Japanese netsuke inro ceramics lacquer Sotheby auction catalog 7/18-19/84 for - Sotheby auction catalog 7/18-19/84 for Japanesenetsuke inro ceramica lacquer tsuba, woodblock prints - This is the book for the Sotheby's auction sale on 7/18-19/1984 covering 1121 lots . We will combine shipping. So the more you buy the better the average cost. If you are buying on an iPhone or the like generally the apps only let you buy AND pay in which case we wil refund the extra. But with a lap top or desk top computer commit to buy and then wait for me to send the combine invoice. For heavy books the incremental cost is $1.50 each but for magazines and brochures, the incremental cost will be $50 to $1 depending on weight. We ae unable to send an invoice if the items are merely in you cart.
Japanese netsuke porcelain katana tsuba Sotheby auction catalog 3/10-11/88 for - Sotheby auction catalog 3/10-11/88 for Japanese netsuke porcelain katana tsuba kozuka - This is the book for the Sotheby's auction sale on 3/10-11/1988 covering 1097 lots in 234 pages. Many color illustrations We will combine shipping. So the more you buy the better the average cost. If you are buying on an iPhone or the like generally the apps only let you buy AND pay in which case we wil refund the extra. But with a lap top or desk top computer commit to buy and then wait for me to send the combine invoice. For heavy books the incremental cost is $1.50 each but for magazines and brochures, the incremental cost will be $50 to $1 depending on weight. We ae unable to send an invoice if the items are merely in you cart.
Japanese netsuke sagemono tsuba kozuka kashira auction catalog 10/22/04 - Piaza auction catalog 10/22/04 Japanese netsuke sagemono tsuba kozuka kashira This is the book for the Piaza Pariss auction sale on 10/22/2004 covering 356 lots . Not all lots illustrated. We will combine shipping. So the more you buy the better the average cost. If you are buying on an iPhone or the like generally the apps only let you buy AND pay in which case we wil refund the extra. But with a lap top or desk top computer commit to buy and then wait for me to send the combine invoice. For heavy books the incremental cost is $1.50 each but for magazines and brochures, the incremental cost will be $50 to $1 depending on weight. We ae unable to send an invoice if the items are merely in you cart.
Japanese porcelain carvings pottery ceramics Sotheby auction catalog 11/21/01 - Sotheby auction catalog 11/21/01 Japanese porcelain carvings pottery ceramics This is the book for the Sotheby's Amsterdam auction sale on 11/21/2001 covering 502 lots . We will combine shipping. So the more you buy the better the average cost. If you are buying on an iPhone or the like generally the apps only let you buy AND pay in which case we wil refund the extra. But with a lap top or desk top computer commit to buy and then wait for me to send the combine invoice. For heavy books the incremental cost is $1.50 each but for magazines and brochures, the incremental cost will be $50 to $1 depending on weight. We ae unable to send an invoice if the items are merely in you cart.
Chinese ceramics Japanese netsuke okimono Paris auction catalog 12/16/04 - Piaza Paris auction catalog 12/16/04 Chinese ceramics Japanese netsuke okimono This is the book for the Piaza Paris's auction sale on 12/16/2004 covering 338 lots in 51 pages . We will combine shipping. So the more you buy the better the average cost. If you are buying on an iPhone or the like generally the apps only let you buy AND pay in which case we wil refund the extra. But with a lap top or desk top computer commit to buy and then wait for me to send the combine invoice. For heavy books the incremental cost is $1.50 each but for magazines and brochures, the incremental cost will be $50 to $1 depending on weight. We ae unable to send an invoice if the items are merely in you cart.
Japanese netsuke ceramics porcelain pottery Christie auction catalog 6/16-17/88 - Christie auction catalog 6/16-17/88 Japanese netsuke ceramics porcelain pottery tsuba katana inro woodblock prints - This is the book for the christie's auction sale on 6/16-17/88 covering 857 lots in 239 pages . We will combine shipping. So the more you buy the better the average cost. If you are buying on an iPhone or the like generally the apps only let you buy AND pay in which case we wil refund the extra. But with a lap top or desk top computer commit to buy and then wait for me to send the combine invoice. For heavy books the incremental cost is $1.50 each but for magazines and brochures, the incremental cost will be $50 to $1 depending on weight. We ae unable to send an invoice if the items are merely in you cart.
