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Pre-Owned Antique Chinese Accessories (Paperback) 076432179X 9780764321795

The beauty of traditional Chinese design is seen in the simplest household implements as well as in the great houses and furnishings of the Emperors. This new book celebrates items found in the households of China that are now finding growing... more

Antiques : Victoriana Boxes Fans Chinese Bronze Jade & Ceramics Samplers Pipes & Tobacco Jars Porcelain Clocks & Watches 9780706401554 Used / Pre-owned

CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal wear to binding most of the pages undamaged(e.g. minimal creases or tears) highlighting / underlining... more

Pre-Owned Kovels American Collectibles 1900-2000 9780609808917

From Ralph and Terry Kovel the undisputed experts on antiques and collectibles comes a gorgeously illustrated guide to American collectibles and treasures of the 20th century. From eggbeaters to elegant furnishings porcelain to plastic Bakelite to... more

Pre-Owned Chinese Origami: Paper Folding for Year-Round Celebrations (Hardcover) 1602200130 9781602200135

Learn Chinese paper folding with this easy origami book. This origami paper craft book features zhezhi the art of paper folding and origami which originated in China more than 1900 years ago and is still practiced today by the Chinese. Chinese Origami:... more

Pre-Owned The Chinese Alchemist 9780425213957

Antiques dealer Lara McClintoch is targeted by ruthless criminals while trying to recover an eighth-century Tang Dynasty box that contains an immortality elixir formula etched on the inside. The rare item holds the key not only to the death of a museum... more

Pre-Owned Antique Marks (Paperback) 0007190476 9780007190478

This guide assists in identifying the major metal and ceramic marks. It contains illustrations of hallmarks on silver gold and platinum old Sheffield plate pewter pottery and porcelain with a section on Chinese and Japanese porcelain marks. more

Studies in Manuscript Cultures: Dunhuang Manuscript Culture: End of the First Millennium (Hardcover)

Dunhuang Manuscript Culture explores the world of Chinese manuscripts from ninth-tenth century Dunhuang an oasis city along the network of pre-modern routes known today collectively as the Silk Roads. The manuscripts have been discovered in 1900 in a... more