COLLECTION OF ART REFERENCE BOOKS
ONASIAN CERAMICS ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????including art reference books on asian art ceramics, in total 85 publications:Ashmolean...
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MATTHAUS MERIAN,C.1638, INDIA ORIENTALISMAPMatthaus Merian, Swiss, 1593-1650, c.1638 Hand Colored Map of India Orientalis et Insulae Adiecentes (with early discoveries in Western Australia) includes Southeast Asia,...
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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY POLYCHROME HORSEW/ TLEast Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 906 CE. A lovely mold-made pottery horse shown in stride atop an integral plinth. Painted in hues of apricot, peach, and chocolate...
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MASSIVE CHINESE MING DYNASTY STONE PANELW/ FOO DOGS**Originally Listed At $4000**
East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. A beautiful hand-carved stone panel made from a massive piece of granite featuring...
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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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CHINESE HAN DYNASTY BLACKWARE AMPHORA,TL TESTEDEast Asia, Western China, Han Dynasty, ca. 2nd century BCE. A lovely, dark-gray earthenware vessel of an incredibly distinctive form. Panels of incised linear decorations...
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ANCIENT ANATOLIAN STONE HANDLED VESSELAsiaMinor/Western Asia, Anatolia, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A wonderful stone bowl with steep side and clear drill marks around its interior, showing how ancient artisans made the...
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FINE LURISTAN BRONZE SHORT SWORD W/LUNATE POMMELAncient Western Asia, Northwestern Iran and Southwestern Turkey, South Caspian Sea region, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 600 BCE. A gorgeous short sword of a formidable...
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CHINESE QING DYNASTY STONE FU LION -"FOO DOG"**Originally Listed At $300**
East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 1644 to 1912 CE. An imposing stone carving of a fu lion, or "foo dog", on an integral stone plinth....
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GREEK LYDIAN 15K+ GOLD HAIR CLIP, 15.7G**Originally Listed At $800**
Ancient Eastern Greece / Western Asia, probably Lydia, ca. 6th to 5th century BCE. An intriguing hair ring composed of 65% gold (equivalent...
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GREEK LYDIAN TERRACOTTA PANEL FRAGMENTW/ PEGASUSAncient Eastern Greece / Western Asia, Anatolia, probably Lydia, ca. 6th to 5th century BCE. This is a wonderful fragmentary piece of a terracotta panel that depicts...
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10TH C. INDIAN RAJASTHAN RELIEF LION,ELEPHANT, CONSORT...South Asia, India, Rajasthan, ca. 10th to 13th century CE. A remarkable figural relief sculpture, meticulously carved from sandstone to depict a lion,...
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CHINESE TANG DYNASTY BLACK GRANITE FOOLIONS (PR)**Originally Listed At $4500**
East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. A wonderful pair of Buddhist foo lions or foo dogs (also "fu" lion or "fu" dog)...
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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...
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RARE 19TH C. CENTRAL ASIAN BRONZE CEREMONIALSUGAR AXE**Originally Listed At $1500**
Near East / Central Asia, Iraq & Afghanistan, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. An incredibly rare and beautiful tool known as a sugar...
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12TH C. KASHAN LUSTERWARE EWER HORSES,RIDERS, LEOPARDS...**First Time At Auction**
Western Asia, Iran, Kashan, ca. 12th to early 13th century CE. A delightful lusterware ewer, elaborately hand-painted with a...
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TALL 12TH C. PERSIAN AMOL TERRACOTTAWINE JAR, TL'D**Originally Listed At $1800**
Western Asia, Northern Persia, Amol, ca. 12th century CE. A magnificent terracotta royal wine jug of an impressively large scale,...
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17TH C. CHINESE STONE BUDDHIST FU LIONS/ DOGS**Originally Listed At $800**
East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 17th to 19th century CE. A charming pair of Buddhist foo lions or foo dogs (also "fu" lion or "fu"...
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PAIR OF SCYTHIAN REPOUSSE GOLD PLAQUES,LION & DEERWestern Asia, Scythian culture, ca. mid-1st millennium BCE. An enticing pair of gold applique plaques, each displaying lively repousse images of a lion attacking...
