During the late Romantic period, the Alhambra in Granada captivated the Western imagination as a symbol of the exotic East, a place where...

Chinese export art holds a unique place in the world of collectibles, embodying a fascinating blend of Eastern aesthetics and Western...

Mingqi ( 冥器) , rendered in English as “spirit articles”, are a broad and very interesting class of ancient Chinese funerary material made...

This beautiful lekythos is one of the star pieces of pottery in our upcoming October auction and is a valuable resource for gaining an...

AFTER the death of Alexander III of Macedon in 323 BC, his vast empire spanning from Greece to Bactria was carved up among the so-called...

THEY often say that history repeats itself. This isn’t completely true, but you couldn’t be criticised for noticing some of the...

THINK of an Egyptian mummy: what comes to mind? Layers of linen wrapping, a gilded sarcophagus? Now think again: who would be inside that...