Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History & Coins

B. Barr-Sharrar, The Derveni Krater, Masterpiece of Classical Greek Metalwork, Princeton, 2008, pp.240, 32 colour plates; J.Neils, J.H.Oakley, Striving for excellence: Ancient Greek Childhood and the Olympic spirit, New York, 2004, pp.64, full colour catalogue; D.M.Buitron, Attic Vase Painting in New England Collections, Harvard, 1972, pp.152, b/n ill.; J.H. Betts, J.T. Hooker, J.R. Green, Studies in honour of T.B.L. Webster, volume II, Bristol, 1988, b/w ill. 3.31 kg total, 26 x 19 - 30 x 25 cm



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R. Deutsch and M. Heltzer - Forty New Ancient West Semitic Inscriptions, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, 1994, hardcover with dustjacket, 100 pp, black-and-white images; G.P.F. Van Den Boorn - Oud Iran. Pre-Islamitische Kunst en Voorwerpen in Het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Te Leiden, cardcovers, 128 pp, colour and black-and-white images; Andrew S. Ackerman & Susan L. Braunstein - Israel in Antiquity. The Jewish Museum / New York, 1982, card covers, 136 pp, colour and black-and-white images. 1.39 kg total, 24.5 x 17.7 - 28 x 21.5 cm



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Hardback with leather spines, vol 1 with 696 pp, translated by John Edward Lee, 2nd volume containing 206 full-page black and white plates of ancient artefacts. 2.72 kg total, 24 x 16.5 cm each



Originally held in Nottingham Central Library, purchased directly by Ian Wilkinson in 2020. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.

The Lake Dwellings of Switzerland and Other Parts of Europe by Dr Ferdinand Keller is a foundational archaeological work documenting prehistoric stilt-house settlements, primarily from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages around Swiss lakes. It covers findings across Switzerland, including detailed descriptions of artefacts and building techniques, translated and expanded by John Edward Lee.

G. Bovini & M. Pierpaoli - Ravenna: Treasures of Light - Ravenna, 1991, hardback with dustwrapper, 143 pp, colour; J. Lowden - The Jaharis Gospel Lectionary: The Story of a Byzantine Book - New York, 2009, hardback with dustwrapper, 130 pp, colour; G.W. Bowerstock, P. Brown & O. Grabar - Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World - London, 1999, hardback with dustwrapper, 780 pp; E. Kitzinger - Byzabtine Art in the Making - Cambridge, 1980, card covers, 171 pp, monochrome; J. Spier - Byzantium and the West: Jrewelry in the First Millennium - New York, 2012, 207 pp, colour; Victoria & Albert Museum - Late Antiqu and Byzantine Art - London, 1963, card covers, 32 pp, monochrome. 5.71 kg total, 21.2 x 13.7 - 30.5 x 25 cm



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Maria Teresa Guaitoli - Rome, History and Treasures of an Ancient Civilization, 2006, cardcovers, 207 pp, colour images; Pompeii AD 79, 1978, hardcover with dustjacket, 215 pp, colour and black and white covers; J.M.C. Toynbee - Art in Roman Britain, 1962, hardcover with dustjacket, 219 pp, black and white images; Aicha Ben Abed Ben Khader and David Soren - Carthage; A Mosaic of Ancient Tunisia, 1987, hardcover with dustjacket, 238 pp, colour and black and white images; Paul Zanker - Roman Portraits, Sculptures in Stone and Bronze, 2016, hardcover with dustjacket, 280 pp, colour images; Roman Portraits, hardcover, 14 pp, 120 black and white plates. 8.42 kg total, 25 x 22.5 - 36.5 x 27 cm



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P.F. Houlihan - The Animal World of the Pharaohs - London, 1996, hardback with dustwrapper, 245 pp, colour and monochrome; C. Hobson - The World of the Pharaohs - New York, 1987, card covers, 192 pp, colour; C. Hobson - The World of the Pharaohs - New York, 1997 reprint, card covers, 192 pp, colour; A.C. Brackman - The Search for the Gold of Tutankhamen - New York, 1976, hardback with dustwrapper, 197 pp; H. Carter - The Tomb of Tutankhamen - London, 1954, hardback with dustwrapper, 237 pp, monochrome; C. Desroches-Noblecourt - Life and Death of a Pharaoh: Tutankhamen - New York, 1963, hardback with dustwrapper, 312 pp. colour and monochrome; N. Reeves & R.H. Wilkinson - The Complete Valley of the Kings: Tombs and Trasures of Egypt's Greatest Pharaohs - London, 1997 reprint, hardback with dustwrapper, 224 pp, colour and monochrome. 6.2 kg total, 23.5 x 16.2 - 29 x 22.3 cm



