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in); diam. 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in), After a stable bord...
EditorialTombboard of Laurentius de Blau, diamond-shaped weaponboard hung on one corner, black frame with golden edge. Presentation: on a black background an olive-green shield with a golden cow's head and two golden acorns. Above the shield a crown with a pear...
EditorialPlate with the Resurrection, Plate with the resurrection of Christ, Plate of faience with representations from the life of Christ after engravings by Hendrick Goltzius, Christ, usually holding a banner, arises from the grave, often combined with sleepi...
EditorialBerkenmeier with the arms of the Grave family, Berkenmeier with the arms and arms of the Grave family. The saying goes: INGU [I] N. PASSE. LA. FORCE., anonymous, c. 1640 - c. 1680 and/or c. 1680 - c. 1700, glass, glassblowing, h 16.4 cm ? d 16.7 cm.
EditorialDeath of Johanna Elisabeth Blesen, wife of Godfried Cromhout, mother of the Maagdenhuis, Silver Medal. Front: two frames with hourglass and scythe standing on either side of grave monument with inscription and coat of arms surrounded by two olive branc...
EditorialPlate with an image of the Ressurection of Christ, Porcelain plate painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, black and gold. On the shelf a representation of the Resurrection of Christ, with an angel sitting on his grave and in the foregr...
EditorialClockmakers' guild, funeral medal with no. 9, Brass medal. Front: timepiece for canvas with monogram of letters H, S and L and inscription No. 9 inside a wrap. Reverse: coffin on bar beside open grave, in the background two pyramids, with spades in a c...
EditorialCornelis de Graeff and Catharina Hooft Portrait of Catharina Hooft (1618-1691), Catharina Hooft, wife of Cornelis de Graeff. The head in profile is completely to the left, the upper body turned three-quarters to the left. The hair is held together at t...
EditorialTerracotta lekythos (oil flask), Archaic, ca. 500 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm), Vases, Oil served in the preparation of the dead for burial and as a dedication at the tomb. The lekythos was, therefore, a character...
EditorialMarble grave relief with two portrait busts, Early Imperial, Augustan, ca. 13 B.C.?A.D. 5, Roman, Marble, Overall: 20 x 28 1/8 x 5 3/8in. (50.8 x 71.4 x 13.7cm), Stone Sculpture, This panel, with busts of a well-groomed young couple, probably comes fro...
EditorialMount for Spear-Shaft, ca. 400, Made in Vermand, North France, Late Roman, Silver-gilt, niello, Overall: 3 11/16 x 5/8 x 1/16 in., 0.7oz. (9.4 x 1.6 x 0.2 cm, 19g), Enamels-Translucent, This object comes from the Vermand Treasure, the most richly appoi...
EditorialMount for Spear Shaft, ca. 400, Late Roman, Silver-gilt, niello, Overall: 1 3/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 in., 1.1oz. (3 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm, 31g), Metalwork-Silver, This object comes from the Vermand Treasure, the most richly appointed barbarian-warrior grave ever foun...
EditorialDrinking Cup, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12?17, ca. 1900?1550 B.C., From Egypt and Sudan, Nubia, Faras, Cemetery 2, Grave 110, University of Oxford Excavations in Nubia 1911?1912, Black incised ware with white filling., h. 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in); diam. 12.5 c...
EditorialDrinking Cup, Middle Kingdom, ca. 1900?1550 B.C., From Egypt and Sudan, Nubia, Faras, Cemetery 2, Grave 115, University of Oxford Excavations in Nubia 1911?1912, Polished black ware with traces of white filling., h. 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in); diam. 14.3 cm (5 ...
EditorialCup with three rows of impressed decoration, Roman Period, 1st?3rd century, From Egypt, Nubia, Faras, Cemetery 1, Grave 1160, University of Oxford Excavations in Nubia 1911?1912, Pottery, paint, h. 7 cm (2 3/4 in); diam. 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in).
EditorialCup with geometric decoration, Roman Period, 1st?3rd century, From Egypt, Nubia, Faras, Cemetery 1, Grave 1007, University of Oxford Excavations in Nubia 1911?1912, Pottery, paint, h. 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in); diam. 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in), After a stable borde...
EditorialCup with feather (?) decoration, Roman Period, 30 B.C.?A.D. 364, From Egypt, Nubia, Faras, Cemetery 1, Grave 2538, University of Oxford Excavations in Nubia 1911?1912, Pottery, paint, h. 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in); diam. 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in), After a stable bord...
EditorialTerracotta lekythos (oil flask), Archaic, ca. 500 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm), Vases, Oil served in the preparation of the dead for burial and as a dedication at the tomb. The lekythos was, therefore, a character...
EditorialBowl with floral and geometric designs, Roman Period, 1st?3rd century, From Egypt, Nubia, Faras, Cemetery 1, Grave 858, University of Oxford Excavations in Nubia 1911?1912, Pottery, paint, h. 6.7 cm (2 5/6 in); diam. 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in), After a stable ...
EditorialGrave of Peter V of Queralt i Alamanda Rocabert? (XIV century). Detail knight on horseback. It is preserved in the church of Santa Mar?a de Bell-Lloc, Santa Coloma de Queralt. Gothic.