Images at Librifly 2.589.713 / 2.589.715 Entries < previous page Page 983 / 25898 next page > Cover, early 19th century, Attributed to present-day Greece, Thessaloniki, Linen, silk; plain weave, embroidered, H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm), Textiles-Embroidered Glass perfume bottle, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, H.: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm), Glass, Translucent deep honey brown. Everted, horizontal rim with rounded outer lip; cylindrical neck, tapering downward, with slight Terracotta pomegranate, Classical, 5th–4th century B.C., Greek, Terracotta, Diam.: 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm), Terracottas, Throughout Greek art and the Greek world, the pomegranate has been associated with funerary beliefs and ritual. The Terracotta vase in the form of a pig, Archaic, 6th century B.C., Greek, probably Corinthian, Terracotta, Overall: 2 1/8 x 1 11/16 x 3 3/4 in. (5.4 x 4.3 x 9.6 cm), Vases, Figural vases in the form of animals were produced particularly in 東海道五十三次 掛川, Kakegawa; Akiba-san Embo, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1838, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm); W. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm), Prints, Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Three Young Ladies Visiting Together, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 5 1/2 x 11 1/8 in. (14 x 28.3 cm), Prints, Teisai Hokuba (Japanese, 1771–1844 Pochette, ca. 1700–1799, France, French, Maple, ivory, ebony, Height: 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm), Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted Pioneers Cabin - Calaveras Grove, ca. 1878, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 12.5 x 12.5 cm (4 15/16 x 4 15/16 in.), circular, Photographs, Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829–1916), This exceptionally rare untitled album Flute, ca. 1852, Paris, France, French, Cocus wood, gold, Height (overall, approximate): 24 in. (61 cm), Aerophone-Blow Hole-side-blown flute (transverse Ladies in Waiting of the Chiyoda Castle: Sword Practice and Puppet Kyōgen, Meiji period (1868–1912), 1895, Japan, Triptych from an album of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, 9 1/4 x 13 7/8 in. (23.5 x 35.2 cm), Prints, Statuette of a girl, Bronze, H.: 1 1/4 x 1 5/8 in. (3.2 x 4.1 cm), Bronzes Dekishima Hanya Seated on a Cherry Tree, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1700–05, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 22 x 12 3/4 in. (55.9 x 32.4 cm), Prints, Torii Kiyonobu (Japanese, 1664–1729), Dekishima Hanya Double Capital with Masks and Birds, ca. 1140–60, Made in Languedoc, France, French, White marble, Overall: 15 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 11 3/8 in. (39.4 x 49.5 x 28.9 cm), Sculpture-Stone, The medieval sculptor transformed a Corinthian capital, The Forest Stream, ca. 1660, Oil on canvas, 39 1/4 x 50 7/8 in. (99.7 x 129.2 cm), Paintings, Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, Haarlem 1628/29–1682 Amsterdam), In the early fifties Van Ruisdael traveled in the wooded hill country of Germany near Miniature Dress, 12th–13th century, Peru, Ica Valley, Ica, Cotton, feathers, H. 10 x W. 10 1/8 in. (25.4 x 25.7 cm), Textiles-Featherwork Axehead, Iron, Other: 5 in. (12.7 cm), Bronzes Lead figure of a woman, Archaic, late 7th–early 6th century B.C., Greek, Laconian, Lead, Height: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm), Miscellaneous-Lead Spoon, Roman, Bronze, Other: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm), Bronzes The Wedding of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox, 1729, Oil on canvas, 50 1/2 x 40 1/2 in. (128.3 x 102.9 cm), Paintings, William Hogarth (British, London 1697–1764 London), This wedding group is one of the artist's first essays in what was to Mute Viola d'Amore, mid-18th century, Vienna, Austria, Austrian, Wood, Overall length: 62 cm (24 7/16 in.), Chordophone-Lute-bowed, Daniel Achatius Stadlmann (Austrian, 1690–1744 Sleeping Boy, ca. 1774, Italian, Rome, Terracotta, painted white, Overall (confirmed): 22 9/16 × 14 × 10 1/8 in., 53.9 lb. (57.3 × 35.6 × 25.7 cm, 24.4 kg), Sculpture, Philippe Laurent Roland (French, Pont-à-Marc 1746–1816 Paris), 清, 石濤(朱若極), 遊張公洞圖, 卷, Outing to Zhang Gong's Grotto, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), ca. 