The Curving Stair

Parallel sided stele with oval top, mounted by head of Bes in the round. Bes's head has small, flat cap-like top, large projecting relief ears, and beard cut off horizontally just ...

Breezily rendered Chinese decorative motifs in two shades of cobalt blue decorate the surface of this ewer. A border composed of cloudlike ruyi motifs separates chrysanthemum scrol...

This “master of animals” finial depicts a stylized man with an (attacking?) animal on each side. The man has a bulb-shaped cap, open at the center for insertion of a pin, which is ...

This finial is comprised of two rampant, confronted ibexes, joined at the forelimbs and hindlimbs around rings that would have once held the pin of the finial. The ibexes are very ...

Mold made lamp. Flat base delineated by a worn circular groove. Fairly deep reservoir with minimally curving, flaring walls. Narrow rim slopes downward. Three grooves separate rim ...

Obv.: Diademed and draped bust of Alexander I r., diademed ends falling straight behind, dotted border. Rev.: BASILEWS (curving) on r., ALEXANDROY (curving) on l., eagle with clo...

Obv.: Diademed and draped bust of Alexander I r., diademed ends falling straight behind, dotted border. Rev.: BASILEWS (curving) on r., ALEXANDROY (curving) on l., eagle with clo...

The palmette attachment plate is incised on the back only (the front face is plain where it would have connected with a patera bowl). The incisions represent two downward-curving v...