Japanese netsuke inro ojime carvings bronze Christie auction catalog 7/3-4/84 - Christie auction catalog 7/3-4/84 Japanesenetsuke inro ojime carvings bronze pottery ceramics porcelain katana tsuba - This is the book for the Christie's auction sale on 7/3-4/1984 covering 787 lots in 188 pages . We will combine shipping. So the more you buy the better the average cost. If you are buying on an iPhone or the like generally the apps only let you buy AND pay in which case we wil refund the extra. But with a lap top or desk top computer commit to buy and then wait for me to send the combine invoice. For heavy books the incremental cost is $1.50 each but for magazines and brochures, the incremental cost will be $50 to $1 depending on weight. We ae unable to send an invoice if the items are merely in you cart.
Chinese Antique Snuff Bottles - the Bloch Collection -Superb 1987 London Catalog - The superbly-produced catalog to this major collection. “Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch”. 8.5"x11.5", 237 pages, color illustrations, dust jacket. Minor soil, but otherwise clean and nice, with a tight binding.
Japanese Antiques & Art @ the Imperial Shosoin - lacquers, textiles, ceramics &+ - “Treasures of the Shosoin”. The treasures of the Imperial Shosoin at Nara were donated by the Empress Dowager Komyo to the Todaiji temple on 21 June 756, after the death of the Emperor Shomu. The treasures illustrated and described here included lacquers, textiles, silver, swords, bronzes, ceramics, screens and boxes, weapons, saddles, masks and carvings, and other arts.
Antique Japanese Screens in Kyoto - Shoji @ the Imperial Palace & More - “Shoji; The Screens of Japan”. Both and antique and modern screens are included, including examples from the Imperial Palace. 8.5"x7.75", 10 pages + 105 black & white illustrations + 29 pages. Light wear, minor soil.
Courtly Traditions: Buddhist Arts & Japanese Books - Hofer + Hyde Collections - “The Courtly Tradition in Japanese Art and Literature. Selections from the Hofer and Hyde Collections”. Joslin Hall Books. By John M. Rosenfield, Fumiko E. Cranston & Edwin A. Cranston. 11"x8.5", 316 pages, 12 color plates and many black & white illustrations.
Chinese Ceramics Paleolithic Qing Ming Mongol Yuan Song Han Tang Sui Celadon NEW - Chinese Ceramics: From the Paleolithic Period through the Qing Dynasty by Laurie Barnes and Pengbo Ding. Publisher: Yale University (2010). Pages: 608. The creation of ceramic ware holds a special and very important place among the many arts and inventions that characterize Chinese culture, society, and civilization.
Ancient Egypt Nubia Faience Jewelry Amulets Beads Funerary Masks Gods Production - With a technical glossary, extensive bibliography, map, and chronological table, this is a landmark publication. Although faience was made of common materials, especially quartz sand grains or crushed quartz pebbles, it nevertheless took on the splendor of gold or semiprecious gems.
Japanese Netsuke Inro & Lacquer Sotheby's sale catalog 12/8/81 - Sotheby's Japanese Netsuke Inro & Lacquer sale catalog 12/8/81 This is a book for the Sotheby's auction catalog sale held in New York on December 8, 1981 for Netsuke, Inro and Lacquer, covering 197 lots. Soft bound book. Great as an information and value guide reference book. All lots illustrated in color or black and white.
Jewelry Ancient Paleolithic Bronze Age Egypt India Etruscan Islamic 25,000 Years - Pages: 384. The book features jewelry ranging from the splendid crowns of ancient Greece, gold earrings from Babylon, and jeweled collars worn by 13th-century Islamic royalty to more modern pieces such as those contained in the imperial collection of Queen Louise of Prussia, Art Nouveau jewelry designed by René Lalique, and work by contemporary designers.
Coromandel Screens Old Chinese - Coromandel Screens Old Chinese. Vintage 6 panels. Complete hardware. No cracks, dents or scratches. Always stored indoors.
Time-Life TimeFrame 3000-1500 BC Ancient Egypt India Celt Minoan Akkad Ur Sumer - With the pharaohs' having secured military and political security and vast agricultural and mineral wealth, the nation's population, arts, and religion flourished. The relief and portrait sculpture of the period captured subtle, individual details that reached new heights of technical perfection.
