Complete set of 16 volumes set. These sell for between $1000USD and $2000.USD online my price $600 Excellent condition. These will have to be sent in two shipments since combined weight exceeds the 30kg limit allowed by most countries- so EU countries only allow 20kg. Surface post would be aroubd $300. Depending where you live. ISBN: 9787030202550 This unparalleled reference work offers an overview of ceramics from China...

These books sell for $400. ea so I am offering both volumes for $400 only. Both in excellent condition. This is a tool book for researching and collecting Huaqian(a special kind of money which is not for circulation, it is of collection value today ), covering 3000 kinds of Huaqian from Han dynasty to the Republic of China period, most of which are from China, some are from China's neighboring countries...

BORED STONES

Japan has the culture from ancient time to worship stones, and such bored stones are the one of them...

The slip cover has a couple of scuffs but the book inside is fine/as new. These sell for $400 everywhere else- my price is $200. A must have for aficionados/aficionadas of the QIngbai glaze. Title: QINGBAI WARE : CHINESE PORCELAIN OF THE SONG... Publisher: Percival David Foundation Publication Date: 2002 Binding: Hardcover Condition: Fine. Edition: First edition. ISBN 10: 072860339X / ISBN 13: 9780728603394

Bulleting for Society for Japanese Arts: Andon, Shedding Light on Japanese Art. A wonderful resource on all aspects of Japanese art. ISSN: 0168-2997 Issues included: First Year (1981) 1-4; Second Year (1982) 5-7; No. 9-11 (1983). Condition: shelf wear, staining and soiling. Issue one has extensive creases on back cover.

Bulleting for Society for Japanese Arts: Andon, Shedding Light on Japanese Art. A wonderful resource on all aspects of Japanese art. ISSN: 0168-2997 Issues included: 13, 15, 16 (1983); 19 (1985); 21, 22, 24 (1986); 25, 27/28 (1987); 29 (1988) Condition: shelf wear, staining and soiling, discoloration and abrasions.

An unstated first edition published by Hamlyn London, 1970. The jacket has small tears but the book is fine. Illustrated with b&w and colored photos. 109 plates with descriptions.

A stated first edition published by Mitsuhana & Co., Japan in 1952 ( a new edition) . This is Volume I which contains 24 colored illustrations. There is no binding at the spine. Handbook included.

New Reference Book: Classical Chinese Furniture – Marcus Flacks

Unlike other Asian cultures of the 17th and 18th centuries, the Chinese did not sit on the floor. The simple fact that the Manchu invaders imported highly flexible furniture from their yurts influenced the development of Chinese design and decorative arts...

Albert H Potter Pocket Chronometer 18k GOLD Hunting Case 1875. 90 grams, total weight. 56mm diameter; 17mm thick. Original case only. Mint condition, THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET. BUY SOMETHING PROVEN IN TIME.

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This is a unused crystal. OMEGA Steel Bezel insert CUSHION CRYSTAL Ref. 166.227 Cal. 1250. 31mm diameter and 3mm high. The Omega Horseshoe Logo is marked centered position on the surface. Genuine, authentic crystal only. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET. BUY SOMETHING PROVEN IN TIME.

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Fine Reference Book for Ancient Chinese Bronzes

Archaic Chinese Bronzes by Christian Deydier

This superbly produced book covers the first known Chinese bronzes through to and including those produced by the Shang Dynasty. It is very well researched and packed full of interesting background information as well as being extensively illustrated. Included are the relatively recent excavations from the Sichuan Culture site at Sanxingdui...

Frederic Piguet 1270 BREITLING Electromechanical Movement. Cal. 1270, Thirty-Two (32) Jewels, SWISS. For Cartier Pasha and other Brands. Coil cost is $99.00 each and this movement has 5 coils...

The size of Book: 13 3/4" L x 10 1/2" W x 1/4"
The Title of Book: Kakiemon
Total of Page: 99 pages, Total of Color Plates: 180 items. All in colors.
The Publisher: Chuokoron-sha, Japan.
Year Published: 1989 First Edition, 1993 Second Edition
Editor: Hayashiya Seizo (1928-2017 Famous Ceramic Researcher, Kyohaku).
Supervisor: Tominaga Tetsuzo.
Kawabata Yasunari (novel prized writer), Language in Japanese on Contents and English on
Each item title, size and...

