Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History & Coins

D. Buitron-Oliver - The Greek Miracle - Washington, 1992, card covers, 164 pp, colour and monochrome; Fine Art Museum Moscow - Antique Sculpture - Moscow, 1987. hardback with dustwrapper & slipcase, 231 pp, colour and monochrome; S. Adam - The Technique of Greek Sculpture in the Archaic and Classical Periods - London, 1966, 137 pp, 72 monochrome plates; G.M.A. Richter - The Sculpture and Sculptors of the Greeks - Yale, 1950, hardback with dustwrapper, 625pp, monochrome. 4.81 kg total, 25 x 17.5 - 31.1 x 24 cm



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English edition including Italian texts, revised and expanded second edition, hardcover with dustwrapper, 331 pp, colour images. 2.18 kg, 34.2 x 24.8 cm



Property of a London, UK, gentleman.

H. Beck et al - Polyklet Der Bildhauer der griechischen Klassik - Frankfurt-am-Main, 1990, card covers, 673 pp, monochrome and colour; R.A. Stucky - Tribune d'Echmoun - Bsael, 1984, hardback, 59 pp, 18 plates, fold-out chart; D. Arnold - Die Polykletnachfolge - Berlin, 1969, card covers, 293 pp, 27 monochrome plates; B. Ashmole - Architect and Sculptor in Classical Greece - Lobndon, 1972, hardback, 218 pp, monochrome; P.C. Bol et al. - Gedenkschrift fur Andreas Linfurt - Mainz, 1999, hardback with dustwrapper, 427 pp, 112 monochrome plates. 6.81 kg total, 25.6 x 18.2 - 28.5 x 23 cm



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SOTHEBY'S: The Contents of Sissinghurst Court, Sissinghurst, By direction of the Kent Trust for Nature Conservation, 16 July 1985; Tyninghame, East Lothian, Scotland, 28-29 September 1987; Derwydd Mansion, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, 15 September 1998; Benacre Hall, Suffolk, 9-11 May 2000; Arredi, Dipinti e Gioielli Dalle Collezioni Di Una Signora Milanese, Milano, 21 October 2003; Collections, London, 28 October 2014; Propert from the Collection of Mrs Paul Mellon: Interiors, Sessions 3-5, New York, 22-23 November 2014; Important Americana, New York, 2021 January 2017; CHRISTIE'S: The Contents of Broadhollow, Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY, The property of the Estate of Mrs Percy Uris, 17-18 November 1985; Hackwood Park, London, 20-22 April 1998; Die Sammlungen der Fursten Reuss j.L., Gera, 26-27 May 1998; Dalla villa di Campagna di Donna Giulia Ferrara Pignatelli dei Principi di Strongoli, Roma, 26 October 2000; Dumfries House, Volume I, Session One, London, 12 July 2007; Dumfries House, Volume II, Session Two, 13 july 2007; Furniture and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 16-16 December 2008; Asian Art, European Ceramics and Glass, Knightsbridge, 22-23 June 2004; LAWRENCES: Silver, Jewellery and Ceramics, Pictures, Clocks, Furniture and Rugs, Books, Maps and Manuscripts, 15-18 and 31 January 2013; PALCIO DO CORREIO VELHO: Coleccao Abreu Burmester, Portugal, 20-22 and 25 March 2013; CABRAL MONCADA LEILOES: Antiguidades E Obras De Arte, 23-25 September 2013; POOK & POOK, INC: Period Furniture, Fine Art and Accessories, 11-12 October 2013; VERITAS: Leilão XXIV, Antiguidades e Obras de Arte, Pratas e Joias, 9-10 October 2013; Leilão XXIV, Antiguidades e Obras de Arte, Pratas e Joias, 25-26 February 2014; PESCHETEAU BADIN: Ceramiques Europeennes, Les Choix de Christophe Perles, 18 June 2018. 27 kg total, 25.5 x 20 - 29.7 x 23 cm



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COHEN & COHEN: Big is beautiful, a catalogue of important Chinese Export Porcelain, 9th – 20th November 1999; From poems to Piglets, 9th – 17th November 2000; School’s out, 10th -18th November 2001; After You! 7th -15th November 2002; Soldier Soldier, 6th – 14th November 2003; Bedtime Stories, 4th-12th November 2004; Now & Then, Crouching Leopards, hidden dragonflies, 3rd-12th November 2005; Double Dutch on with the dance, let joy be unconfined, 2nd -10th November 2006; Ladies First ! There’s nothing like a Dame, 2007; Tiptoe through the Tulipieres, 2008; Angels and Demonslayers, 2012; Think Pink, 2013; A game of bowls, 2014; Hit & Myth, 3rd October – 9th November 2014; Baroque & Roll, 5th – 14th November 2015; Tyger Tyger, 3rd – 12th November 2016; Take two! 2nd-11th November 2017; The Golden Gate collection, 1st -10th November 2018; The Elephant in the Room, 2019. 15 kg total, 29.6 x 21.1 - 30.4 x 21.5 cm



