Young woman modeling a two-piece swim suit in Tampa, Florida
Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/66749 ( http://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/66749 ) ..Local call number: C006224..Title: Young woman modeling a two-piece swim suit in Tampa, Florida..Date: ... more
Nora Carrol and Lois Duncan Steinmetz: Sarasota, Florida
Local call number: JJS0372B..Title: Nora Carrol and Lois Duncan Steinmetz: Sarasota, Florida..Date: November 17, 1948..General Note: Taken for Collier's at Sarasota Jungle Gardens. ..Physical descrip: 1 transpa... more
Nora Carrol and Lois Duncan Steinmetz: Sarasota, Florida
Local call number: JJS0202..Title: Nora Carrol and Lois Duncan Steinmetz: Sarasota, Florida..Date: November 1949..Accompanying Note: "Fill-in shots done on Cover-girl sequence for Collier's."..Physica... more
Lois Duncan Steinmetz (left) and Polly Gaines in a motorboat: Sarasota, Florida
Local call number: JJS0214..Title: Lois Duncan Steinmetz (left) and Polly Gaines in a motorboat: Sarasota, Florida..Date: 1950..Physical descrip: 1 transparency - col. - 4 x 5 in...Series Title: Joseph Janney S... more
The Pinnevik bathe in Lysekil, Bohuslän, Sweden
Caravans at the Pinnevik bathe in Lysekil. The car furthest to the left is a 1951 Chevrolet. ..Husvagnar vid Pinneviksbadet i Lysekil. Bilen längst till vänster är en Chevrolet 1951. ..Parish (socken): Lysekil ... more
Porphyry support for a water basin
In antiquity, porphyry was highly regarded as a royal stone, because its color was associated with the regal and, in Roman times, imperial use of purple to symbolize rank and authority. In addition, this very h... more
Fragment of a Stand for Water Jars
Found Egypt, Saqqara
Water Bird
Canada
Water Bird
Canada
Water Spout in the Form of a Makara
Central or Eastern Javanese period
Water Bird
Canada
Water Spout in the Form of a Makara
Central or Eastern Javanese period
Water Spout in the Form of a Makara
Central or Eastern Javanese period
Water Spout in the Form of a Makara
Central or Eastern Javanese period
Holy Water Vessel
Eastern Javanese period
Stand for Water Jar
Stands like this are called kilgas. They were used as supports for large unglazed earthenware water jars (habbs). The porous bodies of these jars allowed water to seep through their bases, filtering impurities ... more
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara in Water Moon Form (Shuiyue Guanyin)
After the tenth century, one of the more prominent representations of Avalokiteshvara shows the bodhisattva seated with the right knee raised and the left leg crossed before the body. The posture represents the... more
Muhammad performs another miracle by creating a spring of cool, pure water in the desert camp of the Banû Junda'.
Life of the Prophet Muhammad written at the order of the Mamluk sultan al-Mansûr 'Alâ' al-Dîn 'Alî (d. 778/1376). The work was first illustrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Murâd III.
Water Spout with a Makara Head and a Head of a Monk
Eastern Javanese period
Demons on an Elephant with Nan Brah Dharani, the Earth Goddess, Wringing Water from Her Hair
The presence of demonic figures and of Nan Brah Dharani suggests that this plaque is part of a larger composition depicting Buddha, prior to his enlightenment, being attacked by the forces of Mara, the personif... more
Egrets in Water Reeds
This painting recalls Ma Hezhi's handscroll Six Odes Starting with "Wild Geese," in which the image of nesting birds symbolizes the reestablishment of peace under the Southern Song. Here, a family of egrets on ... more
Medallion with Hunting Dog Attacking Boar Crossing Water
Made in Limoges, France
Dyer with water pot from BL Royal 10 E IV, f. 141v
Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a dyer with a water pot approaching a woman. Image taken from f. 141v of Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals'). Written in Latin.
Man pouring water on a monk from BL Royal 10 E IV, f. 91
Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man pouring water on a monk, who is leaving a building, with a woman and attendant. Image taken from f. 91 of Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield De... more
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Made in Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
"Yazdegird I Kicked to Death by the Water Horse", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
The legendary death of the Sasanian king Yazdegerd I–who was said to have been kicked by a horse that magically emerged from a spring–is charmingly depicted in this leaf from a dispersed manuscript of the Shahn... more
Water Filter
Made in Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Well
late Yuan (1271–1368)–early Ming (1368–1644) dynasty
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Made in Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
Water Filter
Attributed to Egypt
"Design for the Water Clock of the Peacocks", from the Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices) by Badi' al-Zaman b. al Razzaz al-Jazari
Al-Jazari, the author of this treatise on a variety of practical and fanciful mechanical devices, served at the Artuqid court in Diyar Bakr in the late eleventh to the early twelfth century. Some of the element... more
Aqua (water) from BL Royal 6 E VI, f. 126v
Historiated initial 'A'(qua) of a scholar pointing to three bodies of water, one filled with fish, another with shellfish and the third empty. Image taken from f. 126v of Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio). Wri... more
Aqua (water) from BL Royal 6 E VI, f. 125v
Historiated initial 'A'(qua) of a scholar pointing to three bodies of water, one filled with fish, another with shellfish and the third empty. Image taken from f. 125v of Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio). Wri... more
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara in Water Moon Form (Shuiyue Guanyin)
This powerful figure belongs to a small group of wooden sculptures that can be securely dated, owing to an inscription that also provides rare information regarding its production and intended use. The inscript... more
Water Deity (Chalchiuhtlicue)
Mexico, Mesoamerica
Head of a Water Deity (Chalchiuhtlicue)
The Aztecs carved thousands of images of their gods in stones ranging from much-valued greenstones to ordinary volcanic rock. Sculptures like the present example were probably set up in household shrines where ... more
Water dropper in the form of a rhinoceros
Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Incense Box (Kōgō) with Cartwheels Submerged in Water
The theme of this small incense box’s design, cartwheels in a stream, reflects the Heian-period (794–1185) practice of soaking the wheels of ox carts in water to prevent them from drying out and cracking. Popul... more
Water Deity (Chalchiuhtlicue)
The finely carved figure belongs to a sizable group of kneeling females that display costume elements identifying them as water deities called Chalchiuhtlicue ("she of the jade skirt") in Nahuatl, the language ... more
Christ walking on water from BL Royal 15 D I, f. 302v
Detail of a miniature of Christ walking on water with Peter. Image taken from f. 302v of La Bible Historiale, part 4 (Bible Historiale of Edward IV). Written in French.