Classification: Textiles-Woven-Brocade Credit Line: Gift of Inger G. and William B.
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain Credit Line: The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B.
Parthian art resists a straightforward definition, as it employs styles and motifs from both Hellenistic and earlier Near Eastern traditions that result in innovations in various media.
A stone lintel ( 32.145a,b) features a symmetrical composition with two hybrid winged
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1909 Object Number: 09.180.13a, b Excavated by the Egyptian
Edward B. Garrison. Italian Romanesque Panel Painting.
Burton B. Fredericksen and Darrell D. Davisson.
Inscription: Stickers: [1] HILLINGDON – 148/Dated E – 1757/Exhibited Three Reigns/Exhb. 1933. No. 469/South Kensington 1862/Nos. 1272 and 1273; [2] S.L.4340.6,7/Anonymous; [3] By DUPLESSIS/Active 1750–1774
of 1779 indicates that the potpourri vase in the form of a ship (see 58.75.89a, b)
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Hearn, Seán Hemingway, Herbert Heyde, Marsha Hill, Timothy B.
Freeman, Margaret B. "A Romanesque Virgin from Autun."
Barbara Paley, 1978 Object Number: 1978.273a, b Inscription: (Right) H [Symbol]
