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Read (Herbert). Art and Industry, The Principles of Industrial Design, 1st edition, Faber & Faber, 1934, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, a little rubbed and chipped to joints, together with Conran (Terence), Printed Textile Design, The Studio How To Do It series 74, 1st edition, 1957, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, very slightly frayed to extremities, 4to, plus Games (Abram), Over My Shoulder, 1st edition, Studio Books, 1960, colour and monochrome illustrations, original pictorial boards in bright condition, small 4to, and others similar, including Organic Design In Home Furnishing by Eliot F. Noyes, Museum of Modern Art, 1941, Art for All, the story of London Transport posters, 1949, Ashley Havinden, Advertising and the Artist, The Studio, 1956, Next Station, Railway Plans for the Future, by Christian Barman, 1947, Modern Publicity, 3 volumes, 1935-6, 1936-7 and 1937-8, etc. (11)

Arts & Crafts, A review of the work executed by students in the leading art schools of Great Britain and Ireland, The Studio, 1916, colour plates, monochrome plates and illustrations, original blue cloth gilt, some marks, 4to, together with Howarth (Thomas), Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Modern Movement, 1st edition, 1952, monochrome plates at rear, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, plus others on the Arts & Crafts movement, mostly modern publications, including Alan Crawford, C.R. Ashbee, Architect, Designer & Romantic Socalist, Yale University Press, 1985, Susan Weber Soros, E.W. Godwin, Aesthetic Movement Architect and Designer, Yale University Press, 1999, John W. Waterer, Leather in Life, Art and Industry, 1st edition, Faber & Faber, 1946, R. Goodwin Smith, English Domestic Metalwork, 1st edition, F. Lewis, 1937, James D. Kornwolf, M.H. Baillie Scott and the Arts & Craft Movement, 1st edition, 1972, etc., many in dust jackets, and including many paperback editions and booklets, 8vo/4to (approx. 100)

Wornum (Ralph N.). Analysis of Ornament, the Characteristics of styles, 9th edition, 1884, numerous black and white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, original gilt-decorated cloth, boards and spine slightly faded and rubbed with minor loss to head and foot, 8vo, together with Karl (Frederick R.), Modern And Modernism, The Sovereignty of the Artist 1885-1925, 1st edition, 1985, black and white illustrations, original black cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and Boudaille (Georges), The Drawings of Picasso, 1988, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original green cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly marked, large 4to, plus other late 19th and 20th-century art reference, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)

Purdom (C.B.). The Building of Satellite Towns, a contribution to the study of town development and regional planning, 1st edition, 1925, numerous monochrome plates and illustrations after photographs, etc., original green cloth gilt in bright condition, with dust jacket, a little rubbed and light soiling, large 8vo, together with Unwin (Raymond), Town Planning in Practice, an introduction to the art of designing cities and suburbs, 1st edition, 1909, monochrome plates and illustrations, some occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, rubbed, large 8vo, plus Davison (T. Raffles), Port Sunlight, a record of its artistic & pictorial aspect, 1st edition, Batsford, [1916], colour frontispiece, monochrome plates, original gilt-decorated cloth, very slightly rubbed, large 8vo, and others on garden cities and town planning, including W. Alexander Harvey, The Model Village and Its Cottages: Bournville, Batsford, 1906, Raymond Unwin & M.H. Baillie Scott, Town Planning and Modern Architecture at the Hampstead Garden Suburb, 1909, etc., including some pamphlets, 8vo/4to (32)

London Bulletin, edited by E.L.T. Mesens, nos. 18-20, June 1940, 2 colour woodcuts by S.W. Hayter and John Banting, colour and monochrome illustrations, original printed wrappers, a little rubbed and some fraying to spine, with a little loss, small 4to, together with London Gallery. Catalogue of the Exhibition The Cubist Spirit in its Time, 18 March-3 May 1947, organised by E.L.T. Mesens, London Gallery Ltd., 1947, monochrome plates, original printed light blue wrappers, a few marks and some light handling marks, slim small 4to, plus Dalvit (Oskar, 1911-1975). 10 Tafeln nach Originalen des Kunstlers, Berne, Marbach-Verlag, 1950, printed introductory text, and 10 plates (including a colour woodcut, signed, dated and numbered 43/1000 in pencil), all loosely contained in original portfolio wrappers, bookplate of J.D.H. Catleugh to front pastedown, dated 19 October 1950, some minor marks, small slim 4to, and other modern art catalogues and similar publications, including Stedelijk Museum. Acht Argentijnse Abstracten, [1953], Vitalita nell'Arte, Centro Internazionale delle arti e del Costume, Venice, Palazzo Grassi, August-October 1959, Fourteen Americans, edited by Dorothy C. Miller, with statements by the artists and others, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1946, Wolfgang Paalen, Form and Sense (Problems of Contemporary Art, No. 1), New York, Wittenborn and Company, 1945, Henry Focillon, The Life of Forms in Art, 2nd English edition, enlarged, New York, 1948, Atelier 17. Fourteenth Exhibition of Prints by members of the Atelier 17 Group, Laurel Gallery, New York, March 14 to April 1st, 1949, etc. (12)

