1780 Voyages in SIBERIA Asia Japan Russia Johann Gmelin Kempfer Ostyak Samoyeds

1780 Voyages in SIBERIA Asia Japan Russia Johann Gmelin Kempfer Ostyak Samoyeds The best book of its kind! A rare book La Harpes General History of Voyages! This extensive work was begun by La Harpe,

1752 INDIA Voyages MAPS Atlas Asia JAPAN China Philippines Geography The ‘General History of Voyages’ by abbe Prevost is one of the largest and most impressive collections of stories of expedition

1780 VOYAGES 17 ATLAS Maps Geography Asia Africa Europe USA Vaugondy Collectors, of both maps and atlases, agree that Vaugondy maps are among the very best and most accurate maps! This collection of 1

An important map of Asia, c1680 by Frederick De Wit depicting the area of Asia, including China, Japan, Tibet, India, Russia, Persia, Arab and more (center folding area repair), 19.5"x23"

the 2-sheet map of Africa and Asia, from the east coast of Brazil to Japan, charting the first Dutch voyage to the East Indies by Houtman, large titlecartouche upper centre of right sheet, ships, comp

East Asia, Japan, Edo to Meiji period, ca. mid 19th to early 20th century CE. A bronze articulated model of a lobster, with a signature on the underside of its carapace. Meticulously constructed of nu

**First Time At Auction** East Asia, Japan, early Edo Period, ca. 1615 to 1624 CE, signed by Hashimoto Shinzaemon Tadayoshi (1572-1632 CE). An incredible wakizashi with a single-edged blade, a scabbar

Full body taxidermy Russian Siberian Grizzly Bear. Mounted to a wooden base. Harvested from Siberia, Russia, Circa 1980's. The Bear measures: 86" x 31" x 39", Total overall measurements including base

Asia, Japan, Edo Period, ca. 1630 CE. An incredible samurai's katana with a slightly curved, single-edged blade, a saya (scabbard) made of wood studded with white and purple shell, and a handle (tsuka

Editio Quinta, engraved pictorial title, prelims, 49 double-page maps, including Asia, Russia, Turkey, Lithuania, Asia Minor and Persia, regions of Italy Spain, Germany and Eastern Europe, and 11 sing

East Asia, Japan, Edo Period, ca. 1830 to 1870 CE. A fascinating and incredibly unusual black lacquered Kabuto (helmet) - the hachi comprised of three pieces with an attached maebashi (visor) and shik

East Asia, Japan, Jomon Period, ca. 14,000 to 300 BCE, coming with a TL Report showing it was fired/ produced around 4,000 years ago. A considerable hand-built terracotta vessel of a sprouting form wi

East Asia, Japan, Edo to Meiji period, ca. mid 19th to early 20th century CE. A bronze articulated model of a crayfish, with a signature on the underside of its carapace. Meticulously constructed of n

**First Time At Auction** East Asia, Japan, 20th century. Six Shin Hanga color woodblock prints: (1) Kawese Hasui (1883-1957) "Morning at Ao Marsh" (2) Yoshida Horoshi (1876-1950) "Toshogu Shrine" (3)

Ancient East Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2000 to 1500 BCE. A hand-built pottery vessel of a tall, sizable form with a flat base, a cylindrical body, and a flared shoulder. The body is adorned

East Asia, Japan, Middle to Late Jomon Period, ca. 2500 to 1500 BCE. A considerable hand-built terracotta vessel of a sprouting form with a flat base. The exterior walls are adorned by incised paralle

East Asia, Japan, early Edo Period, ca. early 17th century CE. A forged steel katana blade of nice length exhibiting a shinogi-zukuri shape and a shortened (o-suriage) tang set in honzukuri mountings.

East Asia, Japan, Middle Jomon period, ca. 2000 to 1000 BCE. A large, deep, conical urn made using the coil method, the clay mixed by the woman who made it (women produced all ceramics in this culture

East Asia, Japan, Middle to Late Jomon period, ca. 2500 to 1500 BCE. A large hand-built pottery vessel of a sprouting form with a flat base and flared rim. The cylindrical exterior walls are textured

East Asia, Japan, Middle to Late Jomon Period, ca. 2500 to 1500 BCE. A considerable hand-built terracotta vessel of a sprouting form with a flat base. The exterior walls are adorned by incised paralle

East Asia, Japan, Late Jomon Period, ca. 2000 BCE. A graceful, hand-built terracotta vessel presenting a flat base, a cylindrical body, an expanding shoulder with a thick rim, and a perforated protrus

East Asia, Japan, Edo to Meiji period, ca. mid 19th to early 20th century CE. A bronze articulated model of a crab. Meticulously constructed of numerous hammered plates jointed inside the body to make

East Asia, Japan, Edo to Meiji period, ca. mid 19th to early 20th century CE. A bronze articulated model of a lobster, signed on the underside of its carapace. Meticulously constructed of numerous ham

East Asia, Japan, Edo to Meiji period, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A wonderful wooden sculpture of Jizo Bosatsu, the bodhisattva of the earth matrix, hand-carved in yosegi zukuri (joined wood-block c