Mesopotamia Babylonia Goddess Ishtar Lilitu Biblical Lilith 1800BC Shrine Plaque - This large Old Babylonian plaque, found in southern Iraq, was made between 1800 and 1750 B.C. It is made of baked straw-tempered clay, modeled in high relief, and probably stood in a shrine. Her long multi-colored wings hang downwards, indicating that she is a goddess of the Underworld.
Early Islam Mecca Medina Time Life Great Ages of Man Art War Al-Andalus Africa - Muslims however believe that it was the original faith of others whom they regard as prophets, such as Jesus, David, Moses, Abraham, Noah and Adam. In 610 AD the Islamic Prophet Muhammad began receiving what Muslims consider to be divine revelations.
NETSUKE 127x in color Sotheby 7/7/99 Segel NETSUKE 127x in color - This is a book for the Sotheby's Chicago July 7, 1999 sale catalog for the Floyd Segel Collection of antique Netsuke. 127 lots of only NETSUKE all shown in color illustrations. Excellent condition. ahdegd4/graphics/img06e3.jpg & ahdegd4/graphics/img07e3.jpg.
Translation Sumerian Akkadian Assyrian Babylonian Phoenician Anunnaki Text Seals - He is a philosopher, a recluse mystic and a spiritual teacher and no longer gives interviews or makes public appearances. In addition, there are thousands of slabs, cylinder seals, tablets, and obelisks of ancient and/or vanished civilizations, which are hard to decipher.
RARE H/C 1stEd "When Egypt Ruled the (Middle) East" Hyksos Amarna Art Sculpture - After their retreat, the native Theban kings found themselves trapped between the Canaanite Hyksos ruling the north and the Hyksos' Nubian allies, the Kushites, to the south of Egypt. After years of vassalage, Thebes gathered enough strength to challenge the Hyksos in a conflict that lasted more than 30 years, until 1555 B.C.
Ancient Etruscan Roman Italy Gold Granulation Jewelry Fibulae Daggers Earrings - With these techniques new decorative motifs also began to appear in Etruscan jewelry. Such decoration was applied, ever more exuberantly, to inherited forms, which had previously been worked in bronze, such as fibulae, hair spirals, pin-heads, beads, rings, bracelets, earrings, and large pectorals.
Dawn of Gods Minoan Crete Mycenaean Greece Homer Troy Agamemnon Minotaur 200 Pix - The essentially feminine character of Minoan Crete, with its palaces and gardens and its exquisite paintings, sculptures, and ceramics, joins with the essentially masculine vigor of the Mycenaean kingdoms in the splendor of Bronze Age Greece.
1975 Exhibition of Archaeological Finds of The People's Republic of China -AB-2 - (Condition is "Very Good". 2) EXHIBITION BOOKLET: Unmarked text. Text catalogue for exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC (Dec 13, 1974-Mar 30, 1975), The Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City (Apr 20-June 8, 1975) and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (Jun 28-Aug 28, 1975).
Time Life Emergence of Man Metalsmith Bronze Iron Age Egypt Nubia Hittite indus - The Bronze Age in the Near East can be divided into Early, Middle and Late Bronze Age periods. Though these divisions are not applicable globally, in the Near East the Early Bronze Age is generally agreed to encompass from 3300 to 2100 BC.
Stone Age Civilizations Neolithic Paleolithic Cultures Religion Cave Art Writing - REVIEW: A powerful tract on behalf of prehistoric culture, intended to show the importance and relatively advanced nature of Stone Age civilization. Here he sets about to rectify things. And he argues, too, that prehistoric beings pioneered both visual art and science.
Ancient Thrace Anatolia Persia Treasures Jewelry Vases Sculpture Swords Bulgaria - Then, with the founding of Greek trading colonies along the Thracian coasts of the Aegean and Black Seas after 700 B.C. Thrace entered recorded history. Sitalkes and his powerful successors grew rich on tribute, eventually surpassing even Athens in revenue.
Shu - Antique Masterpieces Book #26 Japanese Antique Collection Book - Even if you can not read Japanese, you enjoy reading the book surely! This book is a specialized book of this category.This is a book that can be obtained only in Japan. There are a lot of illustrations and photos in this book.