A modern Art Deco style lady and ball table lamp.

A modern Art Nouveau style free standing mirror, 50cm tall

THREE MODERN ART PAINTINGS, Poppies by Shelagh Evans, 27cm x 36.5cm, Peacocks by Shelagh Evans, 28.5cm x 22cm and an unsigned still life (3)

A selection of seven modern Asian Art Books including 'The Art of Japanese Calligraphy'.

Fry (Maxwell). Fine Building, 1st edition, 1944, Art in the Machine Age, 1st edition, 1969, numerous black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, 'Fine Building' worn and torn with some loss to spine and front and rear covers, 8vo, together with Davie (W. Galsworthy), Old Cottages & Farm-Houses in Surrey, 1st edition, Batsford, 1908, numerous black and white illustrations, frontispiece detached, bookplate to front pastedown, some spotting, original gilt-decorated green cloth, boards slightly marked, spine slightly faded, 4to, plus Bonnett (Denise, [editor]), Contemporary Cabinet Design And Construction, 1st edition, Batsford, 1956, bookplate to front pastedown, original red cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other modern architecture and art reference, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)

Bell (Keith). Stanley Spencer. A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, 1st edition, 1992, numerous colour illustrations, original black cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with Gilbert (Christopher), Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, 1st edition, 1996, numerous black and white illustrations, original dark blue cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head and foot, large 8vo, plus Peltre (Christine), Orientalism in Art, 1st UK edition, 1997, numerous colour illustrations, slight damp damage, original blue cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus other modern art, antique and architecture reference, including Pevsner, The Buildings of England/Wales/Scotland, 12 volumes, and publications by Antique Collectors' Club, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Beardsley (Aubrey). The Uncollected Work of Aubrey Beardsley, with an introduction by C. Lewis Hind, John Lane, 1925, 154 plates, numbered 82 from an edition of 110, edges roughly trimmed, original publisher's cloth gilt, a little scuffed and few minor marks, large 4to, together with Grahame (Kenneth), The Headswoman, illustrated by Maria Lane Foster, John Lane, 1921, eight colour plates, light spotting, bookplate of Alex Bridge to upper pastedown, numbered 4 from an edition of 75, original publisher's vellum, gilt and blocked, small 8vo, plus Morris (William), The Aeneids of Virgil done into English Verse, Longmans, 1902, light scattered spotting, original publisher's boards, a little worn and lightly scuffed, folio, plus others related including art books and modern literature (2)

Craddock (Harry). The Savoy Cocktail Book, reprint edition, 1931, advertisements to front, illustrated endpapers, numerous colour woodcuts, some slight offsetting, original Art Deco boards, slightly rubbed, spine rubbed and partially detached, 8vo, together with Johns (W.E.), Biggles Flies North, 1939, colour frontispiece plus 6 black and white illustrations, some light spotting, original blue cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, covers rubbed with minor loss to head and foot, 8vo, plus Milne (A.A.), The House at Pooh Corner, 1st edition, 1928, decorated endpapers, numerous black and white illustrations, previous owner's inscription to front pastedown, hinges cracked, some light marks, original gilt-decorated red boards, boards and spine faded and marked, 8vo, plus other early 20th-century and ultra modern literature and first editions, including John Le Carr‚, Cormac McCarthy, P.D. James, G.M. Fraser, J.R.R. Tolkien, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)

Lambourne (Lionel). Victorian Painting, 1st edition, 1999, numerous colour illustrations, original black cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with Hartley (Keith, et al [editors]), The Romantic Spirit in German Art 1790-1990, 1st edition, 1994, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original blue cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and Suh (H. Anna, [editor]), Leonardo's Notebooks, 1st edition, 2005, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original decorated boards in dust jacket, large 4to, plus other modern art and architecture reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, ex-libris labels to some front endpapers, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)

