Rita Matos attempts to bridge the gap between Lisbon's art and design circles
2018
The founders of Porto Rocha on making work that “has a presence”
2020
Portuguese Royal Studio makes Adobe tutorials look good (and simple!)
2015
Lidded Box with Portuguese Face
1500
Bracelet with Portuguese heads and mudfish
1500
Bracelet with Portuguese Heads and Mudfish
1700
Altar bell with Portuguese heads
1500
Pair of chiefly bracelets with Portuguese and Edo figures
1815
Seated Portuguese figure
1700
Plaque with Portuguese Traders and Manillas
1540
Pendant with Portuguese equestrian
1500
Pair of chiefly bracelets with Portuguese and Edo figures
1815
Box with Portuguese Horseman
1800
Saltcellar with Portuguese Figures
1520
Hip ornament with Portuguese head
1500
Plaque with Two Portuguese Merchants
1540
Museu da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian - Lisboa - Portugal 🇵🇹 (54762870492)
Vers l'Orient, Constantinople la résignée
1915
Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925
1925
Alcântara - Lisboa - Portugal 🇵🇹 (54663633606)
Miquelet Gun of Ali Pasha
1798
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with cylinder seal in Anatolian style
-2000
Silver phiale (libation bowl)
-2300
Electrum vase with lid
-2300
Gold Belt Buckle and Strap End
595
Gilded silver cup with two handles
-2300
Les costumes populaires de la Turquie en 1873: Ouvrage publié sous le patronage de la Commission impériale ottomane pour l'Exposition universelle de Vienne
1873
Scimitar with Scabbard
1550
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with four cylinder seals in Assyrian and Anatolian styles, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.17a: loan of silver
-2000
Shaffron (Head Defense) for a Camel
1575
Sword (Kilij) and Scabbard with Baldric
1826
Saber (Kilij) with Scabbard
1750
Side Piece of a Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
1401
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
1401
Dirham of Ghiyath al-Din Kai Khusrau II (r. 1237–46)
1242
Sword (Yatagan) with Scabbard
1701
Pair of Stirrups and Ring Bit
1801
Shirt of Mail and Plate
1451
Tray of Jeweled Daggers
1851
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
1601
Sword (Kilij) with Scabbard
1801
Standard (<i>Alem</i>)
1650
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
1501
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
1575
Portions of a Cuirass
1550
Armor for Man and Horse
1425
Tray of Jeweled Daggers
1825
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
1501
Right Leg Defense (Greave)
1451
Shirt of Mail and Plate
1450
Left Leg Defense (Greave)
1450
Pair of Leg Defenses (Greaves)
1450
Composite Bow with Forty Arrows
1719
Sword (Kilij) with Scabbard
1801
Short Sword (Yatagan) from the Court of Süleyman the Magnificent (reigned 1520–66)
1500
Defense for the Lower Right Leg (Greave)
1425
Transylvanian prayer rug
1700
Dabbous (zarf or darb)
1850
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with four cylinder seals in Anatolian and Old Assyrian style, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.16a: quittance for a loan in silver
-2000
Head of a Janissary Hammer
1501
Sword (Yatagan) with Scabbard
1801
Knife (Kard) with Sheath
1701
Manuscript pages showing battle scenes
1600
Hammer of a Janissary
1601
Neck Chain with Badge
1787
Sword (Kilij) with Scabbard
1801
Sword (Kilij) with Scabbard
1701
Knife (Kard) with Sheath
1701
Combination Flintlock and Knife Carrier
1801
Knife (Yatagan) with Sheath
1701
Sword (Kilij) with Scabbard
1801
Dagger (Jambiya) with Sheath
1701
Armor for Man and Horse
1425
Stamp seal (scaraboid) with animal
-900
Stamp seal (ovoid) with three-figure contest scene
-900
Stamp seal (ovoid) with animals
-900
Stamp seal (scaraboid) with animals
-900
Stamp seal (rounded triangular base with loop handle) with anthropomorphic figure and animals
-900
Stamp seal (bifacial scaraboid) with animals
-1200
Stamp seal (pyramid) with monster
-900
Stamp seal (ovoid) with animals
-1200
Stamp seal (scarab) with two-figure contest scene (?)
-800
Stamp seal (conoid knob) with plant
-900
"Portuguese" Carpet with Maritime Scenes
1600
Dagger (Kard) with Shealth
1738
Pair of Thigh and Knee Defenses
1401
Shirt of Mail and Plate
1401
Stamp seal (scarab) with animal
-900
Stamp seal (lion-shaped) with animal
-900
Clock collection with an erotic pocket watch in the foreground (false 'Breguet et fils' signature), António Medeiros e Almeida Museum, Lisbon, Portugal julesvernex2
2024
Soviet pocket watch (2)
2007
Soviet pocket watch (1)
2007
Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR
2014
Photographer Ina Niehoff's beautiful analogue Istanbul travelogue
2016
Fantastic Man’s unexpected cover story on the surfers and fisherman of Peniche, Portugal
2017
Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
Brilliantly vivid illustrations from Lisbon-born Goncalo Viana
2014
A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
Beautiful, clean designs from Portuguese studio AH-HA
2015
Portuguese illustrator Tiago Galo’s plump little characters are oddly charming
2016
And Atelier’s graphic designs for Porto’s Gallery of Architecture is informed by the space
2017
Sensitive and versatile designs by Portuguese designer Catarina Dantas
2014
Istanbul’s impossibly colourful minimalist architecture, shot by Yener Torun
2015
Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
Mantraste’s illustrations draw on the culture of his childhood in rural Portugal
2021
Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
Porto Design Biennale 2023 puts out an open call for projects on the theme of ‘Being Water’
2023
Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012