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Exceptional Nepalese Brass Ritual Flask (Thyaka)
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 18th century
height: 32.3cm, weight: 1,994g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK; collected in Nepal in the 1970s by the previous owner's father
Exceptional Mongolian Married Woman’s Silver & Coral Headdress Ornaments or Temporals
Chahar Mongols, Efu Khalkar, Inner Central Mongolia 19th century
length: approximately 23.8cm, width: 4.2cm, depth: 2.2cm, weight: 331g
Provenance
private collection, Netherlands.
Rare Spanish Colonial Miniature Chair with Silver Mounts & Inlaid with Tortoiseshell & Bone, for an Infant Jesus Image
Spanish Colonial Mexico 17th century
height: 25.4cm, width: 20.7cm, depth: 15.8cm, weight: 731g
Provenance
UK art market
East Java Majapahit Bronze Ram
East Java, Indonesia East Java Period, 13th-15th century
height: 9.5cm, length: 11.9cm, width: 5.8cm, weight: 428g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Cast & Chiselled Brass Erotic Maithuna Betel Cutter
West India, probably Maharashtra 18th-19th century
length: 9.7cm, width: 6.2cm, weight: 229g
Provenance
UK art market
Early Bronze Borneo Kettle Cast with Chinese Door Guardians (Menshen)
Borneo, Malaysia/Brunei/Indonesia 17th-18th century
height: approximately 36cm, diameter: approximately 29cm, weight: between 5 to 7kg
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Tibetan or Mongolian Leather Box Decorated with Pigment & Gold Leaf
Tibet or Mongolia 15th-16th century
height: 20.4cm, width: approximately 30cm, depth: approximately 18cm, weight: 960g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Complete Chinese Opium Set with Silver Mounts & Rhinoceros Horn Opium Box
Southern China 19th century
length of tray: 25cm, length of pipe: 42.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Large, Northern Indian or Deccan Silver Platter (Thali), Inscribed & Dated 1756
Northern India or the Deccan 17th-18th century, with an inscription dated 1756
diameter: 34.9cm, weight: 1,243g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Fine, East Java Majapahit Gold Ear Ornaments
Majapahit Kingdom, East Java, Indonesia 13th-14th century
length: 2.2cm, width: 1.3cm, depth: 1.9cm, combined weight: 11g
Provenance
private collection, London; acquired from Bonhams London in the 1990s
Exceptional Collection of 14 Tibetan Pema Raka Ritual Beads
Tibet circa 1500
length of beads: between 2 and 4.2cm, combined weight: 287g
Provenance
private collection, US
Rare, Southeast Asian Chinese Enamelled Filigree Silver Box
Sumatra, probably the Palembang region, Indonesia 18th century
height: 10.5cm, diameter: 7.5cm, weight: 251g
Provenance
UK art market
Superb Balinese Palace Door & Frame
Bali, Indonesia 18th-early 19th century
height: 178cm, width: 110cm
Provenance
private collection, Ireland.
Rare, Early Indian Agate Box with Chased Silver Mounts
Deccan, India, and possibly Goa circa 1700
height: 13.3cm, length: 14cm, depth: 10.1cm, weight: 1,127g
Provenance
UK art market; European collection.
Early Indian Pink Sandstone Relief of a Male Deity with Female Attendants
Madhya Pradesh, India Chandella Dynasty, late 11th or 12th century
height: 58cm, width: 42.2cm
Provenance
private UK collection since circa 2000; prior to that in a private Anglo-Dutch collection since circa 1990. Most probably has been in the UK or Europe since colonial times.
Western Indian Blackstone Head of Vishnu
Western India, probably Rajasthan circa 12th century
height: 26.5cm, width: 17.2cm (not including display stand)
Provenance
private UK collection since circa 2000; prior to that in a private Anglo-Dutch collection since circa 1990. Most probably has been in the UK or Europe since colonial times.
Western Indian Sandstone Head of a Jina
Jain Community, Western India 12th century
height: 27cm, width: 21cm
Provenance
private UK collection since circa 2000; prior to that in a private Anglo-Dutch collection since circa 1990. Most probably has been in the UK or Europe since colonial times.
Early Javanese Unusually Large Cast Bronze Buddha
Java or Sumatra, Indonesia, but most probably imported from northern India Classical Period, 8th century
height (without stand): 21.9cm, width: 17.1cm, depth: 11.8cm, weight: 2,576g
Provenance
Private Collection, London, UK.
