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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Toyo bijutsu: Asiatic Art in Japanese Collections View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Asian Art)AuthorTanaka, IchimatsuHeadlineAsiatic Art in Japanese Collections 6 volumesPublisherAsahi Shimbun ShaDate Published1967-1969 Lot #2 Asian occult or mystical imprint View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Asian occult imprint)HeadlineAsian mystical-occult poster on rice paperDate Published19th century Lot #4 Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections Volume I View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorBagley, Robert W.HeadlineShang Ritual Bronzes from the Sackler CollectionsPublisherThe Arthur M. Sackler FoundationDate Published1987 Lot #8 Japanese Colour Prints View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBinyon, Laurence & Sexton, J. J. O'Brien.HeadlineJapanese Color Prints, 1923, 1 of 100PublisherErnest BennDate Published1923 Lot #9 Mikkyō hōgu (Esoteric Buddhist Implements) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Buddhism)HeadlineMikkyō hōgu Exhibition, 1965, 1/500PublisherKodanshaDate Published1965 Lot #12 Anatolian Carpets: Masterpieces from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts Istanbul View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Carpets)AuthorÕlçer, Nazan & Walter DennyHeadlineCarpets of AnatoliaPublisherErtuğ & KocabiyakDate Published1999 Lot #14 The Grotto Art of China: The Kizil Grottoes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(China - Grottoes)HeadlineKizil Grottoes in western ChinaPublisherHeibonsha Limited, PublishersDate Published1983-1985 Lot #15 The Grotto Art of China: The Mogao Grottos [sic] of Dunhuang View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(China - Grottoes)Headline1000 Buddhas grotto on the silk roadPublisherHeibonsha Limited, PublishersDate Published1980-1982 Lot #17 Japanese propaganda postcards View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(China -‘Manchukuo’)Headline1934 Japanese propaganda postcard set, Chinese 'Manchukuo'PublisherSouth Manchuria Railway Co.Date Published1934 Lot #19 The Foochow Area Parish Abroad [Understanding our Foochow Friends: A Manual for Leaders of Adults - cover title] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorToothaker, Frank M.HeadlineManual for missionaries in ChinaPublisherSouthern California Conference, Methodist Episcopal ChurchDate Publishedc.1935 Lot #20 Three illustrated posters for Chinese New Year Festivals of the 1980s View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Chinatown – Posters)Headline3 posters, San Francisco Chinese New Year celebrations, 1980sDate Published1980s Lot #22 Seizansô Seishô: (Illustrated Catalogue of the Nezu Collection) View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Chinese & Japanese Painting)HeadlineChinese & Japanese paintings from Nezu collectionPublisherKaichiro NezuDate Published1939 & 1943 Lot #23 Signatures and Seals on Painting and Calligraphy, the Signatures and Seals of Artists, Connoisseurs and Collectors on Painting and Calligraphy since Tsin Synasty View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$5,625StatusSold Heading(Chinese Painting & Calligraphy)HeadlineSignatures and Seals on Painting and CalligraphyPublisherCafa CompanyDate Published1964 Lot #24 Soraikan kinsho View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Chinese Painting)AuthorAbe, Fusajiro & Kojiro AbeHeadlineAbe collection of Chinese painting & calligraphyPublisherHakubundoDate Published1930-1939 Lot #25 Great Paintings of the Sung dynasty in the National Palace Museum View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Chinese Painting)HeadlineSung Dynasty paintings in Taipei Palace MuseumPublisherGakkenDate Published1975 Lot #26 Great Paintings of the Yüan Dynasty in the National Palace Museum Republic of China View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Chinese Painting)HeadlinePaintings at National Palace Museum, TaipeiPublisherThe National Palace MuseumDate Published[1980] Lot #27 Ku Kung Shu Hua Chi [Collection of Chinese Paintings in the Palace Museum] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Chinese Painting)HeadlinePaintings at Palace Museum, Peking, 1931Date Published1931 Lot #28 A Liaoning Museum Collection of Paintings View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Chinese Painting)HeadlinePaintings in teh Liaoning Museum, Shanghai, ChinaPublisherPeople's Fine Arts Publishing HouseDate Published1983 Lot #29 Masterpieces of Sung and Yuan Paintings View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Chinese Painting)HeadlineChinese paintings of Sung and Yuan dynastiesPublisherJurakushaDate Publishedc.1960 Lot #30 [Nanking Museum Collection of Painting] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Chinese Painting)HeadlinePaintings in the Nanking MuseumDate PublishedNo date Lot #31 Shanghai Bowuguan Cang Hua View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Chinese