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SOTHEBY'S: Chinese en Japanese Ceramiek, Europese Ceramiek, Varia, Jugendstil en Art-Deco, Meubelen, Amsterdam, 16 May 1984; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 10 December 1984; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 4 June 1985; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 4 June 1985; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 2 December 1985; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam,12 May 1986; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art including the collection of the late A.A. Luyt Esq, Amsterdam, 17 December 1986; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 13 May 1987; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 13 May 1987; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 16 December 1987; Sotheby Parke Bernet Monaco S.A., Succession Rudorff, Estampes Japonaises, Livres D'Art de Reference sur L'Extreme-Orient, Ceramiques Islamiques, tapis D'Orient, 21 April 1979; Japanese Works of Art, Prints, Paintings and Screens, New York, 2 February 1990; The Roy G. Cole Collection of Fine Sosaku Hanga, New York, 19 June 1990; Japanese Works of Art, Prints, Paintings and Screens, New York, 18-19 June 1990; Japanese Works of Art, Prints, Paintings and Screens, New York, 13-14 December 1990; The Van Spaendonck-Dreesmann Collection, Amsterdam, 20 October 1999; Chinese & Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 7 December 1999; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics & Works of Art, Amsterdam, 26 June 2000 (2 copies); Chinese and Japanese Ceramics & Works of Art, Amsterdam, 28 November 2000; Japanese and Korean Works of Art, New York, 21 September 2000; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics & Works of Art, Amsterdam, 28 November 2000; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics & Works of Art, Amsterdam, 22 May 2001; Chinese, Japanese Ceramics & Works of Art, Amsterdam, 21 November 2001; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics & Works of Art, Amsterdam, 22 May 2002; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics & Works of Art, Including Paintings and Prints, Amsterdam, 4 December 2002; CHRISTIE'S: Fine Chinese and Japanese Ceramics, Oriental Works of Art, Japanese Prints and Antiquities, Amsterdam, 16-17 December 1982; Fine Oriental Ceramics, Oriental Furniture and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 6 December 1984; Oriental Ceramics, Oriental Furniture and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 27 March 1985; Oriental Ceramics, Oriental Furniture and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 27 March 1985; Fine Chinese and Japanese Ceramics, Works of Art, Furniture, Paintings and Prints, Amsterdam, 6 June 1985; Fine Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 26 September 1985; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, Japanese Prints and Oriental Furniture, Amsterdam, 4 December 1985; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 25 March 1986; Fine Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 6 June 1986; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 23 October 1986; Oriental Decorative Works of Art, Including a Large Private Collection of Japanese Prints, Amsterdam, 25 November 1986; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 8 April 1987; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 1 June 1987; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 22-23 October 1987; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 15 December 1987; At the Hotel Okura, Tokyo, Part II, 16-17 February 1980; Japanese Prints, Paintings, Illustrated Books and Drawings from the Collection of the late Theodore Scheiwe, Part I, New York, 21 March 1989; Fine Japanese and Korean Works of Art, New York, 29-30 March 1990; Japanese Prints, New York, 15 June 1990; Japanese and Korean Works of Art, New York, 16-17 October 1990; Japanese Modern and Contemporary Prints, Paintings and Ceramics, New York, 16 October 1990; Season Sale, Amsterdam, 13 September 2000; The Japan Sale, Amsterdam, 28 September 2000; hinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 5 December 2000; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 20 November 2001; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 20 November 2002; The Collection of Evelyn Annenberg hall: Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 29 March 2006; Japanese & Korean Art, Featuring Arts of the Meiji Period, New York, 15 September 2010; Art of Japan, King Street, 8 December 2016. 23 kg total, 24 x 18.5 - 27 x 21 cm



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Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 14 May 1979; The Flint Collection of Chinese Ceramics, 28 February 1977; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain and Works of Art, 14 March 1977; Fine Chinese and Korean Ceramics and Works of Art, 18 April 1977; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 25 April 1977; Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 2 May 1977; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, Enamels and Works of Art, 27 June 1977; Fine Chinese Ceramics, Jades and Works of Art, 11 July 1977; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 25 July 1977; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 3 October 1977; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain and Works of Art, 31 October 1977; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 14 November 1977; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain and Works of Art, 5 December 1977 (2 copies); Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 12 December 1977; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 30 january 1978; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain and Works of Art, 20 February 1978; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 13 March 1978; Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 10 April 1978; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 8 May 1978; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain and Works of Art, 12 June 1978; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 26 June 1978; Important Chinese and Korean Ceramics and Works of Art, 10 July 1978; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 24 July 1978; Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 2 October 1978; The G W Marshall Collection of Chinese Armorial Porcelain and Other Fine Chinese Export Ceramics and Works of Art, 23 October 1978; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 13 November 1978; Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 11 December 1978; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 18 December 1978; Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 5 February 1979; Chinese and Ban Chiang Ceramics, Bronzes and Works of Art, 5 March 1979; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, Cloisonne Enamels and Works of Art, 19 March 1979; Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 2 April 1979; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 23 April 1979. 7.6 kg total, 24.1 x 15.1 - 24 x 18.4 cm



