CERAMIC REFERENCE BOOK COLLECTION ??????????????????????????????????????????Including:early pottery, Chinese Ming and Qing dynasty ceramics, museum and private collection, in total 44 publications.Asahi Shimbun Cultural Planning Department (Ed.). Newly Discovered...
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GLAZED ROOF TILE OF THE DEMON QUELLER,LUCITE BASEHandmade ceramic roof tile with Sancai-style glaze, of Zhong Kui the Demon Queller riding a mythical qilin, later 20th century production of a traditional depiction....
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PUBLISHED MESOPOTAMIAN GLAZED HEAD -GYPSUM & BITUMENAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, Kassite period, ca. 14th to 13th century BCE. Staring past the confine of time, a head depicting a haunting guise carved in...
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4TH C. HOLYLAND STONE ARCHITECTURALELEMENT W/ MENORAHNear East, Holy Land, Judea, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. This a large hand-carved stone architectural piece depicting a seven lamp (6 branches plus a central...
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8TH C. INDIAN PALA STONE RELIEF OF VISHNUSouthAsia, India, region of Bengal, Pala Empire, ca. 8th to 12th centuries CE. A beautiful relief and openwork carved stone plaque depicting the Hindu deity Vishnu. The god stands...
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CELTIC IBERIAN LEADED BRONZE FIGURALAMULET FERTILITYWestern Europe, Spain / Portugal, Iberian, Late Bronze Age (Celtic), ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A lovely leaded bronze pendant in the form of a male figure...
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SIGNED C. KIYOSHI SAITO WOODBLOCK PRINT,WINTER SCENEKiyoshi Saito (Japanese, 1907-1997). Sosaku woodblock print, ca. mid 20th century CE. Signed in pencil under artist's red seal on lower left. A wonderful sosaku...
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20TH C. CENTRAL AFRICAN KUBA WOOD PORTRAITCUPCentral Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fascinating carved-wood cup in the form of a human head. Sitting upon...
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15TH C. JAVANESE MAJAPAHIT BRASS SARASWATIFIGURESoutheast Asia, Indonesia, Eastern Java, Majapahit Empire, ca. 15th to 16th century CE. This is a rare brass depiction of the Hindu goddess Saraswati, the goddess of...
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3 GREEK HELLENISTIC TERRACOTTA FEMALEVOTIVE EFFIGIESGreece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 4th to 1st century BCE. This is a lovely trio of pottery figural fragments of women - including the nude torso of Aphrodite....
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RARE LIFESIZE+ MAYA STUCCO HEAD OF ADIGNITARYPre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A larger-than-life stucco head of a dignitary, portrayed here with projecting...
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DELICATE ROMAN GOLD SHEET TABLET, INSCRIBEDIN GREEKRoman, early Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE. A lovely and petite sheet tablet, formed from 73% gold (equivalent to 15K+), that contains a short Greek inscription....
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MASSIVE GRECO-PHOENICIAN STONE VESSELAncientEastern Mediterranean, Greco-Phoenician, ca. 6th to 5th century BCE. A huge white limestone vessel, created in two sections, with a graceful form. The body is piriform, with...
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EASTERN ROMAN MARBLE FEMALE HEAD W/SEA ENCRUSTATIONSRoman, Eastern Empire, late Imperial Period, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. A wonderful, attractive, and expressive example of a female head in provincial stylization...
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FINE SOUTH ARABIAN ALABASTER MALE HEADAncientMiddle East, South Arabia, modern-day Yemen, Qatabanian culture, ca. 3rd century BCE to 3rd century CE. A hand-carved alabaster head boasting soft honey-yellow and white hues,...
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SUPERB CHONTAL STONE FACE MASK**FirstTime At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Chontal culture, Late Preclassic Period, ca. 300 to 100 BCE. A handsome mask carved from tan-brown stone...
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MASSIVE 14TH C. THAI AYUTTHAYA STONEBUDDHA HEAD**Originally Listed At $6000**
Southeast Asia, Thailand, Ayutthaya Kingdom, ca. 14th to 16th century CE. A red sandstone buddha head that is slightly over life-sized,...
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12TH C. KHMER SANDSTONE BRAHMA HEAD(4 FACES)**First Time At Auction**
Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Khmer Empire, 12th to 13th century CE. A beautiful red sandstone sculpture of the deity, Brahma, carved to be...
