COLLECTION OF ART REFERENCE BOOKS
ONASIAN CERAMICS ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????including art reference books on asian art ceramics, in total 85 publications:Ashmolean...
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ANCIENT DAUNIAN POLYCHROME DRIPPER BOWLAncient Daunian Apulian polychrome kyathos dripper bowl, likely Northern Italian or Iranian, with geometric black painted decoration. 5 7/8" diameter x 5 1/4" H....
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ANCIENT PRE-COLUMBIAN POLYCHROME VASEDESCRIPTION:An Ancient Pre-Columbian pottery vase with figural polychrome finishes. CIRCA: Unknown ORIGIN: South America DIMENSIONS: H: 9" x D: 6.5" CONDITION: Chipping to rim. See lot...
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A GROUP OF THREE SATSUMA PARCEL GILTAND POLYCHROME PAI... AND POLYCHROME PAINTED EARTHENWARES, IMPRESSED AND OVERGLAZE PAINTED MARKS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, each gilt and painted in traditional palette,...
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ANCIENT CARVED EGYPTIAN FUNERARY STATUE,STANDING PHARO...Ancient Carved Egyptian Funerary Statue, standing Pharoah figure, gilt wood with bronze headdress having coral jewels and remnants of gold and polychrome...
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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY POLYCHROME HORSEW/ TLEast Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 906 CE. A lovely mold-made pottery horse shown in stride atop an integral plinth. Painted in hues of apricot, peach, and chocolate...
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MARAJOARA CREAM-SLIPPED OLLA W/ GEOMETRICMOTIFS**Originally Listed At $1500**
Pre-Columbian, Brazil, Lower Amazon Basin, Marajo Island, Marajoara culture, ca. 800 to 1400 CE. A beautiful hand-built vase with a planar...
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PRE-COLUMBIAN PACHACAMAC TEXTILE PANEL- ORACLE SPIDERS...**Originally Listed At $500**
Pre-Columbian, Central / South Coast Peru, Pachacamac culture, ca. 1000 CE. A lovely fragmentary textile panel comprised...
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PARACAS TEXTILE POLYCHROME SASH EYEMASK MOTIF**Originally Listed At $250**
Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Paracas, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A lovely textile sash comprised of tightly-woven natural fibers in hues...
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NATIVE AMERICAN HOHOKAM POLYCHROME BOWLW/ HANDLENative American, US Southwest, Arizona, Phoenix Basin, Hohokam culture, ca. 1100 to 1400 CE. A lovely pottery bowl featuring a round yet stable base and convex walls...
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NAYARIT IXTLAN DEL RIO POLYCHROME SEATEDFEMALE FIGUREPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan del Rio type, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A remarkable, hand-built pottery female depicted sitting cross-legged as she...
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NAYARIT IXTLAN DEL RIO POLYCHROME SEATEDMALEPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ixtlan del Rio, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A polychrome terracotta male figure, seated in a cross-legged position, holding a rattle, mirror,...
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CASAS GRANDES POLYCHROME OLLA W/ LINEARMOTIFSPre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Northwest Chihuahua, Casas Grandes, Babicora, ca. 1250 to 1475 CE. A lovely terracotta polychrome vessel, of the Babicora stylistic variety,...
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NAZCA POLYCHROME STIRRUP VESSEL, TLTESTEDPre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 1st century BCE to 2nd century CE. A hand-built pottery vessel of a relatively spherical form with a round but stable base,...
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NAZCA POLYCHROME VESSEL W/ MYTHICALBEING, TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 BCE to 400 CE. A hand-built pottery cup adorned with a vibrantly colored depiction of the fierce "Anthropomorphic...
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MAYA POLYCHROME VESSELS - PETEN BOWL+ HANDLED JARPre-Columbian, Central America, Southern Mexico to Guatemala (Peten Region), Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. An attractive set of 2 hand-built pottery...
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NAZCA POLYCHROME KERO W/ GEOMETRIC MOTIFS,TL TESTED**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 BCE to 400 CE. A wonderful pottery kero presenting a corseted body and tall, flared neck that...
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INDUS VALLEY POLYCHROME JAR W/ AVIANMOTIF**Originally Listed At $200**
Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan/Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 2700 to 2000 BCE. A wheel-thrown pottery jar with a squat foot,...
