COLLECTION OF ART REFERENCE BOOKS
ONASIAN CERAMICS ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????including art reference books on asian art ceramics, in total 85 publications:Ashmolean...
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WORKS OF ART REFERENCE BOOK COLLECTION??????????????????????????????????????????????Including: Chinese works of art, cloisonne enamel, archaic bronze, furniture, Buddhist art, Scholar's pieces etc, in total 36...
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HARVARD CLASSICS ALUMNI EDITIONSet ofHarvard Classics. Alumni Edition, set no. 434. Edited by Charles W. Elliot, LLD. Published by P. F. Collier & Son, New York, 1910. Titles include ìThe Autobiography of Benjamin...
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HENRY SALT (BRITISH, 1780 - 1827), "ANCIENTEXCAVATION ...Henry Salt (British, 1780 - 1827), "Ancient Excavation at Carli", engraving with aquatint on paper, inscribed in plate throughout the lower margin, image size...
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19TH C. CHINESE WOOD ACUPUNCTURE TEACHINGMODEL**Originally Listed At $2500**
East Asia, China, ca. 1860 to 1880 CE. A sizeable, carved wooden male model with black-painted inscriptions used to teach acupuncture...
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ASSYRIAN POTTERY FIGURE - STANDING APKALLU,TL TESTEDAncient Near East, Mesopotamia, Old Assyrian Empire, ca. 2025 to 1378 BCE. An impressive, mold-made pottery relief of a standing male genius or apkallu - an ancient...
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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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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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18TH C. EUROPEAN NEOCLASSICAL CARNELIANINTAGLIOWestern Europe, Neoclassical period, ca. 18th to early 19th century CE. A charming near-translucent carnelian intaglio depicting a hero lounging on the end of a ship,...
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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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ANN CHRISTOPHER BRONZE - THROUGH THEDARK (1985)Ann Christopher (British, b. 1947). "Through the Dark" bronze sculpture, 1985. Stamped "AC 1.9" to indicate artist's initials and edition number on lower edge of...
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SOUTH ARABIAN LIMESTONE FUNERARY STELEW/ INSCRIPTIONAncient Near East, South Arabia, Yemen, probably Qatabanian culture, ca. 2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE. This is a pale brown limestone slab with a carved...
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FINE EGYPTIAN NAQADA II BLACKTOP POTTERYBOWL - INTACT!...Ancient Egypt, Predynastic Period, early Naqada II, ca. 3500 to 3400 BCE. A beautiful coil-formed redware pottery bowl exhibiting a nearly conical body with...
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WEARABLE TAIRONA QUARTZ & ELECTRUM HUMMINGBIRDNECKLACE...Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A wearable necklace comprised of 48 ancient quartzite crystal and carnelian beads with an electrum pendant...
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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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PUBLISHED & EXHIBITED ROMAN BRONZE OILLAMP WITH LIONRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE. A stupendous leaded bronze oil lamp, cast via the lost wax (cire perdue) process, with an elegant, elongated body,...
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ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE OINOCHOE W/ ACHILLES,EX-CHRISTIE'SAncient Greece, Athens (Attic), ca. 530 BCE. Finely decorated via the black-figure technique with incised and added fugitive red painted details, a beautiful...
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EGYPTIAN GLAZED FAIENCE WINGED SCARABMUMMY ORNAMENTSEgypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A set of mold-formed faience ornaments used to decorate the linens of a freshly-wrapped...
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CHINESE SHANG DYNASTY BRONZE GU / WINEVESSEL**First Time At Auction**
East Asia, China, Late Shang Dynasty, ca. 12th to 11th century BCE. A gorgeously preserved ritual wine vessel, known as a "gu", from the Chinese...
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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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RARE CHINESE HAN DYNASTY BRONZE HU VESSELW/ LID!**Originally Listed At $2500**
East Asia, China, Han Dynasty, 206 BCE to 220 CE. An elegant, pear shaped hu vessel, the iconographic program of this piece comes to...
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PUBLISHED EGYPTIAN EFFIGY SOTHIC DOG,EXHIBITED LACMAEgypt, late Ptolemaic to Romano-Egyptian Period, ca. 1st century BCE to 3rd century CE. An exceedingly rare, mold-formed terracotta canine, known as the Sothic...
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[A PRIVATE SCOTTISH COLLECTION, EDINBURGH]COLLECTION OF ART REFERENCE BOOKS
ON JAPANESE, KOREAN, AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART ??????????????????????Including:Brown, Roxanna M. The Ceramics of South-East Asia: their dating...
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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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12 ENGLISH TRANSFER WARE PLATES "ANCIENTRUINS" GROUP OF 12 ENGLISH TRANSFER WARE DINNER PLATES HAVING CAPRICCIO SCENES MARKED ON REVERSE UNDERGLAZE "ANCIENT RUINS"; 10.5"DIA...
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(20) ENGLISH LIBRARY SHELF BOOKS, MOST19TH C.(lot of 20) English language library shelf books, many with gilt embossed leather binding, marbled or gilt foredges, highlights include: (1) "The Poetical Works of...
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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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DAVID ROBERTS, BRITISH 1796-1864, MOUNTTABOR; THE IMMERSION OF THE PILGRIMS; ASHDOD, MARCH 24, 1839; BETHANY; TEMPLE OF AMADA AT HASSAIA, NUBIA AND ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TEMPLE ON GEBEL GARABE., HAND COLORED LITHOGRAPHS,...
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BOOKS: THREE VOLUMES ON ENGLISH DECORATIVEARTS, INCLUDING: RACKHAM, BERNARD, "THE ANCIENT GLASS OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL", LONDON 19...BOOKS: Three volumes on English decorative arts, including: Rackham, Bernard, "The...
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COLLECTION OF REFERENCE MATERIALS ONANCIENT POTTERY A set of reference books focusing on ancient pottery and antiquities, including: "Romische Lampen" by Karin Gorethert-Polaschek; "The Golden Deer of Asia",...
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CHERYL ENGLISH, ANCIENT TRIOCheryl English,(b. 1945) Ancient Trio, oil on board signed lower left: C. English oil on board Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (19.05 x 39.37 cm.), Frame: 16 x 23 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. (40.64...
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GENERAL LOUIS PALMA DI CESNOLA. CYPRUS:ITS ANCIENT CITIES, TOMBS, AND TEMPLES. 1878, FIRST EDITION WITH AUTHOR'S AUTOGRAPH 9 1/4 X 6 1/2 IN. (23.50 X 16.51 CM.) ITS ANCIENT CITIES, TOMBS, AND TEMPLES. 1878, FIRST...
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BRITISH LITERATURE BINDINGS, 10 VOLUMESGroup of ten gilt decorated leather binding volumes about British literature comprising "Ancient British Drama" in 3 volumes circa 18910, "Modern British Drama" in 5 volumes...
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THE ANCIENT BRITISH DRAMA
ANCIENT ANDMODERN London: William Miller, 1810-11. 8vo, volumes 3-8 only, contemporary calf gilt; Limbiard’s Edition of the British Novelist. London: J. Limbiard, 1826-33. 11 volumes,...
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Fifteen Books on Pre-Columbian Art,Architecture and Anthropology, including P. Hummelinck, De Rotstekeningen van Aruba [Prehistoric Rock Drawings of Aruba] (Dutch text with English summary), R. Wauchope, Excavations...
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