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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.
Exceptionally Rare, Early, Ryukyu Lacquer & Gilt Vase
Ryukyu Islands circa 1400 AD
height: 17.6cm, diameter: 17.5cm, weight: 511g
Provenance
private collection, England
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
Indian Dyed Cotton Cloth for the Islamic Export Markets
Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India circa 1850
width: 62cm, length: 62cm
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Mongolian Pair of Dancing Citipati of Papier Mache & Polychrome, with Attributes
Mongolia 19th century
height: 60cm, width: 53cm
Provenance
private collection, Spain/England
Indian Bronze Temple Cooking Basin (Charakku or Urly)
India 18th century
height: 8.5cm, diameter: 25.4cm, length (with handles): 28.8cm, weight: 2,654g
Provenance
UK art market
Export Indian Dyed Cotton Prayer Cloth with Text (Jainamaz)
Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India circa 1850
height: 76.3cm, width: 55.6cm, weight: 101g
Provenance
UK art market
Large Burmese Statue of a Dancer in Courtly Dress
Burma (Myanmar) early 20th century
height: 100.1cm, width: approximately 32cm, depth: 38cm
Provenance
private collection, London, acquired around 1990
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)
Export Indian Dyed Cotton Prayer Cloth (Jainamaz)
Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India circa 1850
height: 88.2cm, width: 54cm
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Temple Tree Lamp (Vriksha Deepa)
Deccan, India 19th century
height: approximately 60cm, width: 41.3cm, weight: very heavy
Provenance
UK art market
Burmese Cast Bronze of Mother & Child: ‘Learning to Walk,’ Signed by Maung Hpo Hla
Pegu, Burma (Myanmar) circa 1920
height: 19.5cm, width: 12.3cm, depth: 12.8cm, weight: 1,578g
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
Indian Chandella-Period Jain Pink Sandstone Fragment
Probably Jain, Gyaraspur, area, Madhya Pradesh, India Chandella Dynasty, circa 9th century
height (without stand): 40cm, width: 22.6cm, depth: 5.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
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.
Malay Red Silk & Gold Thread Man’s Silk Ikat Headscarf (Ikat Kepala)
Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
width: 77.4cm, length: 77.4cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Burmese Cast Bronze Monk, Retailed by Coombes, Rangoon
Pegu, Burma circa 1930
height: 19cm, width: 8.6cm, depth: 8.4cm, weight: 833g
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
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
Himalayan Gilded Copper Deer Head
Tibet or Mongolia 17th-18th century
height: 19cm, length: 26.8cm, width: 8.9cm, weight: 637g
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
Burmese Gilded, Lacquered Wooden Seated Buddha
Burma (Myanmar) 18th century
height: 61.4cm, width: 29.9cm, depth: 14.7cm
Provenance
UK art market
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.
Philippines Silver-Inlaid Brass Wedding Vessel (Gadur)
Moro People, Mindanao, Philippines early 20th century
height: 57.5cm, width: 29.5cm
Provenance
private collection, US.
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
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.
Pair of Central Javanese, Courtly Wedding Loro Blonyo Figures
Central Java, Indonesia 19th century
height: 24.4 and 25.7 cm, combined weight: 819g
Provenance
UK art market
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
Nepalese Elaborate Ritual Lamp (Sukunda)
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 19th century
height: approximately 39cm, length (from lamp dish to handle): 36cm, width: approximately 18cm, weight: 3,646g
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.
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
Nepalese Gem-Inlaid Gilded Votive Plaque
Newar People, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 18th century
diameter: 36.8cm, weight: 1,606g
Provenance
UK art market
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
Akan Carved Wooden King or Chief Figure
Asante (Ashanti) sub-group of the Akan people, Ghana early 20th century and possibly earlier
height: 30.8cm, width: 7.4cm, depth: 14.2cm, weight: 560g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Burmese Gilded Lacquered Monk Disciples, Sariputta & Moggallana
Burma (Myanmar) 19th-20th century
height: approximately 12cm, combined weight: 2,013g
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
Burmese Gilded Lacquered Buddha
Northern Burma (Myanmar) 19th century
height: 35cm, width: 28cm, depth: 19.2cm, weight: 2,890g
Provenance
UK art market
Ibibio Carved Wooden Soldier Puppet Figure
Ibibio people, coastal Southern Nigeria circa 1920
height: 55cm
Provenance
UK art market; Christie's Paris, 2006.
