Book of engravings with printed dedication page (pages inlaid modern cloth binding), Effigie naturali dei maggior prencipi et piu valorosi capitani di questa eta con l'arme loro...

Pazuzu Plaque

A representation of the demon Pazuzu fills the entire front of this relief plaque of gray stone. The figure displays the standard features of this hybrid creature, mixing human, ca...

Opera-Scene Print: Battle against Chi Fushou at Fengtaiguan

Opera-Scene Print: Battle against Chi Fushou at Fengtaiguan; with printed inscription reading "Fengtaiguan Da Zhan Chi Fushou" ("Battle against Chi Fushou at Fengtaiguan") and "Yon...

painting (oil): ["Rest on the Flight Into Egypt"]

Angels hovering overhead or bringing food on dishes are a common feature of the subject of the rest (or repose) on the flight to Egypt, where Joseph took Jesus and his mother to es...

Rustam's Seventh Course: He Slays the White Demon (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

The great hero Rustam had to perform a series of labors to free the king of Iran, Kay Kavus, who had been captured by the evil Ahriman. This illustrated folio depicts Rustam’s seve...

No. 96. Mengoon [Mingun]. Ruined Griffins.

Photograph by Linnaeus Tripe, from a portfolio of 120 prints, with a rear view of the massive headless chinthes (temple guardian lions) in front of the Mingun Pagoda, at Burma (Mya...

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