20 octobre 2016
Exhibition explores ancient origins of modern concept and organization of time in the Western world
Late Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet with Horoscope of Aristokrates, Uruk. Late 3rd century BCE. Clay. H. 6 cm; W. 4 cm. Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven: MLC 2190 © Yale Babylonian Collection.
NEW YORK, NY.- The ancient Greeks and Romans contributed more than any other past civilization to the rise of time’s dominion over individual and public life. Time and Cosmos in Greco-Roman Antiquity, on view at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, NYU, from October 19, 2016 through April 23, 2017, explores the... [Lire la suite]20 octobre 2016
Sotheby's to offer rare Chinese & European books, maps, photographs and manuscripts
Lot 212. Huang Qianren, 大清萬年一統天下全圖. DA QING WANNIAN YITONG TIANXIA QUANTU. [COMPLETE MAP OF THE GREAT QING'S TEN-THOUSAND-YEAR UNIFIED [REALM OF] ALL UNDER HEAVEN]. Daoguang 3 [1823]. Estimate 80,000 — 120,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- The most significant sale of its kind to be held in a generation, “China in Print and on Paper” reveals the rich history of cartography, exploration, trade and diplomacy between China and the West for over half a millennium. Together, the... [Lire la suite]20 octobre 2016
Eight Sarmatian gold phalerae, circa 1st century B.C.-2nd century A.D.
Lot 117. Eight Sarmatian gold phalerae, circa 1st century B.C.-2nd century A.D. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Photo Christie's Images Ltd 2016.
Each: 1 ½ in. (3.7 cm.) diameter
Provenance: Edmund Roy Hofmann (1901-1977), Philadelphia, acquired in Europe, 1930s-1950s; thence by descent.
Note: For a similar depiction of animals in circular formation, see the gold vessel from the Kobyakov burial mound on the lower Don river in south Russia, fig. 10 in V. Guguev, "The Gold Jewelry Complex from the Kobyakov... [Lire la suite]