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J. Cummings, Vishnu, Hinduism’s Blue-Skinned Savior, New York, 2011, pp.296, complete full colour catalogue of the exhibition; AA.VV., Statues Bouddhiques en Bronze Doré, Paris, 1996, pp.32, complete full colour catalogue of the Exhibition; P. Pratapaditya, Khrishna: the Cowherd King, Los Angeles, 1972, pp.62, colour cover, b/w ill.; F. Herdnon-Consagra, The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, Reflections of the Buddha, Saint Louis, 2012, pp.48, complete full colour catalogue of the exhibition; G. Beguin, L’Inde et le Monde Indianisé au muse national des Art Asiatiques – Guimet, Paris, 1992, pp.171, b/w & col. ill. 3.29 kg total, 26 x 20 - 29.2 x 25.5 cm



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Volumes: 26 (1941); 47 (1961); 50 (1964); 51 (1965); 57 (1971); 58 (1972); 65 (1979); 69 (1983); 71 (1985); 72 (1986); 74 (1988); 76 (1990); 85 (1999); 92 (2006). 11.12 kg total, 22 x 27.7 cm



Ex libris a Hertfordshire gentleman.

Joan Aruz et al (eds) - Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium BC - New York, 2008, card covers, 524 pp, colour; John Gray - Near Eastern Mythology: Mesopotamia, Syria, Palestine - London, 1969, hardback with dustwrapper, 141 pp, colour and monochrome; Prudence Harper et al - Discoveries at Ashur on the Tigris: Assyrian Origins - New York, 1995, card covers, 142 pp, monochrome; Prudence Harper at al - The Royal City of Susa - New York, 1992, card covers, 316 pp, colour; Jean-Louis Huot - Archaeologia Mundi: Persia I From the origins to the Achaemedids - New York, 1965, hardback, 219 pp, monochrome and colour; H.W.F. Saggs - Everyday Life in Babylonia & Assyria - New York, 1965, hardback with dustwrapper, 207 pp, text figures. 6.45 kg total, 21.6 x 14.5 - 30.5 x 23 cm



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SOTHEBY'S: Netsuke, Inro, Lacquer Wares and Decorative Works of Art, 11 July 1975; Japanese Swords, Armour and Sword Fittings, 28 July 1975; Netsuke, Inro, Lacquer and Other Decorative Japanese Works of Art, 10 September 1975; Fine Netsuke, Inro and Lacquer Wares, 29 October 1975; Japanese Swords, Armour and Sword Fittings, 12 November 1975; Netsuke, Inro, Lacquer Wares and Decorative Works of Art, 17 December 1975; Japanese Works of Art comprising Netsuke in Wood, ivory and Various Materials, Inro, Tonkotsu and Lacquer Wares, 21 April 1976; Japanese Swords, Armour and Sword Fittings, 7 June 1976; Fine Netsuke and Inro, 23 June 1976; Netsuke and Inro, 20 September 1976; Japanese Swords, Sword Fittings, Armour and Reference Books, 26 October 1976 (2 copies); Fine Japanese Works of Art, 9 November 1976; Netsuke, Inro and Other Japanese Works of Art, 9 March 1977; Netsuke, Inro and Other Japanese Works of Art, 25 April 1977; Japanese Netsuke, 23 May 1977; Japanese Swords, Sword Fittings and Armour, 31 May 1977; Fine Japanese Swords, Sword Fittings, Armour and Reference Books, 7 July 1977; Japanese Sword and Sword Fittings, 13 October 1977; Japanese Swords, Armour and Sword Fittings, 2 December 1977; Japanese Netsuke, Inro, Lacquer Wares and Works of Art, 21 December 1977; Good Japanese Swords, Sword Fittings, Armour and Books, 29 March 1978; Japanese Netsuke, Inro, Lacquer Wares and Works of Art, 5 April 1978; Japanese Swords, Sword Fittings and Armour, 26 March 1980; Song - A Japanese Collection, 11 May 2011; Important Furniture, Ceramics, Clocks, Tapestries, Silver & Vertu, 6 July 2011; BONHAMS: Fine Japanese Art, London, 11 May 2010; Fine Japanese Works of Art, New York, 13 September 2011; Fine Japanese Art, London, 17 May 2012; CHRISTIE'S, MONACO: Porcelaines et Faiences Europeennes, Chine et Japon, 7 December 1991; CHRISTIE'S, LONDON: Japanese Art & Design, 19 June 2002; The Francois Storno Collection of Netsuke, 16 May 2007; Japanese Art and Design, 16 May 2007; CHRISTIE'S, SOUTH KENSINGTON: Japanese Art and Design, 4 November 2009; Japanese Art and Design, 12 May 2010; Japanese Art and Design, 10 November 2010. 9.9 kg total, 27 x 21 -27.8 x 21.6 cm



