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LOT 1163
Arthur Upham Pope - A Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present - 12 Volumes
1938 A.D.
12 1/4 x 9 in. (26 kg total, 31 x 23 cm each).
Asia Institute, Tehran: I Pre-Achaemenid, Achaemenid and Parthian Periods; II Sasanian Periods; III Architecture; IV The Ceramic Arts, Calligraphy and Epigraphy; V The Art of the Book and Textiles; VI Carpets, Metalwork and Minor Arts; VII XII - plates - hardback in quarter-calf binding gold block titling, monochrome plates. [12, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North West London gentleman.
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LOT 1163
Arthur Upham Pope - A Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present - 12 Volumes
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
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A Collection of Books on Ancient Egyptian Art - 4 Titles
1966-2007 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Metropolitan Museum of Art - Guide to the Collections: Ancient Near Eastern Art - New York, 1966, card covers. 40 pp, monochrome; Musée d'Art Genève - Reflets du Divin - Geneva, 2002, card covers, 159 pp, monochrome images; Marsha Hill (ed.) - Gifts for the Gods - Images from Egyptian Temples - New York, 2007, hardback with dustwrapper, 240 pp, colour images; Edna Russmann - Egyptian Sculpture - Cairo and Luxor - London, 1989, hardback with dustwrapper, 230 pp, colour images. 4.46 kg total, 15.2 x 22.7 - 26 x 33.5 cm
Property of a North West London gentleman. -
A Collection of Books on General Archaeology - 5 Titles
1991-2015 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Dietrich von Bothmer - Glories of the Past - Ancient Art from the Shelby White and Leon Levy Collection, - New York, 1991, hardback with dustwrapper, 280 pp, colour; Roger Bland and Catherine Johns - The Hoxne Treasure - London, 1993, card covers, 32 pp, colour and monochrome; Mortals & Immortals: The Private Collection of Rodrigo Bonzanini - 2015, card covers, 40 pp, colour; Silvia Rozenberg - Enchanted Landscapes: Wall Paintings from the Roman Era - Jerusalem, 1993, hardback with dustwrapper, 176 pp, colour; Ludwig Goldscheider - Roman Portraits - London, 2004, card covers, 120 plates, monochrome. 4.28 kg total, 19 x 24.5 - 24.5 x 34.5 cm
Property of a North West London gentleman. -
Collection of Books on Ancient Art - 4 Titles
1966-2012 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Erik Hornung & Betsy Bryan - The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt - Washington, 2002, hardback with dustwrapper, 240 pp, colour images; Musée Jacquemart-André - Le Crépuscule des Pharaohs - Bruxelles, 2012, hardback with dustwrapper, 256 pp, colour images; Annie Caubet & Geneviève Pierrat-Bonnefois - Faiences de l'Antiquité, de l'Égypte a l'Iran - Paris, 2005, card covers, 206 pp, colour images; Metropolitan Museum of Art - Guide to the Collections: Ancient Near Eastern Art - New York, 1966, card covers. 40 pp, monochrome. 4.7 kg total, 15 x 23 - 25 x 29.5 cm
Property of a North West London gentleman.