Ibibio Carved Wooden Female Puppet Figure
Ibibio people, coastal Southern Nigeria circa 1920
height: 56cm
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
Early Spanish Colonial Mexican Chest
Puebla or Campeche, Spanish Colonial Mexico early 17th century
width: 64cm, depth: 26.5cm, height: 36cm
Provenance
private collection, London
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, 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.
Palembang Lotus-Form Lacquered Box (Ponjen)
Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
height: approximately 40cm, width: 37.5cm, weight: 5,092g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare, Inscribed, Shaivite 22-Spout Water Vessel or Lota
South India 18th-19th century
height: approximately 27.5cm, width: approximately 33cm, weight: 2,503g
Provenance
private collection, England.
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
Balinese Wooden Pillar Base (Sendi Tugeh) Carved with Monster Masks
Bali, Indonesia 19th-early 20th century
height: 28cm, width: 33.2cm, depth: 15.5cm, weight: 3,830g
Provenance
UK art market
Balinese Carved Wooden Pillar Base (Sendi Tugeh)
Bali, Indonesia early 20th century
height: 51.5cm, width: 28cm
Provenance
UK art market
Burmese Mandalay Bronze Buddha
Mandalay, Burma circa 1840
height: approximately 68cm, width: 54.4cm, depth: 33cm
Provenance
UK art market
Balinese Lacquer Wooden Container
Bali, Indonesia 19th century
height: 29.4cm, width: 17.1cm, weight: 611g
Provenance
Estate Collection of Tom White MBE, a former UK diplomat who served in Southeast Asia in the 1960s & 1970s.
Sumatran Minangkabau-Acehnese Wooden Shield with Pierced Brass Mounts (Peurise)
West Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
diameter: approximately 31cm, weight: 1,022g
Provenance
Dutch antique 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
Lanna-style Bronze Buddha
northern Thailand probably 19th century or later
height: 80cm, width: 29.5cm, depth: 24.2cm
Provenance
UK art market
Balinese Double-Ikat Geringsing Cawat Ding Ding Si Gading Cloth
Tenganan Pegeringsingan, South-East Bali, Indonesia 19th century
folded length: 105cm (full length: 210cm), width: 42.5cm
Provenance
private collection, UK; believed to have been collected in Bali in the 1920s
Moroccan Berber Terracotta Spouted Vessel
Berber People, Central-Northern Morocco, possibly Tsoul early 20th century
height: 20.4cm, width: 33.3cm, weight: 2,952g
Provenance
UK art market
Large Indian Poona Silver Bowl
Poona, India circa 1880
width: approximately 26cm, height: 15.5cm, weight: 1,310g
Provenance
UK art market
Anatolian Woven Saddle Bag
Turkey, probably the Yoruk people, Taurus Mountains, Anatolia early 20th century
length: approximately 100.5cm, width: approximately 51.5cm
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.
Large Tibetan Silver Longevity Vase (Kalasha)
Tibet 19th century
height: 29.3cm, width: 12.2cm, weight: 1,071g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Large, Rare, Burmese Shwezawa Lacquered Panel of the Mahosadha Jataka
Probably Pegu, Burma 1930s
width (including frame): 136.3cm, height: 75.6cm
Provenance
UK art market
Large, Rare, Burmese Shwezawa Lacquered Platter showing the Vessantara Jataka
Mandalay or Prome, Burma circa 1900
diameter: approximately 94cm
Provenance
UK art market
Indian White Marble Votive Offering Shaped as a Foot
India 19th century
height: 18.4cm, length: 19.9cm, width: 8.7cm, weight: 3,608g
Provenance
UK art market
Jain Brass Shrine inlaid with Silver
Jain community, Western India dated Samvat 1416 (1419 AD)
height: 17.1cm, width: 11cm, depth: 7.7cm, weight: 750g
Provenance
UK art market
Fijian Barkcloth Cloth (Masi)
Fiji 19th-20th century
length: approximately 170.5cm, width: approximately 87cm
Provenance
UK art market
Moroccan Jewish Brass Shabbat Wall Lamp
Jewish Community, Northern Morocco 19th century
height: 35cm, width: 17.2cm, depth: 15cm, weight: 1,311g
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
Coconut Nargila Base & Stand with Engraved Silver Mounts & Coral Beads
Algeria, North Africa 18th-early 19th century
length: approximately 56cm, width: approximately 9cm, weight: 625g
Provenance
From Howth Castle in Ireland, the ancestral home of the St Lawrence family and the Earls of Howth.