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Guide to the Antiquities of Roman Britain, The Trustees of the British Museum, 1964, London, cardcover, 86 pp, black and white images; The Palatine, Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma, 1998, cardcover, 82 pp, black and white and colour images; Pompeii, Guide to the Site, 2013, cardcover, 159 pp, colour images; J.P.C. Kent and K.S. Painter (eds.) - Wealth of the Roman World AD 300-700, London, 1977, cardcovers, 192 pp, colour and black and white images; Eugenio La Rocca - L'Auriga Dell'Esquilino, Rome, 1987, cardcovers, 84 pp, black and white images; Aicha Ben Abed Ben Khader and David Soren - Carthage; A Mosaic of Ancient Tunisia, New York, 1987, cardcovers, 238 pp, colour and black and white images; Pompeii AD 79, 1978, hardcover with dustwrapper, 215 pp, colour and black and white images. 4.3 kg total, 21.6 x 14 - 29.5 x 21.5 cm



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Archaeology in the United Arab Emirates, Vol II-III, 1978-1979, cardcovers, 95 pp, in French and English, colour and black and white images; Jonas Lehrman - Earthly Paradise, Garden and Courtyard in Islam, 1980, hardcover with dustwrapper, 240 pp, black and white images; Anna A Peredolskaja - Attische Tonfiguren Aus Einem Sudrussischen Grab, 1964, hardcover, 32 pp, black and white images; Donald S. Whitcomb - Before the Roses and Nightingales, Excavations at Qasr-i Abu Nasr, Old Shiraz, 1985, hardcover, 270 pp, black and white illustrations; Prudence O. Harper - Silver Vessels of the Sasanian Period, Volume One: Royal Imagery, 1981, hardcover, 256 pp, black and white images; Charles K. Wilkinson - Nishapur: Pottery of the Early Islamic Period, hardcover, 374 pp, black and white images. 7.17 kg total, 28 x 20.5 - 32 x 24 cm



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Oriental Ivories and Works of Art, 23 May 1974; Oriental Ceramics and Furniture, 4 July 1974; Oriental Ivories and Works of Art, 18 July 1974; Oriental Ceramics and Furniture, 19 September 1974; Oriental Ivories and Works of Art, 24 October 1974; Nineteenth Century Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 4 November 1974; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 28 November 1974; Oriental Furniture, Works of Art and Ivories, 30 January 1975; Oriental Ceramics, 2 April 1975; Oriental Furniture, Works of Art and Ivories, 8 May 1975; Oriental Ceramics, 5 June 1975; Oriental Works of Art and Ivories, 30 July 1975; Oriental Ceramics, Works of Art and Furniture, 4 September 1975; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 2 October 1975; Oriental Ivories and Works of Art, 4 December 1975; Oriental Works of Art, Furniture and Ceramics, 8 January 1976; Oriental Ceramics, 26 February 1976; Oriental Furniture and Works of Art, 8 April 1976; Oriental Ivories and Works of Art, 29 April 1976; Oriental Ceramics, 3 June 1976; Oriental Works of Art, Furniture and Ceramics, 10 October 1979; Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, 10 November 1977; Oriental Ivories, lacquer and Shibayama, 2 November 1979; Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, 8 November 1979; Costume and Textiles 1500-1960, 7 November 1980; Railwana, Tinplate Trains and Locomotives, Live Steam Model Locomotives, Stationary Steam Engines, other Models and Toys, 6 April 1979; Various Oriental Works of Art and Furniture and Chinese Ceramics, 2 May 1979; Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, 24 May 1979; Oriental Ivories, Shibayama and Works of Art, 27-28 June 1979; Oriental Works of Art and Furniture, 18 July 1979; Oriental Ceramics, 19 July 1979; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 29 November 1979 (2 copies); Chinese Ceramics, Oriental Works of Art and Furniture, 23 January 1980; Japanese Ceramics, Works of Art and Furniture, 8 May 1980; Oriental Ivories, Ceramics, Works of Art and Furniture, 23 April 1981; French Furniture, Clocks and works of Art, Oriental Ceramics and Furniture, 3 June 1981; Oriental Ivories, Ceramics, Works of Art and Furniture, 16 July 1981; Chinese Ivories, Oriental Ceramics, Works of Art and Furniture, 24 September 1981; Japanese Ivories, Ceramics, Works of Art and Furniture, 29-30 October 1981; Oriental Ivories, Ceramics, Works of Art and Furniture, 3 December 1981; Oriental Ceramics, Works of Art and Furniture, 11 February 1982. 8.3 kg total, 21 x 19.7 cm each



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