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Chinese Snuff Bottles	Chinese Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price "Trevor Cornforth and Nathan Cheung ISBN: 0764315919 Size: 8 1/2"" x 11"" Illustrations: 657 color photos Pages: 224 Price Guide / One of the loveliest objects to come from China's Imperial history is the snuff bottle" ...
Guo'an Collection of Snuff Bottles	Guo'an Collection of Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price Sotheby's Auction Catalog - The Guo'an Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles Hong Kong Monday October 30, 2000. 125 pp., fully illustrated in color, paper, Hong Kong, 2000. Auction Results Included ...
Sotheby's Chinese Snuff Bottles	Sotheby's Chinese Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price Sotheby's Auction Catalog - Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of the Baronesses Sapuppo and D'Essen London Tuesday November 14, 2000. 71 pp., 206 lots in color, paper, London, 2000. ...
Gerry P. Mack Snuff Bottle Collection	Gerry P. Mack Snuff Bottle Collection Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - New York..October 25, 1997. The Gerry P. Mack Collection of Important Chinese Snuff Bottles Introductory essays: Memories of My Father - by Beverly Mack Hall Recollections of Gerry P. Mack - by Janos Szekeres Snuff Bottles - Precious Playthings of the Qing Dynasty - by Geng Baochan ...
Snuff Bottles of Janos Szekeres - Pt II	Snuff Bottles of Janos Szekeres - Pt II Check Latest Price 1987 Auction Catalog Sotheby's Important Chinese Snuff Bottles New York Excellent Condition Catalog depicts the collection of Janos Szekeres, Part II Color photos with descriptions and estimated values ...
Exstein Collection - Snuff Bottles	Exstein Collection - Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price "CHRISTIE'S FINE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES 3/21/02 THE BLANCHE B. EXSTEIN COLLECTION OF FINE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES MARCH 21ST 2002 THIS CATALOG CONTAINS 137 PAGES AND 263 IMPORTANT, FINE , RARE LOTS A GREAT BUY SECOND PHOTO IS OF A RARE ENAMELED YIXING STONEWARE BOTTLE 1800-1860 EST 7,000 THIS BEAUTIFUL ...
Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles	Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price 1990 SOTHEBYS FINE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES, NEW YORK, 4/6/90. This post auction catalog consists of 389 lots all illustrated in color and all described in detail. SNUFF BOTTLES MADE OUT OF: PORCELAIN, GLASS, INSIDE PAINTED, CORAL, COLORED STONES, VARIOUS STONES AND AGATES, VARIOUS AGATES, JADEITE, JAD ...
Snuff Bottles and Works of Art	Snuff Bottles and Works of Art Check Latest Price "1995 SOTHEBYS FINE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES AND FINE CHINESE CERAMICS, FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART, NEW YORK, 9/22/95 & 9/23/95. This post auction catalog consists of 541 lots all illustrated in color and all described in detail." ...
Reif Snuff Bottle Collection	Reif Snuff Bottle Collection Check Latest Price "CHRISTIE'S - New York...October 18, 1993...$25.00 The Reif Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles WITH PRICES REALIZED 255 lots total, 70 pages. illus: mostly color" ...
Sotheby's Chinese Snuff Bottles	Sotheby's Chinese Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price "1994 Sotheby's Chinese Snuff Bottles, London, 12/6/94. This post auction catalog consists of 214 lots, all illustrated, all color, with all lots described in detail." ...
Snuff Bottles from a Private Collection	Snuff Bottles from a Private Collection Check Latest Price "1998 Sotheby's Important Chinese Snuff Bottles including a Private Collection, Hong Kong, 4/28/98. This post auction catalog consists of 73 lots, all illustrated, all color, with all lots described in detail." ...
Snuff Bottles and Works of Art	Snuff Bottles and Works of Art Check Latest Price "1999 Sotheby's Fine Chinese Works of Art and Snuff Bottles ( Ming, Tang, Bronze, Jade, Jadite, Painted Quartz ) New York 3/23/99. This post auction catalog consists of 488 lots, all illustrated, all color, with all lots described in detail." ...
Randall Snuff Bottle Collection	Randall Snuff Bottle Collection Check Latest Price "1995 Christie's The Louise and Christopher Randall Collection of Chinese Glass Snuff Bottles Hong Kong 10/31/95. This post auction catalog consists of 133 lots, all illustrated, all color, with all lots described in detail." ...