Miniature Gold-Inlaid Bronze Tripod Ding Vessel
China circa 18th century
height: 9.9cm, width: 6.6cm, weight: 290g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Chinese Warring States Gold and Turquoise-Inlaid Bronze Garment Hook
Northern China Warring States period or Han Dynasty, 3rd or 2nd century BC
height: 8.4cm, width: 1.1cm, weight: 96g (not including display stand)
Provenance
private collection, London, UK; Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London, 2019
Akan Carved Wooden Queen Mother Figure
Asante (Ashanti) sub-group of the Akan people, Ghana early 20th century and possibly earlier
height: 33.1cm, width: 8.5cm, depth: 13.3cm, weight: 635g
Provenance
UK art market
Exceptionally Rare Indian ‘Medicine’ Coconut Goblet with Silver-Gilt Mounts
Western India, perhaps Goa, or Mughal India 16th century
height: approximately 7.2cm, diameter: approximately 7.9cm, weight: 143g
Provenance
private collection, London,. UK; by repute, a Russian collection
Rare Southeast Asian (Batavian) or Chinese Parcel-Gilt Wine Ewer
Southeast Asia, possibly Batavia, or China circa 1680-1750
height: 17cm, length (from handle to spout): 15cm, weight: 415g
Provenance
UK art market; Sotheby's New York
Nine Matched, Descending Bronze Burmese Buddhist Disciple Monk Images
North-eastern Burma (Myanmar) 18th century
height: 12.1cm, 13.4cm, 14cm, 15.1cm, 16.5cm, 18.2cm, 21.6cm, 25.6cm and 30.2cm
Provenance
UK art market
Superb Vizagapatam Ebony Box overlaid with Tortoiseshell & Etched Ivory Veneer with Silver Mounts
Vizagapatam, India circa 1750
height: 8.8cm, width: 27.9cm, depth: 19cm, weight: 1,650g
Provenance
private collection, England.
Nepalese Gem-Inlaid Gilded Votive Plaque
Newar People, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 18th century
diameter: 36.8cm, weight: 1,606g
Provenance
UK art market
Unusual Pair of Mongolian Beaten Brass Images of Budai
Mongolia circa 18th century
height: approximately 19cm, width: 15cm, depth: 10cm, combined weight: 2,386g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Pair of Javanese Three-Dimensional Wooden Puppet Figures
Java, Indonesia circa 1820
height: (male) 42.8cm, (female) 35.5cm, combined weight: 854g
Provenance
UK art market
Sino-Tibetan Conch Shell Trumpet with Gilded Copper Mounts
Sino-Tibetan 18th century - most probably Qianlong period (1736-1795)
length: 22.2cm, width: approximately 13.5cm, weight: 1,129g
Provenance
Derek Wright (1927-2022) collection, Fritham Grange, Hampshire., UK. Acquired by the previous owner from Gerard Hawthorn Ltd Oriental Art, London, June 2004.
Maori Greenstone Pendant in the form of a Native Bat (Pekapeka)
Maori people, New Zealand 19th century
width: 7.2cm, length: 4.8cm, weight: 38g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Jain Digambara Brass Mandala Shrine of the Navadevata
Karnataka, India circa 15th century
height: 28.8cm, width: 18.7cm, depth: 6.8cm, weight: 1,752g
Provenance
UK art market
Outstanding Early Javanese Gold ‘Surya’ Pendant & Chain
East Java, Indonesia Majapahit Period, 14th century
circumference: 59cm, width of pendant: 6.2cm, width of chain: 4.5cm, weight: 137g
Provenance
private collection, UK; and previously a private German collection
Bukharan Noble’s Turquoise-inlaid & Finely Engraved Ewer
Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Central Asia late 19th century
height: 37.8cm, length (from sprout to handle): 23.5cm, weight: 1,758g
Provenance
UK art market
Srivijaya Period Bronze Standing Maitreya
Srivijaya Kingdom, Probably South Sumatra, Indonesia 7th-8th century
height: 21cm, width: 5.8cm, depth: 5.2cm, weight: 789g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
African Dogon Cast Brass Pendant of a Seated, Bound Female Slave
Dogon People, Mali 19th century or earlier
height: 6.7cm, weight: 134g
Provenance
UK art market
Spectacular Moroccan Large Amber ‘Treasure’ Necklace (Tifilit)
Berber people, Anti-Atlas, Draa Valley, Morocco early 20th century
circumference: approximately 102cm, diameter of the largest bead: approximately 4.6cm, weight: 809g
Provenance
private collection, US
Massive Indian Silver Flask (Surahi)
Rajasthan, India late 19th century
height: approximately 48cm, width: approximately 28cm, weight: 2,980g
Provenance
UK art market
Naga Warrior’s Tiger Hunting Necklace
Naga People, Burma/India early 20th century or earlier
circumference: approximately 73cm, width of pendant: 11cm, length of boar teeth: approximately 9.1cm, weight: 207g
Provenance
private collection, US
Tibetan Gilded Bronze Buddha
Tibet 16th-17th century
height: 23cm, width: 17cm, depth: 11cm, weight: 1,850g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Brunei Brass Grain Measure (Gantang)
Brunei dated 1875-76
diameter: approximately 18.7cm, height: 16.5cm, weight: 2,225g
Provenance
private collection, Channel Islands
Ibibio Carved Wooden Soldier Puppet Figure
Ibibio people, coastal Southern Nigeria circa 1920
height: 55cm
Provenance
UK art market; Christie's Paris, 2006.
