Petite Bukharie'. Central Asia Little Bukhara NW China Xinjiang BELLIN 1749 map

Title: Petite Bukkarie'. Central Asia. Little Bukhara. W China. BELLIN/SCHLEY 1749 map Description: Carte de la Petite Bukkarie, et pays voisins [Map of Little Bukhara, and neighbouring countries] by

Map: 1. Carte de Karazm, Turkestan et Grande Bukarie. 2. Carte de la Petite Bukharie et Pays Voisin Cartographer: Jacques Nicolas Bellin Place & Date: Paris / 1749/1760 Size: 12" x 8 1/2" (each) Condi

Central Asia.- Ides (E. Ysbrants) Three Years Travel from Moscow over-land to China, first English edition, engraved additional title, folding engraved map (small hole at fold, tear at fold and anothe

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

Two antique maps of China, including Chinae by Abraham Ortelius, 1595, image 14.25” x 18.25”, with map of Eastern Asia, Le table de la region orientale, image 10” x 13.5”.

Virginia Late Federal Mahogany China Pressattributed to Norfolk, circa 1820-40, mahogany veneer, yellow pine and poplar secondary, removable wave-like cornice with central tombstone above a vertically

South East Asia.- Ortelius (Abraham) Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacientium Typus, map of southern Asia from India across to Java and New Guinea, and including China and Japan to the north, with

Partie Occidentale de la Nouvelle France, by Mr. Jacques Nicolas Bellin, Marine Engineer, summarizes the knowledge of the region as the French knew it prior to the British invasion

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

East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. Large and very rare style of Tang pottery horse with accompanying TL report confirming the age. Made of molded clay and highlighted in added pigments

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

East Asia, China, Eastern Zhou Dynasty, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A stunning and large leaded bronze ritualistic cauldron known as a ding vessel with a matched lid standing on elegant tripodal legs.

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

East Asia, China, Jin to Yuan Dynasty, ca. 12th to 13th century CE. A stunning Jun-Ware / Junyao ceramic bowl with a scalloped rim, the surfaces decorated with luscious sky blue glaze with added purpl

Central Asia; Cretaceous Period (65 - 144 million years ago). A fine nest of 6 eggs on matrix. No restoration. Dimensions Greatest length: 11" (28cm)

**First Time At Auction** Central Asia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 1st century CE. An incredible schist head wearing a turban-style headdress, in a beautiful state of pres

First half 19th century, 97 x 90 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan The field design of this very rare, square sitting rug consists of three rows of five Memling güls and chemche secondary motifs. Star

Second half 19th century, 176 x 146 cm, Central Asia, South West Uzbekistan This unusual suzani embroidered in the yurma stitch was probably made by a Lakai tribal group in the Kermina area. The found