Single lot auction catalogue for a very large Ming dynasty butter lamp, made for a Buddhist temple in China or Tibet with an inscription showing that it was manufactured during the reign of the emperor Jingtai, who reigned from 1450-1456. No comparable piece is known in the West.

Auction catalogue for the sale of the C16th manuscript of a noted Sufi poem richly illustrated by court artists for the personal library of the Emperor Akbar in Agra and contained in a scarce lacquered Mughal binding.  Paperback.  12 pages.

Auction catalogue of a superlative netsuke collection comprising 161 outstanding examples, each illustrated in full colour with accompanying description, date, maker, provenance, prior publication and price estimate.  Appendices showing signatures, an Index by subject matter, and a Bibliogra

A lavish auction catalogue of the very finest antiquities.  Twenty-five lots are illustrated in large full colour plates, many with additional close-ups of detail, and comprise amulets and statues from ancient Egypt, Hellenistic and Roman glassware (including the remarkable Constable-Maxwell