HUGE Ancient Celts Life Myth Art Jewelry Weapons Symbols Gods Warfare Sacrifices - However by the 6th century the Continental Celtic languages were no longer in wide use. REVIEW: The Celts once populated an area rivaling the Roman Empire at its peak, yet our knowledge of them is limited to secondhand accounts, a few written records, and beautiful artifacts scattered from Turkey to Ireland.
Bronze Age Europe Celt Mycenae Anatolia Troy Crete Greece Aegean Weapons Jewelry - Britain’s Bronze Age cultures included the Beaker, Wessex, Deverl, and Rimbury. Copper and tin ores are rarely found together, so the production of bronze has always involved trade. Other significant suppliers of tine were the Taurus Mountains of Anatolia (Turkey), as well as Spain.
Ancient Finger Rings Etruscan Roman Greek Byzantine Medieval Egyptian Sassanian - REVIEW : Finger rings call upon the arts of the goldsmith. Engraver, and jeweler. Etruscan Scarabs and Rings. So does the gem refer to the Roman armies avenging a past defeat?. The burial chamber of an Etruscan lady, near Vulci, opened over a century ago, yielded a rich parure.
Antique Jade Neolithic to 17thC Weapons Jewelry Pre-Columbian Maori Mayan China - The best-known finds are from the lake dwellings of Switzerland, western France, and China. Nephrite is very hard and was prized for keeping a sharp edge. One such variety was used by the natives of the South Sea Islands for making hatchets.
“Secret of the Hittites” Asia Minor Indo-European Egypt Battle of Kadesh Babylon - The truth about Kadesh as one of the few battles that truly shaped world history is now known to us. This is a story mainly about archeology and those who brought the Hittites alive once more. This book should be understood as such - a blend of history of both Hittites and the scholars who struggled to find them again.
Viking Silver Hoard Anglo-Saxon Britain King Alfred Coin Watlington Wessex 870AD - This was to lead to the formation of a single united kingdom of England only a few years later. "King Alfred's Coins: The Watlington Viking Hoard" by John Naylor and Gareth Williams. Written to honor the newly discovered National Treasure that the Ashmolean hopes to acquire in the not too distant future.
Roman Britain Bath 17500 Silver Coin “Beau Street” Hoard 32BC-274 AD Aquae Sulis - It consists of an estimated 17,500 silver Roman coins dating from between 32 B.C. and 274 A.D. In total, 17,577 coins were recovered! The hoard has been through the Treasure Act process and all of the coins have been conserved to an identification standard – that is the legend and significant features are readable – at the British Museum.
Ancient Art Near East Egypt Indus Ur 1st Cities Jewelry Seals Reliefs Sculpture - He was Guest Curator at the Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison for the exhibition on the Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization, which toured the U.S. in 1998-1999. He has also been co-curator of the “Tana-Bana: Warp and Weft - The Woven soul of Pakistan”, exhibition with Noorjehan Bilgrami and J. M. Kenoyer, at the Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA, February, 2003, and at the Mingeikan Museum, Tokyo, April-May 2004.
Zhu Qizhan: Hale and Hearty 8th Annual Show Catalog - Chinese artist, Zhu Qizhan, was born in 1892 and passed away at 105 in 1996. Firmly entrenched in Chinese and Japanese traditions, his work has slowly absorbed aspects of the Western tradition. Zhu Qizhan's works are very appealing to those less familiar with traditional Chinese art as well as connoisseurs.
Monthly Review or Literary Journal, Jan-Apr 1821, Vol 94, Napoleon - By M. Fleury de Chaboulon. by Henry Matthews. January to April, inclusive. M,DCCC,XXI. London: Sold by J. Porter, Successor to the Late T. Becket, in Pall Mall. Lochiel; or the Field of Culloden. Summary of the Mahratta and Pindarree Campaign, During 1817, 1818, & 1819, Under the Direction of the Marquis of Hastings: Chiefly Embracing the Operations of the Army of the Deckan.
NEW Shamans Witch Doctor Evil Eye Spirits Taboo Exorcism Amulets Zulu Aborigine - Shamans and Shamanism by John Lee Maddox. REVIEW: This is a brief look into the roots and history of shamanism in many different cultures in the United States and around the world. Maddox also explores the social and economic value of the shamans and how their influence often affected the well-being of the entire social and economic structures of their People.
