FIVE BOOKS RELATED TO ENGLISH CERAMICSIncluding Hodgson, OLD ENGLISH CHINA (London: Bell & Sons, 1913) folio, cloth; R. L. Hobson, WORCESTER PORCELAIN (London: Quaritch, 1910) folio, full calf; Williamson, THE...
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CHINESE ALTAR CLOTH. 18TH CENTURY. ARARE QINGDynasty yellow silk and intricately embroidered cloth relating to Taoist events. It was possibly used for Imperial family use. Images of yin-yang, flaming pearls,...
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IMPERIAL CHENG TI CHEN DECORATIVE PLATE,PAO CHAIPart of the Beauties of the Red Mansion Collection. Depicts maiden in elegant traditional clothing. Chinese lettering to base.
Issued: 1985
Dimensions: 1"H x 8.5"Dia.
Manufacturer:...
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3 TN HISTORY BOOKS INC. PLAN OF METRO1stitem: JONES, Joseph. Explorations of the Aboriginal Remains of Tennessee. Washington City: Smithsonian Institution, 1876. BOUND WITH: RAU, Charles. The Archaeological Collection...
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JAPANESE KAI GUNTO SWORD WORLD WAR IIWorldWar II Japanese kai gunto sword with sheath. Swords of this kind were produced for the Imperial Japanese navy and army during World War II. The wooden scabbard has a rayskin...
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LOVELY & IMPORTANT ROMAN SILVER STATUETTEOF VENUSRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to early 3rd century CE. An exquisite statuette cast from 70% to 75% silver depicting Venus (Greek Aphrodite), the goddess of love,...
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LATE ROMAN BONE CARVING OF A WOMAN W/JARRoman, late Imperial to early Byzantine Period, ca. 4th to 6th century CE. A beautiful sculpture of a woman, likely the Roman goddess Venus, meticulously hand-carved from...
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ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF HERMES KRIOPHOROSTHE GOOD SHEPHERD...Roman, Imperial / Early Christian, ca. 3rd to 4th century CE. A magnificent marble fragment, skillfully carved in high relief to depict a man holding a...
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ROMAN FIBULA, BYZANTINE BELT PLATE,POST MEDIEVAL CLASP...Romano-British, Late Imperial to Middle Ages, ca. 4th to 8th century CE; Byzantine Empire, ca. 10th to 11th century CE. Northwestern Europe, England,...
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BLUE-GROUND GAUZE 'NINE DRAGONS' SUMMERROBE, JIFU
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ??????????????finely embroidered in couched gold thread and counted stitch with nine five-clawed dragons, two on the front and back...
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JAPANESE SIX PANEL SCREEN, BATTLE OFUJI BRIDGE Meiji Period bright and colorful screen depicting the first battle between the Minamoto and Taira clans for the Imperial throne in 1180, colored pigment, ink and...
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CHINESE ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE, (6) VOLSKwang Fu Book Enterprises Co., Ltd, Taipei, 1992, vols. 1, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10, including palaces, gardens, the Imperial Palace, Islamic influence, civil architecture, defensive...
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SELECTION OF VINTAGE GERMAN REICH MARKSAND IMPERIAL RUSSIAN RUBLES AND IMPERIAL RUSSIAN RUBLES Comprising, four Weimar Republic 10,000 Behntaulend Reichbanfnotes, in two sizes, issued Berlin, January 1922, primary...
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SINO-TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE AMITAYUS, POSSIBLYBY IMPERIAL WORKSHOPS OF BEIJING, QIANLONG INSCRIBED AND DATED HEIGHT: 7 1/2 IN. (19.05 CM.) BY IMPERIAL WORKSHOPS OF BEIJING, QIANLONG INSCRIBED AND DATED, the deity seated...
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JAPANESE IMPERIAL CLOTHING, THREE VOLUMES,DATED NOVEMBER 15TH, 1906 DATED NOVEMBER 15TH, 1906, three volumes, marked top, center, and bottom, containing designs for Japanese imperial clothing; the first volume (top)...
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A copy of The Imperial Family Bible,Containing the Old and New Testaments (London, 1858). In an apparently contemporary brass-mounted gilt leather binding by Richmond & Son of London in remarkably good condition,...