Snuff Bottles from Stone Picking Studios	Snuff Bottles from Stone Picking Studios Check Latest Price "1995 Sotheby's Important Chinese Snuff Bottles From the Collection of the Stone Picking Studio(Cai Shi Xuan) (Amber, Jadite, Porcelin, Cinnabar) London 6/21/95. This post auction catalog consists of 206 lots, all illustrated" ...
Kayne-Klitz Snuff Bottle Collection	Kayne-Klitz Snuff Bottle Collection Check Latest Price Sotheby's Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles auction catalog. Hong Kong November 3rd 1994. 265 lots, all illustrated in color. Most of the bottles are from the Kayne-Klitz collection with a few from other owners. ...
Kayne-Klitz Snuff Bottle Collection Pt 2	Kayne-Klitz Snuff Bottle Collection Pt 2 Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - Hong Kong...October 30, 1990 Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Kaynes-Klitz Collection, Part II Glass (58 lots) ~ Hardstone (47) ~ Porcelain (10) ~ Jade & Jadeite (19) ~ Inside-Painted (81) ~ Organic (24) 240 lots total. illus: color ...
Fine Chinese Works of Art & Snuff Bottles	Fine Chinese Works of Art & Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price Includes over 300 Chinese Snuff Bottles. 1998 Sotheby's NY Fine Chinese Works of Art 3/23-24/98. This post auction catalog consists of 277 pages with 756 lots mostly illustrated in color and all described in detail. ...
Sotheby's London Snuff Bottles	Sotheby's London Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price "March 18, 1980 / $ 12.95" ...
Sotheby London Snuff Bottles	Sotheby London Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price "December 5, 1983 / $ 12.95" ...
Sotheby's London Snuff Bottles	Sotheby's London Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price "October 28, 1969 / $ 12.95" ...
The Handbook of Chinese Snuff Bottles	The Handbook of Chinese Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price By: Trevor Comforth and Nathan Cheung (List Price:$29.95) ISBN: 0764315900 Size: 6" x 9" Illustrations: 340 color photographs Pages: 160 This eye-popping book clearly and visually explores the history, types, and value ranges of Chinese snuff bottles from the 17th century to the present ...
Kardos Collection Snuff Bottles	Kardos Collection Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - New York...July 1, 1985 Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Kardos Collection WITH PRICES REALIZED Kardos Collection: 148 lots ~ Other Owners: 112 lots illus: mostly color ...
Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles	Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - New York...October 12, 1993 Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles 263 lots total. illus: color ...
Alice B McReynolds Snuff Bottles Part 1	Alice B McReynolds Snuff Bottles Part 1 Check Latest Price SOTHEBY’S - Los Angeles...October 31, 1984 Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Alice B. McReynolds, Part I WITH PRICES REALIZED Porcelain and Yixing (18 lots) ~ Glass (60) ~ Enamelled and Metal (6) ~ Rock Crystal and Chalcedony (36) ~ Semi-Precious and Organic Materials (28) ...
Hasterlik & Lester Snuff Bottle Collections	Hasterlik & Lester Snuff Bottle Collections Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - New York..September 17, 1996 Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles, including the Collections of Bernice Straus Hasterlik, Gerd Lester and Various Owners WITH PRICES REALIZED 246 lots. illus: color ...
Mei Ling Snuff Bottles Collection	Mei Ling Snuff Bottles Collection Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - New York..March 15, 1984 Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Mei Ling Collection & Others WITH PRICES REALIZED Mei Ling Collection: 213 lots Various Owners: 123 lots illus: color, b/w ...
Lotus Snuff Bottle Collection	Lotus Snuff Bottle Collection Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - London...December 17, 1996 Chinese Snuff Bottles, including the Lotus Collection WITH PRICES REALIZED Glass (24 lots) ~ Organic (28) ~ Agates (13) ~ Jade & Jadeite (39) ~ Enamel & Porcelain (8) ~ Inside-Painted (9) THE LOTUS COLLECTION: 63 snuff bottles, all of which include the ...
Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles	Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - Hong Kong...May 2, 1996 Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles Glass (47 lots) ~ Hardstones (33) ~ Organic (28) ~ Porcelain (42) ~ Jade, Jadeite (34) ~ Inside-Painted (17) 204 lots total, 64 pages. ...
Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles	Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - Hong Kong...November 1, 1995 Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles Glass (64 lots) ~ Hardstones (50) ~ Organic (19) ~ Porcelain (40) ~ Jade, Jadeite (54) ~ Inside-Painted (10) 242 lots total, 72 pages. illus: color ...
Bob Stevens Snuff Bottles Part 2	Bob Stevens Snuff Bottles Part 2 Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - New York...March 26, 1982 Fine and Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Bob C. Stevens, Part II WITH PRICES REALIZED Glass (49 lots) ~ Porcelain (17) ~ Yixing (8) ~ Enamelled Glass (6) ~ Enamelled Copper (6) ~ Chalcedony and Rock Crystal (44) ~ Fossil and Puddings ...