Ancient India Miniature Painting Rajasthani Mughal Deccani Pahari Manuscripts - Deccani Painting. Pahari Painting. Originally this encompassed a three-tiered society. The three tiers were: “Brahman” (priest), “Kshatriya” (warrior), and “Vaishya” (commoner). However the concept eventually expanded into four social tiers in order to absorb the subjugated people, “Shudra” (servant).
The Mysterious East. 2004 ASIAN arts book - 2004 ASIAN arts book. publishing year: 2004. Softcover, 126pp richly illustrated.rarely seen! Trilingual text in English, German, and Hungarian. material / process: book.
Far Eastern and African Art ADER NORMAN auction catalogue 2016 - AGE / period: 2016. DETAILS: Softcover, 110pp with color plates. - Captions in French. - Asian and African art. PAINTING / DRAWINGS. TRIBAL ART. BOOKS / Tribal Art catalogues. - Ueberweisung fuer Bieter aus allen EU-Laendern.
Asian art DROUOT 2016 auction catalogue - AGE / period: 2016. PAINTING / DRAWINGS. TRIBAL ART. BOOKS / Tribal Art catalogues. CONDITION / Zustand / état: pls see jpgs- all imperfections exactly as seen on the scan. DETAILS: Softcover, 124pp with color plates.
Asian Art CHRISTIE'S auction catalogue 2006 - PAINTING / DRAWINGS. TRIBAL ART. BOOKS / Tribal Art catalogues. DETAILS: Softcover, 196pp with color plates. - Captions in French and English. AGE / period: 2007. _gsrx_vers_586 (GS 6.8 (586)).
Victoria and Albert Later Chinese Porcelain by Honey W. B. first edition 1927 - Honey W. B: Victoria and Albert Museum. Guide to the Later Chinese Porcelain. Periods of K'ang Hsi, Yung Cheng and Ch'ien Lung. 1927 first edition, 120 plates, 123pp., 4 raised bands, half leather, gilt., Ex libris stamped twice with J. R. Duncanson and Dennis J. Duncason.
The Kurdish people, ethnographic museum catalogue - Softcover, 226pp with color and b/w ill., text in German. - Exhibition catalogue with scientific contributions. CONDITION / Zustand / état: stamp of previous owner on endpaper, tear in dust jacket o/w very good - exactly as seen on the scan.
JAPAN ethnographica museum catalogue Vienna 2009 - Softcover, 80pp with 48 plates. Very nice catalogue publ. by the Museum of Ethnology Vienna. - Ueberweisung fuer Bieter aus allen EU-Laendern. _gsrx_vers_565 (GS 6.7 (565)).
Asian painting, India, China, Japan traditional arts,1994 Museum catalogue - Softcover, 116pp, text in German. - Anthology on (traditional) Asian painting. India, China and Japan are covered with nice examples, beautifully illustrated. by Rietberg Museum in Zurich. Excellent text (in German) and illustrations.
Large format THAILAND massive 1997 anthology* - Large format photo book, hardcover with dust jacket, 300 pp with color plates, 1997. Pls ask for special rates to Australia and New Zealand. material / process: book.
ZACKE Asian Art*China, Japan catalogue - TRIBAL ART. BOOKS / Tribal Art catalogues. SIZE / Groesse / dim.: 24.6 x 17.3 cm. CONDITION / Zustand / état: imperfections to the cover as seen - exactly as seen on the scan. AGE / period: 1994. PROCESS: Book.
Lost At Sea: The Strange Route of the Lena Shoal Junk, hardcover with slipsleeve - The discovery of the Lena Shoal wreck northeast of Palawan in the Philippines in February 1997 shed valuable light on historical trading patterns in south-east Asia. It is one of the most important publications on trade ceramics of the Ming dynasty.
2009 Zacke ASIATICA auction catalog* - With 252 lots illustrated; mostly Asiatica. "Fantastic image! Pls bookmark our pages as we will regularly list fine tribal art objects on a weekly basis! - Ueberweisung fuer Bieter aus allen EU-Laendern.
2009 Zacke ASIATICA auction catalog* - With 275 lots illustrated; mostly Asiatica. "Fantastic image! Pls bookmark our pages as we will regularly list fine tribal art objects on a weekly basis! - Ueberweisung fuer Bieter aus allen EU-Laendern.