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Large Maharaja’s Gold Walking Cane Hilt set with Diamonds, Rubies & Emeralds
Northern India 19th century
height: 12cm, diameter: between 2.5 and 3.3cm, weight: 155g
Provenance
private collection, UK; Sotheby's London, 2005.
Nepalese Gilded Amulet Box set with Rubies & other Semi-Precious Gems
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 18th-19th century
length: 8.5cm, width: 7.8cm, depth: approximately 3cm, weight: 102g
Provenance
UK art market
Long Strand of Large Indo-Tibetan Sulemani or Bhaisajyaguru Prayer Beads
Indo-Tibetan Ancient
circumference: approximately 82cm, length of beads: between 2.6 and 3cm, weight: 476g
Provenance
private collection, England.
Monumental & Elaborate Burmese Silver Box
Burma (Myanmar) early 20th century (but dated 1886)
width: 40cm, height: 24cm, depth: 31cm weight: 5,000g (5 kg)
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Sri Lankan Tortoiseshell Box with Pierced, Solid Gold Mounts
Sri Lanka (Ceylon), probably Galle circa 1730
height: 5.6cm, width: 15.2cm, depth: 10.3cm, weight: 239g
Provenance
UK art market
Large Strand of Indo-Tibetan Long, Concave, Clear Carnelian Beads
Indo-Tibetan Ancient
circumference: approximately 113cm, diameter of round pendant bead: 3.3cm, length of concave beads: between 1.5 and 2.7cm, weight: 533g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Silver & Gold Filigree Pen Box (Kalamdan)
India, Hyderabad or Orissa 18th-early 19th century
length: 19.6cm, depth: 3.2cm, height: 2.3cm, weight: 234g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Chinese Porcelain Cup made for the Armenian Jewish Market
China, for the Armenian Jewish Market dated 1842
diameter: 10.1cm, height: 6.5cm, weight: 96g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine Moroccan Berber (Amazigh) Amber & Coral Necklace
Amazigh or Berber People, Draa Valley, Southern Morocco latest stringing: mid-20th century from earlier elements
length of the bead components: 65cm, overall length (including cords): approximately 111cm, diameter of the central hollow spherical silver alloy bead: 3.8cm, weight: 373cm
Provenance
private collection, Germany; collected in the 1980s
Exceptionally Rare, Early, Ryukyu Lacquer & Gilt Vase
Ryukyu Islands circa 1400 AD
height: 17.6cm, diameter: 17.5cm, weight: 511g
Provenance
private collection, England
Superb, Rare Strand of 32 Ancient, Varied, East Javanese ‘Jatim’ Glass Beads
East Java, Indonesia 600-800AD
length: 52cm, diameter of the largest bead: 2.4cm, weight: 273g
Provenance
private collection, Canada; acquired in the US in the early 1980s
Strand of Massive Indo-Tibetan Sulemani or Bhaisajyaguru Prayer Beads
Indo-Tibetan Ancient
circumference: 45cm, diameter of the largest bead: 3.8cm, weight: 521g
Provenance
private collection, England.
Superb Naga Trade Bead, Carnelian & Shell Necklace
Angami NagaPeople, North-Eastern India late 19th-early 20th century
circumference: approximately 65cm, length of the largest chank shell pendant: 15.9cm, weight: 1,182g
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection, UK
Massive Naga Warrior’s Ceremonial Hip Ornament
Konyak Naga, North-Eastern India late 19th-early 20th century
length of wooden substrate: approximately 17.4cm, overall length (including horns and hair): approximately 80cm, dimensions of 'wings': approximately 18 and 11 cm individually, weight: 853g
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection, UK
Rare Mongolian Pair of Dancing Citipati of Papier Mache & Polychrome, with Attributes
Mongolia 19th century
height: 60cm, width: 53cm
Provenance
private collection, Spain/England
Five Early Islamic Middle Eastern Glass Beads for the African Market
Middle East (probably Egypt or Syria) for the African Market (probably Mali) 900-1200 AD
diameter: between 1.3 and 1.9cm, length: between 1.3 and 2.1cm, combined weight: 25g
Provenance
private collection, Canada. The collection was carefully assembled over the last 50 years.
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
Mongolian Gilded Bronze Sitasamvara & Consort Vajravarahi in Yab-Yum
Mongolia 18th century
height: 15.2cm, width: 10.5cm, depth: 7.1cm, weight: 907g
Provenance
Ian Triay Collection, Madrid, Spain
Khmer Bronze Image of Avalokiteshvara
Khmer people, Cambodia Angkor Period, late 12th century
overall height: 21.3cm, width: 7.2cm, depth: 6.8cm, weight: 556g
Provenance
private collection, UK, and thence by descent
Exceptional, Large Strand of European & African Trade Beads for the West African Market
Trade Beads for the West African Market beads date from ancient to circa 1920
circumference: approximately 82cm, diameter of the white core marble bead: 3.8cm, weight: 404g
Provenance
private collection, Canada. The collection was carefully assembled over the last 50 years.
