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 CHINESE WARRING STATES PERIODORNAMENTDESCRIPTION: Ancient Chinese Warring States Period Copper Gold Overlay Ornament with insert stone. CIRCA: Possibly 403 BCE - 221 BCE ORIGIN: China. PROVENANCE: From...
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A NAPOLEON III EGYPTIAN REVIVAL GILTBRASS AND COPPER M... BRASS AND COPPER MANTEL CLOCK, CIRCA 1870, the alternating brass and copper dual handled urn with relief bouquet swag, stands atop a tapered obelisk...
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CHINESE BROWN GLAZED PORCELAIN HEADRESTrectangularconcave form, molded diapered surfaces, 4-1/4 x 6-5/8 x 4-1/4 in.
Note: "Unlike today?s soft pillows filled with synthetic fiber, down and feather, ancient Chinese pillows...
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SICAN LAMBAYEQUE CEREMONIAL COPPER DISK**OriginallyListed At $800**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, ca. 750 to 1370 CE. A wonderful 99.5% copper ceremonial disk adorned with an openwork oracle...
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PAIR SICAN COPPER-SILVER TEXTILE APPLIQUES- JAGUARS**Originally Listed At $800**
Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, ca. 750 to 1370 CE. A pair of appliques made from an alloy of 85% copper...
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RARE MOCHE SILVER AND GOLD LABRETS**OriginallyListed At $700**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 BCE to 400 CE. An opulent set of four labret plugs comprised of gold and silver. All four column-like labrets...
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CANAANITE LEADED BRONZE / COPPER DUCKBILLAXE HEADS (2)...Ancient Near East, the Levant, Canaan, Middle Bronze Age, ca. 1950 to 1539 BCE. A fine pair of cast leaded-bronze and copper axe heads with a characteristic...
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9 MINIATURE HITTITE, LURISTAN, & ROMANBRONZE FIGURINES...Ancient Near East, The Levant, Hittite culture, ca. first half of the 2nd millennium BCE; northwestern Iran and northeastern Turkey, Luristan, ca. 1000...
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300+ ROMAN, BYZANTINE, & ISLAMIC COPPER/ BRONZE COINSNear East, Byzantine Empire, ca. 5th to 14th century CE; Roman, Imperial Period, 1st to 5th century CE; Near East, Islamic, ca. 10th to 13th century CE. A great...
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2 MEROVINGIAN MIGRATION PERIOD COPPER& GLASS BUCKLESWestern Europe, France / Gaul, Merovingian Dynasty, Migration Period, ca. 5th to 6th century CE. This is an amazing pair of copper alloy buckles both inlaid...
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18TH C. INUIT COPPER OIL LAMP & BRASSFIRE POKERNative American, Pacific Northwest, Inuit, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A fine pair of hammered metal objects: a copper oil lamp known as a qulliq, and brass fire...
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FINE ANCIENT ANATOLIAN COPPER BULLAncientNear East, Anatolia, ca. late 2nd millennium BCE. An attractive cast-copper bull, a symbol of both fertility and virility in the ancient world. The slender, elongated body...
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MEXICAN LOS CASTILLO SILVER, COPPER,BRASS BIRD TRAYSLatin America, Mexico, Taxco, ca. mid-20th century CE. A beautiful pair of hand wrought brass, copper, and silverplated trays in the form of birds, made by...
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200+ ROMAN, BYZANTINE, & ISLAMIC COPPER/ BRONZE COINSRoman, Imperial Period, 1st to 5th century CE; Near East, Byzantine Empire, ca. 5th to 14th century CE; Islamic, ca. 10th to 13th century CE. A collection of...
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2 TURQUOISE & AMMONITE FOSSIL IN SILVER& COPPER CUFFSAncient Seas & North America, ca. 400 to 50 million years ago. A beautiful and wearable pair of modern sterling silver and copper bracelet cuffs inlaid with...
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17 ROMAN BRASS, BRONZE, GLASS, & AMETHYSTRINGSRoman, Imperial to Early Byzantine Period, ca. 1st to 6th century CE. A fabulous ensemble of 17 ancient rings - 7 brass, 6 leaded bronzes, 1 bronze, 1 leaded brass, 1...
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SIGNED JAPANESE EDO COPPER ARTICULATEDCRAYFISHEast Asia, Japan, late Edo to early Meiji Period, ca. mid-19th to early 20th century CE. A fine model of an articulated crayfish bearing an impressed signature on...
