sometimes you just want to look at the qing dynasty jadeite cabbage again
here she is!
[ID: a sculpture of a chinese cabbage carved from a piece of two-tone white-and-green jadeite, resting on an intricate wooden stand /end ID]
Masculine cape made of green silk velvet with golden embroidery. Years 1651-1675.
Source: Museu Virtual de la Moda de Catalunya [Fashion Virtual Museum of Catalonia]. Kept in Museu del Disseny [Design Museum] in Barcelona, Catalonia.
Mother of pearl mounted English folding knife, circa 1830′s-1850′s
from Sofe Design Auctions
Palestinian Headscarf (Ramallah), 19th century, embroidered with Palestinian patterns
Cotton dress, 1812-18
From the London Museum
• Hanácký kroj traditional folk dress from Czechoslovakia.
Date: 1940
Medium: Cotton, embroidery, lace, silk, embroidered in part and worn by Olga Kupkova (nee Skacelova), designed and made in the Hana region of Moravia, former Czechoslovakia (Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia).
Agate box in the shape of a lady’s head - London, circa 1760.
Mourning locket ambrotype of a young man with shining eyes and a shy smile, c. 1860s
The discovery of the statue of Antinous in Delphi, Greece in 1894
Italian specimen agate and quartz box, circa 1800.
HARLEQUIN ENAMELLED BISCUIT CAT-SHAPED LANTERN
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Christie’s
Title: Antler Horn Wolf Figure Date: 1954 Geography: Canada, Nunavut, Pelly Bay Culture: Inuit Medium: Horn (antler), pigment
Hunting Sword with Scabbard, possibly Munich, Circa 1740
Today I learned that in early 20th century Austria, bronze & glass bat lamps were a thing (sources in captions)
this bracelet came with the original letter
addressed to ’ pet ‘
christmas 1884.