History. A large collection of modern historical, biographical, literature and art reference, all hardback publications, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

A large collection of books on art including The World's Famous Pictures, Old and Modern Masters, 2 volumes, Cezanne by Himself, further books on studio porcelain, pottery, English cathedrals, Islam, art and architecture, etc, 40 volumes approx

COLLECTION OF SEVEN JAPANESE ART REFERENCE BOOKS including A. D. Ficke, Chats on Japanese Prints (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1916), E. F. Strange, Japanese Colour Prints (London: Wyman and Sons, 1908), J. Suzuki, Masterworks of Ukio-e: Sharaku (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1968), O. Statler, Modern Japanese Prints: An Art Reborn (Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1963), Y. Shimizu, Nara Picture Books (Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1960), F. Blakemore, Who's Who in Modern Japanese Print (New York: John Weatherhill, 1975), R. Salter, Japanese Popular Prints from Votive Slips to Playing Cards (London: A&C Black Publishers Limited, 2006)

TAPISSERIES ET ETOFFES COPTES, Paris, Henri Ernst circa 1920, 48 mntd plts complete, loose leaves as issued, orig portfo, ribbon ties, prtd paper label + DORAN H ROSS: WRAPPED IN PRIDE, GHANAIAN KENTE AND AFRICAN AMERICAN IDENTITY, UCLA FMCH circa 1998, orig cl gt d/w + A B RUGH: REVEAL AND CONCEAL DRESS IN CONTEMPORARY EGYPT, 1986 1st edn, orig cl d/w + V LAMB AND J HOLMES: NIGERIAN WEAVING, 1980, orig cl gt d/w + MAROC - COSTUMES, BRODERIES, BROCARTS, circa 1974, orig cl d/w + ROY SIEBER: AFRICAN TEXTILES AND DECORATIVE ARTS, NY Museum of Modern Art, circa 1972, orig pict wraps + two others similar (8)

R PATRICK WRIGHT: THE STANDARD CYCLOPEDIA OF MODERN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL ECONOMY, L, Gresham Publishing Co 1910-[1911], 12 vols, orig decor Art Nouveau cl gt (12)

TRIBAL ART, West African, carved wooden head with lion mounted aloft, 21cm H, displayed on a modern stand.

A modern art portrait of a lady

Modern Art, signed Movano, 1964, still life of fruit

Arata Isozaki, an ebonised ash truncated ovoid dining table, circa 1973, made by ICF, Italy, the cushioned teardrop top with starburst veneer on a slatted cage base, the three corner sections with vertical uprights, 72cm high, 155cm diameter Note: Japanese architect Arata Isozaki is well known for his public buildings in Japan, America and Europe including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. He won the RIBA Gold Medal in 1986. See: Fiell, C. 2012, Design of the 20th Century, Taschen; and Miller, J. 2012, Mid-Century Modern: living with mid-century modern design, p.211 for articles and information on Isozaki's furniture designs

A modern silver cigarette case in the Art Deco style, Birmingham hallmark, 1961, maker Robert Pringle and Sons

RACHEL RECKITT SCULPTURE - RICE PLANTER an interesting wrought iron sculpture, 'Rice Planter No 2', the sculpture mounted on a wooden base with a thin layer of metal covering. 23ins (58cms) high *This sculpture was sold by Lawrences at our Taunton Branch in 1996. It was part of a studio collection which included three versions of the Rice Planter, one of which illustrated in the original catalogue (included with this lot). *Rachel Reckitt (1908-1995) was an artist, sculptor and wood engraver. Reckitt studied at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art in the late 1930's under Iain Macnab. As a young woman she exhibited with the London Group, the most avant-garde group of artists of the period which included figures such as Henry Moore, Victor Pascoe and Graham Sutherland.

JAMES POWELL & SONS WHITEFRIARS DECANTER - MINERBI SERVICE designed by Harry Powell, the decanter with an ovoid body, with a green trailing design and glass thread around the neck. Also with a similar smaller decanter, both unmarked. 11 1/4ins (28.5cms) high, and 9ins (23cms) high. (2) *The Minerbi Glass Service is named after Count Lionel De Minerbi of Venice. In 1902 at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative Art in Turin, James Powell & Sons participated and Count Minerbi witnessed the items they were producing. He ordered a full service of Powell glass of around 400 items, which was produced in 1906.

