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Chinese or Mongolian Silver Wine Vessel with Carved Jade, Coral & Turquoise
China or Mongolia early 20th century, earlier components
height: approximately 32cm, width: 16cm, weight: 1,418g
Provenance
acquired by the previous owner in Geneva, 1982.
Fine Bamboo Under-Vest for Qing & Qing-style Court Robes & Wedding Costumes
China & possibly Straits Settlements circa 1900
width: 171cm, length: 72cm
Provenance
UK art market
Rare & Important Early Japanese Calendar Scroll Painting of the Sanju Banjin
Japan, probably Kyoto Muromachi or Momoyama Period, 16th Century
width (without frame): 57.4cm, length: 120.5cm
Provenance
from the collection of an aristocratic Spanish family, purchased from Shreve, Crump & Low of Boston in the late 1970s or early 1980s
Chinese Export Silver Rosewater Sprinkler, probably by Linchong
Guandong (Canton), China circa 1800-1825
height: 34.6cm, width: 8.6cm, weight: 587g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Tortoiseshell Comb Peineta for a Mantilla; made for Spanish Market
Southern China & possibly the Philippines first half of the 19th century
length: 14.9cm, width: 14cm, weight: 37g
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
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
Miniature Gold-Inlaid Bronze Tripod Ding Vessel
China circa 18th century
height: 9.9cm, width: 6.6cm, weight: 290g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
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.
China-Trade Painting of Pagoda Island, Min River, Fuzhou
China circa 1850
height: 37.4cm, width: 53cm; height (with frame): 41.3cm, width (with frame): 56.8cm
Provenance
UK art market
Sino-Tibetan Gilt-Bronze Amitayus
Sino-Tibet 18th century
height: 15.9cm, width: 11.5cm, depth: 8.5cm, weight: 1,094g
Provenance
private collection, UK
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 Mongolian Repoussed Copper Plaque of a Lokapala
Mongolia 18th century
height: 33cm, width: 28.5cm, weight: 901g
Provenance
private collection, UK
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
Chinese Carved Mother-of-Pearl Shell
China 19th century
width: 20.6cm, length: 16cm, weight: 138g
Provenance
UK art market
Japanese Shingon Sect Gomadan Altar Gilded Copper ‘Pestle’ Vajra (Tokkosho)
Japan Edo Period, 18th-19th century
length: 14.7cm weight: 161g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Rare Liao Dynasty Gilded Silver Belt or Horse-Harness Fitting
North-eastern China & Inner Mongolia Liao Dynasty (10-12th century AD)
length: 12.6cm, width: 5cm, depth: 1.2cm, weight: 60g
Provenance
Roger Keverne, London, UK.
Chinese Export Silver Book-Shaped Snuff Box by Yao Jie
China 19th century
length: 4.1cm, width: 2.7cm, depth: 1.3cm, weight: 27g
Provenance
UK art market
Embroidered Chinese Wall Hanging with Shou (寿) & other Daoist Deities
China, exported to the Straits Settlements 19th century
dimensions of backing material: 120cm x 84cm
Provenance
collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.
Kangxi Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle with Indian (or Related) Engraved Silver Mounts
China & India or similar Kangxi Dynasty, 17th-18th century
height: 9.6cm, width: 3.8cm, weight: 51g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Chinese Silver Marriage Bracelets
China 19th century
internal diameter: approximately 6.7 x 5.9cm, thickness: 1cm, eight: 79g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine, Chinese Silver-Gilt Bracelet with Large, Semi-Precious Stones
China early 20th century
internal diameter: 5.9cm, total length: 17.5cm, height: 3.1cm, weight: 49g
Provenance
UK art market
Dutch Colonial Tortoiseshell Snuff Box with Silver Filigree & Enamel
Dutch Colonial - Batavia, Dutch East Indies, or China 18th century
width: 7.4cm, depth: 5cm, height: 3.1cm, weight: 56g
Provenance
UK art market
Five Chinese Enamelled Hanging Ornaments
China circa 1850
lengths: 65cm-98cm
Provenance
UK art market
Chinese Cloisonne & Gilt Vase Decorated with Taotie Motifs
China 18th-early 19th century
height: 23.3cm, weight: 946g
Provenance
acquired by the previous owner's father at Christie's London in the 1990s
Rare Chinese Yixing Teapot with Vietnamese Pierced Silver Mounts
Jiangsu, China & Vietnam 19th century
length: 20cm, height: 15cm
Provenance
UK art market
Kangxi Chinese Porcelain Flask with Indian (or Similar) Engraved Silver Mounts
China & India or similar Kangxi Dynasty, 17th-18th century
height: 9.6cm, weight: 66.8g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Chinese Gilded-Silver Opium Storage Box
China 19th century
height: 9cm, width: 3.6cm, weight: 110g
Provenance
UK art market
Model of a Peacock, Gilded, Enamelled & set with Turquoise & Pearls
China circa 1920
height: 45cm, total weight: 863g
Provenance
UK art market
Champleve Enamelled & Gilded Bronze Stupa with Jataka Tales
China Ming Dynasty, circa 15th century
height: 20.2cm, width: 10cm, weight: 1,254g
Provenance
private collection of Maurice Collis (1889-1973); thereafter by descent.
Eastern Han Terracotta Funerary Tile (Huaxiangzhuan) of an Elephant and Elephant Tamer
China Eastern Han Dynasty, 25-220 AD
size: 18cm x 18cm
Provenance
UK art market
Napoleonic Memorabilia: Rare Napoleon’s St Helena Tomb depicted on a Chinese Mother-of-Pearl Snuff Box with Silver Mounts
Canton, China circa 1820
diameter: 9.2cm, thickness: 3cm, weight: 277g
Provenance
UK art market
Straits Chinese ‘Brown & Gold’ Ancestral Shrine Cabinet
Straits Chinese community, Straits Settlements (Malacca, Penang, Singapore) 19th century
height: 81cm, width: 70cm, depth: 47cm
Provenance
UK art market
Sino-Tibetan Cloisonné and Silver Eating Bowl
Chinese made for the Tibet Market 18th-19th century
height: 4.7cm, diameter: 11.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Liao Dynasty Gilded Silver Dragon Fish-Shaped Earrings
China Liao Dynasty, 10-12th century
width: 3.5cm, height: 3.5cm combined weight: 11g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Liao Dynasty Gold Pendant Earrings
China Liao Dynasty, 10-12th century
height: 5.3cm, combined weight: 9g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Pair of Fine, Engraved Liao Gilded-Silver Bracelets
China Liao Dynasty, 10-12th century
diameter at widest point: 6.5cm, combined weight: 66g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Pair of Chinese Qing Silver Pendants
Southern China 19th-20th century
length: 4.5cm, combined weight: 9g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Qing Chinese Silver Earrings
Southern China 19th-20th century
length: 3.6cm, combined weight: 17g
Provenance
UK art market
Carved & Polychrome Image of Chu-sheng Niang-niang (the Goddess who Registers Births), Fuzhou Chinese, early 20th century
Hokkien, Teochiu & Fuzhou Chinese Communities in Southeast Asia & China early 20th century
height: 27cm, width: 14cm
Provenance
Private Collection, Keith Stevens, UK.
Kendi with Green-Glazed Chinese Earthenware & Engraved Brass Mounts
Java, Indonesia 19th century
height: 21cm, width 24cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.