1700, China, Handscroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 18 1/16 x 112 3/4 in. (45.9 x 286.4 cm), Paintings, Shitao (Zhu Ruoji) The Awabi Fishers, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1790, Japan, Right-hand sheet of a triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, 14 7/8 x 9 3/4 in. (37.8 x 24.8 cm), Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806 Terracotta chalice, Archaic, 6th century B.C., Etruscan, Terracotta, H.: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm), Vases, The chalice is a characteristic Etruscan shape that, in an early type of the seventh century B.C., had caryatid figures supporting the bowl. Glass mosaic fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast, Other: 7/8 x 7/8 in. (2.2 x 2.2 cm), Glass, Thin-walled bottom fragment., Translucent purple, opaque white and yellow, and Capital, 12th century, Made in possibly Venice, Italy, Northeast Italian, Marble (Parian marble from Chorodaki, island of Paros (Greece)), 12 1/4 x 12 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (31.1 x 31.8 x 31.1 cm), Sculpture-Architectural The Actor Iwai Hanshiro, Edo period (1615–1868), 1780–1790, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 12 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (31.8 x 14 cm), Prints, Kinchodo Sekiga Cedars of Lebanon, ca. 1857, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 15.4 x 20.7 cm (6 1/16 x 8 1/8 in.), Photographs, Francis Frith (British, Chesterfield, Derbyshire 1822–1898 Cannes, France Musiciens Annamites, Saïgon, Cochinchine, 1866, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 23.1 x 27.9 cm (9 1/8 x 11 in.), Photographs, Emile Gsell (French, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 1838–1879 Vietnam Vase fragment, East Greek/Sardis, Lydian, Terracotta, Overall: 2 3/8 x 2 15/16in. (6 x 7.5cm), Vases Poem in Seven-Syllable Meter, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), China, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold paper, 6 5/8 x 18 7/8 in. (16.8 x 47.9 cm), Calligraphy, Ni Yuanlu (Chinese, 1593–1644 Limestone statuette of a temple boy, Hellenistic, 3rd–1st century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 15 3/4 x 11 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (40 x 29.2 x 14 cm), Stone Sculpture, The boy sits on a slanted plinth, his left leg bent against the body, Bracelet, Bronze, Diam.: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm), Bronzes Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast, Other: 7/8 x 15/16 in. (2.2 x 2.5 cm); estimated diam. of rim 2 3/4 in. (7 cm), Glass, Rim fragment., Translucent deep Tempio di Antonino e Faustina, 1848–52, Albumen print from glass negative, Image: 11 5/16 × 8 11/16 in. (28.7 × 22 cm), Photographs, Eugène Constant (French, active Italy, 1848–55 南宋/元 剔犀劍環紋香盒, Incense Box with Pommel Scroll Design, Southern Song (1127–1279)–Yuan (1271–1368) dynasty, 13th–14th century, China, Carved polychrome lacquer, H. 1 3/8 in. (3.6 cm); Diam. 4 in. (10 cm), Lacquer, [Landscape with River and Mountain], 1870s, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 20.1 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.), Photographs, Unknown The First Nakamura Nakazo as an Unarmed Man Standing in a Dramatic Pose, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1777, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 12 1/32 x 5 3/4 in. (30.6 x 14.6 cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, Two Young Ladies at Shore; One Pointing, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 7 7/8 x 7 1/4 in. (20 x 18.4 cm), Prints, Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo Bowl, 1898–1902, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Enamel on copper, 6 1/8 x 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (15.6 x 24.1 x 24.1 cm), Metal, Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (American, 1892–1902), During the 1890s, Tiffany Toy, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 19th century, China, Silk and metallic thread embroidery on silk satin and float-patterned plain-weave silk, Overall (a): 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (7 x 3.8 cm), Textiles-Embroidered, This embroidered toy features a Négociant, 1870s, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 23.7 x 19.3 cm (9 5/16 x 7 5/8 in.), Photographs, Raimund von Stillfried (Austrian, 1839–1911 Glass perfume bottle, Mid Imperial, 2nd–3rd century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown and tooled, 1 1/2 x 13/16in. (3.8 x 2.1cm), Glass, Small perfume bottle Colorless with pale greenish tinge. Rounded, slightly thickened rim; flaring mouth; Ely Cathedral, from the Grammar School, 1857, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 35.4 x 44.3 cm (13 15/16 x 17 7/16 in.), Photographs, Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869 Fragmentary stone axe, Neolithic, 5th–3rd millennium B.C., Greek Neolithic, Stone, L. 