EditorialDetail of a turquois mosaic of a double-headed serpent, Aztec / Mixtec. It is carved in wood and covered with turquois mosaic. The eye sockets were probably inlaid with iron pyrites and shell. This ornment was probablyworn as a pectoral on ceremonial o...
EditorialSidewall, Ericson & Weiss, Block-printed on handmade paper, On gray/taupe ground, gray fill of powdered dots, lines; gray vertical borders of symmetrical, stylized flowers; vignette of seated woman and man in turban. Printed in gray, white and turquois...
Editorialbronze sickle with raised back and two ribs running into each other, as well as a short rib. The end has a square-shaped, half-disc shaped thickening and a small eye. The sharp is considerably reground, especially the tip is completely ground away. Shi...
EditorialGlass aryballos (perfume bottle), Classical, late 6th?5th century B.C., Greek, Eastern Mediterranean, Glass; core-formed, Group I, H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue, with same color handles; trails in opaque yellow and opaque turquois...
EditorialThronebench of a sultan, from Istanbul. third quarter 16th. Walnut inlaid with turquois and mother-of-pearl, decor of ebony, a turquois-cabochon in the center of the back. Istanbul workshop.
EditorialGlass aryballos (perfume bottle), Classical, late 6th?5th century B.C., Greek, Eastern Mediterranean, Glass; core-formed, Group I, H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue, with same color handles; trails in opaque yellow and opaque turquois...
EditorialEnsemble of Rosettes, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479?1425 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Gold, gesso, carnelian, jasper, transparent crizzled glass, opaque turquois...
EditorialThronebench of a sultan, from Istanbul. third quarter 16th. Walnut inlaid with turquois and mother-of-pearl, decor of ebony, a turquois-cabochon in the center of the back. Istanbul workshop.
EditorialDetail of a turquois mosaic of a double-headed serpent, Aztec / Mixtec. It is carved in wood and covered with turquois mosaic. The eye sockets were probably inlaid with iron pyrites and shell. This ornment was probablyworn as a pectoral on ceremonial o...