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
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catalogue is grouped together in the aesthetic and philosophical associations that have
Depicting warriors, musicians, hunters, and dancers, the figures were mold-made and have
This loan exhibition of Japanese bamboo art will showcase more than 80 works created by accomplished artists from the late 19th century to the present.
baskets and sculptures created by accomplished artists, including all six masters who have
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Painting and Illumination in Early Renaissance Florence, 1300–1450 Kanter, Laurence B.
At the back is a decorated tube that may have held an actual feather plume.
indicate that the object belonged to one of Nishapur’s Christians, or it may simply have
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Black-Figured Neck-Amphorae, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Fascicule 4 Moore, Mary B.
Some marble sculptures were completely painted and gilded, effectively obscuring the marble surface; others had more limited, selective polychromy used to emphasize details such as the hair, eyes, and lips and accompanying attributes.
Burial, early modern restoration practices, and historic cleaning methods have all
La Venta’s rulers oversaw a burgeoning economy that included trade in exotic materials such as greenstones, much of which was buried in the elaborate offerings of Complex A.
northern ceremonial precinct of Complex A was probably limited to the elite, who may have
