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A Tibetan damaru drum, 19th century, the central silver band with coral and jade type stones, with beads and woven silk attachment, height of drum...

SOTHEBY PARKE BERNET (HONG KONG) LTD. Auction catalogue of 'Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles', 2nd November, Mandarin Hotel, Hong Kong, complete with pr...

A Chinese blue and white pottery bowl, Ming Dynasty, the exterior painted with stylised flowers, height 4cm, diameter 13cm. ...[more]

P.J.P. WHITEHEAD and P.I. EDWARDS. 'Chinese Natural History Drawings', selected from the Reeves Collection in The British Museum (Natural History)...

A Chinese silk embroidered panel, 19th century, with butterflies, flowers and leaves, 68 x 37cm and an Anglo-Indian carved sandalwood and sadeli b...

Four Balinese sandstone heads, 20th century, largest height 17cm, width 10cm, depth 11.5cm, a pottery model of a pig and six other items. ...[mor...

A Dayak baby carrier, Borneo, the woven cane body with an applied beadwork panel depicting stylised birds and hung with further beads and shells, ...

Two Chinese coins set within English silver ashtrays, with London hallmarks, coins inscribed '7 Mace and 2 Candareens Kiang Nan Province'; and an ...

A Chinese provincial blue and white porcelain bowl, Kangxi period, decorated with figures in a garden scene, height 14.5cm, diameter 22cm. ...[mo...

A Taiwan-Cochin model of a dog of fo, signed, 20th century, height 8.5cm, width 9cm, a small Chinese bottle vase, signed, height 11cm, a Chinese p...

COLLECTION OF STEVEN HUNG & LINDY CHERN. 'Chinese Incense Burners', National Museum of History; ROSE KERR. 'Later Chinese Bronzes', Victoria and A...

IP YEE & LAURENCE C.S. TAM. 'Chinese Bamboo Carving', Part One, Hong Kong Museum of Art 1978, Published for an exhibition in The 3rd Festival of A...

A Japanese wooden and woven bamboo tray, 20th century, 31 x 23.5cm and a Japanese oval woven basket, height 5cm, length 24.5cm, width 19cm. ...[m...

A Japanese cedar wood chabako, 20th century, used for picnic tea cermonies, the top with metal carrying handle, height 51.5cm, width 17.5cm, depth...

A Japanese bamboo brush pot, 19th century, signed, carved with a man holding a staff, with calligraphy and seal, height 21cm, diameter 8cm. ...[m...

A Japanese woven bamboo sumitori, 20th century, these are used as a charcoal container in a Japanese tea ceremony, height 13cm, width 21cm, depth ...

Two Japanese black laquer and reeded sewing baskets, 20th century, height 10cm, diameter 29cm and height 11cm, diameter 26.5cm. ...[more]

A Japanese ebonised Fukuro-Dana, Urasenke pattern, 20th century, height 43.5cm, width 33.5cm, depth 29cm.These stands are used for Japanese tea ce...

A Chinese green glazed ginger jar, 19th century, height 15.5cm, diameter 14.5cm and a later wooden stand, height of stand 10cm. ...[more]

Capt FRANK KINGDON WARD. 'The Land of the Blue Poppy: Travels of a Naturalist in Eastern Tibet,' first edition, handsomely rebound quarter blue le...

Capt WILLIAM GILL. 'The River of Golden Sand: The Narrative of a Journey Through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah,' two volumes, rebacked, engrav...

THOMAS WITLAM ATKINSON. 'Travels In The Regions of The Upper and Lower Amoor, And The Russian Acquisitions on the Confines of India and China,' re...

TEA TRADE INTEREST. 'With Compliments of Geo. H. Macy & Co,' 40-42 pages of hand coloured collotype plates reproducing photographs, decorated silk...

J. G. W. FIJNJE VAN SALVERDA. 'Memorandum relative to the improvement of the Hwang-Ho or Yellow River in North-China,' bound with a report by Capt...

HENRI CORDIER. 'Bibliotheca Sinica: Dictionnaire Bibliographique Des Ouvarges Relatifs A L'Empire Chinois,' facsimilie, six volumes bound in in th...

WILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELL. 'A Diary in the East During the Tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales,' rebound, ex libris with associated stamps, Geor...

Dr YVAN. 'Six Months Among the Malays; and a Year in China,' six engraved plates, original cloth, spine loosening, James Blackwood, London, 1855. ...

'Chiushingura or The Loyal League: A Japanese Romance,' translated by Frederick V. Dickens, embossed coloured boards, ex libris ink stamp to decor...

Mme CHIANG KAI-SHEK (Mayling Soong Chaing). 'Sian: A Coup D'Etat,' 'A Fortnight in Sian: Extracts from a Diary,' signed by the author, printed on ...

'The Photographic-Album of the Great Earthquake and Fire of September I, 1923,' scarce edition, forty photographs two per page, orange pictorial c...

MARCO POLO. 'The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East,' translated by Col Henry Yule, two volumes...

C. G. HOLME. 'Glimpses of Old Japan from Japanese Colour Prints: Birds and Flowers,' original coloured boards, illustrations tipped in, The Studio...

'Papers Relative to the Establishment of a Court of Judicature in China, For the Purpose of Enabling The British Superintendents of trade to Exerc...

OPIUM INTEREST. 'Opium pipes, Prints, & Paraphernalia,' card wraps, Han-Shan Tang Books label to rear wrap, Stanford University Museum of Art, 197...

CHUNG LING SOO and WILFRED PARTINGTON. 'The Chinese Opium-Smoker: Twelve Illustrations Showing the Ruin which our Opium Trade with China is bringi...

ZOE KINCAID. 'Kabuki: The Popular Stage of Japan,' original cloth with the character Kamahura Gongoro embossed in gilt to the front board, with il...

FRANK KINGDON-WARD. 'Plant Hunter in Manipur,' first edition, clipped dj, original cloth, spotting and writing to endpapers, Jonathan Cape, 1952; ...

FRANCES CARPENTER. 'Tales of a Chinese Grandmother,' first edition, original yellow cloth, frontispiece, George G. Harrap & Company, London, 1938;...

Rev . MACGOWAN. 'Sidelights on Chinese Life,' first edition, original cloth with gilt decorations, twelve illustrations in colour by Montague Smyt...

GEORGE RYLEY SCOTT. 'Far Eastern Sex Life,' thrird impression, original cloth, Gerald G. Swan, London, 1949; CHRISTIAN HENRIOT. 'Prostitution and ...

JOSEPH NEEDHAM, WNAG LING and DEREK J. PRICE. 'Heavenly Clockwork: The Great Astronomical Clocks of Medieval China,' first edition, unclipped dj, ...

H. A. CROSBY FORBES, JOHN DEVEREUX KERNAN and RUTH S. WILKINS. 'Chinese Export Silver 1785 to 1885,' first edition, lacking dj, original cloth, Mu...

ERNST BOERSCHMANN. 'Baukunst und Landschaft in China: Eine Reise Durch Zwolf Provinzen (Architecture and Landscape in China: A Journey Through Twe...

JACK HILLIER. 'The Uninhibited Brush: Japanese Art in the Shijo Style,' 530/1000, profusely illustrated, some water damage to top corner of card s...

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