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LOT 1173
Porphyry - Red Imperial Porphyry Power and Religion - By Dario Del Bufalo
2018 A.D.
13 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (2.18 kg, 34.2 x 24.8 cm).
English edition including Italian texts, revised and expanded second edition, hardcover with dustwrapper, 331 pp, colour images. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1173
Porphyry - Red Imperial Porphyry Power and Religion - By Dario Del Bufalo
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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Books on Japanese Art - 8 Titles
1952-2008 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Tokyo National Museum - Dueling Genius: The Greatest Highlights of Japanese Artists - Tokyo, 2008, card covers, 268 pp, colour; Metropolitan Museum of Art - Momoyama Japanese Art in the Age of Grandeur - New York, 1975, card covers, 136 pp, monochrome; Li Zongshan - Ilustrated History of Chinese Furniture - Beijing, 2001, hardback, 542 pp, monochrome (Chinese text); Zhu Lueling - Pictorial History of Chinese Furniture - Beijing, n.d., hardback, 149 pp, colour (Chinese text); H.P. Stern - Birds, Beasts, Blossoms and Bugs - New York, 1976, card covers, 195 pp, colour and monochrome; S. Izzard - Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e: Paintings from the Manno Art Museum - New York, 2003, card covers, 90 pp, colour; M.R. Cunningham - The Triumph of Japanese Style: 16th Centurt Art in Japan - Cleveland, 1991, card covers, 154 pp, colour (signed by the author); L. Warner - The Enduring Art of Japan - Cambridge, 1952, hardback with cloth covers, 113 pp, 92 monochrome plates. 7 kg total, 24.2 x 15.7 - 30.5 x 22.5 cm
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Books on Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Art and Egyptology - 7 Titles
1976-2011 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Geoff Emberling - Nubia, Ancient Kingdoms of Africa, New York, 2011, cardcover, black and white and colour images; Anna Maria Donadoni Roveri - Museo Egizio, Torino, 72 pp, black and white and colour images; Giorgio Ferrero - Egypt, History and Treasures of an Ancient Civilization, New York, 2010, cardcover, 207 pp, colour images; Exhibition Catalogue - Neferut Net Kemit: Egyptian Art from the Brooklyn Museum,1983-1984, cardcover, in English and Japanese, black and white and colour images; Herman De Meulenaere and Pierre MacKay - Mendes II, 1976, hardcover, 243 pp, 40 plates; Exhibition Catalogue - Eternal Egypt, Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum, 2001-2004, cardcover, 288 pp, colour images; Flornce Dunn Friedman (ed.) - Gifts of The Nile, Ancient Egyptian Faience, 1998, hardcover with dustwrapper, 288 pp, colour and black and white images. 7.6 kg total, 24.2 x 21.7 - 31.2 x 24 cm
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Christie's and Other Chinese and Asian Art Auction Catalogue Group - 30 Titles
2009-2016 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
CHRISTIE'S: Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 8 November 2011; Indian and Southeast Asian art, New York, 21 March 2012; Auspicious Treasures for Scholars and Emperors - Selections from the Robert H. Blumenfield Collection, New York, 22 March 2012; Luminous Perfection: Fine Chinese Mirrors from the Robert H Ellsworth Collection, New York, 22 March 2012; Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 22-23 March 2012; Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, part II, New York, 23 March 2012; Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 15 May 2012; Asian Art Week, London, 15-18 May 2012; Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles, South Kensington, 18 May 2012; Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Part II, New York, 22 March 2013; Studying the Past: The Hanshan Tang reserve Collection, London, 14 May 2013; Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Part I, New York, 20-21 March 2014; The Ten Signs of Long Life: The Robert Moore Collection of Korean Art, new York, 18 March 2014; The 'Min' Fanglei: A Magnificient and Highly Important Massive Bronze Ritual Wine Vessel, New York, 20 March 2014; Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 26 November 2014; Art D'Asie, paris, 10 December 2014; Mandarin 7 Menagerie: The Sowell Collection and Chinese Export Art From various Owners, New York, 26 January 2015; Through Connoisseur's Eyes - Ephemeral Flowers, Enduring Art, Hong Kong, 3 June 2015; The Imperial Sale - Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 3 June 2015; The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 6 October 2015; BONHAMS: Exceptional Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 3 December 2015; Imperial Splendour, Hong Kong, 3 December 2015; Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 3 December 2015; VANDERVEN ORIENTAL ART: Ming Porcelain & Works of Art, 2016; UPPSALA AUKTIONSKAMMARE: Internationell Kvalitetsauktion, 12 June 2015; KOLLER ZURICH: Asiatica, September 2008; Asiatica, March 2009; Asiatica, September 2009; Asiatica, May 2011; SOTHEBY'S: Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 1 & 2 June 2015. 26.8 kg total, 26.7 x 21 - 30 x 24 cm
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.