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 Western Xia Green GlazedPottery Jar 11''x12''...
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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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MASSIVE CHINESE MING DYNASTY STONE PANELW/ FOO DOGS**Originally Listed At $4000**
East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. A beautiful hand-carved stone panel made from a massive piece of granite featuring...
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19TH C. NATIVE AMERICAN BEAVER TOP HATW/ FREEMASONRYNative American, Western United States, Plains Tribes, likely Comanche or Lakota (Sioux), ca. mid to late 19th century CE. This is a fascinating piece of Native...
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BEAUTIFUL CHINESE HAN DYNASTY BLACKWAREAMPHORA W/ TLEast Asia, Western China, Han Dynasty, ca. 2nd century BCE. An impressive, dark-gray earthenware amphora of a remarkably distinctive form. Panels of incised linear...
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6TH C. BYZANTINE MARBLE RELIEF - PEACOCKS& FOUNTAIN**This is an oversized piece that may require special shipping. Please inquire for a quote prior to bidding.
Near East, late Roman / Byzantine Period, ca. 6th century...
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AN IMPORTANT TRANSLATED BYZANTINE MARBLEALTAR TABLETOP...**This is an oversized piece that may require special shipping. Please inquire for a quote prior to bidding.
Holy Land, Late Roman / Early Byzantine Period,...
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INSCRIBED PALMYRAN MARBLE RELIEF W/BANQUETERNear East / Holy Land, Palmyra, Roman Period, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. An impressive Palmyran funerary relief, hand-carved from creamy white marble to depict a...
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ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF STELE - MOTHER,CHILD, LION, & BULL...Roman, Eastern Empire, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. An exemplary marble relief stele displaying 2 diverse scenes: one of a mother and...
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PUBLISHED / EXHIBITED ROMAN MARBLE TORSOOF NUDE YOUTHRoman, Imperial, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A finely carved marble torso of a youth with an appropriately fleshy body, nude save the fascinating cord of amulets...
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ANCIENT VIETNAMESE DONG SON BRONZE BELLS(3)Ancient Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Dong Son culture, ca. late 1st millennium BCE. An attractive ensemble of 1 leaded bronze and 2 bronze bells, all enveloped in a rich green...
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CHINESE HAN DYNASTY BLACKWARE AMPHORA,TL TESTEDEast Asia, Western China, Han Dynasty, ca. 2nd century BCE. A lovely, dark-gray earthenware vessel of an incredibly distinctive form. Panels of incised linear decorations...
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ANCIENT ANATOLIAN STONE HANDLED VESSELAsiaMinor/Western Asia, Anatolia, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A wonderful stone bowl with steep side and clear drill marks around its interior, showing how ancient artisans made the...
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ANCIENT ANATOLIAN YORTAN POTTERY VESSELS(PR)Ancient Asia Minor, Western Anatolia, Troy, Yortan culture, ca. 2700 to 2300 BCE. An ensemble of 2 hand-built ceramic jars with round but stable bases and globular bodies....
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16TH / 18TH C. EUROPEAN MAPS OF NEWSPAIN (2)**Originally Listed At $300**
Cartographer: Gerard Mercator. "Hispaniae Novae Nova Descriptio" Published by I.E. Cloppenburgh, Amsterdam, 1632. AND Stieler's "Mexico...
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FRAMED ANDY DAGOSTA ILLUSTRATED MAPOF CALIFORNIA, 1969...**Originally Listed At $250**
Andrew "Andy" Dagosta (1923-2009). "California Lost Mines and Ghost Towns Early Spanish Missions" pictorial map, printed...
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CHINESE QING DYNASTY STONE FU LION -"FOO DOG"**Originally Listed At $300**
East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 1644 to 1912 CE. An imposing stone carving of a fu lion, or "foo dog", on an integral stone plinth....
