7PCS MARK TWAIN IN NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALSA collection of 7 Mark Twain newspapers and periodicals. First being the Atlanta Journal, April 22 1910, celebration of his passing. Then the Detroit Free Press of same date....
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PEKING 1912 ARCHIVE IN 2 LACQUER BOXES,PLUS PAINTINGSPair of Chinese black lacquered lift-top boxes, decorated with images of dragons and clouds, with Chinese character writing to top and silk lined interiors,...
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GOLDSTON, WILL. GROUP OF BOUND FILESOF GOLDSTON PERIOD...Goldston, Will. Group of Bound Files of Goldston Periodicals. Twenty volumes total, comprising incomplete files of original issues, including The Magician...
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CHINESE RUBBING OF XUE TAO EX. MALCOLMLEINChinese stone rubbing mounted to scroll. Possibly a portrait of Xue Tao (Hsueh Tao), a female scholar.
Provenance: From the collection of Malcolm E. Lein, former director...
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JERVIS MCENTEE(American, 1828-1891)
MistyAfternoon, signed lower left, ?J. McEntee, 87?; oil on canvas, 11-1/2 x 19-1-1/2 in.; period gilt wood frame liner, 16 x 23-3/4 in.
Note: There are numerous entries in McEntee's...
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FRAMED 18TH C. MUGHAL PAINTING - ROSTAM& EAGLECentral Asia, India, possibly Gujarat or Kashmir, Mughal Period, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. Finely delineated in tempera and gold leaf on handmade paper, a miniature...
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19TH C. JAPANESE EDO PERIOD BRONZE UMPANGONGEast Asia, Japan, Edo period, ca. early to mid-19th century CE. A beautiful cast bronze gong known as an umpan that was used in a Zen temple or monastery. A suspension...
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MINIATURE CHINESE TANG DYNASTY POTTERYFIRE PITChina, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. This is a charming miniature model of a fire pit, hollow, mold-made in pottery. Hundreds of pottery figures like this one,...
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FINE EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM LIMESTONEUSHABTIAncient Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1077 BCE. An ancient Egyptian ushabti, carved from a single piece of limestone standing with fused legs...
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GREEK CLASSICAL MARBLE STELE, RELIEFOF WOMANAncient Greece, Classical to Hellenistic Period, ca. 5th to 3rd century CE. A stunning marble funerary stele hand-carved to depict the relief of a woman in profile....
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PUBLISHED EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM LIMESTONEUSHABTIAncient Egypt, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1292 to 1189 BCE. A gorgeous ushabti figure carved by hand from gray-white limestone exhibiting a slender form. The figure...
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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...
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PUBLISHED / EXHIBITED ROMAN GLASS UNGUENTARIUMRoman,Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A wonder to behold; the most astonishing example of iridescence in Roman glass that we have ever seen! A captivating candlestick...
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PUBLISHED EGYPTIAN STONE PANEL TOMBOF NEB-AMUN (TT90)**First Time At Auction**
Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, later 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose IV to Amenhotep III, from the tomb of Neb-Amun (TT90) in Thebes,...
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EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM FAIENCE USHABTI,TL'D**Originally Listed At $6000**
Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th to 19th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1189 BCE. A stunning funerary figure of tall form called an ushabti that...
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CAMPANIAN BLACKWARE ARYBALLOS - GREEKCOMEDY MASK, TL'D...Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Campania, ca. late 4th to early 3rd century BCE. An enticing and rare pottery aryballos in the form of a head wearing a...
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"VERSAILLES: FROM LOUIS XV TO JEFF KOONS""VERSAILLES:FROM LOUIS XV TO JEFF KOONS"
Assouline Publishing, New York (November 1, 2020), hardcover, 234 pages. Covering the most storied palace in the world, the glittering Château...
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[CHINESE WORKS OF ART] A collectionof 31 reference works and catalogues on Chinese art, comprising:
Daily Life in the Forbidden City. Viking, 1988.--YANG, Xiaoneng. The Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology: Celebrated...
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COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY NEWSPAPERSAND PERIODICALS Newspapers, as follows: Essex Patriot (Haverhill, MA, January 17, 1818); New-Jersey Eagle (Newark, February 9 & September 21, 1821, October 8, 1839); Hampshire...