Painting)HeadlineCollection of Chinese paintingsPublisherShanghai Renmin Meishu ChubansheDate Published1959 Lot #32 [Southern Painting Dacheng] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Chinese Painting)HeadlineMassive set on Chinese paintingDate Published20th century Lot #33 To So Gen Min meiga taikan [Catalogue of the works of Chinese master painters] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Chinese Painting)HeadlineElaborate exhibit catalog for Chinese paintings, 1929PublisherOtsuka KogeishaDate Published[c.1929-30] Lot #34 Chinese Porcelain: The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Chinese Porcelain)HeadlineImportant collection of Chinese porcelainPublisherHong Kong Museum of Art / Urban CouncilDate Published[1987 Lot #35 Tapestry and Embroidery in the collection of the National Palace Museum View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Chinese Tapestry)HeadlineChinese Tapestry& Embroidery from National Palace MuseumPublisherGakken Co., Ltd.Date Published1970 Lot #36 [Murals in the Tombs of Li Hsien and Li Chung-Jun of the Tang Dynasty] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Chinese Tomb Murals)HeadlineMurals in Chinese tombsPublisherWenwu PressDate Published1974 Lot #37 Collection of 30 Chinese-American-related graphics, illustrations and photographs, most of San Francisco Chinatown View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Chinese-American ephemera)HeadlineChinese-American ephemera, photos and printsDate Published1900-1976 Lot #46 Later Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1800-1950 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorEllsworth, Robert HatfieldHeadlineChinese painting & calligraphyPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1987] Lot #52 Alt-Kutscha: Archäologische und Religiongeschichtliche Forschungen an Tempera-Gemalden aus Buddistischen Hohlen der ersten acht Jahrunderte nach Christi Geburt View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorGrünwedel, AlbertHeadlineTempera paintings in Buddhist cavesPublisherOtto ElsnerDate Published1920 Lot #53 Altbuddhistische Kultstätten in Chinesisch-Turkistan. Bericht über archäologische Arbeiten von 1906 bis 1907 bei Kuca Qarashar und in der Oase Turfan View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorGrünwedel, AlbertHeadlineGrunwedel's exploration of Chinese Turkistan, 1912PublisherDruck und Verlag von Georg ReimerDate Published1912 Lot #55 A Study of Chinese Paintings in the Collection of Ada Small Moore View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorHackney, Louise Wallace and Yau Chang-FooHeadlineAda Small Moore Collection of Chinese PaintingsPublisherOxford University PressDate Published1940 Lot #61 Japanese Prints & Drawings from the Vever Collection View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHillier, JackHeadlineSotheby auction of Vever Japanese print collectionPublisherSotheby Park BernetDate Published1976 Lot #62 Book of Hiroshiga Prints View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorHiroshige, UtagawaHeadlineHiroshiga Naniwa prints, 1854Date Published[1854] Lot #65 Washi: The World of Japanese Paper View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorHughes, SukeyHeadlineSukey Hughes' World of Japanese Paper 1st ed, 1/1000PublisherKodanshaDate Published[1978] Lot #70 Characteristic Japan. Views and Characters in the Land of the Rising Sun View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Japan)AuthorTamamura, KozaburoHeadlineCharacteristic Japan, 19th c. tourist photo albumPublisherTamamura, PhotographerDate Published[1898] Lot #71 Wall Paintings in the Kondo Horyuji Monastery View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Japan)HeadlineWall paintings in ancient Japanese Buddhist templePublisherThe Benrido PressDate Published1951 Lot #72 Ephemera related to the import and sale in the US of “Japonisme” goods in the early 20th century View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Japan-American art trade, 1901-1912)HeadlineEphemera collection about Japanese art imports to US, 1900sDate Published1890-1912 Lot #73 Seven color illustrated Japanese travel imprints of the 1930s View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Japanese 1930s travel ephemera)Headline1930s color illustrated Japanese travel ephemera , NYK LinePublisherNYK LineDate Published1930s Lot #74 Four Reference Books on Japanese Art View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Japanese art reference)HeadlineJapanese Art reference, 4 booksDate Published1956-1992 Lot #75 Japanese Pattern Book View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Japanese Art)HeadlineJapanese Pattern Book for Kimono, ca. 1913Date Published[ca. 1913] Lot #76 Book of original silk screen paintings View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Japanese Painting)HeadlineOriginal Japanese silk screen paintingsDate PublishedNo date Lot #77 [Complete Collection Japanese Art Painting] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Japanese Painting)HeadlineJapanese painting through the centuriesPublisherShueishaDate Published1977 Lot #78 Two Japanese posters for exhibitions of modern Asian-American artists Dong Kingman and Yasuo Kuniyoshi View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Japanese Posters)AuthorKingman, Dong and Yasuo KuniyoshiHeadline2 Japanese art exhibitions posters: Kingman and KuniyoshiDate Publishedca. 