Asian archeology and culture, ten titles: (1) Layard, J. Stone men of Malekula

The small island of Vao. London, Chatto & Windus, 1942. XXIII,(1 blank),816 p., num. (fold.) maps, plates and tables, cl. w. dust-j. Dust-j. w. paper loss, else good. (2) Toffin,...

[Burma] Wenk, K. Murals in Burma

Volume 1 (all publ.) Paintings from Pagan. Zürich, Von Oppersdorff, 1977. W. 69 mounted plates. Orig. cloth w. mounted plate. Large folio (50 x 35 cm). Added: The Pagodas and Monuments...

[China] (1) Prip-Moller, J. Chinese Buddhist Monasteries

Their Plan and its Function as a Setting for Buddhist Monastic Life. Hong Kong University Press, 1967. (12),396 p., hc, folio. 39 x 39 cm. Covers sl. worn. (2) Historic Luschan,...

[China] Ancient Chinese Architecture, nine volumes

Springer, 1998-2003. Hc w. dust-j. in original boxes. Added: volume of the same series in Chinese. Kwang Fu Book Enterprises, 1994. Cloth in slipcase. -and 2 others.

[China] Collection of 25 shadow puppets and accessories

China, most probably first half of the 20th century. Var. sizes, all made from perforated and cut-out semi-transparent pieces of painted animal hide. Approx. 25 complete shadow...

[China] Gamble, S.D. How Chinese Families Live in Peiping

New York/ London, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1933. Orig. cloth. 8vo. With: (2) Young, E. The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe. London, Archibald Constable & Co., 1907. 3rd ed. Presentation...

[China] Puppet theater, ten Chaozhou marionettes

20th cent. Wooden puppets w. clay heads, papier-mâché hands, and bodies stuffed w. rice straw. Figures operated with metal rods used for Chao opera performances.

[China] Series of twelve Chinese export gouaches on dried peepal (bodhi tree) leaves

The lvs all measuring approx. 17 x 12 cm, China, late 19th/early 20th cent. Mounted in modern antique- style green hmor. album, 4to size (29 x 24 cm). Exquisite examples of this...

[China] Thirteen titles: (1) Ruitenbeek, K. The Lu Ban jing

A Fifteenth-Century Chinese Carpenter's Manual. Leiden, 1989. (2) Major, J.S. Heaven and Earth in early Han thought. New York, 1993. (3) Watson, J.L. and E.S. Rawski (eds.). Death...

[China] Two pith paper albums

(1) Oblong red silk album, cont. 13 handpainted coloured 19th-cent. pith paper ills., trimmed with red silk ribbon. Qing Dynasty figures and a Chinese ceremonial procession. Pith...

[China] Two titles: (1) Kiai-tseu-yuan houa tchouan (...). Encyclopédie de la peinture Chinoise

Traduction et commentaires par Raphaël Petrucci, augmenté d'une préface, d'un dictionnaire biographique des peintres et d'un vocabulaire des termes techniques. Illustrés d'environ...

[China. Artists' manual] The Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy

(Shih Chu-Chai Chien-p'u) Beijing, n.publ., 1952. 4 volumes. With 284 (hand-)col. and/or embossed woodcuts, printed text in Chinese throughout. Orig. unif. gold-speckled wr. w....

[China. Scheutisten] Segers, A. China. Het volk, dagelijksch leven en ceremoniën

Door P. Arthur Segers, oud missionaris in China. Introd. F. Beelaerts van Blokland ("oud-gezant van Nederland te Peking"). Printed in Tongeren by G. Michiels for "De Sikkel" in...

Chinese art and culture, 14 titles: (1) Hung, W. Monumentality in Early Chinese Art and Architecture

Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1995. XVIII,(2),376,(2) p., w. num. ills., orig. dust-j. over cl, obl. Minor imperfections, overall very good. (2) Mullikin, M.A. and A.M....

Collection of 39 Asian fans

A wide variety of fans, mostly 20th century. All w. different designs, Japanese and Chinese style, mostly folding fans. Materials: (printed) paper, fabric, bamboo, and wood. Added:...

Fourteen var. Japanese woodblock prints: (1-4) Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826-1869)

Four col. woodcuts, all approx. 23 x 17 cm (chuban), from the series 'Edo meisho jonjûhakkei' (48 famous views on Edo), ca. 1860. Marg. imperfections, 1 print stained. (5-6) Shunsensai...

[India] Goddess Saraswati

Exceptional, richly decorated polychrome wood carving of Saraswati with veena. India, ca. 1900. 184 x 59 x 9 cm.

[Indian miniatures, Erotica] Leaf with sixteen interior scenes depicting numerous couples engaged in erotic situations

Col. gouache on linen, total size 89 x 81 cm, late 19th-early/early 20th cent., rolled on sticks.

[Japan] Atlas scroll for Dai Nihon eitai setsuyo mujinzo

(Great Japan Eternal Dictionary of Unlimited Use). Ca. 1850. Containing 13 joined double-p. woodblock maps/ plans/ views (5x col.), incl. regional maps, city plans and a map of...

