Huaco with stirrup handle in the shape of a snake made of polychrome terracotta.…

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Huaco with stirrup handle in the shape of a snake made of polychrome terracotta. Nazca, Peru, 100 - 500 AD Provenance: - Private collection, GM, Paris, France. 40cm length

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Huaco with stirrup handle in the shape of a snake made of polychrome terracotta. Nazca, Peru, 100 - 500 AD Provenance: - Private collection, GM, Paris, France. 40cm length

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Estim. 350 - 525 EUR

The India List Civil and Military, Issued by Permission of the Secretary of State for India in Council, London by WM H. Allen & Co. 1877-1889 resp. Harrison and Sons 1898-1914, 28 volumes, volumes 1877 to 1883 complete, also volumes 1888 to 1904 and 1905 to 1808 as well as volume 1914, plus three issues The Colonial Office List, volumes 1882, 1892 and 1894 as well as The Foreign Office List and Diplomatic and Consular Hand Book 1902, ownership stamp The Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet resp. of the Signet Library of Edinburgh, all format 8°, all in original gilt-stamped full cloth bindings, each with several full-page colour maps and folding maps, bindings with clear signs of age and wear, inside mostly barely worn. Info: The India Office List contains the names and positions of all high officials and officers of the India Office, the Indian Government, the Indian Army and the British Army in India, for the corresponding years of service.

Estim. 20 - 30 EUR

Four reference books on design consisting of: Design, The Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, by Paola Antonelli; Provocations, Design from Italy; Italian Furniture Design by Albrecht Bangert; Design in the 19th Century, Museum of Applied Arts Cologne, format max. 4°, minor signs of wear.

Estim. 20 - 30 EUR

Collection of jewellery literature Eight pieces, consisting of: 1) Bijoux Art Déco by Sylvie Raulet Paris Editions du Regard 1984, in French; 2) Costume Jewelry, the Fun of Collecting, by Nancy N. Schiffer, self-published 1988; 3) René Lalique, Schmuck und Objets d' Art, 1890-1910, monograph and catalogue raisonné by Sigrid Barten; 4) Antique and 20th. Century Jewellery by Vivienne Becker; 5) The Triumph of Art Nouveau Paris Exhibition 1900 by Philippe Jullian; 6) The Art of the Jeweller, a catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift to the British Museum, Vol. I and II (text and illus. edited by Hugh Tait); plus 7) Jugendstil, Aufbruch zu einer neuen Architektur by Keiichi Tahara, format max. gr. 4°, one in original slipcase, neat condition with signs of use and age.

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A LADIES 18K GOLD ROLEX CELLINI WITH MOTHER OF PEARL DIAL AND ON A BROWN CROCODILE STRAP , ONE OF THE MOST STYLISH ROLEX DESIGNS . 24 X 22mm

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