1980 Lot #79 Letter illustrated with original watercolors from a Japanese woman to an American friend View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Japanese watercolor-illustrated letter)AuthorTakeuchi, HanaHeadline1924 Watercolor illustrations in Japanese letter to USDate PublishedJune 21, 1924 Lot #80 Woodblock print: Zojoji Temple in Snow View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Japanese woodblock, 1930s)AuthorKoitsu, TsutchiyaHeadlineWoodblock print: Koitsu, "Zojoji Temple in Snow"Date Published1930s Lot #81 Group of letters from noted Boston art dealer View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Japanese-American Art Trade)AuthorYatsuhashi, HiromichiHeadline1950s letters group by a Japanese art dealer in BostonDate Published1953-1969 Lot #83 Chotscho: Facsimile-Wiedergaben der wichtigeren Funde der ersten koeniglich preussischen Expedition nach Turfan in Ost-Turkistan View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorLe Coq, Albert vonHeadlineArtifacts from the eastern end of the silk roadPublisherDietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen)Date Published1913 Lot #84 Further Excavations at Mohenjo-Daro: Being an official account of Archaeological Excavations at Mohenjo-daro, carried out by the Government of India between the years 1927 and 1931 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorMackay, E.J.H.HeadlineExcavations at Mohenjo-daro, PakistanPublisherGovernment of Indian PressDate Published1938 Lot #85 The Monuments of Sāñchī View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorMarshall, John & Alfred FoucherHeadlineBuddhist monuments near Bhopal, IndiaPublisher[The Government Press of India]Date Published[1947] Lot #86 Mohenjo-daro and the Indus Civilization: Being an official account of Archaeological Excavations at Mohenjo-daro carried out by the Government of India between the years 1922 and 1927 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorMarshall, JohnHeadlineExcavations at Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan, 1931PublisherArthur ProbsthainDate Published1931 Lot #87 Taxila: An Illustrated Account of Archaeological Excavations carried out at Taxila under the orders of the Government of India between the Years 1913 and 1934 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorMarshall, JohnHeadlineExcavations at Taxila, present PaklstanPublisherUniversity PressDate Published1951 Lot #88 The Tale of Genji Scroll View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorMorris, IvanHeadlineThe Tale of Genji ScrollPublisherKodansha InternationalDate Published1971 Lot #89 Masterpieces of Motonobu: With Critical Descriptions and a Biographical Sketch of the Artist View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Motonobu, Kanō)AuthorTajima, ShiichiHeadlineThe paintings of Kano MotonobuPublisherShimbi ShoinDate Published1904 Lot #93 Les Arts de l'Asie Centrale: La Collection Paul Pelliot du musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Pelliot Collection)AuthorGiès, Paul, editorHeadlinePelliot Collection of Central Asian ArtPublisherRéunioin des Musée NationeauxDate Published[1995-96] Lot #94 Mission Paul Pelliot: III Doulgour-Aqour et Soubachi. Planches View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Pelliot, Paul)AuthorHamlis, Louis, editorHeadlineArchaeological excavations in Central AsiaPublisherAcadémie des inscriptions et belles-lettresDate Published1967 Lot #102 Chinese Buddhist Monasteries: Their Plan and Its Function as a Setting for Buddhist Monastic Life View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorPrip-Moller, JohannesHeadlineBuddhist monasteries in China by Prip-MollerPublisherHong Kong University PressDate Published[1967] Lot #103 Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections Volume II View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorRawson, JessicaHeadlineWestern Zhou Ritual Bronzes in the Sackler CollectionsPublisherThe Arthur M. Sackler FoundationDate Published1990 Lot #105 The Art of Arranging Flowers: A Complete Guide to Japanese Ikebana View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorSato, ShozoHeadlineJapanese Ikebana by Shozo SatoPublisherHarry N. Abrams, Inc.Date Published[1966] Lot #106 Ancient Chinese Ceramic Sculpture From Han Through T'ang: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel Schloss View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSchloss, EzekielHeadlineAncient Chinese ceramic sculpture, Schloss collectionPublisherCastle Publishing Co., Ltd,Date Published[1977] Lot #107 Indo-Tibetan Bronzes View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorSchroeder, Ulrich vonHeadlineIndo-Tibetan Bronzes profusely illustrated 1st