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Saumel Roger's Italy, a Poem & Poems
Located in Middletown, NY
Rogers was determined to make it a success. He set down to enlarge and revisd the poem, commission
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19th Century English Antique Poem

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Leather, Paper

Poems of Robert Fergusson
Located in Middletown, NY
This is the FIRST EDITION OF ROBERT FERGUSSON'S POEMS in a very attractive binding. It presents
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Mid-18th Century Antique Poem

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Leather, Paper

19th Century Handwritten Framed Poem
Located in Queens, NY
Original poem in script dated 1846 in a rectangular wooden and gilt frame and beige matting (Oliver
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19th Century American Rustic Antique Poem

Materials

Olive

Le Poeme (The Poem)
By Louis Icart
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1928 Medium: Etching and aquatint on wove paper Framed Dimensions: 28.00" x 31.50" Signature: Signed in pencil at lower right, with the artist’s blindstamp at lower left. “C...
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1920s Antique Poem

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Etching, Aquatint

Dix Neuf Poèmes Élastiques
Located in Roma, IT
One of 40 copies on Hollande Van Gelder in 8° format including a second portrait of the author out of text. Rigid binding lightly wore on angles. Internal papers in perfect condition...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Antique Poem

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Paper

Japanese Four Panel Screen: Seasonal Poems
Located in Hudson, NY
Four individual mounted panels of calligraphy. Each panel contains a poem inspired by one of the
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Poem

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Brocade, Silk, Paper

Jade Plaque Inscribed with Poem, 1900
Located in Northampton, MA
This dark green (almost black) nephrite jade pendant is inscribed with a brief poem about spring
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Early 1900s Chinese Art Nouveau Antique Poem

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Jade, Silver, Copper

1904 The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne
By Algernon Charles Swinburne
Located in Bath, GB
, homosexuality, sadomasochism and anti-theism. Volume I contains the Poems & Ballads First Series, volume II
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Early 1900s British Antique Poem

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Paper

The Poem of Ossian - Lithograph - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph realized in 19th Century and dedicated to the Poem of Ossian (an imaginary Gaelic Bard
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19th Century Modern Antique Poem

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Lithograph

1906 The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne
By Algernon Charles Swinburne
Located in Bath, GB
, homosexuality, sadomasochism and anti-theism. Volume I: Poems & Ballads First Series; volume II: Songs Before
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Early 1900s European Antique Poem

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Paper

The Poems of John Keats – KELMSCOTT PRESS
Located in Middletown, NY
the poems of John Keats (1795-1821), is a testament to the high regard in which this second-generation
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Late 19th Century English Antique Poem

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Gold Leaf

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor: POEMS on Various Subjects
Located in Middletown, NY
This is the FIRST EDITION of COLERIDGE'S FIRST BOOK OF POEMS. A. S. W. Rosenbach deemed it "An
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Late 18th Century English Antique Poem

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Leather, Paper

Some Poems by Robert Browning - ERAGNY PRESS
Located in Middletown, NY
Hammersmith: Eragny Press, 1903. First, Limited Edition. Octavo, 8 x 5.25 in (203 x 133 mm), pp.64 [2] + contents + colophon + blank + press-mark, Limited Edition. One of 215 copie...
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Early 20th Century English Antique Poem

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Paper

Hasegawa Publishing – Sword and Blossom Poems, Volume II
Located in Hamburg, DE
Poems, Volume II" from Hasegawa Publishing. This exquisite book presents a captivating blend of "sword
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Early 1900s Japanese Art Nouveau Antique Poem

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Paper

Japanese Meiji Gilt Lacquer Writing Desk & Poem Box
Located in Chicago, IL
masterpiece of Japanese lacquerware. The matching set includes a writing table (bundai) and poem box (tanzaku
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Poem

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Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese Landscape Dream Stone inscribed with a poem. The stone reminiscent of the Yuan landscapes
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19th Century Chinese Antique Poem

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Porcelain

Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese Landscape Dream Stone inscribed with a poem. The stone reminiscent of the Yuan landscapes
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19th Century Chinese Antique Poem

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Porcelain

Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese Landscape Dream Stone inscribed with a poem. The stone reminiscent of the Yuan landscapes
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19th Century Chinese Antique Poem

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Porcelain

Poems of Samuel Taylor COLERIDGE, Third Edition, 1803
Located in Middletown, NY
'indisposed' but had no authority to change the selection of poems, thus this edition was born, which did not
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Early 19th Century English Antique Poem

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Gold Leaf

Wordsworth's Grave and Other Poems by William Watson
Located in Middletown, NY
This is a RARE first limited edition of Watson's poems, printed on deluxe japon and bound in vellum
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Mid-18th Century English Antique Poem