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A. C. MAZO, "SOUVENIRS ET PORTRAITSD'ARTISTES" Editor A. C. Mazo, "Souvenirs Et Portraits D'Artistes", published by Fernand Mourlot (French 1895-1988), Paris, copyright 1973, imperial octavo, tan cloth covered...
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[HUNTING & SPORTING]. A group of 17works on hunting, sporting, and safari, including:
HOLLAND, Ray P. Shotgunning in the Uplands. NY, 1944. Second printing. -- HOLLAND. Shotgunning in the Lowlands. NY, 1945....
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TWO INCAN CHIMU CARVED WOOD FIGURESWITH CLOTH GARMENTSTwo Incan Chimu carved wood figures with cloth garments, Imperial Era (1300-1460 CE); Northern Peru Each with a square face, painted with rust-colored...
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'DRAGON' INK STICK
QIANLONG MARK ???‘????’??moulded in square, the top with two confronting dragons amidst clouds in mid relief, two sides with a six-character Qianlong mark, the other two with 'Yu Mo' (imperial...
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CHINESE IMPERIAL BLUE DRAGON ROBE W/CLOUDS,19TH C A late Qing, sheer royal blue dragon robe with lucky symbols, flaming pearls, a pair of redheaded cranes, dragonflies, the pointed sleeves with a series of rainbow...
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DICTIONARIES AND GAZETTEERS
A QUANTITY,INCLUDING Bayle, Peter The Dictionary, Historical and Critical. 1734-38, Second edition, folio, volumes 1-4 (of 5), contemporary calf; Richardson, Charles A New Dictionary...
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FAMILLE ROSE 'HORSE' ALTAR EMBLEM
QIANLONGMARK BUT REPUBLIC PERIOD ?? ??? ????????of columnar form, on top of the drum-shaped podium surmounted by a horse standing on all fours covered with a cloth bearing a stand,...
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Seven books of "Annual Reports of theBureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution" by J. W. Powell Director Washington: Government Printing Office 1892 91 96 97 98 1900 1903. Imperial...
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(DESIGN) MATSUOKA TOKIKATA AND HONMAHAYKURI. "KOJITSU SOSHO SHOKUMON ZUE" Circa 1900 8VO 5 volumes. Hundreds of color textile designs reproduced in color woodcuts. Covers clothing for noblemen ladies ceremonial...
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2 vols. Shakespeare, William. The Works.New York: Virtue & Yorston, n.d. [ca. 1870]. Imperial Edition, edited by Charles Knight. Folio, orig. 3/4 black morocco & pebbled brown cloth, gilt, t.e.g.; joints & extremities...
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Forty-One-Piece Collection of SterlingSilver Serving Pieces, consisting of a cased twenty-seven-piece Towle sterling "Old English" partial dinner service for fourteen persons, the pattern introduced in 1892;...
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William Woodward (New Orleans, 1859-1939),"French Quarter Etchings" (New Orleans: Magnolia Press), 1938, first edition, 54 plates, forward by Nathaniel C. Curtis, imperial octavo, in half blue cloth with embossed...
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An Important Miami Pipe With Ties tothe 1795 Treaty of Greenville delicately carved curly maple stem with engraved bands of German silver and diamond-shaped inlay; brass mouthpiece and German silver tip; stem...
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PHILIPS' IMPERIAL ATLAS OF THE WORLDcomplete with eighty colour maps 3/4 leather with cloth boards London Philip & Son 1890 Estimate ?150-200 Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogue formats...
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Key "Imperial" jeans counter displaydoll, life size composition boy dressed in checked shirt and Key overalls, mounted on stand. 33 1/2"H. Minor paint loss to composition and fading to clothing....
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4 vols. Singleton, Esther. The Furnitureof Our Forefathers. New York: Doubleday Page, 1900-1901. #47/50 on Imperial Japan paper. 8 parts in 4 vols. 4to, orig. 3/4 green morocco & cloth, gilt, gilt-lettered & decorated...
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* (ARCHITECTURE) WRIGHT FRANK LLOYDA group of three works. Drawings for Living Architecture. New York: Horizon 1959. Oblong 4to publisher's orange cloth stamped in blind dust jacket with tears. The Architectural...
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