These associations, emblematic of America, have made the saxophone a potent cultural
Because many of these works have either only recently been excavated or have never
Every piece of a Greek building is integral to its overall structure; a fragment of molding often can be used to reconstruct an entire building.
The formulas they invented as early as the sixth century B.C. have influenced the
Said to have been found in Smyrna (Colignon 1892, p. 498) Before 1885, acquired by
Terracottas Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1932 Object Number: 32.11.2 Said to have
Objects like this, with a small well, flanged handles and a long horizontal spout, have
Since all but a few ancient bronze statues have been lost or were melted down to
cooled, the mold is removed and the artist checks to see if all the desired details have
First explored in 1925, La Venta has provided some of the most important archaeological finds from ancient Mesoamerica.
Recent excavations have established that small villages in the immediate area were
Shrine of Shaikh Safi Al-Din, Ardabil, Iran ; [ Vincent Robinson & Co., London, through Ziegler and Co., Sultanabad; in 1892;sold to Yerkes]; Charles Tyson Yerkes (American), New York, after 1892–d. 1905; his estate 1905–10, sold to MMA)
bears, foxes and wolves across a field of vines and blossoms, this carpet,would not have
[Before 1963, with Ayoub Rabenou]; from 1963, on loan by The Guennol Collection (Alastair Bradley Martin’s collection) to the Museum (L.63.10.2); until 1994, Alastair Bradley Martin’s family; acquired by the Museum in 1994, purchased from The Merrin Gallery, New York
The story seems to have been popular for centuries—both in Sasanian times and under
Bidri Water Pipe BaseOf the small number of known bidri objects that predate the eighteenth century, a majority are huqqa (water pipe) bases. Tobacco arrived in India sometime in the late sixteenth century, brought by the Portuguese from the New World to the port of Goa
with a long stem supporting a brazier and a pipe through which the smoker would have
