KJ Bishop

Egyptian mold for a Heron (a bird associated with the sun, the annual flooding of the Nile, and the afterlife)

2nd - 1st century BCE (Ptolemaic period)

Copley House (also known as the Forest House with Tower),

A breathtaking masterpiece of organic modernism designed and hand-built by architect and artist Nancy Copley.

Located on a 50-acre forested plot in Accord, New York (at the foothills of the Catskills), this geometric residence is famous for being a 37-year-long labor of love.

Nancy Copley purchased the site and conceived the design in 1972, spending decades personally physically executing its construction.

By the 1800s, most of European nobility was enchanted by carved stone animals produced by Fabergé. These little creatures were inspired by Japanese netsuke. In Japanese culture, bats often represent good luck, which is perhaps the inspiration for this little citrine bat produced around 1900.

Fabergé, Bat, Carved citrine, c. 1900, @bonhams1793

Merab Abramishvili (Georgian, 1957-2006)

Comfort of Cushions - Susan Ryder

British, b. 1944 -

Ludwig Schwarzer *

(Vienna 1912-1989 Linz) Elegant ladies in Venice, signed: L. Schwarzer, titled, oil on cardboard,

Tile with two rabbits, two snakes and a tortoise. Illustration for Zakariya al-Qazwini's book, Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing (13th century CE). Earthenware, molded and underglaze-painted decoration. Iran, 19th century.