Private European Snuff Bottle Collection	Private European Snuff Bottle Collection Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - Hong Kong...November 5, 1997 Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, Including a Private European Collection Glass (15 lots) ~ Organic Materials (9) ~ Agate (14) ~ Porcelain (14) ~ Jade (22) ~ Beijing Enamel (2) ~ Inside-Painted (14) 90 lots total, 70 pages. illus: color A very fi ...
Dodge & Lester Snuff Bottle Collections	Dodge & Lester Snuff Bottle Collections Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - New York...March 17, 1997 Important Chinese Snuff Bottles WITH PRICES REALIZED Including property from the Dodge Collection and the Pauline Lester Collection Glass (90 lots) ~ Organic (51) ~ Hardstone, including jade and jadeite (208) ~ Enamel (3) ~ Mongolian Silver (7) ~ Porcela ...
Hunter Snuff Bottle Collection	Hunter Snuff Bottle Collection Check Latest Price SOTHEBY'S - New York...September 15, 1998 The Neal W. and Frances R. Hunter Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles WITH PRICES REALIZED Glass and Inside-Painted (145 lots) ~ Ceramic (38) ~ Organic Materials and Metal (22) ~ Jade and Various Hardstones (181) 386 lots total, 100 pages. ill ...
Asian Art Masterpieces	Asian Art Masterpieces Check Latest Price "If you've ever wanted to create your own Asian art museum in your living room, here's a great place to start. This guide to cultural art from China, India, Japan, Korea, Thailand, and Indonesia contains 24 large color plates—unbound and ready to frame—presented in a slipcase with a separate guidebo ...
The Book of Tea	The Book of Tea Check Latest Price "Nearly a century ago in Boston, a small, esoteric book about tea was written with the intention of being read aloud in the salon of Isabella Gardner. ""There is a subtle charm in the taste of tea which makes it irresistible and capable of idealization,"" wrote its author Okakura Kakuzo, a Japanese ...
Japanese Tea Ceremony	Japanese Tea Ceremony Check Latest Price "Translator and cultural historian A.L. Sadler takes the reader on a detailed and anecdotal tour of the tea ceremony, first published in 1933, giving descriptions of the many disciplines contained within the broader framework of Cha-no-yu, including art, architecture, gardening, and crafted objects. ...
Chinese Love Signs	Chinese Love Signs Check Latest Price "Here astrologer Derek Walters presents twelve tales, one for each sign of the Chinese zodiac, illustrated with watercolor paintings. He then outlines the principal personality characteristics of each animal type. First find out which animal you are—Rat, Ox, Tiger, Hare, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, ...
Imperial China - Art of the Horse	Imperial China - Art of the Horse Check Latest Price "This exhibition catalog features a stunning range of objects related to the horse in Chinese art, drawn from the collections from many museums in the Shaanxi province. In more than 150 color plates, subjects range from tiny figures of ceramic, jade, and bronze, to gold saddle fittings, to chariots ...
Dreams in Chinese Culture	Dreams in Chinese Culture Check Latest Price "Illustrated with woodblock prints from classical texts, this book presents an overview of the subject of dream interpretation in traditional China, and an alphabetical compilation of Chinese dream images and their meanings through history. Dream analysts at the Chinese court are mentioned in histor ...
Kodo - The Way of Incense	Kodo - The Way of Incense Check Latest Price "The elegant incense ceremony Kodo has a long, colorful history in traditional Japanese life, as well established as Sado, the tea ceremony. This box set contains all the tools a reader needs to understand and experience first hand the pleasure and calmness of a ceremony that continues to have a pow ...
Angkor	Angkor Check Latest Price "The incredible Angkor region of Cambodia—some 100 square miles of temples, palaces, causeways, and reservoirs that formed the heart of the Khmer empire—is explored in this miniature visual portrait of atmospheric color and black and white photographs. The great temple complex of Angkor Wat, the arc ...
Asian Hot & Spicy	Asian Hot & Spicy Check Latest Price "As you'll find in this interesting, practical cookbook, not all Asian cuisine is hot, and ""spicy"" is certainly not synonymous with ""hot."" Home cooks will be surprised at how easy it is to make Asian coconut and crisp vegetable salad, star anise and duck risotto, chili noodle cakes, and steamed ...
Burma	Burma Check Latest Price "At the boundaries of the British Empire, photography pushed at its own frontiers. These 250 photographs, published here as a collection for the first time, provide a valuable and very specific record of Burma between the First and Second World Wars, when the British and Indian military had a profou ...