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Gold Leaf

The Poems of William Shakespeare, Essex House Press
Located in Middletown, NY
The Poems of William Shakespeare according to the text of the original copies, including the lyrics
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Late 19th Century English Antique Poem

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Paper

Miscellaneous Poems of Jonathan Swift / Golden Cokerell Press
Located in Middletown, NY
Miscellaneous Poems of Jonathan Swift; Selected and with an introduction by R. Ellis Roberts
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Early 20th Century English Antique Poem

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Paper, Parchment Paper

Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) Poèmes magyars original drawing
By Felician Myrbach
Located in Paris, FR
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) Poèmes magyars, Magyar poems bears the monogram "M" on the lower left
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Poem

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Ink

The Poems of Master François Villon of Paris, 1892
Located in Middletown, NY
Villon, François, John Payne [translator/editor]. The Poems of Master François Villon of Paris
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Late 19th Century English Antique Poem

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Gold Leaf

Poems by T. S. Eliot - First American Edition, 1920
Located in Middletown, NY
first collection of Eliot poems published in his native country, the US. Although the poems occur in
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Early 20th Century American Antique Poem

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Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Bamboo with Calligraphy Poem
Located in Hudson, NY
Moon and bamboo in ink on gold paper with red and black lacquered negoro frame. (Meiji period) Calligraphy reads: Beauty in ink painting with standing woods and branches, like in par...
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Early 1900s Japanese Antique Poem

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Paper

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Waka Poems on Basketry Design
Located in Hudson, NY
Ribbons of 17th century calligraphy poems are mounted on an 18th century screen with a woven bamboo
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17th Century Antique Poem

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Gold, Bronze, Gold Leaf

Ivan Mazeppa, 19th Century - From The Poem By Lord Byron
Located in Blackwater, GB
Mazeppa, 19th Century From The Poem By Lord Byron English School Large 19th Century English
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19th Century Antique Poem

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Canvas, Oil

The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke. With a Memoir
Located in Middletown, NY
); pp. clix (memoir) + 160 (poems); frontispiece portraits of the author at the beginning of each
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Early 20th Century English Antique Poem

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Gold Leaf

Poem : The Happiness of this World - Original wooodcut, Handsigned & Numbered
Located in Paris, IDF
MORIN-JEAN (1877-1940) Poem : The Happiness of this World, 1929 Original woodcut Handsigned in
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1920s Modern Antique Poem

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Woodcut

Lover, Portrait after a Poem of Ronsard - Original lithograph - 1899
By Félix Bracquemond
Located in Paris, IDF
Félix BRACQUEMOND (1833-1914) Lover, Portrait after a Poem of Ronsard, 1899 Original lithograph
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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Poem

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Lithograph

Comic Poems - Rare Book Illustrated by G. Cruikshank - 1830
By George Cruikshank
Located in Roma, IT
Comic Poems ("Seven illustrated books in one volume") is an original modern rare book illustrated
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1830s Modern Antique Poem

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Paper, Etching, Woodcut

Antique Japanese Polychrome Bowl With Poem Dragon Marked, 1660-1700
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
different compositions, and a Chinese poem is inscribed on the opposite side. These Chinese poems are
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17th Century Japanese Antique Poem

18th-Century German Engraving – Allegory of War, Poem & Naval View
Located in Langweer, NL
a regiment or academy. Beneath the illustration, a deeply personal poem reflects on the noble yet
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Early 18th Century German Antique Poem

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Paper

Antique Dutch Delft Earthenware Plate Poem Prussian Invasion, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
. The poem refers to an event from the time of stadtholder Prince Willem V (1748-1806). The prince was
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18th Century Antique Poem

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Porcelain

1884 The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Located in Bath, GB
A beautifully illustrated and very smartly bound, limited edition of Edgar Allan Poe's works. In a lovely Bickers binding. Limited edition, numbered 14 of 150 copies printed with pr...
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1880s British Antique Poem

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Paper

The Tunning of Elinor Rumming, a Poem by John Skelton
Located in Middletown, NY
Skelton, John The Tunning of Elinor Rumming, a Poem London: Printed for Isaac Dalton, and sold by
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Early 18th Century English Antique Poem

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Gold Leaf

"His Constituents" illustration for the poem "The Day of Reckoning"
By Arthur Burdett Frost
Located in Fort Washington, PA
The image features a political discussion. Published to accompany the poem “The Day of Reckoning
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Early 1900s Antique Poem

