- MATTHAUS MERIAN, CHINA MAP, C.1649Matthaus
Merian, Swiss, 1593-1650, c.1649, China Veteribus Sinarum Regio nunc Incolis Tame dicta , map of China and Japan is closely modeled on Jansson's map of 1633. The detail includes...
[more like this] - CHINESE SONG STONEWARE VASE, EX-MUSEUM,
TL TESTEDEast Asia, China, Song Dynasty, ca. 960 to 1279 CE. A beautiful Qingbai porcelain vase with remains of the creamy white glaze. The vessel rests on a flat base and...
[more like this] - CHINESE TANG DYNASTY SEATED CAMEL WEARING
SADDLE, TL'DEast Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 906 CE. A handsome terracotta statue of a camel, shown seated with legs bent beneath him and head tilted skyward as...
[more like this] - CHINESE TANG POTTERY LOKAPALA W/ SANCAI
GLAZE, TL'DEast Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. A fantastical mold-formed pottery guardian figure known as a lokapala with a serious expression wearing elaborate...
[more like this] - CHINESE MING PORCELAIN BLUE ON WHITE
PLATE, TL TESTEDEast Asia, China, late Ming to early Qing Dynasty, ca. 1600 to 1700 CE. A lovely export style porcelain dish with a blue-on-white patterning. The piece rests...
[more like this] - 18TH C. CHINESE QING GLAZED POTTERY
DISH, TL TESTEDEast Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 18th century CE. A hand-built pottery dish of sizable form with a ringed foot, squat walls, and a thick rim surrounding...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - CHINESE HAN DYNASTY MYTHICAL RHINO BEAST,
TL'DEast Asia, China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A fantastic mold made pottery effigy of a rhinoceroses-pig hybrid creature, with horns protruding from the neck and...
[more like this] - CHINESE HAN DYNASTY POLYCHROME FUNERARY
HU, 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...
[more like this] - 13 BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND PHOTO ALBUMS
RELATED TOLOCAL SOUTHEASTERN, MASS. AND RHODE ISLAND MARINE HISTORY TO INCLUDE THE BOAT BUILDERS OF BRISTOL BY CARTER, 1970, GOOD CONDITION. NATHANAEL GREENE HERRESHOFF,...
[more like this] - China trade ships brass bound table
top desk, circa 1850, with fold down writing surface and pen and ink compartments.
12.5"h x 21"w x 13.5"d
Condition: Escutcheon replaced, refinished, wear consistent with...
[more like this] - IVORY DOCTOR'S LAD. China late 19th-early
20th century. Reclining figure of a woman with bound feet. 9''l. Ivory cannot be shipped outside of the United States. Tight age splits in back and arm...
[more like this] - Professor Chang Da-Chien Chinese Painting
with the Original Paintings & Discourses on Chinese Art edited by Kao Ling-Mei; one brocade bound volume with box Estimate ?100-150 First edition of 1961 essentially the book...
[more like this] - Presentation US M1860 Naval Cutlass
by Ames 26" blade marked Ames and on the reverse an anchor and dated 1861.? Leather covered handle brass cupped guard with brass pommel.? Engraved on the cupped guard To Andrew...
[more like this] - M'LEOD JOHN M.D. - TWO EDITIONS OF M'LEOD'S
FAR EAST TRAVEL NARRATIVE Both bound in modern white parchment over paper covered boards; paper spine label. (1) "Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste to China Corea and the...
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