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm.), Miscellaneous-Stone, Fragmentary Buckle, Bronze, Other: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm), Bronzes Lamp, Roman, Cypriot, Terracotta, Overall: 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (1.9 x 8.9 cm), Terracottas Textile Fragment, 4th–3rd century B.C., Peru, Chavin, Cotton, refined iron earth pigments, H. 5 3/4 x W. 12 1/4in. (14.6 x 31.1cm), Textiles-Woven, Cloth making began in the Andes at least as early as the third millennium B.C. and remained Baptismal Font, 1137, Made in probably Sicily, Calabria, Southern Italy, South Italian, Pentelic Marble, Overall: 26 3/4 x 24 7/16 in. (68 x 62 cm), Sculpture-Stone, The Luke mentioned in the inscription was the first chief abbot of the Glass beaker, Mid Imperial, mid-1st–3rd century A.D., Roman, Glass, H.: 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 5/8 in. (9.8 x 7.3 x 6.7 cm), Glass, Colorless with blue green tinge. Rim outsplayed, cracked off and uneven; side cylindrical at top and tapering Music Box, ca. 1820, Switzerland, Swiss, Various materials, L. 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.) x W. 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.) x D. 2.2 cm (7/8 in.), Idiophone, Oblong gold and enamel music box. The borders enamelled blue and yellow, the cover bearing an Lid with Figurative Scenes, 14th century, Indonesia (Java, Majapahit?), Bronze, H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); W. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); D. 8 in. (20.3 cm), Metalwork Terracotta two-handled jar, Orientalizing, early 7th–mid 7th century BC, Italic, Villanovan, Terracotta, H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm), Vases, Reddish-brown, two-handled, with incised curvilinear decoration Pottery Whistle?, Pre-Columbian, ca. 800–1525, Diquis Region, Costa Rica, Costa Rican, Clay, H. 4.6 cm (1-3/4 in.); W. 3.8 cm (1-1/2 in.); D. 2.9 cm (1-1/8 in.); Wt. 26 g, Aerophone-Whistle Flute-whistle Glass perfume bottle, Mid Imperial, 2nd–3rd century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, Overall: 5 in. (12.7 cm), Glass, Translucent yellow green. Tubular rim folded out, over, and in, flattened on top; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards, Print, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Image: 13 3/4 × 9 5/8 in. (34.9 × 24.4 cm), Prints, Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1865 Glass flask, Mid Imperial, 2nd–3rd century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm), Glass, Translucent light blue green. Rounded rim, folded out, over, and in, and beveled inner lip; flaring mouth; cylindrical, slightly concave; 大理國(十二世紀) 青銅鎏金觀音菩薩像, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin), Dali kingdom (938–1253), 12th century, China, Gilt arsenical bronze; lost-wax cast, H. 20 3/4 in. (52.7 cm); W. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); Diam. (base) View on Rak-Chui opposite Swatow, ca. 1869, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 7 3/8 × 10 15/16 in. (18.8 × 27.8 cm), Photographs, Attributed to John Thomson (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1837–1921 London Self-Portrait Leaning on a Stone Sill, 1639, Etching, drypoint and burin; second state of two, Plate: 7 7/8 x 6 5/16 in. (20 x 16 cm), Prints, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam Terracotta vessel fragment with grass motif, Late Minoan I, ca. 1600–1450 B.C., Minoan, Terracotta; Dark-on-light ware, Overall: 1 3/4 x 1 7/16in. (4.5 x 3.7cm), Vases, From Knossos, Crete. Fragment with grass design; dark-on-light ware The Nativity, ca. 1350, Tempera on wood, gold ground, 7 7/8 x 15 in. (20 x 38.1 cm), Paintings, Puccio di Simone (Italian, Florence, active by ca. 1340–died 1362 Print, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Image: 