ART REFERENCE - Northern Europe (mainly Dutch), a modern miscellany in d/wrappers, including Leidtke's Vermeer and Delft School ( 2001) & De Vos's Rogier van der Weyden: the complete works (1999)

A modern art knife/bird installation housed in a glazed case, signed 'J. Edden', 107cm wide.

ART REFERENCE - French, a modern selection, in d/wrappers. * includes Joseph Venet . . . Les Ports de France (1994) & the Chardin Exhibition Catalogue (1999); with some on Impressionism.

ART REFERENCE - a miscellany of modern books, mostly in d/wrappers, including some duplicates from previous lots, and a few on Russian art.

ART REFERENCE - Spanish, a modern selection, in d/wrappers. * includes Murillo: catalogo razanado de picturas (Madrid, 2010) & Gussier (et al.) Goya: life and work (1994) (12)

ART REFERENCE - Italian Renaissance, a modern miscellany with d/wrappers. * includes Syson's Renaissance Sienna (2008) also Painting & Illumination in Early Renaissance Florence (1994)

ART REFERENCE - Italian Renaissance, individual artists a modern miscellany in d/wrappers. * includes The Drawings of Filippino Lippi and his Circle 1997) & D'Arcais's Giotto (1995)

ART REFERENCE - British, later 19th & 20th cents., mostly modern publications in d/wrappers.

ART REFERENCE - Modern Art, a miscellany, mostly in d/wrappers. * includes Caio Fonseco (2003) & Dali in the Third Dimension (Stratton Foundation Collection, 2010)

ART REFERENCE - American, a modern miscellany in d/wrappers. * includes McLanathan's Gilbert Stuart (1986) & Rebora (et al.) John Singleton Copley in America (1965) (16)

GROVE'S DICTIONARY OF ART, 34 vols. reprinted with minor corrections. many illus., gilt cloth, roy. 8vo. Macmillan, 1988. * general editor Jane Turner; the exhaustive modern reference.

ART REFERENCE - Italian Art, mostly 17th & 18th cents., modern selection in d/wrappers. * includes Arisi's Gian Paeolo Panini . . . (Rome, 1986) & The Sansedoni Palace (Sienna, 2005)

* Igawa Takaji [1898-1971] - Bunraku Puppet Theatre; a 14th Century Samurai, Ootakasaka Matsuomaru, with puppet master attendant:- signed bottom left inscribed on the reverse and dated 1936 oil on canvas 87 x 70cm. * Note. Igawa Takaji studied painting under Kuroda Seike [1866-1924] and his paintings can be found in the collection of The National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo.

A MODERN CADDY SPOON with incised linear decoration, maker's mark "RWB", Birmingham 1921, and a plated napkin ring by the Keswick School of Industries & Art; the spoon 3.4" (8.5 cms) long; 0.8 oz (2)

A modern art print after Nanix

* GWEN HARDIE, FACE 09.17.05 oil on canvas 64cm x 58.5cm (25 x 23 inches) Framed. Provenance: The artist. Private London collection. Note: Hardie is the youngest artist ever to be awarded a solo show at The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, Scotland (1990).Gwen Hardie is represented in many private and public art collections in Britain, Europe and America including two major works in The Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art. Since moving to New York in 2000, she has shown with The Lennon Weinberg Gallery, Dinter Fine Art and has been awarded Residencies at Yaddo in 2004, 2005 and 2006 in a Bogliasco Fellowship at The Liguria Study Center in Italy. She lived in London between 1990 and 2000 and had 6 solo shows with galleries such as Annely Juda Fine Art, Beaux Arts and Fischer fine Art. In 1997 her painting was awarded a prize at the John Moores biennial, Liverpool and was included in the New British Painting'' which toured America in 1986. Hardie left her native Scotland in 1984 when she was awarded a DAAD Scholarship to study with Georg Baselitz in Berlin. A documentary was broadcast on Scottish Television about her in Berlin in 1987. At Edinburgh College of art she was awarded the Richard Ford Award to study the paintings of Velasquez at the Prado Museum and received a first class honours degree in 1983. '' Three of Gwen Hardie's paintings are currently included in ''REALITY; Modern and Contemporary British Painting'' at The Walker Art Gallery (until 29th November 2015) alongside the work of Walter Sickert, Lucien Freud, Francis Bacon, L S Lowry, Jenny Saville, Ken Currie, George Shaw, David Hockney, Alison Watt, Paula Rego and other important 20th century and contemporary artists.

