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LOT 1144
Books on the Ancient Near East, Antiquities, Ancient Art & Archaeology - 7 Titles
1967-2017 A.D.
9 5/8 x 6 7/8 - 12 x 10 1/2 in. (9.8 kg toal, 24.6 x 17.5 - 30.5 x 26.6 cm).
AA.VV., Signs Before the Alphabet, Journey to Mesopotamia at the origins of writing, January 20, 2017, April 25, 2017, Milano, Venezia, 2017, pp.272, colour catalogue of exhibition; N. Bancroft Hunt, Historical Atlas of Ancient Mesopotamia, New York, 2004, pp.192, col.ill.; J.Aruz, K.Benzel, J.M. Evans, Beyond Babylon, Art, Trade and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C., New York, 2008-2009, pp.523, col.ill.; J.Mellart, Catal Huyuk, A Neolithic Town in Anatolia, New York, 1967, pp.232, 15 colour plates, 121 monochrome plates, 56 line drawings; J.A. Gobineau, The World of the Persians, Genève, 1971, pp.159, monochrome ill.; AA.VV., The Anatolian Civilisations, III, Seljuk and Ottoman, Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul, May 22-Ocotber 30, 1983, pp.323, colour plates and b/w. ill.; O.W. Muscarella, The lie became great, The Forgery of Ancient Near Eastern Cultures, Groningen, 2000, pp.540, B/W plates. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1144
Books on the Ancient Near East, Antiquities, Ancient Art & Archaeology - 7 Titles
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Sotheby's Chinese and Asian Art Auction Catalogue Group - 31 Titles
1974-1984 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Chinese Hardstone Carvings, Cloisonne Enamels and Other Works of Art, 12 November 1974; Chinese Works of Art and Export Porcelain, 25 February 1975; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain and Works of Art, 3 June 1975; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 14 October 1975; Fine Chinese Works of Art and Export Porcelain, 24 February 1976; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, Jades and Other works of Art, 29 June 1976; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, Jades and Other works of Art, 29 June 1976; Chinese Works of Art and Fine Export Porcelain, 16 November 1976; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, Jades and Other works of Art, 1 March 1977; Chinese Export Porcelain, Jade Carvings and Other Works of Art, 21 June 1977; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, Jade Carvings and Works of Art, 29 November 1977; Chinese Hardstone Carvings and Export Porcelain, 10 January 1978; Chinese Export Porcelain and Jade Carvings, 21 February 1978; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 20 june 1978; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 14 November 1978; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, Jades and Other Hardstones, 20 March 1979; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, Jades and Other Hardstones, 20 March 1979; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, Jades and Other Hardstones13 November 1979; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 18 March 1980; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, Jades and Other Hardstones, 24 June 1980; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 18 November 1980; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 17 March 1981; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 23 June 1981; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 1 December 1981; Good Chinese Export Porcelain, 8 June 1982; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 2 November 1982; Chinese Export Porcelain, 8 November 1983; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 28 June 1983 (2 copies); Oriental Export Porcelain, Jades and Works of Art, 27 June 1974; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 3 July 1984. 9.2 kg total, 24.6 x 18.1 cm each
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Books on Chinese Antiquities, Ancient Art and Archaeology - 8 Titles
1966-2024 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Miho Museum - 1st Anniversary Exhibition - Koka, 1998, card covers, 135 pp, colour; T. Bowie (ed) - East-West in Art: Patterns of Cultural and Aesthetic Relationship -Bloomington, 1966, card covers,192 pp, monochrome; C.Y. Liu - Rethinking Recarving: Ideas Practices and Problems of the 'Wu Family Shrines' and Han China - Princeton, 2005, card covers, 384 pp, monochrome; Clarence Shangraw - Origins of Chinese Ceramics - San Francisco, 1978, card covers, 103 pp, monochrome; Brooklyn Art Museum - Korean Art Collection - New York, 2006, card covers, 326 pp, colour; E.R. Knauer - The Camel's Load in Life and Death -Zug, 2011, card covers, 160 pp, monochrome and colour; Harvard Art Museums - Objects of Addiction: Opium, Empire and the Chinese Art Trade -15th September 2023-14th January 2024 - card covers, 24 pp, colour; Christie's sale catalogue - The Vung Tau Cargo Chinese Export Porcelain Amsterdam, 7th-8th April 1992 - card covers, colour. 5.51 kg total, 21.6 x 14.1 - 29.8 x 22.6 cm
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Books on Ancient Greek Pottery, Ancient Art and Archaeology - 4 Titles
1970-1989 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A.Sakellariou, G.Papathanasopoulos, National Archaeological Museum, A.Prehistoric collections, a brief guide, Athens, 1970, pp.94, 31 B/W pls.; J.D. Beazley, Some Attic Vases in the Cyprus Museum, Oxford, 1989, pp.46, 19 B/W pls.; M.A. Del Chiaro, W.R. Biers (Ed.), Corinthiaca, Studies in Honor of Darrell A. Amyx, Columbia, 1986, pp.182, b/w figs.; D.Von Bothmer, The Amasis Painter and his world, vase-painting in sixth-century B.C. Athens, Malibu-London, 1985, pp.246, 8 colour pages, b/w ill. 2.14 kg total, 21 x 14.2 - 26.7 x 21 cm
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