13 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (34.6 × 24.4 cm), Prints, Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1865 The Actor Bando Hikosaburo III in the Role of Kanshojo, Edo period (1615–1868), 1796, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, Plum Branches with Flowers and a Rolled Mat, 19th century, Japan, Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper, 6 1/8 x 11 in. (15.6 x 27.9 cm), Prints, Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820 Bacchus and Nymphs in a Landscape, probably 1640s, Oil on wood, 22 7/8 x 28 3/8 in. (58.1 x 72.1 cm), Paintings, Abraham van Cuylenborch (Dutch, Utrecht ca. 1620–1658 Utrecht Hand-and-a-Half Sword, ca. 1400–1430, probably German, Steel, copper alloy, L. 49 1/8 in. (124.8 cm); L. of blade 38 1/2 in. (97.8 cm); Wt. 3 lb. 7 oz. (1560 g), Swords, This sword is an extremely well proportioned and elegant example of a Gold earring with winged figure, Hellenistic, 3rd?2nd century B.C., Greek, Gold, Diam.: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm), Gold and Silver, Circlet of twisted gold wire, which tapers from the human figure's head at the front end to a hooked point which The Actor Otani Hiroemon III Watching from the Branches of a Pine Tree Overhanging a Stream, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1775, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm); W. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm), Prints, Bird, late Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 B.C.), China, Bronze, H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm), Metalwork Gold ring: 3 box settings on the bezel and cloisons on the sides, Archaic, 6th century B.C., Cypriot, Gold, sard, glass paste, Other: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm), Gold and Silver, Two elements of the bezel are filled with plasma and glass paste Sweet Fishes of the Nagara River, with Baskets and Flowers, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 5 11/16 x 7 1/2 in. (14.4 x 19.1 cm), Prints, Ryūryūkyo Shinsai Bowl, Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220), China, Bronze, H. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); Diam. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm), Metalwork Terracotta pulled-rim bowl, Late Helladic III, ca. 1400–1050 B.C., Mycenaean, Terracotta, H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.), Vases, Small foot with no decoration Silver spiral, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1600–1050 B.C., Cypriot, Silver, L. 1. 1/2 in. (3.8 cm), Gold and Silver, With two turns. Of silver wire with two turns Tureen with cover and liner, Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers (1736–1788, master 1765, retired 1777), 1775–76, French, Paris, Silver, H. 12-1/4 in. (31.1 cm.); L. 15-1/2 in. (39.4 cm.); D. 9-7/8 in. (25.1 cm.), Metalwork-Silver, Preparations for the New Year, from Spring Rain Surimono Album (Harusame surimono-jō, vol. 1), 元日仕度, Edo period (1615–1868), 1817, Japan, Privately published polychrome woodblock prints (surimono) mounted in an album; ink and color Portique d'entrée de la Grande Galerie de la Pagode, 1866, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 16.9 x 22.5 cm (6 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.), Photographs, Emile Gsell (French, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 1838–1879 Vietnam William Robertson (1753–1835), Lord Robertson, 1805, Oil on canvas, 49 1/2 x 39 1/4 in. (125.7 x 99.7 cm), Paintings, Sir Henry Raeburn (British, Stockbridge, Scotland 1756–1823 Edinburgh, Scotland), The portrait was painted in July Dagger (Jambiya), ca. 1825–50, Iranian, Steel, ivory, L. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm); L. of blade 10 1/4 in. (25.9 cm); W. 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm); Wt. 14.3 oz. (405.4 g), Daggers, While figural representations are uncommon in Islamic art outside of Fortepiano, ca. 1838, Vienna, Austria, Austrian, Walnut-veneered spruce and oak, Width: 49 3/16 in. (125 cm), Chordophone-Zither-struck-piano, Conrad Graf (Austrian, Riedlinger, Wurttemberg 1782–1851 Vienna), Conrad Graf (1782-1851), Bronze hydria (water jar), Classical, early 4th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, Other: 19 x 18 5/16 in. (48.3 x 46.5 cm), Bronzes, The hydria has two inscriptions on the lip, indicating that it was a prize in a contest. One inscription gives the Ring, Qin dynasty (221–206 B.C.), China, Bronze, H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Diam. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm), Metalwork Marble statue of Aphrodite, Hellenistic, 2nd century B.C., Greek, marble, H. 32', W. 9 1/2', D. 6 1/2, Stone Sculpture, The goddess of love stands in an exaggerated hipshot pose. She wears a thin chiton girded just below the breasts, and Measuring Cup, 8th–9th century, Attributed to Egypt or Syria, Glass; blown, impressed; worked on the pontil, H. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm), Glass, This little cup is marked with a seal that indicates it has a capacity of a full qist, a measure of Marble head of a veiled goddess, Hellenistic, late 4th or 3rd century B.C., Greek, Marble, Overall: 12 7/8 x 11 x 12 1/4 in. (32.7 x 27.9 x 31.1 cm), Stone Sculpture, Despite its worn condition, this head radiates with the serenity and power Gazing at a Waterfall, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), China, Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on gold-flecked paper, 20 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (52.7 x 24.8 cm), Paintings, Tang Yin (Chinese, 1470–1524), The scholar in this fan Double Title Page from a `Aja'ib al-Makhluqat wa Ghara'ib al-Mawjudat (The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence), 1414–35, Attributed to Iran, Shiraz, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Ht. 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm), Villa Pamphili, ca. 1780, Etching, with watercolor and gouache, Mat: 23 1/8 × 32 5/16 in. (58.7 × 82 cm), Prints, Giovanni Volpato (Italian, Bassano 1732–1803 Rome), Abraham Louis Rodolphe Ducros (Swiss, Yverdon 1748–1810 Lausanne Covered Incense Burner, Six Dynasties (220–589) or Tang (618–907) dynasty, China, Gilt bronze, H. 9 in. (22.9 cm); H. (to finial) 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm); Diam. 8 in. (20.3 cm), Metalwork Vase, ca. 1906, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Favrile glass, H. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm), Glass, Tiffany Furnaces The Brahmin Delivers Rukmini's Letter to Krishna: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of Lord Vishnu), ca. 1610, India (Rajasthan, Bikaner), Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, 6 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. (17.1 x 25.1 cm), Paintings, 東海道五十三次之内 亀山, Kameyama, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1842, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 9 1/16 x 13 7/10 in. (23.0 x 34.8 cm), Prints, Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) Pair of Gauntlets, ca. 1600, French , Steel, gold, L. of each 12 in. (30.5 cm); W. of each 8 in. (20.3 cm), Armor Parts-Gauntlets, The battle scenes depict soldiers wearing contemporary armor and include banners with the arms of France. These Gold pendant in the form of a bull's head, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1400–1050 B.C., Cypriot, Gold, L. 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm), Gold and Silver, Most of the raw materials for Cypriot jewelry came from the East. Gold became plentiful in the Late Bronze amphora (two-handled jar), Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, H.: 7 in. (17.8 cm), Bronzes, The handles in the form of leafy stems are each decorated at the base with the mask of a satyr. Many Cruet Stand, 1765–76, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, 9 3/16 x 8 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. (23.3 x 21.9 x 21.9 cm); 22 oz. 13 dwt. (705 g), Silver, Myer Myers (1723–1795), Quintessentially rococo is this frame to hold Mirror, Roman, Cypriot, Bronze, Other: 3 1/8in. (7.9cm), Bronzes Vertical handle of a bronze hydria (water jar), Classical, mid-5th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 11 1/4 in. (28.5 cm), Bronzes, Above, head and pelt of lion flanked by gorgoneia (Gorgons' heads), Below, frontal siren. Lions and women Box with Design of Pine, Bamboo, and Cherry Blossom, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Sprinkled gold on lacquer (maki-e), H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); D. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm), Lacquer, This covered box, part of a 2.589.713 / 2.589.715 Entries < previous page Page 983 / 25898 next page >