Moor with Emerald Level, Balthasar Permoser (sculptor), Wilhelm Kruger (sculptor), Johann Melchior Dinglinger (jeweler). Emerald: Gift of 1581; jewelery and sculptural works: probably 1724. Pear wood, painted, silver, gold, emeralds, rubies, sapphires,...

Brooch of an African, German, ca. 1680-1720, silver, enamel, lacquer, pearl. H: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm). The Walters Art Museum This enameled brooch is made in the shape of a manacled, kneeling African in rich attire. The casualness of the insensitivity is...

Greek marble bust of a goddess of the Hellenistic Period, circa 3rd Century B.C. Photo: Bonhams. LONDON.- Greek and Roman scilpture performed strongly at Bonhams sale of Antiquities on October 5th in New Bond Street, London. Sculpture was one of the most...