Made using authentic Kangxi Cash coin and wood base Unique and one of its kind , enjoy the 300 years old numismatic piece and usable work of art The coin is with the Chinese character/word read as “Kang” and the stand alone meaning is actually health. Use it in your daily meditation

The size of Ryokusho Book No.28, Speical Edition, 11 3/4" L x 9" W x 1/4"
Weight: 1 Lb 11 Ozs. Total page: 119 pages
Year of Published : 1998, Oct 22nd.
Publisher : Takano Shoya, Maria Bookstore, Editor : Fujii Kunihiko,
This is very fine Japanese Reference and fine Example Book for the collector,
who collect Japanese Antique Sagemoto, Pipecase, Tabacco Pouch, Tonkotsu, Yatate,
as well as, Jutte Collection, by Nagata Collection.It consist of 4 sections in Book.

Antique 19th-century Polish emigration medal known as "L' Heroique Pologne" was created by medalist - Jean Jacques Barre in Paris after 1831.

A medal was minted in France in 1832 by Polish emigration activists with the aid of the Polish Bazaar Society in Lyon. The Brussels Committee for Heroic Poland designed the medal after the November Uprising.

Obverse: Personification of Poland (Polonia) holding a banner in the ancient style with the inscription POLOGNE and the White Eagle, suppor...

Antique German bronze medal that was minted in 1897 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Walloon and Dutch community in Hanau. The medal was made by the Mayer and Wilhelm workshop in Stuttgart and features a bust portrait of Philipp Ludwig II Graf von Hanau-Münzenberg (1596-1612) in relief, as well as a view of the Walloon church on the obverse.

The medal comes with its original display case box, which is covered in black-tan leatherette and has a lid lined with white silk satin. Th...

A dramatic cross section of agatized fossil coral, Florida. The after-coral pseudomorph was created when sediment covered a coral reef. Over time the calcium carbonate skeleton of the coral was replaced by chalcedony, creating the bubbly appearing crystal growth (botryoidal formation). The orange hues on the edges are carnelian agate.

Age: Miocene (25-32 million years)

Dimensions: 9 3/4" long x 5 1/2" wide x 2 3/4" deep

GENUINE Dinosaur Egg Fossil - Hadrosaur

This fossilised dinosaur egg is from the Hadrosaur species, dating to the late Cretaceous Period (c. 85 - 65 millions years ago). Fossilised hadrosaur eggs and remains have been found in China, Europe, South America and North America. This example was excavated from the north of China and is one of several we bought back in the mid 1990s - it has been with us in the UK since then and has not previously been offered for sale.

The vast majority of ...

A soft cover in excellent condition with very slight wear on the corners ( see photo). Possibly a first edition published in 1986 by the National Gallery of Art . 427pp.

Rolex Submariner Dial Ref. 16610 1998-2015 unused OEM. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. INVEST IN HARD ASSETS, DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET. BUY SOMETHING PROVEN IN TIME.

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A pair of important books on Samurai, their history, fighting techniques, armour and weapons. The first book is "Secrets of the Samurai" published in 1973 by Charles E. Tuttle Company Inc. of Rutland, Vermont, USA. This book is a definitive study of the martial arts of feudal Japan, illustrating in detail the weapons, tecfhniques, strategies and principles of combat that made the Japanese warriors a terrible foe. Profusely illustrated in 464 pages, this study provides and insight into the variou...

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Bound in polished leather, printed on laid paper, gilt tooling on spine, all leather spine labels intact, all covers attached, binding and hinges secure. Previous ownership: armorial bookplate for Thomas Taylor, County Devon parish Denbury. Cover fans out, cracking and minor losses of leather at the spine hinges, generally, though not perfectly, bright and clean pages.

Dimensions
Height: 7 1/2 inches Width: 4 3/4 inches

T...

Poor Richard: The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758
Richard Saunders
The Heritage Press
New York
1964
illusrated
300 pp+
4 to

Cloth case in tan with fading marks and moderate dampstaining. Book cloth binding, impressed cover in tan, with minor wrinkling in upper left front at spine. Binding secure, plain end papers. Interior is clean throughout though very light age toning. Illustrated by Norman Rockwell.

This book was la...

Aldous Huxley, Two or Three Graces and Other Stories, George H. Doran Company, New York, 1928, 301pp+.

First American Edition. Hard Cover in cloth. No Jacket. Deckled pages. Cream end papers. Label on spine. Condition: Very Good/Near Fine. Minimal wear. A couple of small slight discolorations on cover. Interior very clean except for small label at back for Brentano's book store in New York City, and attempt by previous owners to erase price.