* SHEILA MACFARLANE (SCOTTISH b 1943 - ), A VIEW FROM THE WINDOWS OF EDINBURGH SCHOOL OF ART oil on board (circa 1964) 100cm x 120cm (40 x 48 inches) Inscribed on edge of frame. Note: Collections include: The Arts Council of G.B. Oxford University, The Whitworth Art Gallery, University College, Wales, The Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Bradford Art Gallery, Oldham Art Gallery, Atkinson Art Gallery, Fife Education Dept, Bedfordshire County Council, London College of Printing, Croydon College of Design and Technology ,Book Club Associates, London, Wenneger Graphics, Boston.U.S.A. Angus Council, Dundee University, The Scottish Arts Council, The Hunterian Gallery University of Manchester, The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. Victoria Art Gallery,Bath, Rochdale Art Gallery, Aberdeenshire Education Dept, Bolton Metropolitan Council. Aberdeen Art Gallery.

A modern pink art glass vase and a pair of blue glass bowls (3)

Modern art to include; Lily Napangardi Campbell - abstract oil (4) Condition Report / Extra Information Lily Campbell - oil on canvas, 60x60cm, inscribed to reverse.

Four pieces of framed modern British art by Ruth Lockwood, Lillian Delevoryas, Tom Henderson Smith and Jackie Harding (4)

An Edwardian leather and silver mounted copy of Hymns Ancient and Modern, with Art Nouveau style silver mount decorated with flowers and cherub's heads, Birmingham 1904.

A seemingly complete collection of 1930s magazine "Modern Masterpieces of British Art" (no 1-25) includes five of the eight "free" prints and six Paris prints

COLLECTION OF SEVEN JAPANESE ART REFERENCE BOOKS including A. D. Ficke, Chats on Japanese Prints (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1916), E. F. Strange, Japanese Colour Prints (London: Wyman and Sons, 1908), J. Suzuki, Masterworks of Ukio-e: Sharaku (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1968), O. Statler, Modern Japanese Prints: An Art Reborn (Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1963), Y. Shimizu, Nara Picture Books (Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1960), F. Blakemore, Who's Who in Modern Japanese Print (New York: John Weatherhill, 1975), R. Salter, Japanese Popular Prints from Votive Slips to Playing Cards (London: A&C Black Publishers Limited, 2006)

Robert Lallemant , a pair of Art Deco earthenware models of trees Robert Lallemant (1902-1954), a pair of Art Deco earthenware models of trees, overall yellow or turquoise glazed, painted marks, 28cm high; and a yellow glazed oblong vase, painted mark and a paper label for Waring Modern Art and a price of 27/6, 24cm high (the last cracked) (3) See du Pasquier (Jacqueline) Robert Lallemant (1902-1954): ceramiste et decorateur d'une generation incertaine, Paris 2014, p. 40 for a vase of this shape, no. 2128.

Robert Lallemant , an Art Deco earthenware model of a stylised fish Robert Lallemant (1902-1954), an Art Deco earthenware model of a stylised fish, overall mid blue glazed, painted and printed marks, including a paper label for Waring Modern Art and a price of 47/6, 24.5cm high, 27.5cm long See du Pasquier (Jacqueline) Robert Lallemant (1902-1954): ceramiste et decorateur d'une generation incertaine, Paris 2014, p. 31 for a contemporary illustration of 1928.

Modern Art Nouveau style easel mirror

* ROBERT COLQUHOUN (SCOTTISH 1914 - 1962) HOUSE FRONT, MARSEILLES, 1938 watercolour and ink on paper 24cm x 20cm Label verso: Fine Art Society, 148 New Bond Street, London, September 1985 Note: The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art staged ''The Two Roberts: Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde'' (22nd November 2014 - 24th May 2015), a major exhibition of the work of two extraordinary artists. The resurgence of interest in Colquhoun's work in paricular is highlighted by the £68.500 (premium) selling price of ''Two Actors'' (Christie's London, 20th Nov 2014 lot 116) a 63.5cm x 48.2cm oil on canvas.

A modern Oriental planter, two art glass baskets and a Skol lager bar advertising sign.

