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LOT 1212
Christie's London Chinese and Asian Art Auction Catalogue Group - 34 Titles
1974-1977 A.D.
9 1/2 x 6 - 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (7.15 kg total, 24.1 x 15.1 - 24 x 18.4 cm).
Oriental Ceramics, Paintings and Works of Art, 29-30 July 1974; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 30 September 1974; Fine Later Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 7 October 1974; Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 25-26 November 1974; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 16 December 1974; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 3-4 February 1975; Blanc-de-Chine, Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 17 February 1975; Fine Chinese Export Ceramics and Works of Art, 3 March 1975; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 17 March 1975; Fine and Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 12 May 1975; Oriental Ceramics, Paintings and Works of Art, 19 May 1975; Fine and Early Chinese Ceramics, Lacquer, Bronzes and Works of Art, 9 June 1975; Fine Chinese Export Ceramics and Works of Art, 23 June 1975; Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 28 July 1975; Chinese, Korean and Annamese Ceramics and Works of Art, 6 October 1975; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain and Works of Art, 13 October 1975; Fine Later Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 24 November 1975; Fine Later Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 24 November 1975; Fine and Early Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Works of Art, 8 December 1975; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 19 January 1976; Important Chinese Export Porcelain, 1-2 March 1976; Fine Chinese Ceramics, Enamels and Works of Art, 15 March 1976; Fine Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Works of Art, 5 April 1976; Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 3 May 1976; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 7 June 1976; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 14 June 1976; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 26 July 1976; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 27 September 1976; Fine Chinese Export Porcelain, 18 October 1976; Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Works of Art, 1 November 1976; Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 6 December 1976; Important Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Works of Art, 13 December 1976; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 26 July 1976; Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, 31 January 1977. [34, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1212
Christie's London Chinese and Asian Art Auction Catalogue Group - 34 Titles
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
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The Lake Dwellings of Switzerland and Other Parts of Europe by Dr Ferdinand Keller - Volumes I & II
Second Edition, published in 1878 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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. -
Books on Medieval American and Pre-Columbian Art, Antiquities and Archaeology - 7 Titles
1943-2004 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Michael D. Coe - The Maya, Fourth Edition, fully revised, 1991, cardcovers, 200 pp, black and white images; Linda Schele and David Freidel - A Forest of Kings, The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya, 1990, cardcovers, 542 pp, colour and black and white images; Julie Jones - Art of Empire: The Inca of Peru, 1964, cardcovers, 56 pp, black and white images; Pal Klemen - Medieval American Art, Masterpieces of the New World Before Columbus, third revised edition, volume two, card covers, 418 pp, black and white images; Pal Klemen - Medieval American Art, A Survey in Two Volumes, Volume I, New York, 1943, hardcover, 414 pp; Elena Phipps, Johanna Hecht and Cristina Esteras Martin - The Colonial Andes, Tapestries and Silverwork, 1530-1830, 2004, cardcovers, 396 pp, colour images; Harmer Johnson - Guide to the Arts of the Americas, Pre-Columbian, American Indian, 1992, hardcover with dustwrapper, 240 pp, colour and black and white images. 7.72 kg total, 24 x 16 - 29.7 x 25 cm
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Books on Ancient Greece, Antiquities, Ancient Art and Archaeology - 4 Titles
1965-2000 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Furio Durando - Ancient Greece: The Dawn of the Western World - New York, n.d., hardback with dustwrapper, 292 pp, colour; H. Hoffmann & P.F. Davidson - Greek Gold: Jewelry from the age of Alexander - Brooklyn, 1965, card covers, 309 pp, monocheme; Michael Wood - In Search of the Trojan War - New York, 1985, card covers, 272 pp, colour; Mer Ėgée Grèce des Iles - Paris, 1979, card covers, 245 pp, monochrome. 5.08 kg total, 24 x 18 - 36.2 x 26.5 cm
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