Tibetan Chinese Parcel-Gilt Bronze Amitayus
Tibeto-Chinese 18th century
height: 17.4cm, width: 11.8cm, depth: 8.5cm, weight: 1,317g
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Rare Nepalese Bone Statue of Chakrasamvara Sakti in Yab-Yum
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 15th century
height: 14.4cm, width: 6.5cm, weight: 145g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Superb Saudi Arabian Embroidered & Beaded Dress (Thobe)
Bani Malik tribal group, Hijaz region, southern Saudi Arabia mid-20th century
length: 136cm, weight: 1,472g
Provenance
private UK collection, collected in Saudi Arabia in the 1970s
Pair of Large, Indian, Princely, Parcel-Gilded & Enamelled Garuda Figures
Rajasthan, India circa 1800
heights (without stands): 23.8cm, width: 12.4cm, height (with stands): 32.5cm, combined weight: 2,475g
Provenance
German private collection, bought by the father of the previous owner in Germany in 1971 at the sale of a Rajasthan Maharaja's possessions
Superb Tibetan Silver Image of Tsong Khapa
Tibet 18th century
height: 13.7cm, width: 9.8cm, depth: 7cm, weight: 606g
Provenance
private collection, England.
Exceptional Saudi Arabian Embroidered & Beaded Dress (Thobe)
Bani Malik tribal group, Hijaz region, southern Saudi Arabia mid-20th century
length: 130cm, weight: 1,319g
Provenance
private UK collection, collected in Saudi Arabia in the 1970s
Rare, Nepalese Cast Bronze Yab-Yum Group for Temple Niche
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal Late Malla Dynasty, 17th century
height: 13.7cm, width: 11.7cm, depth: approximately 3.6cm, weight: 557g
Provenance
from the private collection of a retired academic, London
Indo-Portuguese Bezoar Stone with Silver Mounts & Chain
India, probably Goa, & possibly Ottoman Turkey circa 1700
overall length: 10.1cm, width of stone: 2.9cm, weight: 11g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare, Mughal Gilt-Decorated Steatite Flask (Surahi)
Northern India 17th-18th Century
height: approximately 31.8cm, diameter: approximately 13.5cm, weight: 1,341g
Provenance
private collection, England.
Algerian Gold Serpent-Head Bracelet set with Pearls, Rubies & other Stones
Algeria 19th century
interior diameter: 6.3cm, weight: 12g
Provenance
UK art market
Ashanti Chief’s Brass-Covered Asipim Chair
Ashanti (Asante) People, Ghana 19th century
width: 50.2cm, height: 93.4cm, depth (seat only, excluding the inclining back-rest): 47cm
Provenance
UK art market
Ottoman Armenian Woman’s Wooden Stilted Clogs (Qabqab) with Engraved Silver Mounts
Armenian People, Ottoman Turkey 19th century
length: 24cm, height: 12.5cm
Provenance
from the collection of the family of John Lee, Baron Lee of Trafford, Bowdon Old Hall, Cheshire, UK. The family of Lord Lee has occupied Bowdon Old Hall since 1919 and the clogs formed part of the contents of the house. The wife of Baron Lee is of Armenian descent.
