Leporello album c. 1880-1900 containing 12 coloured photos of geishas, on verso 12 coloured photos of street scenes and temples in Japanese cities (probably Kyoto). Photos each...
(1) Japanse woodblock print book Korin Hyakuzu vol. 2, c. 1815. Japanese binding, ills. with works by Ogata Korin (1658-1716). (2) Ehon Towa Kagami vol. 2 (of 3). Japanese binding,...
Laughing Hotei with fan. Signed on bottom, late 19th century. 4 x 3.5 cm.
various shapes and sizes and with images with various subjects, Chinese characters inside border on reverse and characters on the sides, preserved in two original cloth boxes with...
each 7.5 x 3 x 1 cm., with images of scenes with animals, Chinese characters on reverse, preserved in the original cloth box with pre-shaped openings, label and two clamps, 28 x 18 x 2 cm.
each ± 11.5 x 3.5 x 1 cm., various more or less rectangular shapes with images of scenes with buildings and gardens, Chinese characters on reverse and on the sides, preserved in...
various shapes and sizes with images of scenes with buildings in landscapes, Chinese characters on reverse and on the sides, preserved in the original cloth box with pre-shaped...
Documents d'Art et d'Industrie. S. Bing. Paris, Marpon et Flammarion, 1888-89. Folio, hard cloth binding, title on spine with green and gilt stamping, pictorial boards with title....
Western Automobile Col, LTD, Tokyo Japan. Calendar 1973. 12 leaves of laid paper printed on Katazome technique.
Series of 12 gouaches on "pith paper", each ± 18 x 29 cm., with silk borders and mounted with corners in contemporary silk album with floral decoration and ties, oblong folio (32.5 x 34 cm).
with twenty-four (tipped-in) autotypes in black and colours. Compiled by Seymour de Ricci. Paris, Typographie Philippe Renouard, 1911. Oblong, cloth.
Dragon/ fantasy figure. Signed on bottom. Ivory, c. 1910-1930. Height 75 mm.
Chinese emperor with scepter. Ivory, c. 1900. Height 120 mm.
Scene with a copulating couple. 2 connected pages. Paper dimensions 27 x 19.4 cm. Printed c. 1835.
Japan, 19th century. Ivory figure holding a scroll painting. Unsigned. Height 36 mm. With minor dam. to top of scroll.
2 vols. in cassette. Printed by Peking Jung Pao Chai, Publishers, 1955. Ode to the artist Ch'i P'ai-shih (1864-1957).
Two works: (1) Irohabiki Moncho. Kikuo Tanaka. Matsuzaki Hanzo, 1881. On Japanese heraldry (Crest); (2) Karakusa Moyo Hinagata/ Models of Chinese Patterns and Motifs. Takizawa...
Tung Shing. Circa 1900. Profusely illustrated. Cordbound.
Shang You Lu, Zeng Bu, c. 1900. Biographical dictionary of famous men. 22 parts in 4 vols. in cassette. Cordbound with bone tie. 11 x 8 cm.
Yan Fang Xin Bian: Shi Ba Juan. Chinese medical recipe book, publ. by Hengbin: Zhonghua hui guan, 1891. 4to. Binding loose, inside good.
Journey of the West. First half 19th century. Reprint of a Chinese novel from the 16th century. First part illustrated with famous figures from Tang Sanzang; Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie...
Mountainous landscape with house. Watercolour with gouache. 30 x 30 cm. Signed lower left. Framed under glass.
Japan, 1913. Buddhist sutra in blue cloth cassette with bone ties. Clean copy.
Jiang Zhiqi (1031-1104). 2 vols. China, mid-18th century. Illustrated with a woodcut of the princess Miaoshan*. First vol. with fragile wrapper. Both vols. with owner's stamps...
China, 19th century. 2 parts in one vol. Written during the early Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Contains 3 small illustrations of the main characters (Chen-Wu, Zhen-Wu, Hsuan-T'ien...
Chinese fairy tale from the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). 4 parts in one vol. China, early 19th century. Small 4to. 12 p. ills. in woodcut. Rebound in early 20th-century paper binding.
China, c. 1850. 2 vols. 4to, in early 20th-century paper binding, cordbound with red owner's stamp.
Gu Tang shi he jie. Early 19th-century impression of this poetic work on the Tang dynasty (618-907). Bound in early 20th-century paper with red owner's stamp.