editionPublisherVisual Dharma Publications LTDDate Published1981 Lot #109 Masterpieces by Sesshu View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Sesshu)AuthorTajima, ShiichiHeadlinePaintings by Japanese master SesshuPublisherThe Shimbi ShoinDate Published1910 Lot #111 The Houghton Shahnameh View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Shahnameh)AuthorDickson, Martin Bernard & Stuart Cary WelchHeadlineSumptuous presentation of the Houghton ShahnamehPublisherHarvard University PressDate Published1981 Lot #112 Changchun: World Sculpture Park View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSong, ChunhuaHeadlineChangchun: World Sculpture Park, w/ 1000+ photographsPublisherChangchun Publishing HouseDate Published2012 Lot #113 The Art of Central Asia: The Stein Collection in the British Museum View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Stein Collection)AuthorWhitfield, RoderickHeadlineAurel Stein Collection at the British MuseumPublisherKodansha International / Trustees of British MuseumDate Published[1982] Lot #115 Wall Paintings from Ancient Shrines in Central Asia recovered by Sir Aurel Stein, K.C.I.E. Described by Fred H. Andrews, O.B.E. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorStein, Aurel & Frederick Henry AndrewsHeadlineStein's wall paintings on ancient Asian shrinesPublisherOxford University Press / Geoffrey CumberlegeDate Published1948 Lot #116 Innermost Asia, Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia, Kan-Su and Eastern Iran. Carried Out and Described Under the Orders of H.M. Indian Government View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorStein, AurelHeadlineAurel Stein in Innermost Asia, first editionPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1928 Lot #117 Serindia: Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China, Carried Out and Described Under the Orders of H.M. Indian Government View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold AuthorStein, AurelHeadlineAurel Stein's Serindia, first edition, completePublisherClarendon PressDate Published1921 Lot #118 The Thousand Buddhas: Ancient Buddhist Paintings from the Cave-Temples of Tun-huang on the Western Frontier of China. Recovered and Described by Aurel Stein, K.C.I.E. With an introductory essay by Laurence Binyon View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorStein, AurelHeadlineStein's cave paintings of 1000 BuddhasPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1921 Lot #119 Masterpieces Selected from the Fine Arts of the Far East View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorTajima, Shiichi, ed. and Segai OmuraHeadlineMasterpieces Selected from the Fine Arts of the Far East, JapanPublisherThe Shimbi ShoinDate Published1909 Lot #121 Illustrations of Archaeology View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorTorii, RyuzoHeadlineIllustrations of Archaeology of the Liao DynastyPublisherToho-Bunka-Gakuin Tokyo Kenkyu-ShoDate Published1936 Lot #122 Tibetan Painted Scrolls View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorTucci, GiuseppeHeadlineTucci's Painted Scrolls of TibetPublisherLa Libreria Dello StatoDate Published1949 Lot #124 Ars Asiatica XV: La Sculpture de Mathura View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorVogel, J. Ph.HeadlineIndian Sculpture from Mathura, Ars Asiatica XVPublisherLes Éditions G. Van OestDate Published1930 Lot #125 Catalogue of the Archaeological Museum at Mathura View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorVogel, J. Ph.HeadlineArtifacts in northern India Museum, 1910 catalogPublisherPrinted by F. Luker (Government Press, United Provinces)Date Published1910 Lot #128 Die Legende vom Leben des Buddha: In Auszügen aus den heiligen Texten aus dem Sanskrit, Pali und Chinesischen... View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorWaldschmidt, ErnstHeadlineLife & legend of BuddhaPublisherVolksverband der bücherfreunde, Wegweiserverlag g. m. b. h.Date Published[1929] Lot #131 Ajanta: the Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes based on Photography View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorYazdani, GhulamHeadlineThe Ajanta Buddhist caves in IndiaPublisher[Oxford University Press]Date Published1930-1955 Lot #266 Omi no Kuni saikenzu [Illustrated detailed Map of Omi] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Japan)AuthorYamashita, ShigemasaHeadlineMap of Lake Biwa, Omi, Japan, 1742PublisherMurakami IheiDate Published[1742] Lot #287 Three bookmark envelopes with woodblock art and 1 bookmark painted on silk View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Heading(Japanese art ephemera, 1920s)Headline1920s Japanese ephemeral artDate Publishedca. 1926 Lot #289 Four drawings to illustrate John Wood’s, “Romance of Yono-San” in "The Californian Illustrated Magazine" View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Heading(Japanese-American artist, 1893)AuthorAoki, ToshioHeadlineFirst Japanese-American magazine illustrator, 1893Date PublishedAugust 1893 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next