CERAMIC REFERENCE BOOK COLLECTION ??????????????????????????????????????????Including:early pottery, Chinese Ming and Qing dynasty ceramics, museum and private collection, in total 44 publications.Asahi Shimbun Cultural Planning Department (Ed.). Newly Discovered...
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EASTERN PENDE PEOPLES, 'GIPHOGO' MASKMmid-20th c., DRC, nicely carved in theriomorphic form with human face and powerful animal attributes, carved and painted with geometric motifs, 16"h x 5.75"w x 3.5"d (incl....
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CEREMONIAL MASK, MONPA PEOPLE, ARUNACHALPRADESH, 19TH/...Ceremonial Mask, Monpa People, Arunachal Pradesh, 19th/Early 20th C. Carved wood. This mask is featured on the cover of the book, ARUNACHAL - Peoples, Arts...
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AN ANTIQUE MAP, "EASTERN HALF OF TEXAS,"CHICAGO, 1880-...AN ANTIQUE MAP, "Eastern Half of Texas," CHICAGO, 1880-1900, color engraving on paper, page fragments from an atlas, plates 88-89, engraved for the "People's...
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"THIS HISTORY OF O.E.S. AMONG COLOREDPEOPLE" 1925 1STMrs. S. Joe Brown, "This History of the Order of the Eastern Star Among Colored People," Des Moines: The Bystander Press, 1925. Very rare first edition.
Condition:...
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JAPANESE MEIJI LACQUER RYOSHIBAKO BOXJapaneseMeiji gold lacquered ryoshibako document box, with silver mounts. Decorated with a Japanese garden scene.
Provenance: Gift to Louis W. Hill from Komura Jutaro, a passenger...
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19TH C. RUSSIAN WOODEN ICON - JOY OFALL WHO SORROWEastern Europe, Russia, ca. 19th century CE. A gorgeous wooden icon known as "Joy of All Who Sorrow" featuring the image of the Mother of God or Theotokos holding...
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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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RARE SAKA SCYTHIAN IRON HORSE CHANFRONHEAD ARMOR PLATE...Central Asia and Siberia, Scythian Empire, Saka people, ca. 8th to 2nd century BCE. An extremely rare example of iron horse armor with superb preservation!...
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18TH C. RUSSIAN ICON SILVER OKLAD JOYOF ALL WHO SORROW...**First Time At Auction**
Eastern Europe, Russia, St. Petersburg, ca. 1788 CE. Bottom periphery is stamped with maker's mark, assayer's mark with year,...
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19TH C. PLAINS TRIBES CREE SIOUX BEADEDLEATHER JACKET**Originally Listed At $5000**
Native American, Western United States, Plains Tribes, Cree or Eastern Sioux people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE....
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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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(TOPICAL) MUSIC, THEATER AND NOTABLEPEOPLE: 101 POSTCARDS EARLY TO MID-20TH CENTURY PEOPLE: 101 POSTCARDS, Early to Mid-20th Century, Photo or printed photo: "Miss Minnie Francis and 'Buck' Taylors Famous...
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EASTMAN JOHNSON, MASSACHUSETTS, MAINE/ EUROPE (1824-1906), YOUNG DANCER, OIL ON CANVAS, 36"H X 24 1/2"WEastman Johnson, Massachusetts, Maine / Europe, (1824-1906) Young Dancer, oil on canvas Initialed verso,...
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NATIVE AMERICAN DRUM, ATTRIBUTED TOTHE PALOUSE PENATIVE AMERICAN DRUM, attributed to the Palouse people, a Sahaptin tribe, Columbia Plateau (eastern Washington, northeastern Oregon, and North Central Idaho),...
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20TH C. WATERCOLOR, "ALEPPO", MIDDLEEASTERN MARKET SCENE, A WIDE STREET OR SQUARE DOTTED WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE DRESSED IN COLORFUL GA...20th C. watercolor, "Aleppo", Middle Eastern market scene, a wide street...
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FOUR FRAMED WORKS INCLUDING THREE EARLYPHOTOGRAPHS AND ONE ENGRAVING, DETAILS INCLUDE: J. REED PATERSON, C. 1880 PHOTOGRAPH DEPICTI...Four framed works including three early photographs and one engraving, details...
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FOUR FRAMED WORKS ON PAPER, THREE EARLYPHOTOGRAPHS, INCLUDING: J. REED PATERSON, C. 1880 PHOTOGRAPH DEPICTING VIEW OF METROPOLITAN...Four framed works on paper, three early photographs, including: J. Reed Paterson,...