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TALL ANCIENT BACTRIAN ALABASTER VESSELAncientCentral Asia, Bactria, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A tall and slender vase that is hand-carved from creamy honey-yellow alabaster that fluoresces when placed next to a bright...
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18TH C. INDO-PORTUGUESE IVORY STATUETTEOF MARYSouth Asia, western India, Ceylon (modern-day Sri Lanka) or Goa, Indo-Portuguese culture, ca. 18th century CE. A beautiful ivory carving of the Virgin of the Immaculate...
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SASANIAN GLASS BOTTLE
WESTERN ASIA,5TH - 7TH CENTURY A.D. cut and applied glass, bulbous body standing on a disc foot, with thin neck and subtly out-turned rim, the body with applied discs and profuse iridescence8.8cm...
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MESOPOTAMIAN HEAD OF A FEMALE WORSHIPPER
WESTERNASIA, 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. carved grey stone, the worshipper shown with finely carved features, long nose and recessed eyes for inlay, she wears a broad necklace, with the...
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THREE LARGE CONTEMPORARY BASKETS, SOUTHWESTASIA A flat circular tray labeled Myanmar (26 in.); an oval tray (29in.); a storage basket (9 x 19 1/2 in....
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THREE VINTAGE SILK SCARVES, HERMèSMade in France, the first is Poesie Persane by J. Abadie from 1988, having a theme of Southwest Asia in browns and gold; the second, Couvee d' Hermès by Latham, displays...
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TOM FREEMAN, AMERICAN 1952-2015, DESERTVICTORY, 1991, PRINT, SIGHT: 20 X 29 1/2 IN. (50.80 X 74.93 CM.), FRAME: 29 X 37 1/2 IN. (73.66 X 95.25 CM.)TOM FREEMAN, AMERICAN, 1952-2015 DESERT VICTORY, 1991, Print...
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WESTERN ASIA TRIBAL PRAYER WOOL RUGWESTERNASIA TRIBAL PRAYER WOOL RUG, 3'3 1/2" x 2'3 1/2"...
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FOUR BOXES OF BOOKS ON JAPANESE ANDTHEATRE, CULTURE, LITERATURE AND ART THEATRE, CULTURE, LITERATURE AND ART, including 'Shanks' Mare, Japan's Great Comic Novel of Travel and Ribaldry' by Ikku Jippensha, Translated...
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WESTERN ASIATIC NECKLACE
WESTERN ASIA,1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. formed of lapis cyclindrical spacers with five gold-leaf circular pendants, strung with a modern s-hook closure45cm longProvenance:Private collection,...
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WESTERN ASIATIC NECKLACE
WESTERN ASIA,1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. formed of carnelian cylindrical beads with small gold spacers, a large central carnelian stone capped with gold bordered by dual banded agate beads also...
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WESTERN ASIATIC NECKLACE
WESTERN ASIA,1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. composed of cylindrical lapis spacers interspersed with small gold filigree beads, with a central large cylindrical gold bead and six cylindrical gold...
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Ruins of Desert Cathay : Personal Narrativeof Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China by M. Aurel Stein London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1912. 2 volumes. First edition. Scarce. 8vo. Numerous illustrations...
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Keith Haring (American, 1958-1990) "Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil", from Popshop III, screen print in colors, signed in pencil, dated and numbered "182/200", 13-1/2" x 16-1/2", from the portfolio...
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Nguyen Thanh Le (Vietnamese b. 1919)"Monument" lacquer on panel with eggshells and gold incised "Thanh Le" lower right 28 1/4 in. x 25 in. Note: Nguyên Thanh Le's style represents a melodious blend of...
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Four Books on the History of Palestine,Egypt & Syria History of Palestine and Syria to the Macedonian Conquest, by A. T. Olmstead. New York and London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. 4to. First edition. Illustrated,...
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A Large Collection of Maps from Aroundthe World, 19th/20th centuries, including Africa, Asia, Japan, the Middle East, New Zealand, Indonesia, Australia, the Greater Antilles, South America, Chile, Argentina,...
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