La palette de César (Histoire Naturelle, pl. 20)

Small ink palette of circular form with top flat surface surrounded by a deep reservoir, raised on ten small feet in the form of acanthus leaves, supported on a short footring; whi...

The upper surface of this pen box (qalamdan) is divided into three lobed cartouches outlined in gold, their interstices filled with golden palmettes and flowers. A bird-and-flower ...

This is Sully's palette for his portrait of his daughter, Jane Cooper Sully Darley, and her son, Francis Thomas Sully Darley, now at the Metropolitan Museum. The finished work is ...

The design of this dish incorporates two ingeniously painted floral sprays. Laden with blossoms, the longer stem rises up the middle, angles sharply downward, and then encircles th...

Wide, circular, dish-shaped ink palette supported on three cabriole legs; light gray stoneware with pale yellow green glaze over the exterior and underside. Place of manufacture un...