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This auction catalogue documents a non-fiction sale held by Sotheby's on 21 July 1980 devoted to antiquities, so-called primitive art, and Asian works of art. Structured as a specialist reference volume, it organizes objects by lot number and provides concise scholarly entries designed for collectors, dealers, and researchers. Typical records include cultural attribution, estimated chronology, materials, measurements, provenance information when available, and photographic plates supporting identification and valuation. The catalogue likely spans artifacts from ancient Mediterranean cultures alongside objects from Africa, Oceania, and Asia. Today the volume functions as a historical document for studying the late twentieth-century art market, collecting patterns, classification practices, and the circulation of non-Western and ancient artworks.e tracking, and the circulation of ancient artifacts in the late twentieth century.