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RARE ANASAZI MESA VERDE POTTERY DUCKSLIPPER VESSELNative American, North America, Southwestern United States, Colorado or New Mexico, Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), Mesa Verde type, ca. 1050 to 1200 CE. A fine...
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NATIVE AMERICAN CHACO BLACK-ON-WHITEPOTTERY OLLANative American, Southwestern United States, Four Corners region, New Mexico, Chaco Canyon area, ca. 1050 to 1200 CE. A superb pottery olla boasting a simple yet...
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ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF TROPAEUM FRAGMENT,CUIRASS & SHIELD...Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 2ndto 3rd century CE. An exceptional marble relief fragment of a tropaeum or trophy monument depicting the spoils of war with...
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EGYPTIAN ALABASTER CANOPIC JAR W/ QEBEHSENUEFLIDAncient Egypt, Third Intermediate to early Late Dynastic (Saite) Period, 21st to 26th Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 525 BCE. A gorgeous and sizable canopic jar from ancient Egypt...
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IMPRESSIVE NAYARIT CHINESCO POTTERYSEATED NUDE MALEPre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco, Type C, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. An impressive pottery figure of a male shown seated with...
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STUNNING FOSSILIZED PRISCACARA FISHIN SANDSTONE MATRIX...North America, Western United States, Wyoming, Green River Formation, Eocene, ca. 40 million years ago. This is a remarkably well preserved fossilized...
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SIGNED PAUL FORSTER PAINTING - "THEPORTAL"Paul Forster (American, 1925-2012). "The Portal" oil on canvas, n.d. Signed at lower right. A wonderful painting by Paul Forster, depicting an indigenous woman and...
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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY BLACK GRANITE FOOLIONS (PR)**Originally Listed At $4500**
East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. A wonderful pair of Buddhist foo lions or foo dogs (also "fu" lion or "fu" dog)...
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CHINESE HAN LIFAN POTTERY AMPHORA W/BRONZE, TL TESTED**First Time At Auction**
East Asia, Western China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A large pottery vase, the surface burnished to a fine grey hue and...
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TALL 12TH C. PERSIAN AMOL TERRACOTTAWINE JAR, TL'D**Originally Listed At $1800**
Western Asia, Northern Persia, Amol, ca. 12th century CE. A magnificent terracotta royal wine jug of an impressively large scale,...
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ANCIENT PHOENICIAN POTTERY TRANSPORTAMPHORA**First Time At Auction**
Ancient Near East, Phoenicia, ca. 8th to 5th century BCE. A sizable and splendid wheel-thrown pottery transport amphora with a wide hemispherical...
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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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17TH C. CHINESE STONE BUDDHIST FU LIONS/ DOGS**Originally Listed At $800**
East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 17th to 19th century CE. A charming pair of Buddhist foo lions or foo dogs (also "fu" lion or "fu"...
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[CHINESE JADE]
A group of referencebooks and catalogues about Chinese jades, including several important early publications, with titles comprising:
LAUFER, Berthold. Archaic Chinese Jades Collected in China...
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[CHINESE JADE]
A group of referencebooks and catalogues about Chinese jades, including several important early publications, with titles comprising:
LAUFER, Berthold. Archaic Chinese Jades Collected in China...
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CHINESE BRONZE CENSER & COVER, WESTERNZHOU An ancient Chinese bronze censer with carved wooden cover, dating from Western Zhou dynasty (1046-771 BCE). Straight recessed foot with rounded bowl shape censer above....
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CHINESE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY ANCIENTEARTHENWARE CLAY POTTERY BOWL/JAR/POT, 900 BCE 4"H X 7"DIAM.Chinese Western Zhou Dynasty ancient earthenware clay pottery bowl/jar/pot, 900 BCE, Includes fabric covered storage...
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THREE SMALL IMPRESSED GRAY POTTERY VESSELSWARRING STATES One a globular bowl with deep thinly potted sides impressed with a fine mesh pattern and applied with two s-scroll appliques below the rim; the other two miniature...
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