Lot with 42 photos and cartes de visite from Indonesia 1880-1930. Incl. photos of two men in library with leopard carpet and spears; floating houses; pirogues - and cartes de visite...
More than 200 photos related to Indonesia, all loose in folder. Incl. kampongs, taxis in cities, a voyage through Lombok, fishermen, etc. Various sizes.
Lot with 25 photos related to Indonesia, incl. 10 cabinet cards c. 1880-1900 incl. governesses with children, and an officer with driver. Several photos with photographer on reverse:...
Photoreport Zendingshulp Indonesië, 1960s-70s. 20 photos, incl. College Hogeschool Timor, photographer Jaco Klamer, exterior of hospital Bethesda, Java and several soldiers in Java. Each 17 x 24 cm.
Indonesian village. Watercolour, signed 'Jan Frank' (= Jan Niemantsverdriet) lower right. 20 x 24.5 cm. Framed with mount under glass + portrait of a child. Oil on panel. Signed...
Colour woodcut, 57.5 x 38.5 cm., signed, titled and numbered 88/100 in pencil, framed with mount.
17.5 x 7 cm., 22.5 x 10 cm. and 18.5 x 11.5 cm. (incl. text boxes above and below the drawing), 19th century, uniformly framed. (total 3)
6 Japanese woodblock prints printed on Chirimen, second half 19th century. 5 scenes by Ochiai Yoshiiku (1833-1904) with warriors and 1 scene by Hiroshige II (1826-1866).
6 woodblock prints from the series Hisago gundan gojûyojô (Fifty-four Scenes from the Story of Hideyoshi), 1864. Published by Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô). Oban size, pasted in mount.
Fengmen Bianzheng [Diagnostic of Leprosy]. Published 1876. Work on the diagnostics of leprosy with 34 illustrations of lepers. Small 4to. Traditional binding. 19th-century wrapper...
Feng Men Quan Shu [The Complete Book on Leprosy]. Complete in 2 vols., c. 1877. Traditional binding. 19th-century wrapper with manuscript text on the original wrapper.
1825. On chemistry and physics. With several engravings. Japanese binding, in cassette with bone tie.
Very rare early 18th-century almanac based on the Chinese lunar calendar. With several woodblock prints on palmistry.
Canton, 19th century. Set of two mirrored mother of pearl shells, with painted coastal landscape. On 2 Cantonese wooden bases with floral motif. Size incl. base 29 x 20 cm.
6 unworked intact mother of pearl shells, c. 1900. In box. Each 15 x 19.5 cm.
China, early 19th century. Profusely decorated dish. On the well peonies, on the lip repeating geometrical floral pattern. Two hairlines + 3 Imari bowls. 24 cm. - and 3 plates of which 2 Delftware.
Manuscript talisman, China, second half 19th century. Traditional cordbinding. 43 pp. with several drawn figures.
Or ancient Chinese mirrors from the collection of the late Kenzo Tomioka. Kyoto. Japan. 1924. 39 x 30 cm. Preface by B. Shima. List of the plates, numbered I - L (1 to 50) with...
Gu jin lie nu? Zhuan Yan Yi. 18th-century publication. 5 parts in 3 vols. Incomplete set. Rare and important work on the moral education of women written during the Han dynasty...
Almanac based on the Chinese lunar calendar, c. 1780. Contains several woodblock prints on palmistry. Traditional cordbinding.
Almanac based on the Chinese lunar calendar, 19th century. Profusely illustrated. Traditional cordbinding with title vignette on front board.
Jia Li Hui Tong, China, Qing period, 18th century. 4 parts in one vol. On family gifts, illustrated. Traditional cordbinding with manuscript title on wrapper.
(A new book for legalist: deciding on evaluation of cases according to the law). 2 vols., 1826. Traditional binding with manuscript title and previous owner's stamp on front board.
Sanjo Wasan. 3 vols. complete: Jodo Wasan (Hymns of the Pure Land), Koso Wasan (Hymns of the Pure Land Masters) and Shozomatsu Wasan (Hymns of the Dharma Ages). 1881 (Meiji period),...
Circa 1880. 8 vols. in cassette. Description of the first 100 years of the Qing dynasty (1644-1912). Profusely illustrated. In cassette with ivory ties.