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EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEADED CHOKER NECKLACEAncientEgypt, Third Intermediate to Late Dynastic Period, 21st to 31st Dynasty, ca. 1076 to 332 BCE. A gorgeous choker necklace with a crescent-shaped form bedecked with dozens of...
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19TH C. RUSSIAN WOOD & SILVERED COPPERICON OF 2 SAINTS...**Originally Listed At $200**
Eastern Europe, Russia, ca. 19th century CE. Finely painted in egg tempera on wood, a lovely icon depicting 2 saints below...
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ANCIENT SOUTH ARABIAN LEADED COPPERCAMEL**Originally Listed At $400**
Ancient South Arabia, Yemen, ca. early first millennium BCE. A cast leaded-copper statuette of a camel with an erect head and neck, a slight...
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SICAN LAMBAYEQUE HAMMERED COPPER MASKPre-Columbian,north coast of Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, ca. 10th to 11th century CE. A mask made of hammered copper, with two huge copper projections that rise, similar to horns...
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MOCHE COPPER MASK - STYLIZED LORD /KINGPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. An impressive hammered-copper funerary mask depicting the stylized face of a lord or king. The visage...
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EGYPTIAN FAIENCE OFFERING CUP W/ RAMESSIDECARTOUCHEAncient Egypt, New Kingdom, Ramesside Period, 19th Dynasty (reign of Ramesses II), ca. 1279 to 1213 BCE or 20th Dynasty (reign of Ramesses III), ca. 1186 to 1155...
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SIGNED NORVAL MORRISEAU PAINTING - SACREDFISH CA. 1985...Norval H. Morrisseau (Ojibway, 1932-2007). Untitled (The Sacred Fish) acrylic on canvas, ca. 1985. Signed in Cree syllabics Copper Thunderbird on lower right...
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ANCIENT ARGENTINE CONDORHUASI-ALAMITOSTONE MASKPre-Columbian, Northwest Argentina, Condorhuasi-Alamito culture, Early Period, ca. 200 BCE to 500 CE. An incredible funerary mask hand-carved from a large stone...
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20TH C. TIBET / NEPAL COPPER DANCE MASKOF CITIPATICentral Asia, Himalayan region, Tibet or Nepal, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A copper dance mask depicting the face of a Citipati, a skeletal protector deity...
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PUBLISHED THRACIAN SILVER DIADEM, EX-ROYALATHENAEastern Greek / Thracian, ca. 4th century BCE. Finely hammered and modeled in repousse, a beautiful diadem or plaquette comprised of a copper silver alloy and presenting...
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RARE MOCHE WOOD ATLATL W/ FIGURAL DEER,PHALLUS DEITYPre-Columbian, South America, Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 700 CE. Preserved ancient wood is extremely scarce and COMPLETE weapons that were made of wood, even more...
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RARE 19TH C. CENTRAL ASIAN BRONZE CEREMONIALSUGAR AXE**Originally Listed At $1500**
Near East / Central Asia, Iraq & Afghanistan, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. An incredibly rare and beautiful tool known as a sugar...
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EXHIBITED / PUBLISHED EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTICNAQADA I BRE...Ancient Egypt, Predynastic Period, Naqada I to II, ca. 3650 to 3200 BCE. A stunning jar of tall and slender form that is hand-carved from breccia exhibiting...
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GREGORY RIDLEY 'SYMBOLS & NUMBERS' COPPERPANELGregory Ridley, African/American (1925-2004). Hand hammered copper repouse panel mounted on wood and signed bottom right with some numbers and ancient symbols. Measures...
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[DAVID JONES] RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER,SIGNED Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Douglas Cleverdon, 1929, No. 45 of 60 signed by Jones and with a extra set of the 10 copper plate engravings,...
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COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI
SWATVALLEY, 8TH CENTURY ??? ??? ?????????cast seated in padmasana on a slightly waisted podium supported on a single lotus throne further raised on a stepped plinth, holding the...
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ANCIENT PERSIAN LARGE COPPER ALLOY EWERPossibly 13th c. AD, natural verdigris patinated copper, with curved square spot and tubular handle with thumb rest, old accession label tag, 14"h x 8"l x 7"w...
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(2) ANCIENT PERSIAN BRONZE LOW BOWLS17th-18th c. Engraved Copper, the smaller with tapered sides and a single continuous line of Kufic script, 2 1/4" x 5 1/2" diam., encrusted; PLUS a much larger Charger with...
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