Thai Courtly Gold Pendant set with Emeralds, Rubies & Diamonds
Bangkok, Thailand 19th century
length: 6.2cm, width: 4.8cm, weight: 21g
Provenance
private collection
Exceptional, Early Tanimbar Ancestor Figure
Tanimbar, Southeast Moluccas, Eastern Indonesia 18th century
height: 16.4cm, width: 5.4cm, depth: 4.5cm
Provenance
Private Collection, Northern England; acquired by the previous owners from an antiques fair, York, England, circa 1980
Mughal or Deccan Scribe’s Silver Pen Box (Kalamdan)
Mughal, Northern India or Deccan 18th century
length: 21.2cm, weight: 225g
Provenance
UK art market
Malay Tortoiseshell Koran Box with Pierced Silver Mounts & Tekat Interior
Malay People, Sumatra, Indonesia 18th-19th century
height: 8.7cm, width: 18cm, depth: 12.5cm, weight: 597g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Ganga-Jumna Vishnu & Consorts
Tanjore region, Tamil Nadu, South India 17th-18th century
height: 12.1 to 13.2cm, width: 3.9 to 6.1cm, combined weight: 1,034g
Provenance
UK art market
Massive South American Silver Incense Burner (Sahumador) in the form of a Llama
Viceroyalty of Peru late 18th-19th century
height: 55.5cm, length: 39cm, width: 29cm, weight: 3,905g
Provenance
UK art market
Mongolian Polychrome Dancing Citipati Group
Mongolia 19th century
height: 60cm, width: 53cm
Provenance
Private collection, England.
Sri Lankan Tortoiseshell Betel Box with Engraved, Parcel-gilt Silver Mounts
Sri Lanka late 18th century
length: 16cm, width: 12cm, height: 5.2cm, weight: 305g
Provenance
UK art market
Srivijaya Bronze Seated Avalokiteshvara
Srivijaya kingdom - Sumatra, Indonesia & Malay Peninsula, incl. southern Thailand 7th-8th century
height: 18.8cm, width: 8.9cm, depth: 7.6cm, weight: 1,203g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Rare Yoruba Carved Wooden Processional Staff
Yoruba People, Nigeria 19th-early 20th century
length: 108cm
Provenance
private collection, London; and previously, a private European collection.
Fine, Brisé-style Chinese Silver-Gilt Filigree Fan
Guangdong (Canton), China circa 1830
length of arm: 21cm, width of arm: 2.5cm, width of unfolded fan: 35cm, weight: 185g
Provenance
UK art matrket
Rare Indian Lucknow Enamelled Silver & Leather Hookah Base
Lucknow, India 18th century
height: 20.2cm, diameter of base: 14.8cm, weight: 611g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Balinese Double-Ikat Geringsing Wayang Kebo Cloth
Tenganan Pegeringsingan, North-East Bali, Indonesia 19th century
length: 210cm, width: 51.7cm
Provenance
private collection, UK; believed to have been collected in Bali in the 1920s
Large Tibetan Silver Longevity Vase (Kalasha)
Tibet 19th century
height: 29.3cm, width: 12.2cm, weight: 1,071g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Srivijaya Bronze Standing Maitreya
Srivijaya Kingdom, South Sumatra, Indonesia circa 7th-8th century
height (including stand): 32.5cm, width: 8.7cm, weight (including stand): 2,682g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Rare, Nepalese Inscribed & Gilded Copper Buddha’s Footprints Buddhapada Portable Mandala Plaque
Nepal 17th-18th century
diameter: approximately 27cm, weight: 669g
Provenance
UK art market
Maori Trolling Lure Fish Hook (Pa Kahawai)
Maori People, New Zealand 18th-19th century
length (without cord): 14.8cm, width: 2cm, weight: 20g
Provenance
UK art market; UK private collection.
Impressive Pair of Nepalese Hanging Incense Burners
Nepal & Tibet 19th century
height of incence burners (without the chains): 38cm, width (between handles): 27cm, combined weight: 4,947g
Provenance
UK art market
Nepalese Gold & Gilt Amulet Box showing the Dhyani Buddha Amitabha, & set with Rubies & other Precious Stones
Nepal 19th-early 20th century
width: 8.2cm, length: 7.9cm, depth: 2cm, weight: 128g
Provenance
UK art market
Indo-Portuguese Parcel-Gilt Silver Bezoar Stone Box
West India, probably Gujarat or Goa circa 1700
height: 6cm, diameter: 4.5cm, weight: 45g
Maluku Gold-Alloy Pectoral or Forehead Ornament
South Maluku, (Moluccas), Eastern Indonesia 19th century
width of mask: 10.8cm, length of seedpod-like elements: approximately 5.2cm, weight: 28g
Provenance
Estate Collection of Tom White MBE; lot 222, 'Gold: Important ancient and ethnic jewellery and works of art in precious metal', Hapsburg, Feldman, Geneva, Switzerland, May 14, 1990.
