- Japanese diptych Song Medical painting,
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1789 John Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy," 1789, first edition, London: for John Murray, H. Hunter, and T. Holloway, five volumes, full calf bound. Each approx: 13.75"...
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WAVE KANAGAWA(lot of 2) Framed Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print, after Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), "The Great Wave of Kanagawa," from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mt....
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SPEAR THROWER...**Originally Listed At $1200**
East Asia, China, Western Jin Dynasty, ca. 266 to 316 CE. A hollow-molded pottery tomb guardian figure of a spear thrower standing...
[more like this] - LARGE 18TH C. INDIAN STONE PANEL W/
GANESH**Originally Listed At $2000**
South Asia, India, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. Finely carved in relief from a single block of stone, this is a high relief hand-carved...
[more like this] - MEZCALA POTTERY FEMALE FIGURE W/ CESAREAN
INCISIONPre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala culture, ca. 1000 to 400 BCE. An impressive pottery female figure of an unusual form - depicted post-birth after undergoing...
[more like this] - SUPERB CHONTAL STONE FACE MASK**First
Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Chontal culture, Late Preclassic Period, ca. 300 to 100 BCE. A handsome mask carved from tan-brown stone...
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DETAILS INCLUDE: TWO AFTER FUJIWARA NOBUZANE (JAPANESE 1176-1265) 19TH-20TH C. WOODBLOCKS OF POETS, "KORENORI" SEATED MAN WHITE GARMENT; AND "SOSEN" SEATED MAN BLUE GARMENT,...
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3 vols. in 5, 1792. 4to., cont. diced calf gilt, a.e.g. Engraved plates and text illustrations (5)/see illustration...
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vols in five 170 plates and other illustrations re-backed gilt tan calf London Murray 1789-1798 (5) Estimate ?300-500 Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogue...
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and Laminated Rosewood Center Table c. 1850 attributed to John Henry Belter New York the serpentine white marble top above a conforming pierced skirt with grapevine carving...
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Lavater, Essays on Physiognomy , three volumes as printed, bound into five volumes, Volume II (numbered on the spines as Volumes II and III) is the 1792 John Murray edition,...
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on Physiognomy. London: H.D. Symonds, 1797. 8vo, orig. bds., paper spine labels; moderate wear, some dust soiling, labels very worn. Numerous engraved plates. Occasional...
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