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

This is a terracotta head fragment from a sculpture from the Bura culture, Niger, West Africa, circa- 12th - 14th century AD. Terracotta works of the Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture come from a single regio

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

Terracotta, 12th-16th Century, Ghana, Africa. Janus head lid on large bodied pot. 23 1/2" tall. Koma figures were originally discovered in the 1980s in what is known as 'Koma Land'. The first were fou

Terracotta, 12th-16th Century, Ghana, Africa. With open nostrils. Concave depression on top of head. 13 1/2". Koma figures were originally discovered in the 1980s in what is known as 'Koma Land'. The

Terracotta, 12th-16th Century, Ghana, Africa. Keening or braying terracotta pottery figure of an animal with raised head. 10" long. Koma figures were originally discovered in the 1980s in what is know

Terracotta, Singing bird with "cowrie shell" applique. 8 1/2". 12th-16th Century, Ghana, Africa. Koma figures were originally discovered in the 1980s in what is known as 'Koma Land'. The first were fo

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

Terracotta, 12th-16th Century, Ghana, Africa. Large seated hunched figure with clasped hands at knees. 15" tall. Koma figures were originally discovered in the 1980s in what is known as 'Koma Land'. T

Terracotta, Comprising a coiled snake and a keening man. 5 1/2" to 11 1/2". 12th-16th Century, Ghana, Africa. Koma figures were originally discovered in the 1980s in what is known as 'Koma Land'. The

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.