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'Treasures from the Hoi An Hoard' Important Vietnamese Ceramics from a Late 15th/Early 16th Century Shipwreck Cargo, San Francisco and Los Angeles, 11-13 October 2000. 984 grams, 28.1 x 21.6 cm



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V. Karageorghis, Ancient Art from Cyprus, the Cesnola Collection, New York, 2000, pp.305, colour catalogue of the Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of New York; S. Hadjisavvas, From Ishtar to Aphrodite: 3200 years of Cypriot Hellenism, Treasures from the Museum of Cyprus, New York, 2003, pp.146, colour ill.; F.C., Albertson, Catalogue of the Cypriote Sculptures and Terracottas in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, the University of Michigan, Jonsered, 1991, pp.44, 49 catalogue photos in B/W. 2.9 kg total, 28.6 x 22.7 - 30.1 x 23 cm



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BONHAMS: Asian Art, London, 9 May 2016; The Skinner Moonflasks, Hong Kong, 30 May 2017; Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 30 May 2017; Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 1 December 2020; CHISWICK: Kangxi: Porcelain and Decorative Arts, 12 November 2018; Asian Art, 20 May 2019; Chinese Export Art, 11 November 2019; The Dragon Awakes: Mythology and Majesty in Chinese Art, 11 November 2019; Asian Art, 11-12 November 2019; Asian Art, 18 February 2020; CHRISTIE'S: Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Part I, New York, 19-20 September 2013; A Collecting Legacy: Fine Chinese Jade Carvings and Works of Art from the Lizzadro Collection, Part II, New York, 19 September 2013; Important Chinese Archaic Bronzes from a Distinguished Private Collection, New York, 19 September 2013; Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, part II, New York, 20 September 2013; Imperial Treasures from a Distinguished American Collection, Hong Kong, 28 May 2014; Through Connoisseur's Eyes - Works of Art for the Emperor, Hong Kong, 28 May 2014; An Imperial favourite - The Yongzheng Emperor's Dragon Zun, Hong Kong, 28 May 2014; The Imperial Sale, Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 28 May 2014; The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 5 April 2016; Inspired Themes: A Fine Selection of Chinese Works of Art, King Street, 10 May 2016; The Harris Collection: Important Early Chinese Art, New York, 16 March 2017; Chinese Export Art, New York, 18 January 2018; Lacquer, Jade, Bronze, Ink - The Irving Collection, New York, 20 March 2019; Lacquer, Jade, Bronze, Ink - The Irving Collection, New York, 21 March 2019; Art D'Asie, Paris, 10 December 2020; SOTHEBY'S: Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 15 May 2013; Important Chinese Art, London, 11 May 2016; Scholarly Art from the Collection of Mr & Mrs G. Hawthorne, Hong Kong, 31 May 2018; Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 11 July 2020; The Harry Garner Reticulated Vase, Hong Kong, 11 July 2020; Junkune, Chinese Jade Carvings, New York, 22 September 2020; Important Chinese Art, New York, 23 September 2020; Imperial Porcelain - A Private Collection, London, 4 November 2020. 26.45 kg total, 26.5 x 21 - 30.1 x 23.6 cm



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SOTHEBY'S: Fine Chinese Decorative Works of Art, New York, 25-26 September 1986; Harmony of Form, Serenity of Colour - A Private Collection of 'Song' Ceramics, New York, 23 March 2011; Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 9 November 2011; A Private Collction of Scholarly and Imperial Works of Art, Hong Kong, 4 April 2012; Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 16 May 2012; The Meiyintang Collection, Part IV, Hong Kong, 9 october 2012; Portraits of Valour - Imperial Bannermen Portraits from a European Collection, Hong Kong, 9 October 2012; Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, Hong Kong, 9 October 2012; Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 7 November 2012; Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of Peter and Nancy Thompson, London, 7 November 2012; Treasures of the Qing Court - A Personal Perspective, London, 7 November 2012; Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, Hong Kong, 8 April 2013; A Magnificent Falangcai Bowl from the Collection of Dr Alice Cheng, Hong Kong, 8 April 2013; Water, Pine and Stone Retreat Collection, Scholarly Art III, Hong Kong, 8 April 2013; Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection, Part VI, Hong Kong, 27 May 2013; Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection, Part VII, Hong Kong, 26 November 2013; Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 14 May 2014; CHRISTIE'S: Important Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades, New York, 28-29 October 1977; Chinese Works of Art, New York, 3-4 November 1977; Fine Japanese and Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 4-5 December 1980; Fine Chinese Works of Art, New York, 9 & 11 May 1981; Indian and Southeast Asian Art, New York, 22 March 2011; Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Part I, Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York, 24 March 2011; Magnificent Qing Monochrome Porcelains and Earlier Works of Art from the Gordon Collection, New York, 24 March 2011; Asian Art in Paris, 10 Years of Success, 2012. 19 kg total, 19.6 x 14.1 - 30.2 x 23.5 cm



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