Dimensions
12 mo

Aldous Huxley, Along the Road, Notes and Essays of a Tourist, George H. Doran Company, New York, 1925, 266pp+.

First American Edition. Hard Cover in cloth. No Jacket. Deckled pages. Cream end papers. Label on spine. Condition: Very Good/Near Fine. Minimal wear. Discoloration on label. Interior very clean with faint discoloration line at very top of pages; some age toning.

Dimensions 12 mo

A nice set of three lovely laquered and stamped silver bar coins, Thailand, c. 16th.-17th. cent. and a Laotian 'Canoe' money bar in silver-bronze, c. 1707-1889 AD.

The Laos Canoe money weighs 113.5 grams and the three Thai silver coins, 58.48 gr., 49,34 gr. and 65.31 gr., so it's probably same issue but different dating, in the 16th.-17th. century.

Ex. Old Danish private Collection.

An interesting selection of sea-life in the early period, from c. Devonian period 400 mio. years ago or somewhat later, all now of stone and stable.

Large Devonian trilobit, 6,6 cm. and 55.38 grams! An even larger snail like creature in a beautiful mother of pearlish house, measuring 6,3 vm. wide and 5,3 cm tall. Mounted on a lucite base, c. 130 grams! A large fragmentary snail-house (59,67 grams), and three good looking smaller snails as a well as a clamp / muzzle. Interesting lot...

Book: Dragon Sea - Vietnamese Hoi An Hoard - Hard Back 1st Edition

This book, "Dragon Sea", by Frank Pope is essentially the story of a 15th century shipwreck that came to be known as the "Hoi An Hoard". Frank Pope was the archaeological manager of the salvage operation. 

This book is NOT an illustrated catalogue of the Hoi An wreck, but is a very good read, not only revealing what really goes on in the world of underwater archaeology, but also reading as an exciting adventure story, al...

Scarce antique 18th-century posthumous medal struck in 1733 from solid silver to commemorate the death of Augustus II the Strong in 1733. Made by the medalist Georg Wilhelm Vestner (1677-1740).

Obverse: The bust of the King is to the right, around the inscription D G AVGVSTVS II REX POLON ELECT SAXON. It is signed under the bust "VESTNER. F."

On the obverse, to the right of the King's bust, there is an inscription from the end of the 18th century commemorating the birth of Barbara Ann...

W Carew Hazlitt
The Venetian Republic, Its Growth, Its Rise, and Its Fall 421-1797 (Volume 1)
Adam and Charles Black
London
1900

814pp+
Map, genealogy
Hardback cloth, green, gilt stamp on cover

Condition Good
Cover is slightly soiled/aged, bumping at corners, slight bowing, tears on paper spine title, inside end pages cracked at seam, binding fully intact, age toning of pages, pages otherwise clean.

This boo...

James Boaden, editor
The Private Correspondence of David Garrick with the Most Celebrated Persons of his Time (Volume 1)
Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley
London
1831
600 pp+
Hardback, brown tooled cover, cream end sheets, engraved frontispiece of Garrick, gold impressed title on spine. Large 4to
Condition
Fair+/Good - heavy bumping at corners, light green color on spine, discolorations and soiling on covers, minor peelings on cover skin at...

HOROLOGY 38mm Stainless Steel Complication Valjou English

This time piece is preforming Art. The most complicated 38mm wristwatch produced without a repeating mechanism added. Not only every layer of complication possible, but automatic as well. Even the plates on the high grade Valjou movement are engraved! Perfect running condition and fully functional.

*Automatic *Minute & 12 Hour Indication *Chronograph *30 Minute Register *12 Hour Register *Day Register *Dat...

Kahlil Gibran
Sand and Foam - A Book of Aphorisms
Alfred A. Knopf
New York
1926
85 pp+
Illustrated

Hardcover book with sayings and observation interpreted by Lebanese American author and artist Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931) most known for his first work The Prophet published in 1923 which became one of the best selling books of the 20th C. and still in print today. References to it appear in popular songs by artists such as Elvis Presley and J...

A late 19th century souvenir: miniature bone binoculars depicting Catskill Mountain House, another hotel building, waterfalls and more (can be seen, but not photographed). These truly minimal magnifying lenses were invented in the 18th century by Lord Stanhope. Measures: "1/2 x 1/3 / 12 x 9 mm. Condition: some general wear consisting with time, but both lenses are working.