Kumam artist – Vessel – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/909733
Such large, elaborate vessels may have served as storage containers similar to the
Such large, elaborate vessels may have served as storage containers similar to the
palmettes, a device which appears on many non-prayer rugs of the period and may have
these two fragments of a single tapestry (see also 38.51.2), the unicorn appears to have
Classification: Textiles-Woven-Brocade Credit Line: Gift of Inger G. and William B.
[Paul Munro-Walker, Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom, before 1972; sold to Vecchi]; [Virgilio Costantino Vecchi, V. C. Vecchi & Sons, London, until 1972; sold to a private collector]; private collection, Switzerland (1972–2017; sold through Plektron Fine Arts A
Very few Etruscan panoplies appear to have ever included anatomical cuirasses, and
Since the acquisition of exotic creatures was very expensive, they would often be sent to menageries or zoological gardens around Rome to be tamed and trained for public entertainment before they reached the games, where death was inevitable.
by the first century A.D., contracted free men, retired soldiers ( 23.160.32a,b)
Date: fall/winter 2019–20 Culture: American Medium: (a) cupro, elastane, (b)
base: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm) Classification: Ceramics Credit Line: Gift of William B.
date from no earlier than the late nineteenth through twentieth centuries and most have
Beads (1980.456, .457) and pendant (30.95.37)Among the luxury arts that flourished under the Fatimid caliphs, gold jewelry stands out for its innovation and complexity. According to literary sources, prodigious amounts of such jewelry were manufactured for both royal and patrician patrons; most of these items were later melted down for currency or refashioned into newer pieces
elements in trousseau lists.[5] The cloisonne enamel inserts on this pendant may have