The figure in the chariot drawn by lions who is wearing a 'turreted' or 'mural' crown is Cybele, a mother goddess figure. There's a whole story...
Pretty example. The exception that proves the rule (in the original meaning of that saying.) Doesn't look like this one swivels, although it is...
This isn't law, just my observation, but Egyptian jewellery holding a scarab(s) does not set the beetle in a way that hides the legs on the edges,...
The site that attributes the painting of the Persian Sibyl to Kaufmann is incorrect, probably mixing it up with Speranza. If you search for...
They switched from using Roman letters to Arabic in 1940, but there are only just so many letters, so they had to begin using them over again,...
Well, you're all in now. The Persian Sibyl by Guercino: [ATTACH] You can find the same painting attributed to Benedetto Gennari, but I think...
This one really does have all the bells & whistles.
Probably literally correct, with 'bows' meaning archers/bowmen.
Thank you for bringing your expertise & reference library in aid of the cause. ;)
On slim evidence, I'm going to go with a date in the 1990s. May once have held a lab grown color change sapphire (frequently misidentified as...
Lot's wife?
It's not a seagull, it's an ibis. OP's assay office could be Beni Suef.
Appears to be a studio portrait. If so, then the items with the sitter are props. Dating them may not date the pic. @Figtree3
Yes, Egyptian 12K mark. [ATTACH]
If you don't want it, can I have it? I think it's delightful, if not exactly geared to modern taste. From what I see on the bottom, this looks...
For heaven's sake, don't get any ammonia on the cameo! My personal preference in this is to clean the cameo itself until it looks like it just...
It's sort of a transitional form of safety clasp. Early in the 20th there were those little fiddly ones with a lever that often didn't hold very...
What kind of product do you use to get that hairstyle? Just wondering.
Gestalting 'cut down/___ frame with silver lining? Edit: Chasing Debora here. Agree, could say 'oak'.
Kauffmann fecit 1844 is the wording.
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