Ancient Gandharan Antiquities Books - 2 Titles

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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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.

BUKOWSKIS: Internationella Höstauktionen, Stockholm, 27-29 November 1996; Internationella Höstauktionen, Stockholm, 26-28 November 1997 Internationella Vårauktion, Stockholm, 27-29 May 1998; Internationella Vårauktion, Stockholm, 26-28 May 1999; Internationella Vårauktion, Stockholm, 29-31 May 2001; Internationella Höstauktionen, Stockholm, 3-6 December 2002; Internationella Vårauktion, Stockholm, 26-28 May 2003; Internationella Höstauktionen, Stockholm, 2-5 December 2003; Internationella Vårauktion, Stockholm, 25-28 May 2004; Internationella Höstauktionen, Stockholm, 30 November-3 December 2004; CHRISTIE'S: The Jacobites and Their Adversaries, Scotland, 12 June 1996; Horsenden Manor, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, 22 September 1997; The British Interior, English Furniture, ceramics, paintings, Silver and Chinese Export Porcelain, including a selection of Irish Furniture and Objects, New York, 21 January 1999; Important Mobilier, Sculpture et Objets D'Art, Ceramiques Europeennes et Orfevrerie, Paris, 24 June 2009; 500 Ans - Arts Decoratifs Europeens, Paris, 4-5 May 2011; Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Silver, New York, 22 January 2016; Collection d'un Amateur, paris, 21 June 2011; A Surreal Legacy, King Street, 15 December 2016; Interiors, London, 28 November 2017; The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 4 October 2018; ROBERT YOUNG ANTIQUES: No 35, London; PHILLIPS: Jewellery, Silver, Ceramics, Pictures, Works of Art, Furniture, Carpets and Rugs- to include property from the estate of the late Mr N Blackburne, St Edmunds, 23-24 June 1999; Jewellery, Silver, Ceramics, Pictures, Works of Art, Furniture, Carpets and Rugs, Bury St Edmunds, 25-26 June 1997; LAWRENCE: Ceramics, Silver and Jewellery, Furniture, 14 and 21 November 1996; Ceramics and Paintings, 9 October 1997; Ceramics, Silver and Jewellery, 4 July 1996 (2 copies); EWBANK: Antiques & Fine Art, 14 December 2000; TAJAN: Mobilier et Objets D'Art, 19 November 2014; SOTHEBY'S: Brockhall, Weedon, Northamptonshire, 16 June 1997; Furniture, Oriental and European Ceramics, Glass, paintings, Vertu and Jewellery, Summers Place, 30 September-8 October 1997; The Roger Whittaker Collection, Herefordshire, 12 July 1999; Estate and General Sales, Sussex, 8-16 June 1999; The Collection of Dorothy Hirshon, New York, 26 September 1998; Property from the Collection of Irvin & Anita Schorsch, New York, 20-22 January 2016; Of Royal and Noble Descent, London, 19 January 2016; Palladio '70, Paris, 8 October 2015; The Collection of Roy and Ruth Nutt: Important Americana & Decorative Arts, New York, 23 January 2015. 32.9 kg total, 21.1 x 16.8 - 29 x 21.5 cm



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