1881 TRAVELS in CASHMERE LITTLE TIBET & CENTRAL ASIA antique ILLUSTRATED Taylor

CENTRAL ASIA TRAVELS in CASHMERE, LITTLE TIBET & CENTRAL ASIA New York; 1881 Size 5 1/2 by 7 1/2" 365 pp. Illustrated Original cloth w/ embossed design Very good condition, minor wear of binding Text

1874 Central ASIA Voyages Marco Polo Camels MAP Cashmere Tibet Yarkand Vigne Bayard Taylor was a 19th-century travel writer whose abundant notes and reports have been referenced for decades since the

Central Asia, Tibet / China, ca. 19th century CE. Sixteen clay press-molded circular plaques used as devotional tablets for consecrations and prayer. They include scenes depicting fierce, multi-armed

Central Asia, Tibet, ca. 16th to 17th century CE. A beautiful finial from a Buddhist monk's staff, made of iron with incredibly delicate gold inlays forming a series of swirling motifs around its cyli

Central Asia, Tibet, ca. 19th century CE. A terrifying and detailed ten-armed representation of the Troma Nakmo, the female embodiment of wisdom. She wears a diadem and garland of skulls, and in each

Ca. 1900, 58 x 82 cm, Central Asia, South Tibet A pillow. A dragon chasing the flaming pearl and a phoenix face each other diagonally in the dark blue field, which also depicts two large lotus blossom

First quarter 20th century, 178 x 91 cm, Central Asia, South Tibet A sitting or sleeping rug. A lotus blossom placed at the centre of the yellow field is surrounded by lively concentric stems with cur

Central Asia, Persia / Northern India, Mughal or Indo-Persian culture, ca. 19th century CE. This is a superb gathering and display of antique iron chahar-ayneh or char-aina cuirass armor with matching

Originally listed at $8,500... Central Asia, Persia / Northern India, Mughal or Indo-Persian culture, ca. 19th century CE. A superb display of antique iron chahar-ayneh or char-aina cuirass armor with

Chinese Sino-Tibetan Ming Dynasty gilt bronze Buddhist sculpture plaque. This fragments shows a very detailed artworks, most likely the work of artist in Central Tibet, richly gilt and lavishly inlaid

Chinese Sino-Tibetan Ming Dynasty gilt bronze Buddhist sculpture plaque. This fragments shows a very detailed artworks, most likely the work of a Newar artist in Central Tibet, richly gilt and lavishl

Chinese Sino-Tibetan Ming Dynasty gilt bronze Buddhist sculpture plaque. This fragments shows a very detailed artworks, most likely the work of a Newar artist in Central Tibet, richly gilt and lavishl

Birds of Asia. John Gould (1804-1881). London: Taylor and Francis for the Author, 1850-83. Physical Description: 7 volumes. Folio (21 5/8 x 14 1/2 inches). 530 hand-colored lithographs after John Goul

REIZEN RONDOM DE WAERELD, door JAMES COOK, vertaald door J.D.PASTEUR (Translated by J.D. Pasteur) Leyden, Amsterdam and The Hague, Honkoop Allart and Van Cleef, 1795-1803 First edition in Dutch Langua

New Testament (being volume 2 only). Edinburgh and London, 1847 Large folio . Size 11 by 15" Profusely illustrated with fine engraved plates. A handsome volume bound in early full red morocco. Gilt ed

Ca. 1800, 60 x 110 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan The field design of this rare Salor torba consists of three rows of six octagonal güls; small petrol diamonds decorated with double hooks at each c

Central Asia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. An exquisite, life-size terracotta head of the Buddha, depicted nearly in the round, with a wavy coiffure, a gener

Central Asia, ca. Early Cretaceous (101 - 126 MYO). This is a significant specimen due to its size, completeness, and originality. The bones were meticulously removed from a single block of matrix and

late 18th century, 261 x 130 cm, Central Asia, East Turkestan In the red field of this early rug from the oasis town of Khotan, large dark blue disc medallions are embedded in a basic design of leaves

18th century, 68 x 104 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan This fragment of an early Salor chuval has been cut all around; the left-hand side and upper border are missing. The field displays a spacious d

Central Asia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 1st century CE. An absolutely stunning dark grey schist face with a tremendous turban-style headdress, in a beautiful state of pre

Ca. 1800, 76 x 75 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan Small-format knotted trappings of this kind are known as khalyks. Most of the surviving examples were woven by the Tekke tribe. On the day of the wed

Ca. 1800 or earlier, 56 x 95 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan This unusual bag face showing every sign of great age cannot be assigned to any of the tribal groups defined to date. It is finely and reg

First half 19th century, 189 x 99 cm, Central Asia, East Turkestan A fragment of a multiple prayer rug (saf) from the Kashgar oasis. The surviving section consists of four mihrab fields which are stil