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FINE KHMER SANDSTONE SCULPTURE OF GODDESSUMA**First Time At Auction**
Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Khmer Empire (Angkor culture), ca. 12th century CE. A skillfully carved, monumental stone statue of the goddess Uma,...
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CHINESE SONG DYNASTY STONE BUDDHA HEAD**FirstTime At Auction**
East Asia, China, Song Dynasty, ca. 960 to 1270 CE. A sensitively hand-carved stone Buddha head, a piece from a larger sculpture that perhaps resided in...
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GANDHARA SCHIST LIDDED RELIQUARY W/FLORAL MOTIF**First Time At Auction**
Central Asia, Pakistan / Afghanistan, Gandhara, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A hand carved schist reliquary or casket jar, made from 2...
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2ND C. GANDHARAN SCHIST RELIQUARY STUPAMODEL**First Time At Auction**
Central Asia, Pakistan / Afghanistan, ancient region of Gandhara, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A model of a Buddhist stupa reliquary, finely...
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ROMAN BRONZE STATUETTE NUDE MALE BOXERW/ CESTUS**Originally Listed At $1500**
Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A rare statuette of a nearly nude boxer shown in stride as though about to deliver...
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MONUMENTAL ETRUSCAN IMPASTO BRAZIERW/ BOAR HUNT**First Time At Auction**
Italy, Etruscan culture, ca. 768 to 264 BCE. Wow! A truly remarkable brazier of impressive scale formed from thick impasto and showcasing...
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15TH C. CHINESE MING BRONZE SITTINGGUANYIN BODHISATTVA...East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 15th to 17th century CE. A beautiful cast bronze statue of the Bodhisattva Guanyin, also known as Avalokiteshwara,...
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EGYPTIAN BRONZE NUDE HARPOKRATES AMUNW/ GILT EYESAncient Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A rare and remarkably preserved bronze figure of Harpokrates Amun presenting as the nude child...
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SET OF FOUR CHINESE EXPORT 'EXOTIC BIRDS'WALLPAPER PANELS
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY ? ??????? ???? ?? ?????gouache on paper, painted on pink ground with flowering plants and trees including prunus, peonies,...
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[A PRIVATE SCOTTISH COLLECTION, EDINBURGH]COLLECTION OF ART REFERENCE BOOKS
ON CHINESE ART: MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS ?????????????????????Including but not limited to:Art Chinois: Musée Cernuschi acquisitions...
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CHINESE CARVED GILTWOOD TEMPLE MOUNT19thCentury. The rectangular cushion-shaped panel with a rope-carved border, centering incised characters. Height 24 in. Width 20 in. Depth 4 in....
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GROUP OF ASIAN BRONZE URNSGroup of AsianBronze Urns, comprising one with detachable figural handles, with handwritten label "Chinese Bronze Late 19th Century", with weighted base (5 1/2 in. high); one cast with...
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ASIAN ART INTEREST BOOKS, 15 Fifteenbooks on Asian art interest, including: "Images from the Tomb: Chinese Burial Figurines" by Barry Till and Paula Stewart, "The House on the Klong: The Bangkok Home and Asian...
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ASIAN ART REFERENCE BOOKS, 13 ThirteenAsian art reference books, including: "Wooden Temples of Japan" by Peter Popham, "Possessing the Past: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei" by Wen C. Fong and...
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TWO PIECES OF ANCIENT CHINESE CARVEDSTONE Two carved stone sculptures of a camel and horse. See Inaugural Exhibition: Vol. 2 Chinese Metalwares and Decorative Arts, 1993, from the Museum of East Asian Art in...
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Vintage copper Chicago World's Fair1933 letter opener. Embossed "A Century of Progress 1833 1933 Chinese Temple Carillon Tower" and on reverse "Chicago in 1833 Ft. Dearborn Massacre 1812". 8 /8" long. Estimate...
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Rare and Spectacular Chinese Tile WorksPanel, from an exterior wall, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the thick tile works panel in two parts modeled in high relief depicting four haloed arhats in monk's robes, each...
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Important Collection of Chinese IncenseClocks Chinese 19th century. A Collection of nine incense clocks with extensive provenance and exhibition history. Each of the examples offered here are illustrated in...
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