what reluctantly ventured outside the domain of the standard Nippon collector with the acquisition of the pictured Japanese vase. I will not go into a great descriptive as the pictures speak for themselves. This is a wonderful example of a moriage style Nippon era vase. It is a significant Art Nouveau piece measuring 11 7/8” (30 cm) high and 5” (12.6 cm) wide at the handles and includes a wrap ...

X-ray irradiation with convergent chemicals such as nano-silver particles or sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) has been used to control leaf blight on cut lilies. The oriental hybrid lily cultivars Siberia, Le Reve, and Sorbonne were irradiated five times by 200 Gy of X-rays in 2014. In 2015, Siberia and Sorbonne were irradiated three times by 150 Gy of X-rays. After artificial infection with...

Deployment of sediment traps over a 12-month period has enabled investigation of the lateral variability of overbank deposition rates and particle size composition of deposited sediment across a frequently inundated flood plain section of the River Culm, southeast Devon, UK. Although a general exponential decrease in deposition rate and grain size with distance from the channel occurs, signific...

At the main entrance to Adam Mickiewicz Park in Poznań, there are two identical stone vases with ancient motives. The author indicates that they not merely neoclassical works from beginning of 20th century, but copies famous Townley Vase dating back Roman times. Then, he focuses on retinue Dionysus frieze vase and discusses all ten figures occurring it.

This article tries to highlight the deep doctrinal meanings underlying vase that is often included in artistic depictions of Annunciation. apparently banal everyday object has been deliberately placed there a prominent position symbolize Virgin Mary her condition as virginal mother God Son, and bearer all virtues highest degree. As methodological resources justify our iconographic interpretatio...