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RARE PARACAS POLYCHROME BOWL OCULATEBEING, TL'DPre-Columbian, Southern Peru, Ica Valley, Paracas culture, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A hand-built pottery bowl exhibiting astounding decorative motifs that are incised...
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ROMANO-EGYPTIAN CARTONNAGE MUMMY MASK,EX-CHRISTIE'SIt's not often we start a listing by stating the provenance, but in this case the pedigree is almost as impressive as the piece. Sold - Christies, December 1996;...
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EGYPTIAN PAINTED / GESSO CEDAR SARCOPHAGUSMASKEgypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A gorgeous and endearing example of a mask that is hand-carved from finely grained cedar that would have attached...
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JAMACOAQUE POLYCHROME MYTHICAL BEASTVESSEL, TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Ecuador, Jamacoaque culture, ca. 500 CE. A large ceramic vessel in the form of a transformational beast - probably representing a shaman in...
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CASA GRANDES RAMOS POLYCHROME OLLA W/LINEAR MOTIFSPre-Columbian, Northern Mexico and Southwestern United States, New Mexico, Casas Grandes, ca. 1200 to 1450 CE. A lovely polychrome pottery olla vessel with a...
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NAZCA POLYCHROME VESSEL MYTHICAL BEINGS& TROPHY HEADSPre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 BCE to 700 CE. An exemplary hand-built pottery vessel intricately painted with mythical beings and trophy heads....
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ZACATECAS POLYCHROME SEATED FEMALE,EX-BONHAMS**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Zacatecas culture, Early Classic Period, ca. 250 to 450 CE. A superb hand-built pottery figure depicting a...
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CANOSAN POTTERY VOLUTE KRATER W/ EQUESTRIAN& NIKE, TL**First Time At Auction**
Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulia, Canosa, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. A gorgeous polychrome volute krater, meticulously hand-painted...
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MASSIVE GNATHIAN POLYCHROME SKYPHOS,TL TESTED**First Time At Auction**
Magna Graecia, southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 360 to 325 BCE. A magnificent pottery skyphos finely hand-painted in intricate decoration of...
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GREEK ARCHAIC POLYCHROME PROTOME, PERSEPHONEDEMETER TL...**First Time At Auction**
Greece, Archaic period, ca. 470 to 450 BCE. Doesn't she take your breath away? This beautiful, mold-made terracotta protome bust probably...
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NICOYA POLYCHROME TROPHY HEAD VESSEL**FirstTime At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Atlantic Watershed, Costa Rica, Nicoya or Guanacaste region, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A wonderful pottery vessel in the form of a trophy head decorated...
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CHINESE HAN DYNASTY POLYCHROME FUNERARYHU, TL TESTEDEast Asia, China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A beautiful funerary "hu" vessel that was used for storing offerings of wine for the deceased. The surface...
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ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE MUMMY BEADNECKLACES, 2 Two ancient Egyptian ceramic faience mummy bead necklaces with polychrome cylindrical and rondelle form beads. Each: 15" L. Provenance: From the collection of...
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Z. ARETINI SGRAFTITO POLYCHROME MAIOLICAVASE 1930 Zulimo Aretini (Italian, 1884-1965) polychrome sgrafitto maiolica two-handled vase, circa 1930s, of typical Medici form with lion's head punt handles, the sgrafitto...
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A CHINESE TANG-STYLE EARTHENWARE HORSEWITH RIDERA Chinese Tang-style earthenware horse with rider, Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE) or later The ancient polychrome painted earthenware statuette of a robed figure riding...
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HOPI NATIVE AMERICAN LOREN AMI (B. 1968)LARGE POLYCHROME BIRD DECORATED POTTERY JAR, 1990S 9"H X 11"DIAM.Hopi Native American Loren Ami (b. 1968) large polychrome bird decorated pottery jar, 1990s, signed and marked...
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AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PTOLEMAIC GILT CARTONNAGEMASK
CIRCA 2ND/1ST CENTURY B.C. Polychrome pigment and gilding over cartonnage, the tripartite wig elaborately decorated with the upper section a gold and blue checked pattern,...
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LOUIS MENDEZ "THE ANCIENT WARS" ACRYLICON CANVAS Louis Mendez (American, 1929-2012) "The Ancient Wars" Modern acrylic on canvas painting depicting polychrome abstracted figures and faces, signed "MENDEZ" to lower...
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