Islamic Art & Antiques

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** China.- Medicine.- [Illustrated Compilation of Medical Texts], 6 vol., woodb...

Minko (Tachibana) Saiga shokunin burui [Colored Pictures of Occupations of Workmen], 2 vol., first edition, numerous fine hand-coloured wo...

Japan.- Anonymous. The Tale of the Hut in the Rocks (Iwaya monogatari) , three handscrolls (emakimono), ink, colour and gold on prepared pape...

China.- Daoism.- Xianzhen baolu [Precious List of True Immortals], 2 vol., manuscript in Chinese on paper, text in black ink with red punctuat...

Tibet.- Confession sutra manuscript , title with overlay flap that covers two illustrations of Buddhist deities, another leaf with two illustr...

China.- Medicine.- Chaungshang jingyian [The experience of ulcers], 16 vol., woodblock printed on bamboo paper, 10 columns per page, 20 charac...

China.- Medicine.- Shizhen (Li, complier ) Bencao gangmu [Medical Encyclopaedia], 32 vol., woodblock printed on bamboo paper, 9 columns p...

Tibet.- Charm scroll with an apocryphal Buddhist text, manuscript in Tibetan, on paper scroll, text in red and black ink, coloured illustratio...

China.- Pathology.- Jiebin (Zhang) Leijing [The interpretation of Huangdi Neijing] , 3 parts in 32 vol., woodblock printed on bamboo paper, 8...

Rongde ( translator ). Man Meng Han san wen he bi jiao ke shu [The Manchu-Mongolian-Chinese Interlinear Trilingual Textbook], 10 vol., first e...

China.- Surgery.- Shigong (Chen) Xinkan waike zhengzong [A manual of surgery], 12 vol., woodblock printed on bamboo paper, 8 columns per p...

China.- Medicine.- Wenyin (Sun) Dantai yuan [The red platform and the jade desk], 6 vol., woodblock printed on bamboo paper, 9 columns per pag...

Tibet.- Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Verses, manuscript in Tibetan, on white paper, over 400 leaves in 32 chapters, text in black in...

China.- The Ten Bamboo Studio [ Shuzhuzhai shuhuapu (Ten Bamboo Studio collection of calligraphy and painting) ], artist's manual with images fr...

Japan.- Printed Sutra Scroll, number 262 of a "Kasuga-ban" woodblock-printed version of the Daihannyaharamittakyo sutra, text in lines of 17 c...

Nepal.- Pancaraksa [Five Protective Goddesses], manuscript in Sanskrit, on paper stained yellow with haritala, 130 leaves, Newari script, 5 pa...

Arabic manuscript.- Illuminated manuscript Qur'an, 312ff., in Arabic on paper, single column, 15 lines, each page framed in gold, black, and r...

Chinese language.- Goncalves (Joachim Alphonso) Arte China Constanta de Alphabeto e Grammatica, first edition, text in Portuguese and Chin...

Tibet.- Ritual of the Fierce Aspect of Buddhahood, manuscript in Tibetan, on simple native paper, complete in 42 numbered leaves, black ink on...

Japan.- Persecution of Christians.- Kirishitan Kosatsu , large thick wooden sign board with characters written in black ink, issued by a magist...

Tibet.- Perfection of Wisdom in a Hundred Thousand Lines, manuscript in Tibetan, on paper, c.209 leaves, lacks 7 leaves (1-3, 84-87), text i...

Tibet.- Sutra of Properly Arranged Establishment in Buddhahood or Confession Sutra, manuscript in Tibetan, on paper, 97 leaves, stained black ...

Burma.- Kammavacha, manuscript in Pali, on gold-lacquered stiffened cloth (from discarded monastic robes), 16 leaves, Burmese square 'tamarind...

India.- Anglo-Indian School (19th century) View of Hindu shrine, Madura District, Madras , brush and ink, watercolour, over pencil under-dr...