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A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER BOX AND COVER QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY | 清十八世紀 黑漆嵌螺鈿團花紋蓋盒
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A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER BOX AND COVERQING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY清十八世紀 黑漆嵌螺鈿團花紋蓋盒of circular shape, the domed cover centred with a stylisedshou character painted in gold surrounded by floral roundelsinlaid with mother-of-pearl, the box similarly decorated (2) Diameter 39.2 cm, 15½ in.
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Important Chinese Art
From Nov. 6, 2019 to Nov. 6, 2019 in London
SIDDUR (DAILY PRAYER BOOK) ACCORDING TO THE ROMAN RITE, BOLOGNA: RAPHAEL TALMI AND THE GUILD OF SILK WEAVERS, 1537
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SIDDUR (DAILY PRAYER BOOK) ACCORDING TO THE ROMAN RITE, BOLOGNA: RAPHAEL TALMI AND THE GUILD OF SILK WEAVERS, 1537354 folios (5 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.; 133 x 86 mm) (collation: i-xxxi8, xxxii10, xxxiii-xliv8) on parchment. Title within architectural border; six ornamental woodcut initial word panels; accompanied by two pages of Schocken’s (?) handwritten listing of expurgated words (see below). Slight scattered staining; small wormhole in outer margins of ff. [1-3]; minor crack in gutter at head of ff. [117-158]; individual words and phrases expurgated intermittently throughout (see, e.g., ff. [78v, 117r]); repair in outer margin of f. [352]; censor’s signatures on ff. [353v-354r]: Camillo Jaghel 1613, Renato da [Modena] 1626; Luigi [da Bologna] 1601. Modern morocco, bound by F.A.T. Aitken; binding scuffed and worn around edges and on spine; spine in five compartments with raised bands; title, place, and date lettered in gilt on spine; gilt and guaffered edges; modern paper flyleaves and pastedowns. Housed in a blue silk-lined folding case, by Riviere Son; silk somewhat threadbare in places and case slightly scuffed; spine in six compartments with raised bands; title, place, and date lettered in gilt on spine.
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Sacred Splendor: Judaica from the Arthur and Gitel Marx Collection
From Nov. 20, 2019 to Nov. 20, 2019 in New York
