If you’ve visited The MAAC, you’ve seen exceptional art and antiques from Egypt, Greece and Persia – at galleries like: Anavian Gallery, Palmyra Heritage, Lev Tov Antiques, and Textiles as Art. Clockwise from top left: Islamic Covered Bowl, hard stone and brass, south east Asia, 1900. [ Lev Tov Antiques | Gallery #51 | 212.308.3516 […]
Joseph Saidian & Sons (Gallery #48) has a coffee table book! Introducing, “The History of Jewelry: Joseph Saidian and Sons” published by Rizzoli. “This book is over 170 years in the making chronicling some of the greatest jewels and gems of all time handled over the past four generations of our family business. Perfect for […]
You can tell our dealer Leah Gordon used to teach. In our next Dealer Q&A feature, she schools us in her speciality, artist jewelry. Watch the video below to learn about artist pieces by Dali, Picasso, and Lichtenstein. Visit in person to get a closer look at her fascinating inventory–you can be sure to leave wiser if not richer […]
We all know of the Aztecs and their towering relics. Many are less familiar with the far older cultures of Western Mexico who left no monuments or writing systems but whose shaft tomb culture produced the most dramatic artworks in Mesoamerica. Small in stature but bursting with artistry, Mexican tomb pottery is our one key […]
There’s only one week left to visit our new Tibetan Art pop-up gallery, Dharma Art (Gallery 28) at the Manhattan Art & Antiques Center! Visiting us from Costa Mesa, California, and managed by Yanki P. Ackerman, an Asian Art dealer for nearly 25 years, Dharma Art specializes in museum-quality Asian arts and antiques, primarily from […]
We all know of the fantastic birds and beasts that roam the Cartier Menagerie. For a century, they’ve enthralled the stars of the fashionable world, including the Duchess of Windsor. What many don’t know is that it was one woman Jeanne Toussaint (1887-1976) who brought the wild kingdom to Cartier’s repertoire. Muse, lover, and director […]
By the late 19th century, the “Age of the Samurai” was at an end. Ironically, it was members of the samurai class themselves who engineered its downfall–and laid the path for modern Japan. Former samurai were among the leaders of the Meiji Restoration, which abolished the feudal system and the ruling warrior class with it. […]
The jewelry in our new gallery, Hartley Brown, is the kind to make converts out of casual antiquers. Rare, of exceptional quality and storied provenance, it’s hard to pick one favorite among the fine antique and period jewelry in the gallery, but here are 5 of their most striking antique jewels. If you’d like to […]
Can you guess the purpose of this mysterious artifact? Today for #WhatIsItWednesday, the blogosphere turns an investigative eye to cryptic objects, past and present, but the exact use of this relic has eluded scholars for centuries. We know that this Early Iron Age Luristan bronze is a finial, an ornament used to mark the […]
It’s #MuseumWeek on Twitter–7 days, 7 themes that give the public a rare insider look into museums around the world. We’ve been inspired by today’s theme of “Inspiration” to profile Salvador Dali’s famed “Tristan & Isolde” brooch from our gallery Leah Gordon. True, we just profiled Dali’s “Ruby Lips with Teeth Like Pearls” but what […]