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Paper, Watercolor

"A Short Story", Important Painting & Poem, Stephen Tennant & Siegfried Sassoon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
painting by Stephen Tennant illustrates a short poem by his lover, Siegfried Sassoon, entitled "A Short
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1920s British Art Deco Antique Poem

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Paint

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Ink Calligraphy Poem of the Moon
Located in Hudson, NY
Poems refer to moon gazers. Ink on mulberry paper with a silk brocade border. Seals read: Roku-roku
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19th Century Japanese Antique Poem

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Brocade, Silk, Paper

Antique Poetry Book, The Five Nations, Rudyard Kipling, Poems, Literary Classic
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
curates fifty poems across 215 pages, with an additional 38-page addenda. A fine example of early 20th
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Antique Poem

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Paper

Antique Poetry Book, The Seven Seas, Rudyard Kipling, Poems, Literary Classic
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
pages, with a 39-page addenda for completeness Contains 34 poems within the main compilation, alongside
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Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Poem

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Paper

POEMS by Stephen Phillips in a lovely Zahensdorf binding, 1898
Located in Middletown, NY
Phillips, Stephen Poems London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1898. Sixth Edition. 8vo, 7 3/8 x 4 1
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19th Century English Antique Poem

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Leather, Paper

Au Souffle du Kasmin by Jeanne H. Chabal - illustrated poems
Located in Middletown, NY
author to her friend Mathilde Koehn, and a holograph poem of 4 stanzas, initialed and dated 1917. The
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Early 20th Century French Antique Poem

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Leather, Paper

Original Poems, Stories, Tales & Death “D.Bradbury for Original Pieces” 1830
Located in Lowestoft, GB
“D.Bradbury for original pieces”, a book crammed with original poems, stories, tales and deaths
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19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Poem

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Paper

Antique Ming Period Kosometsuke Poem Go Players Cricket Box Chinese Porcelain
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
very nice Cricket box / Incense box with Poem. Typical Literati taste for Scholars that also was
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17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Poem

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Porcelain

John Keats – Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of Saint Agners & Other Poems
Located in Middletown, NY
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS / Keats, John Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of Saint Agners & Other Poems; with
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Early 20th Century English Antique Poem

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Gold Leaf

Paintings of a Poem in honor of Countess Matilde - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Paintings of a Poem in honor of Countess Matilde is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The
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1860s Modern Antique Poem

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Lithograph

Antique 19th c Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese Landscape Dream Stone. Inscribed with a poem in the 19th century. The stone reminiscent
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Poem

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Porcelain

The Life of Napoleon; A Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos - ILLUSTRATED
Located in Middletown, NY
Combe, William (Dr. Syntax), & George Cruikshank The Life of Napoleon; A Hudibrastic Poem in
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Early 19th Century English Antique Poem

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Leather, Paint, Paper

A Myriad of Kyoka Poems - Woodcut Print by Yanagawa Shigenobu - 1830s
By Yanagawa Shigenobu
Located in Roma, IT
A Myriad of Kyoka Poems Bijinga is an original modern artwork realized by Yanagawa Shigenobu in
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19th Century Modern Antique Poem

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Woodcut

Japanese Edo-Period Landscape with Poem – Pavilion and Autumn Hills, c.1790
Located in Langweer, NL
Japanese Edo-Period Landscape with Poem – Pavilion and Autumn Hills, c.1790 Description: This
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Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Poem

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Paper

Antique Ming Period Xieyi Yuan Poem Landscape Chinese Porcelain Kaiseki Dish
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Poem of Tao Yuanming. This dish is clearly related to the situation of the late Ming Literati and their
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17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Poem

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Porcelain

"Harvest Home - Henry Alford Poem, " Color Lithograph Poster of Pumpkins & Hay
Located in Milwaukee, WI
a field with a few pumpkins and wheat. Below the image is an excerpt from a Henry Alford poem
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1920s Other Art Style Antique Poem

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Lithograph

Japanese Rare Antique Scroll of Waka Heart Poem Famous Rengetsu Otagaki, signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
famous nun in old Japan and being familiar with poetry, her Waka poems on paper, and especially her hard
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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Poem

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Paper

Antique Ming Period Ko Akae Chinese Porcelain Dish Kosometsuke Flowers Poem
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
One of the coolest pieces I have gotten in the last months. Great decoration with added green and red. This piece has the thing that intrigues me a lot. Green color added to baking f...
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17th Century Antique Poem

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Porcelain

Antique Chinese Cased Ink Stone, c1850's, Daoguang Emperor, Li Bai poem, 27cm.
Located in MELBOURNE, AU
poem Made of wood & copper, gilded featuring a seal of the owner 27cm long
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1850s Chinese Victorian Antique Poem

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