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Rhinceros (after Albrecht Duerer?) Meissen manufactury,mid-18th Hard paste porcelain,10 x 17 cm
#30010736

Rhinceros (after Albrecht Duerer?) Meissen manufactury,mid...

Dragon-pendant worn with the Order of the Golden Fleece, a ruby from Brittany of 107,88 carat, from the collection of Marguerite de Foix, Duchess of Brittany, inherited by her daughter Anne de Bretagne, queen of France 1492-1514. Diamonds of the Crown.
#30010749

Dragon-pendant worn with the Order of the Golden Fleece, a ruby from Brittany o...

Hercules abducting one of the horses of Diomedes. Audenarde, around 1545-65. Tapestry,Linen and silk, 352 x 398 cm OAR 5
#30010757

Hercules abducting one of the horses of Diomedes. Audenarde, around 1545-6...

L'Histoire de Scipion: Le combat du Tessin, premiere piece de la tenture,laine et soie, tapisserie.OA 6067 D'apres Giulio Romano,Manufacture des Gobelins pour Louis XIV,1688-1689
#30010758

L'Histoire de Scipion: Le combat du Tessin, premiere piece de la ten...

L'Histoire de Scipion: La bataille sur le plateau, quatrieme piece de la tenture,laine et soie, tapisserie.OA 5388 D'apres Giulio Romano,Manufacture des Gobelins pour Louis XIV,1688-1689
#30010761

L'Histoire de Scipion: La bataille sur le plateau, quatrieme piece de la te...

Tapestry "The Hunts of Maximilian",one of twelve. Month of February,sign of Pisces,12th piece of the series. Tapestry,wool,silk,gold and silver thread,seven kettfaeden per centimeter, 440 x 750 cm,OA 7325 Brussels around 1528-1533 After Bernaert van Orley.
#30010768

Tapestry "The Hunts of Maximilian",one of twelve. Month of February,sign...

Emperor Karl V's war against Chaireddin (also known as Hayreddin Barbarossa, Grand Admiral of the Ottoman Navy), Turkish governor of Tunis. The imperial army leaves Tunis and camps in Rada. Ostriches and goats.Tapestry. In 1535 the Spanish Empire attacked Tunis, then under the control of the Ottoman Empire. Holy Roman Emperor Karl V (Charles V) of the Habsburg dynasty assembled a huge army and war fleet. He defeated Barbarossa's fleet and, after a siege, captured Tunis on June 1 1535.
#30010770

Emperor Karl V's war against Chaireddin (also known as Hayreddin Barbarossa, Gra...

Gold-glass medallion showing Heracles and a husband and wife, and a small image of Herakles, 4th. The man wears a tunic with a red stripe and she wears a gemstone nacklace with pendant pearls. The inscription to "Orfitus and Constantia" could point to Memmius Vitruvius Orfitus, a pagan aristocrat and prefect of Rome in the 4th century. Herakles wears the skin of the Nemean lion and carries his club and the apples of the Hesperides, which were his wedding present to Jupiter and Juno, suggesting that the medallion was a wedding gift. M&ME, 1863,7-27,3
#300108 2

Gold-glass medallion showing Heracles and a husband and wife, and a small image...

Brass hanging lamp with a griffin handle, Early Byzantine, 5th-6th century. The lamp is boat-shaped with holes for oil and wick. The curved neck of a griffin emerges from a calyx to form a handle. A dove sits between the griffin's ears, above a Christogram.Hanging chains may be original to the lamp, but it also has a bayonet fitting on the base for a stand. Found at Herculaneum,Italy. M&ME,1897,8-20,1
#300108 3

Brass hanging lamp with a griffin handle, Early Byzantine, 5th-6th century. The...

Ivory pyxis with Saint Menas, Early Byzantine, 6th. This small pyxis shows two scenes from the life of Saint Menas, a semi-legendary Egyptian soldier martyred in the late 3rd century. He stands as a haloed orant,flanked by two camels associated with the story of his life. The four persons are probably parents and children who had the pyxis carved as a votive offering. M&ME, 1879,12-20,1
#30010814

Ivory pyxis with Saint Menas, Early Byzantine, 6th. This small pyxis shows two...

The Borradaile oliphant,Byzantine, 11th. A sounding horn carved with rows of interlocking medallions. An animal is displayed in each circle (winged griffins, heraldic eagles, lions, peacocks and snakes). Motifs are part Western, (the continuous scroll pattern of interlaced bands), part Arab influence. M&ME, 1923,12-5,3
#30010817

The Borradaile oliphant,Byzantine, 11th. A sounding horn carved with rows of int...

The Borradaile oliphant,Byzantine, 11th. A sounding horn carved with rows of interlocking medallions. An animal is displayed in each circle (winged griffins, heraldic eagles, lions, peacocks and snakes). Motifs are part Western, (the continuous scroll pattern of interlaced bands), part Arab influence. Reverse side of 30-01-08/17 M&ME, 1923,12-5,3
#30010818

The Borradaile oliphant,Byzantine, 11th. A sounding horn carved with rows of int...