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SIXTEEN EARLY FEDERAL PERIOD NEWSPAPERS,1784-1799 All four pges, folio (tallest 19 3/4 in.), to include: The Connecticut Courant and Weekly Intelligencer (Hartford: October 5, 1784, May 3, 1785, January 12, 1795);...
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SEVEN FAR WESTERN NEWSPAPERS AND VARIOUS19TH AND 20TH CENTURY PUBLICATIONS The Western papers, as follows: The Friend (Honolulu, November 1, 1862, with news of President Lincoln's forthcoming Emancipation Proclamation);...
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FRANK DORN A MAP AND HISTORY OF PEIPING,FORMERLY KNOWN AS PEIKINGFRANK DORN, A MAP AND HISTORY OF PEIPING, FORMERLY KNOWN AS PEIKING, Tientsin-Peiping: Priyang Press: 1936. Large pictorial map of Beijing bordered...
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A JAPANESE LACQUERED BOX Meiji period(1868-1912), black lacquer box with hinged cover, key lock but lacking key, decorated with figures admiring a tall vase on the cover, to the sides figures are shown engaged...
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THREE PERIOD POSTERS: 1) Daily Telegraph,33'' x 24''; 2) Black Forest Tourism Poster, 35.5'' x 26''; 3) Poster for the Evening Telegram, designed by J.W. Thorpe circa 1898, mounted to a paper backing, overall 21.5''...
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19th C Japanese bronze dragon candelabra,Meiji period bronze 3-light dragon form candelabra on round base, dragon clutching a pearl with candelabra arms extending from mouth, having been electrified, with (3) silk...
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BANGKOK PERIOD, THAI PAINTING 19th/20thc., Thailand, depicting daily village activities, tempera on fabric, framed under glass, 18"h x 14"w (sheet), 26"h x 21"w (frame)...
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TAPESTRY DEPICTING A ROMAN BALCONY SCENEwith women and children in period costume going about daily privileged life. 66'' long 25'' tall. Attributed to Belgium. In wood frame....
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James Guy Evans (English b. 1810; activeNew Orleans 1843-1853) "Arrival of Gen. Z. Taylor & Staff at Balize on the U. S. Steam Ship Monmouth B. T. Willse Commander / November 30th 1847" oil on canvas signed lower...
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Anna Colquitt Hunter (American/Georgia1892-1985) "Ferry Across the Savannah River: Embarking on the 'Robert E. Lee'" oil on canvas signed lower right 16 in. x 20 1/4 in. in a period frame. Note: Born into...
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Nathaniel D. Hackett Wisconsin 1st HeavyArtillery Civil War and Personal Archive 330 items dating from 1860-1947. While serving in the 1st Wisconsin Battery Light Artillery Davis Hackett kept in close correspondence...
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[Architecture Newport RI] Set of fourdrawings of an Italianate cottage by J. C. Wells Architect New York circa 1850 comprising front and side elevations and floor plans the house apparently proposed to be built...
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Talley Family Civil War Archive IncludingDiaries of Joseph R. Talley IL 27th Inf. & Charles Talley DE 7th Inf. 6 letters (4 war-date); 13 documents; 3 diaries (2 war-date); 11 banknotes; 2 photographs. 1853-1934....
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Approximately 100 issues of French dailyperiodical ''Le Petit Journal '' most with color illustrated covers including May 24 1896 issue ''Fªtes du Couronnement en Russie Le Tsar en costume du sacre'' [trans:...
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Letters Between the Sturges BrothersMost Antebellum Including J.R. Sturges 3rd GA Infantry KIA These 58 letters encompass a "snapshot" of antebellum life in the South.Samuel Sturges (1774-1831) was born in Fairfield...
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William Henry Buck (American/New Orleans1840-1888) "A Coastal Inlet in Maine" 1887 oil on board signed and dated lower right "E.F. French's Artist Board N.Y." label en verso 12 in. x 20 in. period frame. Provenance:...
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Japanese School late Edo/Meiji Period19th c. "Scenes of Daily Life in and around the City" six panel screen ink color gold gofun and gold leaf on paper height 61 7/8 in. width 142 1/2 in. overall screen height...
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