EditorialWine Pot with Figures in a Landscape, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), 18th century, China, Gold lacquer over pewter, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, H. (incl. handle) 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm), Lacquer, While lacquer on metal is an aspect of the ...
EditorialPlate, ca. 1745, Italian, Florence, Hard-paste porcelain, Diameter: 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, The blue-and-white flower spray combines Kangxi and Meissen elements, while the stenciled technique is adapted from Isnik-inspired decoration o...
EditorialInscribed Reliquary, Donated by King Indravarman, A.D. 5?6, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara, Bajaur), Schist, Diam. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm), Sculpture, Inscribed: 'In the sixty-third year of the late Great King Aya [Azes], on the sixteenth day of the m...
EditorialSource (container), Late sixteenth century - early seventeenth century, Ceramics (earthenware decorated with metallic reflections, central umbo and concentric borders of geometric patterns contrasted in negative), of Manises or Valencia (Valencia), Dia...
EditorialPlate, ca. 1745, Italian, Florence, Hard-paste porcelain, Diameter: 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, The blue-and-white flower spray combines Kangxi and Meissen elements, while the stenciled technique is adapted from Isnik-inspired decoration o...
EditorialWine Pot with Figures in a Landscape, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), 18th century, China, Gold lacquer over pewter, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, H. (incl. handle) 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm), Lacquer, While lacquer on metal is an aspect of the ...