EditorialMinoan civilization. Knossos Palace. Bronze Age. Cupbearer. Fragment of the Procession Fresco, Grand Staircase of Knossos Palace, 1500-1400 BC. New-Palatial period. Crete. Archaeological Museum of Heraklion. Crete, Greece.
EditorialAx, ca. 1450?1500, Syrian, Steel, gold, wood, H. 28 1/2 (72.3 cm); H. of axhead 10 1/4 in. (26.0 cm); H. of handle 27 in. (68.6 cm); W. of blade 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 15 oz. (1341 g), Shafted Weapons, The Mamluk sultans and emirs employed a sp...
EditorialRelief from the tomb of Queen Neferu: a scribe and a cupbearer approach the queen's offering table, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11, reign of Mentuhotep II, early, ca. 20512030 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Neferu, 192325, Li...
EditorialManuscript Leaf with Opening of The Book of Nehemias, from a Bible, ca. 1280?1300, Made in probably Paris, France, French, Tempera and gold on parchment, Overall: 15 15/16 x 10 11/16 in. (40.5 x 27.2 cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, Illustrating the...
EditorialFour putti with symbols of Bacchus: cupbearer (pocillator) with urn and saucer, putto with patera (bowl) and basin (crater), one with deer over its shoulders, and one holding a dice cup. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of H...
EditorialFour putti with symbols of Bacchus: cupbearer (pocillator) with urn and saucer, putto with patera (bowl) and basin (crater), one with deer over its shoulders, and one holding a dice cup. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of H...
EditorialMinoan civilization. Knossos Palace. Bronze Age. Cupbearer. Fragment of the Procession Fresco, Grand Staircase of Knossos Palace, 1500-1400 BC. New-Palatial period. Crete. Archaeological Museum of Heraklion. Crete, Greece.
EditorialManuscript Leaf with Opening of The Book of Nehemias, from a Bible, ca. 1280?1300, Made in probably Paris, France, French, Tempera and gold on parchment, Overall: 15 15/16 x 10 11/16 in. (40.5 x 27.2 cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, Illustrating the...
EditorialAx, ca. 1450?1500, Syrian, Steel, gold, wood, H. 28 1/2 (72.3 cm); H. of axhead 10 1/4 in. (26.0 cm); H. of handle 27 in. (68.6 cm); W. of blade 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 15 oz. (1341 g), Shafted Weapons, The Mamluk sultans and emirs employed a sp...
EditorialFour putti with symbols of Bacchus: cupbearer (pocillator) with urn and saucer, putto with patera (bowl) and basin (crater), one with deer over its shoulders, and one holding a dice cup. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of H...
EditorialMan Holding a Bottle and a Cup, 16th?17th century, Made in Iran, Isfahan, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on plaster, H. 21 7/16 in. (54.5 cm), Paintings-Fresco, In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, mural paintings were commissioned by Safavid ...
EditorialManuscript Leaf with Opening of The Book of Nehemias, from a Bible, ca. 1280?1300, Made in probably Paris, France, French, Tempera and gold on parchment, Overall: 15 15/16 x 10 11/16 in. (40.5 x 27.2 cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, Illustrating the...
EditorialAx, ca. 1450?1500, Syrian, Steel, gold, wood, H. 28 1/2 (72.3 cm); H. of axhead 10 1/4 in. (26.0 cm); H. of handle 27 in. (68.6 cm); W. of blade 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 15 oz. (1341 g), Shafted Weapons, The Mamluk sultans and emirs employed a sp...
EditorialMinoan civilization. Knossos Palace. Bronze Age. Cupbearer. Fragment of the Procession Fresco, Grand Staircase of Knossos Palace, 1500-1400 BC. New-Palatial period. Crete. Archaeological Museum of Heraklion. Crete, Greece.
EditorialFour putti with symbols of Bacchus: cupbearer (pocillator) with urn and saucer, putto with patera (bowl) and basin (crater), one with deer over its shoulders, and one holding a dice cup. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of H...