[Japan] Haiku, two titles: (1) Miyamori, A. An Anthology of Haiku Ancient and Modern

Taiseido Press, 1932. (6),xxix,iii,841,iv,(2) p. W. 72 illustrations, 18 in col. Orig. half leather w. (worn) dust-jacket. (2) Blyth, R.H. Haiku. Hokuseido, 1967. 4 vols. Uniform...

[Japan] Kunichika Toyohara. Sanno Gosairei Gomen Banzuke (Program for the Sanno Festival)

Tokyo, Mori-ya Jihei, 1862. 4 vols. Num. woodblock prints, wrapper w. col. woodblock prints. Some sm. imperfections, one vol. waterstained in text part. Added: Alt-Japan. Zehn...

[Japan] Magic lantern slides, lot of nineteen

Handcol. photographic magic lantern slides, ca. 1910, captions in English, 8 x 8 cm. Incl. a.o. "Mt Fuji view from Yamanaka Lake & its reflection", "Theatre street Dotonbori in...

[Japan] Minami, Keiko (1911-2004). Three birds in the sky, and close up of a leaf

Etching and aquatint, 39 x 28 cm, signed and inscribed "épreuve d'artiste" in pencil. Remnants of former mount at blank upper corners, pencil lines and sl. yellowing from former...

[Japan] Three colour woodcuts: (1) Utagawa (Ichiyusai) Kuniyoshi (1784-1861). Two actors

Col. woodcut, 36.1 x 26/ 26.4 cm, mounted at upper corners under passe-partout. A few sm. closed marg. tears/ sm. marg. chips, vertical fold at left. -and 2 others by Utagawa Yoshitora...

[Japan] Yosa Buson, Tanomura Takeda and Watanabe Kazan. Collection of the Three Great Literary P ainters

Tokyo, Esthetic Academy, Meiji 42 (= 1909), w. 48 plates (incl. 6 mounted col. plates), interleaved w. text leaves, orig. cord-bound pict. cl. w. mounted title-label on front cover,...

[Japan. Magic lantern plates] Tsurubuchi Hatsuzo (1847-1909). 24 col. glass magic lantern (gento) plates

Late 19th/early 20th cent., all 8.5 x 10.5 cm, all w. the address of "H. Tsurubuchi, Namikicho, Asakusa, Tokio, Japan" in gold and mounted letterpress paper strip verso indicating...

[Puppetry. Myanmar] Collection of six fully dressed "yoke thé" marionettes and Naga Min, the mythological dragon-snake

The marionettes w. carved and painted wooden heads, body and limbs are richly and colourfully dressed, height approximately 60-70 cm; the dragon-snake w. carved wooden head and...

[Shadow puppets] Wayang golek, collection of 53 puppets

Indonesia, early to mid 20th century. A wide variety of handpainted wooden puppets, most dressed in batik robes, with sticks for operation. Height of most approx. 50 cm. Collection...

[Shadow puppets] Wayang golek, collection of approx. 30 puppets

Indonesia, early 20th century. Wide variety of handpainted wooden puppets w. wooden control rods for operation, mostly dressed in batik robes. Also incl. some loose heads and a...

[Shadow puppets] Wayang golek, collection of approx. twelve puppets

Indonesia, early 20th century. Var. hand-painted wooden puppets w. wooden control rods for operation, e.g. Samiaji. Also incl. some loose heads and fabrics and a number of related...

[Shadow puppets] Wayang golek, collection of thirteen puppets

Indonesia, mid 20th century. Var. handpainted wooden puppets w. luxuriously decorated batik robes, w. wooden control rods for operation, e.g. Yudistira. Collection Otto van der Mieden.

[Shadow puppets] Wayang kulit, collection of approx. thirty puppets

Indonesia, late 19th cent. Var. handpainted leather puppets w. flexible threads and wooden control rods for operation, e.g. Raden Setyaki. Also incl. many wooden or metal operation...

[Singapore] Lambert, G.R. (1846-1907). Six albumen photographs

Each approx. 21 x 27 cm, 6 w. captions in the image and 7 w. (vague) oval blindst. address of G.R. Lambert & Co. in lower r. corner. Mounted on 4 board mounts w. French captions...

Wajang Golek. Collection of 28 items, incl. 9 complete puppets and 5 loose heads of puppets

In var. sizes, the heads, torsos and movable arms made of painted carved wood, 8 puppets with complete clothing (one puppet without dress). A collection of finely made puppets...

Wayang Kulit. Lot of 54 shadow play puppets

Indonesia, 19th century. Partly in good condition, partly with loose parts; some lacking parts/sticks. Varying sizes, between each approx. 40 x 20 to 70 x 35 cm (incl. sticks).

Yoruba Gelede Masks, lot of three

Nigeria, probably mid 20th century. Hand-painted and carved wooden masks with elaborate movable scenes on top of the masks. One depicting copulation, another with a snake hunting...