Chinese Practices and Beliefs	Chinese Practices and Beliefs Check Latest Price "Evelyn Lip has created this richly illustrated guide as an introduction to the 5000-year heritage of Chinese culture. The book recounts the luxurious and refined spirit of Chinese etiquette, beliefs, practices, art, and architecture. It is not only a guide to Chinese heritage but it also promotes g ...
Interiors from the Orient	Interiors from the Orient Check Latest Price "The vivid color photographs in this Eastern-inspired interior design idea book run the gamut from gleefully tacky knickknacks to ascetic Zen spaces. Of particular note are many unexpected variations on the bathroom—including a semioutdoor shower hung with living bougainvilleas, and open, tiled spac ...
Masterpieces of East Asian Art	Masterpieces of East Asian Art Check Latest Price "This catalogue explores New York's superlative private collections of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean art through a diverse selection of paintings, calligraphy, sculpture, ceramics, and lacquerware. Such objects as 18th-century woodblock prints, painted ten-panel paper screens, graceful celadon bowls ...
Tombs from the Liao and Song Dynasties	Tombs from the Liao and Song Dynasties Check Latest Price "Co-existing with the Song Dynasty through 10th- and 11th-century China, the Liao Dynasty in the north has only recently been studied as part of Chinese history. This catalog, with more than 30 plates, additional figures, and essays, shows the differences in their respective concepts of death and th ...
Early Chinese Ceramics	Early Chinese Ceramics Check Latest Price "Early Chinese Ceramics from New York State MuseumsFocusing on periods from 3500 BC to the Southern Song Dynasty, which ended in the 13th century, this book presents four dozen pieces of Chinese ceramics. These incense burners, wine cups, amphora jars, pitchers, plates, and urns are photographed in ...
The Face or Tibet	The Face or Tibet Check Latest Price "Photographer William R. Chapman reveals the broad splendor and some personal moments of modern Tibetan life in these 122 vibrant color photographs. Chapman portrays the Himalayas and the Plateau of Tibet, the Forbidden City of Lhasa, the severely beautiful countryside, the joyous religious life tha ...
Himalaya	Himalaya Check Latest Price "Photographer and filmmaker Eric Valli braved the forbidding Dolpo region of Nepal to create Himalaya, the first Nepalese film to be nominated for an Academy Award, bringing to life the struggle between an old, charismatic chief and a headstrong young caravanner as they attempt to make the annual sa ...
Ideals of the East	Ideals of the East Check Latest Price "The author of the classic Book of Tea here reflects on the long-cherished ideals of the East with special reference to the art of Japan—a tradition he struggled to keep vital during rapid Westernization at the turn of the 20th century. Japan, Kakuzo Okakura wrote, is a museum of Asiatic civilizatio ...
New World Chinese Cooking	New World Chinese Cooking Check Latest Price "This cookbook marries the best of Chinese cooking with a wide variety of readily available North American ingredients, for those who love Chinese food but are daunted by the preparation, or simply want to try something new. New spins on classic favorites are presented along with new and original di ...
Philosophies of Asia	Philosophies of Asia Check Latest Price "This book offers an overview of the major traditions of Eastern thought through the edited transcripts of eight talks delivered by Alan Watts from 1965 to 1972, shortly before the end of his life. The author of Spirit of Zen, The Way of Zen, and Tao: The Watercourse Way, Watts addresses the major A ...
Sacred Places of Asia	Sacred Places of Asia Check Latest Price "This book is overstuffed with vivid and dramatic images of some of the most sacred places in the world. The gold-leafed spires of Shwedagon in Myanmar are seen emerging from the mist and gleaming in the sun; the Emerald Buddha, cloaked in jewels, sits within golden Wat Phra Kaeo in Bangkok; the Hin ...
Tea: The Perfect Brew	Tea: The Perfect Brew Check Latest Price "Airy, tranquil color photographs illustrate this homage to the noblest potable. Tea is celebrated here as a mark of conviviality, a gesture of friendship, an expression of sympathy, a comfort for the bereaved, and an excuse to unite. The book offers practical, ceremonial, and inspirational approach ...
A Tibetan Journal	A Tibetan Journal Check Latest Price "Pulitzer Prize-nominated photojournalist Fiona McDougall toured Tibet in 2000. The result is these 139 color images—young monks kneeling in prayer, ruggedly beautiful valleys, golden spired temples rising into the clear sunlight, busy markets, children playing and grandmothers pondering, and rows a ...