Six Ancient Islamic Folded Glass Beads
Middle East (probably Egypt or Syria) for the African Market (probably Mali) 900-1200 AD
length: between 1.2 and 2.4cm, diameter: 1.2 and 2cm, combined weight: 36g
Provenance
private collection, Canada. The collection was carefully assembled over the last 50 years.
Sikh Silver-Inlaid Steel Chakram
Northern India, probably Lahore 19th century
external diameter: 23.1cm, internal diameter: 17.7cm, height (including display stand): approximately 29.5cm, weight: 363g
Provenance
private collection, London
Rare Naga Head Hunter’s Necklace with Four Severed Heads
Naga People, North-Eastern India 19th-early 20th century
length of brass pendant: 12.6cm, length of strand: approximately 57cm, weight: 181g
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection, UK
Fine, Yoruba Pair of Ibeji Female Twin Figures with Cowrie Cloaks & Tirah Talismans
Yoruba People, Northern Nigeria 19th century
height: 17 and 18.6cm, width: 19.2 and 19.7cm, combined weight: 1,987g
Provenance
Acquired from Peter Wengraf, London, 1984.
Rare, Fine German Striped Alley or Marble Bead Necklace
Lauscha, Central Germany, for the export market, including Africa circa 1870
overal length: 58.2cm, diameter of the largest bead: 3.4cm, weight: 346g
Provenance
private collection, Canada. The collection was carefully assembled over the last 50 years.
Mughal Gold, Diamond & Enamel Bazuband Ornament
Mughal, Northern India 18th century
length: 5cm, width: 4.5cm, weight: 24g
Provenance
private collection, Spain.
Nepalese Mala-Period Green-Grey Stone Durga Mahishasura Mardini
Nepal 17th-18th century
height (including stand): 23cm, width of stand: 19.9cm, depth of stand: 8.9cm, weight: 1,717g
Provenance
Simon Digby Collection (1932-2010)
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.
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
Burmese Mandalay Painted & Gilded Marble Reclining Buddha
Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) 18th-early 19th century
(without stand) length: 61.5cm, depth: 15.4cm, height: 28.8cm, weight: very heavy
Provenance
UK art market
French Colonial Pondicherry Indian Gilded Wooden Angels
French Colonial Pondicherry, South India late 17th-early 18th century
height: 30.9 and 33cm, combined weight: 2,048g
Provenance
UK art market
Massive, Rare Berber ‘Front & Back’ Amber Necklace
Berber or Amazigh People, Ait Yazza Village and related groups, Draa Valley Region, South-eastern Morocco early 20th century
circumference: approximately 140cm, weight: 931g
Provenance
private collection, Germany; collected in the 1980s
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
Model of a Peacock, Gilded, Enamelled & set with Turquoise & Pearls
China circa 1920
height: 45cm, total weight: 863g
Provenance
UK art market
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
South Indian Bronze, Double-Sided, Charter Plaque (Pattayam) with Lengthy Tamil Inscriptions
South India 18th-19th century (dated 13th-early 14th century)
height: 40.5cm, width: 24.5cm, weight: 3,562g
Provenance
private collection, UK; acquired at Spink, London, April1980.
Large Brunei Malay Silver Bowl and Cover (Dulang Bertutup)
Malay people, Brunei early 20th century
diameter: 20.6cm, height: approximately 11.5cm, weight: 802g
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
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
Large Tibetan Silver Longevity Vase (Kalasha)
Tibet 19th century
height: 29.3cm, width: 12.2cm, weight: 1,071g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Ibibio Carved Wooden Soldier Puppet Figure
Ibibio people, coastal Southern Nigeria circa 1920
height: 55cm
Provenance
UK art market; Christie's Paris, 2006.
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
Superb Balinese Palace Door & Frame
Bali, Indonesia 18th-early 19th century
height: 178cm, width: 110cm
Provenance
private collection, Ireland.
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.
Chinese Warring States Gold and Turquoise-Inlaid Bronze Garment Hook
Northern China Warring States period or Han Dynasty, 3rd or 2nd century BC
height: 18.4cm, 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
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
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
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
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
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
Nepalese Gilded Bronze Buddha
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal late 18th-19th century
height: 23cm, width: 17cm, depth: 11cm, weight: 1,850g
Provenance
private collection, UK
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
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.
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
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.
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
Sri Lankan Tortoiseshell Betel Box with Engraved, Parcel-gilt Silver Mounts
Sri Lanka 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
Pair of Bhuta Cow Figures (Nandigona)
Karnataka, India 19th century
lengths; 21cm, heights: 11.6cm, combined weights: 2,244g
Provenance
UK art market
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.
Rare Balinese Double-Ikat Geringsing Wayang Kebo Cloth
Tenganan Pegeringsingan, South-East Bali, Indonesia 19th century
length: 210cm, width: 51.7cm
Provenance
private collection, UK; believed to have been collected in Bali in the 1920s
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
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
Maluku Gold Pectoral or Forehead Ornament
South Maluku, (Moluccas), Eastern Indonesia 19th-early 20th century 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 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
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
Collection of 145 Ethiopian Silver Crosses (Yangat Masqal)
Ethiopia 19th-early 20th century
approximate total combined weight: 2.2kg
Provenance
private collection, UK.
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 of each: 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.
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.