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FOUR AFRICAN FIGURAL HEMBA WOOD CARVINGS,HEMBA (O Hemba (or eastern Luba) peoples, DRC, including: 30"H standing male figure; 20.25"H standing male figure; 11.5"H Janus (Kabeja) couple; 11.25"H standing male figure....
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TWO AFRICAN CARVED WOOD MASKS: 17"LDAN KRAN (YAC Dan Kran (Yacuba) people, southern Dan territory, Ivory Coast; 18"L Widekum mask (Nchibi), Widekum peoples of Cameroon and eastern Nigeria....
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AFRICAN MASK, PAINTED CARVED WOOD WITHROPE, CHOKWE PEOPLES Baobab Wood Chokwe Mask with Sisal Rope Hair, in red, white and blue paint, South Kivu area in Katanga region Eastern DRC. 20th c., 15" x 7 1/2" x 3 3/4"....
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EASTERN PENDE PEOPLE, HORNED MASK 20thc., Democratic Republic of the Congo, dark and light stained carved wood with red and brown pigment, the oval head surmounted by two twist-carved horns, 21"h 8"w x 11"d...
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JAMES R. HOPKINS, AMERICAN (1877-1969),LYRIC, ETCHING, FEMALE NUDE, 4 1/2"H X 6"W (SIGHT), 7 1/4"H X 9"W (FRAME)James R. Hopkins, American, (1877-1969) Lyric, etching, female nude signed lower right. Biography...
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SIOUX PEOPLES CATLINITE CARVED FISHPIPE STEM 19th c., Eastern Plains Region, carved red stone with incised detail, on custom acrylic stand, 5"h x 9"l...
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PENOBSCOT PEOPLES, CARVED MOOSE EFFIGYCANOE CUP 19th/20th c., Eastern Canada region, beautifully carved in birdseye maple with natural patina, together with miniature cup carved with human breasts, on custom display,...
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IMPERIAL YELLOW-GROUND SILK BROCADE'DRAGON' THRONE CUSHION COVER
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD ??? ??????????????????finely embroidered with a front-facing, five-clawed gilt dragon worked in satin stitch and...
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ROCOCO STYLE GILT BRONZE, CARVED MOPPICTORIAL TABATIèRE, CENTRAL/EASTERN EUROPEAN, CA. LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY 5 ?" x 3 ½" x 1 ?" Oval tabatière, mother-of-pearl bottom with detailed hand carved Rococo...
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TWO AKHA BEADED HEADDRESSES W/ STANDS(4pcs) Two Akha beaded women's headdresses or "U-Coe," with stands, U-Coe are worn by Akha women for special occasions, the first composed of a textile cap embellished with...
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TAVIK FRANTISEK SIMON CITY STREET SCENEETCHING Czech Republic, United States, France,1877-1942Depicts a brick and stone Middle Eastern street lined with buildings and people swathed in cloaks and scarves....
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6PC GEOMETRIC & PICTORIAL MIDDLE EASTERNRUGS Middle East,Early 20th CenturyIncludes a rug with figural people over ivory, one with a tan, orange, and ivory central medallion over red field surrounded by geometric...
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Thirty-Two Books and Exhibition Catalogs,Southern Furniture, Decorative Arts and Related Including John Bivins, The Furniture of Coastal North Carolina, 1700-1820 detailed listing available. John Bivins, The Furniture...
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Exploration of the Nile tributariesof Abyssinia : the sources, supply, and overflow of the Nile : the country, people, customs, etc. interspersed with highly exciting adventures of the author among elephants,...
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Thomas Bolling Robertson Governor ofLouisiana ALS 3pp ALS dated July 12 1812 from New Orleans. Written to Fulwar Skipwith former governor of the annexed Republic of West Florida concerning unrest in eastern...
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[American Indian - Southeast] Bookson the Cherokee lot of 4 books including:Finger John R. Cherokee Americans: The Eastern Band of Cherokees in the Twentieth Century. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press 1991.Frontain...
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J.N. Choate Cabinet Cards of SpottedTail & Other Sioux at the Carlisle School Lot of 2 cabinet photographs each with J.N. Choate's Carlisle PA backmark the first a studio portrait of Spotted Tail & Iron Wing...
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Mid-Eastern Jambiya Knives Lot of ThreeThese three daggers are of the wearing type to fulfill religious beliefs. Jambiya is the Arabic term for dagger but it is generally used to describe a specific type of dagger...
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