Ending 21st Apr, 2024 14:00

Olympia Timed Spring 2024

 
Lot 185
 

185

CHINESE ARMS AND ARMOUR: SIX VOLUMES

comprising: Dien, Albert E., A Study of Early Chinese Armor, Artibus Asiae, reprint from Vol. XLIII, 1/2, Ascona, 1982 (slight wear); Selby, Stephen, Chinese Archery, Hong Kong, 2000; Needham, Joseph, Gunpowder as the Fourth Power, East and West, Hong Kong University Press Occasional Series No. 3, 1985 (with hand-written dedication from the author to Edward McEwen); Russell Robinson, H., Oriental Armour, London, 1967 (slight wear to jacket); Laking, Guy Francis, Oriental Arms and Armour, Wallace Collection Catalogue, 1964 (light wear); and Vianello, Gianni, Armi in oriente, Milan, 1966 (6 volumes)

Provenance

Edward McEwen (1934-2020)

Sold for £25


 

comprising: Dien, Albert E., A Study of Early Chinese Armor, Artibus Asiae, reprint from Vol. XLIII, 1/2, Ascona, 1982 (slight wear); Selby, Stephen, Chinese Archery, Hong Kong, 2000; Needham, Joseph, Gunpowder as the Fourth Power, East and West, Hong Kong University Press Occasional Series No. 3, 1985 (with hand-written dedication from the author to Edward McEwen); Russell Robinson, H., Oriental Armour, London, 1967 (slight wear to jacket); Laking, Guy Francis, Oriental Arms and Armour, Wallace Collection Catalogue, 1964 (light wear); and Vianello, Gianni, Armi in oriente, Milan, 1966 (6 volumes)

Provenance

Edward McEwen (1934-2020)

Auction: Olympia Timed Spring 2024, ending 21st Apr, 2024

 

Including:

Antique Arms & Armour

Asian Works of Art

Fine Art Books, Including Books from Three Specialist Libraries of Indian and South-East Asian Art Reference Books

Works by Nadira Azzouz (Iraqi 1927-2020)

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