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
Lombok House-Shaped Storage Box
Sasak People, Lombok, Nusa Tenggara, Eastern Indonesia. early 20th century
height: 67cm, width: 53.5cm, depth: 43.5cm, weight: 3,165g
Provenance
UK art market
Late Mamluk Calligraphic Carved Wooden Panel
Egypt or Yemen early 16th century
width: 51.9cm, height: 23.4cm, depth: 2.8cm, weight: 1,821g
Provenance
formerly in the Oliver Hoare collection, London.
Unusual Zulu Wirework Gourd Dance Rattle
Zulu People, Southern Africa early 20th century
width of gourd: 8cm, length (including handle): 29cm, weight: 60g
Provenance
UK art market
Large, Indian-Islamic Carved Wooden Koran Stand
Northern India 19th century
length (when flattened): 92cm, width: 31.3cm, weight: 4,894g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Batak Funerary Wooden Puppet (Si Gale-gale) Head
Batak People, Lake Toba Region, North Sumatra, Indonesia circa 1930s
height (including stand): 27.5cm, width (of head): 11cm, weight: 748g
Provenance
UK art market
Mongo Woman’s Woven Buttock Shield (Bakonga)
Mongo People, Congo early 20th century
length: approximately 88cm, width: 8.3cm, weight: 157g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
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
Superb Nigerian Ibibio Carved Wooden Mask
Ibibio People, Cross River & adjacent regions, Nigeria 19th-early 20th century
height: 31cm, width: 29cm, depth: 19cm, weight: 1,104g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Sri Lankan or South Indian Yali Door Plates
Sri Lanka or South India circa 18th century
length (each): 16.5cm, width: 13.7cm, combined weight: 1,041g
Provenance
UK art market
English Tavern or Publican House Willow Nine-Pin Skittles Set
West Country, England 19th century
heights (approx.) 30cm each, and 40cm for the king pin
Provenance
UK private collection
Naga Cowrie Shell Apron or Loin Cloth
Naga People, Burma (Myanmar) early 20th century
length: 69.2cm, width: 22.5cm, weight: 548g
Provenance
UK art market
Congo Nine Copper ‘X’ Currency Crosses
Luba & Yeke People, Katanga Province, Congo 19th century
typical diameter of a cross: 22.5cm Note: Each of these has a custom-made stand - each can be sold separately, or as part of a group.
Provenance
private collection, UK
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)
Model of a Peacock, Gilded, Enamelled & set with Turquoise & Pearls
China circa 1920
height: 45cm, total weight: 863g
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
Thike Htoon Zaw, Oil on canvas, ‘Lonely (1)’
Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar) circa 2010
size: 76cm x 61cm
Provenance
acquired from the artist.
Thike Htoon Zaw, Oil on canvas, ‘Lonely (2)’
Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar) circa 2010
size: 76cm x 61cm
Provenance
Acquired from the artist
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.
Superb Balinese Palace Door & Frame
Bali, Indonesia 18th-early 19th century
height: 178cm, width: 110cm
Provenance
private collection, Ireland.
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
Philippines Silver-Inlaid Brass Wedding Vessel (Gadur)
Moro People, Mindanao, Philippines early 20th century
height: 55cm
Provenance
private collection, US.
Burmese Gilded Bronze Seated Ava Jambupati Buddha
Burma Late Ava Period, 17th century
height: 47.5cm, width: 25.5cm, depth: 16.5cm
Provenance
UK art market; almost certainly has been in the UK since the colonial era.
Moroccan Polychrome Terracotta Inkwell
Fes, Morocco mid-20th century
height: 9.7cm, diameter: 12.2cm, weight: 614g
Provenance
UK art market
Local Ashanti King’s Asipim Chair
Ashanti (Asante) People, Ghana late 19th century
height: 72cm, depth: 44cm, width: 40cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
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 Toma Mask with Articulated Jaw (Landai)
Toma People, Liberia & Guinea 19th-early 20th century
height: 43cm, width: 15.4cm, depth: 14cm
Provenance
private collection, Scotland
Colonial Vizagapatam Ivory-Inlaid Portable Writing Box
Vizagapatam, India 1720-30
width: 43.6cm, depth: 34cm, height: 11.4cm
Provenance
private collection, London.