Japanese Map of Ancient China, Apparently 12th - 16th Century

An exceptional and rare early Japanese map, hand painted, depicting China from the Zhou or Qin Dynasty. The map depicts the Chinese Nine Zhou, or provinces, utilizing nomenclature used in Japan circa

engraved with the ancient text sword in ancient China shang dynasty Period Circa 16th Century BC to 11th Century BC),Measures 68cm. From a private collection.

Chinese Art An archaic style bronze vase China or Japan, 16th century. . Cm 27,50.

engraved with the ancient text sword in ancient China shang dynasty Period Circa 16th Century BC to 11th Century BC),Measures 63cm. From a private collection.

engraved with the ancient text sword in ancient China shang dynasty Period Circa 16th Century BC to 11th Century BC),Measures 79cm. From a private collection

engraved with the ancient text sword in ancient China shang dynasty Period Circa 16th Century BC to 11th Century BC),Measures 71cm. From a private collection.

engraved with the ancient text sword in ancient China shang dynasty Period Circa 16th Century BC to 11th Century BC),Measures 64cm. From a private collection

Chang dynasty Measures 9.5"engraved with the ancient text in ancient China shang dynasty Period Circa 16th Century BC to 11th Century BC)

Title: Tab. X. Europae, Macedoniam, Epirum Ac Peloponnesum... Cartographer: Ptolemy Publication Date: c1695 Size: Height: 13.4 Width: 17.5 Version of 16th C. Ptolemaic map of Ancient Greece. Interesti

Ancient Islamic Middle Eastern Clay Vessel c.12th-16th century AD. Size 9 inches Diameter, 5 1/2 inches high. Rare red clay footed jar with 6 loop handles around shoulders decorated with ornate design

This is a rare and fascinating ancient terracotta clay relic from the kOMALAND culture, dating from the 12th-16th century , from what is present day Ghana, Africa. The Komaland culture is mysterious a

This is a rare ancient relic from Mali, West Africa and dating back to the 12th-16th centuries. The sculpture measures 14 inches tall x 8 inches deep and 5 inches wide. A seated figure with hands on k

Ancient Japanese calligraphy, (3) examples, Each tacked onto stiff paper, captioned underneath, one noted as 1185-1333, the second as 14th-16th c. and printed, not hand-drawn, and the gold and red on

West Africa, North Ghana, Koma, ca. 12th to 16th century CE. An elaborately carved elongated head from the Koma culture of North Ghana with traits characteristic of Koma figurines including wide open

China, ca. 15-16th century. An elaborate gilt-wood seated Buddha on tiered polychrome base with flame-motif mandorla. MEASUREMENTS Height: 25 inches / 63.5 cm SHIPPING $70 flat-rate shipping in the co

China, ca. 16th-17th century. Seated figure with elaborate crown on double-lotus base, old paper label on rear. MEASUREMENTS Height: 7 3/4 inches / 20 cm SHIPPING $25 flat-rate shipping in the contine

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Turning Point, Oribe and the Arts of 16th Century Japan, Met, NY, 2003. Toynbee, Arnold, ed. Half the World, The History of China and Japan,Thames and Hudson, London, 1973.

1856 1ed Narrative of Expedition American Squadron Perry Hawks JAPAN China MAPS Matthew C Perry was one of the most important American Naval officers during the 19th-century. While he was notable for

1870 Across America & Asia Exploration Silver Mining CHINA Japan MAPS Pumpelly Raphael Pumpelly was a 19th-century explorer who is notable for his journeys into China, Japan, and northern Asia. He ven

Japanese Painting, Polychrome Mythological Figures in Island Landscape. Not examined out of frame, however, apparently of the Kamakura Period style and period, dating to the 12th or 13th century. Fra

China or Tibet, ca. 12th-14th century. Depicting an eight-petaled lotus, each petal centered by a sanskrit symbol, the whole encircled by other carved symbols. Custom base. MEASUREMENTS Height with ba

1729 History of CHINA & Ancient Music Illustrated MAPS Chinese Literature French Throughout the 17th- and 18th-centuries, there was an abundance of French educational societies that were influential b

China, Shanxi Province, ca. Ming Dynasty, ca. 16th century. An impressive and sensitively modeled pair of male and female attendant figures, partially glazed and with much pigment remaining on painted

Italy, ca. 16th-17th century. Fine hand-colored engraved map of "Venetia" with boats in harbor and compass rose. Handsomely framed. MEASUREMENTS Sight wide: 5 7/8 / 15 cm. Sight height: 4 1/2 / 11.5 c