Pair of Mounted, Large, Gilded Silver Lucknow Fish Elements
India, probably Lucknow 18th-19th century
width (individually): approximately 45cm, height: approximately 28.5cm; display stand's width: 48cm, depth: 20cm, height: 44cm
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Aristocratic Balinese Doors Carved in High Relief with Gilding
Bali, Indonesia late 19th century
length: 184.4cm, width (of the pair): 71cm
Provenance
UK art market
Magnificent & Large Sri Lankan Cobra Demon (Maha Raksa) Dance Mask
Sinhala people, Coastal Sri Lanka 19th century
height: approximately 79cm (without stand), width: 62cm
Provenance
UK art market
Exceptional Dutch Colonial Tortoiseshell Betel Box with Fine Silver Mounts
Dutch Colonial East Indies, either Malay, Sumatra or Batavia (Indonesia today) 18th-19th century
height: 8.1cm, length: 19cm, depth: 13.3cm
Provenance
UK art market
Andaman Islands Man’s Dance Regalia
Andaman Islands, possibly from the Jarawa Tribe, South Andaman circa 1900
indicative length of headdress (band & tassels): 49cm
Provenance
private collection, London. UK; previously, Charles Wilfred Hext (b.1880-1919)
Exceptional Collection of 18 Aztec Black-Clay, Tubular, Ear Plugs or Spools
Aztec Civilisation, Capilco, Mexico 14th-15th century
diameter: 2.1cm (smallest), 3.1cm (biggest)
Provenance
UK art market, prior to that Madrid, Spain from before 1974
Rare, Indo-Portuguese Ceremonial Gilded Silver Filigree Flower Basket
Indo-Portuguese Goa, India second half of the 17th century
height: 10.2cm, diameter: 6.6cm, weight: 136g
Provenance
previously in a private house, Bangkok, Thailand
Rare, Inscribed, Pair of Ottoman Greek or Armenian Gilded-Silver Liturgical Fans (Hexapteryga)
Produced for the Greek Orthodox Community in Ottoman Turkey, probably Armenian silversmithing. 18th century
height: 51cm, width: 26.5cm, combined weight: 1,768g
Provenance
private collection , London, UK; Sotheby's London, 2019.
Javanese Cast Silver Image of Shiva with Bronze Yoni Base
Central Java, Indonesia Classical Period, 9th century
height of Shiva: 8.3cm, ensemble height (with stand): 11.6cm, weight of Shiva: 146g
Provenance
Private collection, London, UK. Acquired in the UK around 2001.
Pair of Tibet Fire Offering (Homa) Ladles of Iron Overlaid with Gold & Silver
Derge, Tibet 15th-16th century
length: 78.2 and 86.2cm, combined weight: 1,983g
Provenance
UK art market
Exceptional, Rare & Large Dutch East Indies Pandan-Shaped Silver Filigree Toiletry Set, Box, Cover & Tray
Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia 18th century
diameter of tray: 28cm, diameter of box: 19.5cm, height of assembled set: 15.8cm, weight: 2,254g (2.254kg)
Provenance
private collection, London; acquired in London prior to that.
Life-sized Sepik Ancestor Figure
Sepik Region, New Guinea late 19th century
height: 165cm
Provenance
Francis de Sales McHugh Collection, collected by de Sales McHugh in the first half of the 20th century.
Colonial Vizagapatam Ivory-Inlaid Portable Writing Box
Vizagapatam, India 1720-30
width: 43.6cm, depth: 34cm, height: 11.4cm
Provenance
private collection, London.
Pair of Bhuta Cow Figures (Nandigona)
Karnataka, India 19th century
lengths; 21cm, heights: 11.6cm, combined weights: 2,244g
Provenance
UK art market
Collection of 145 Ethiopian Silver Crosses (Yangat Masqal)
Ethiopia 19th-early 20th century
approximate total combined weight: 2.2kg
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Model of a Peacock, Gilded, Enamelled & set with Turquoise & Pearls
China circa 1920
height: 45cm, total weight: 863g
Provenance
UK art market