Magna Graecia, modern day Apulia, Italy, ca. 4th century BCE. This is a lovely delicate black kylix with incised and painted details. Kylix is the name -- used since antiquity -- for shallow-bowled drinking vessels with a foot connected to the base by the stem and two handles. The handles of this kylix are particularly fine. Ancient art depicts the game of kottabos, where people used the kylix to fling the dregs of their drink at a target. Size: 7.6" W x 2.5" H (19.3 cm x 6.4 cm). Provenance: Ex- Estate of M. Reiniger, Chicago, IL Condition: The piece has been repaired on one of the handles, but the repair is well done and not immediately obvious. There is encrustation and wear to the interior and exterior, but the painted decorations are still clear. All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #111485

Luristan, modern day Iran, ca. 1000 BCE. This is a cast bronze standard with the Janus-featured god Sraosha grasping the necks of two animals at the top; he has three heads repeating on either side of the object, giving a totem pole effect. Below him are two bulls, a common symbol among the pastoral Luristani people. Sraosha, a Zoroastrian deity, would have played a major role in Luristan religion; he is the messenger of Ahura Mazda and embodies the divine word. He if often depicted as a strong youth. This particular piece is a beautiful example of this kind of art, with very clear details, especially on the bulls. Size: 7.6" L x 3.25" W (19.3 cm x 8.3 cm). Provenance: Ex-Private PJ. Piscopo Collection, Ex M. Pedersen acquired before 1990. Condition: Patina, but otherwise in excellent condition with all features clear and intact. All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #111759

Luristan, modern day Iran, ca. 900 to 700 BCE. This is an iron shaped sword blade and handle with a flat, disc-shaped pommel. The rest of the handle would likely have been covered with bronze, bone, wood, or wrapped in leather. This would have been a "cut and thrust" weapon. The remarkable thing about this sword is its age -- Luristan seems to have been one of the first areas in the world to create iron swords. Swords like this one would have been created through the smelting process, creating an iron "bloom" that would then be hammered into shape. However, because they were produced in workshops that either concurrently or previously had produced bronze swords, they share much of the same morphology and style as their predecessors. The inherent strength advantages of iron -- especially for longer weapons -- doubtless won over the sword makers to do the more difficult task of producing iron blades. The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds a similar example to this piece. Size: 19" L x 2.7" W (48.3 cm x 6.9 cm). Provenance: Ex-Private PJ. Piscopo Collection, Ex M. Pedersen acquired before 1990. Condition: Wear and rust to blade as expected, else excellent. All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #111758

Pre-Columbian, Nazca culture, modern-day Peru, ca. 200 CE. This is a pair of polychrome bowls with a design that reminds us at the office of either whale tails or two fish hooks back to back. The transition from post-fire to pre-fire slip painting of pottery marks the beginning of the Nazca cultural period; these bowls show the bold and colorful artwork that is characteristic of Nazca art. Size: 7.6" W x 3" H (19.3 cm x 7.6 cm). Provenance: Ex-Private Young collection, Colorado Springs, CO Condition: Both are intact with bright colors! One has a small chip to a section of its rim but otherwise they are in pristine condition. All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #111778

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik, early 20th century CE. A tall and impressive anthropomorphic figure that stands on muscular legs with knees slightly turned outwards and short arms with hands placed upon hips at either side of his belly above his prominent penis. The elongated, oval face is elaborately adorned with cream, red, and black pigments intended to represent tattoos or face paint. Look closely at his eyes and you will see a white paisley-like motif surrounding each cowrie shell that resolves into a second eye above. In addition, the face is skillfully carved with a long straight nose and pronounced symmetrical nostrils as well as a double-ringed nose ornament above a smile. The rest of his body is painted in red hues with black ring patterns adorning his elbows and knees. Carved bead-like forms adorn his wrists and ankles. Perched atop his hair or cap is a long-beaked bird facing skyward with cowrie shell eyes, the wings and beak carved in deep relief with feathers delineated with white spots on the body and chevrons on the wings, long tailfeathers in red and white. Together, bird and man make for a wondrous ensemble! Size: 42-1/2"H (108 cm). From 1946 to 1953 James Byrnes was the first curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art, which is now known as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art or LACMA. In the thirties, Byrnes had studied art in New York at the National Academy of Design, the Art Students League, and the American Artists School, where he met many artists prior to WWII. Byrnes, who served in the Navy during WWII, heard from an officer that a job was opening at the County Museum, so he left his home state of New York and moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career. Provenance: Ex-private James Byrnes collection from 1946 – 1953 Condition: Beak and bird head reattached. Wood shows its age nicely with a few stable cracks and minimal losses as shown. All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #109951

A modern Art Nouveau inspired, cast, silvered metal framed epergne with four cranberry coloured glass trumpets 16''h OS4