EditorialTang Dynasty Scroll, Emperor Xuanzong (712-756) watching his favourite Yang Guifei a horse (right hand side), coloured ink on paper, China. Chinese Civilisation, 13th century.
EditorialThrone Sarapis with Harpocrates, Clay, pressed into the mold, hand-modeled, fired (pottery), Clay, Total: Height: 17.1 cm, Pottery, Early Imperial Period, Middle Imperial Period, The god Sarapis sits on a throne with a high, coffered backrest and decor...
EditorialThe composer Stewart Wallace, left, and the librettist Michael Korie, of the opera “Harvey Milk,” about the gay activist and politician who was killed in 1978 by a fellow member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, in Webster Groves, Mo., May 13, 2022. (Whitney Curtis/The New York Times)
EditorialTang Dynasty Scroll, Emperor Xuanzong (712-756) watching his favourite Yang Guifei a horse (right hand side), coloured ink on paper, China. Chinese Civilisation, 13th century.
EditorialTang Dynasty Scroll, Emperor Xuanzong (712-756) watching his favourite Yang Guifei a horse (right hand side), coloured ink on paper, China. Chinese Civilisation, 13th century.
Editorial??, ???, ???, ??, Plantain Lily, early 20th century, China, Album leaf; ink and color on paper, 11 x 17 1/4 in. (27.9 x 43.8 cm), Paintings, Chen Hengke (Chinese, 1876?1923), The strong interplay of color and ink, decorative appeal and calligraphy upda...
EditorialThe Ramayana (Tales of Rama; The Freer Ramayana). Date/Period: From 1597 until 1605. Manuscript. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, in modern bindings. Height: 275 mm (10.82 in); Width: 152 mm (5.98 in).
EditorialThrone Sarapis with Harpocrates, Clay, pressed into the mold, hand-modeled, fired (pottery), Clay, Total: Height: 17.1 cm, Pottery, Early Imperial Period, Middle Imperial Period, The god Sarapis sits on a throne with a high, coffered backrest and decor...
EditorialCharles L. Freer (?). Dated: late 19th century. Dimensions: sheet: 18.3 ? 15 cm (7 3/16 ? 5 7/8 in.). Medium: charcoal touched with gray-green chalk on green laid paper.
EditorialFrederick Warren Freer, Mexicans Travelling in the Desert, American, Frederick Warren Freer (American, Kennicott's Grove, Illinois 18491908 Chicago, Illinois), 1875, American, Graphite and colored wax pencil on tan wove paper, 5 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. (13 x 2...
EditorialTerracotta Panathenaic prize amphora, Archaic, ca. 530 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm), Vases, Obverse, Athena, Reverse, footrace. The Euphiletos Painter was trained in the black-figure technique. It is interesting...