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Most items have been sourced from within the UK, often from old colonial-era collections. When the British ruled India, they would leave Delhi in the summer months for the cooler Himalayan foothills of Darjeeling, and antique and curio sellers from Tibet and Nepal would come down the mountains to sell them things. This is how many such items happen to be in the UK today.
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Rare Mongolian Pair of Dancing Citipati of Papier Mache & Polychrome, with Attributes
Mongolia 19th century
height: 60cm, width: 53cm
Provenance
private collection, Spain/England
Nepalese Spouted Brass Ritual Ewer (Dhalacha)
Newar People, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 17th century
height: 28.1cm, width: 15.3cm, length (including spout): approximately 20cm, weight: 1,180g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Indo-Tibetan Banded-Agate or Onyx Rosary Bead Strand (Subhah)
Khambat (Cambay), Gujarat, India Ancient
length of beaded segment: 40.3cm, maximum circumference: 90cm, diameter of the largest bead: 1.6cm, weight: 64g
Provenance
private collection, Canada. The collection was carefully assembled over the last 50 years.
Tibetan Woman’s Ga’u Box with Silver, Gilt & Coral
Central Tibet, probably Lhasa 19th century
width: 7.7cm, height: 9.1cm, depth: 5.8cm, weight: 114g
Provenance
private collection, Canada
Tibetan Woman’s Pouch or Purse (Baghu) with Silver, Gilt & Turquoise
Tibet 19th century
width: 13.5cm, length (including hoop): 10.8cm, depth: 3.1cm, weight: 157g
Provenance
private collection, Canada
Tibetan Woman’s Pouch or Purse (Baghu) with Silver & Brass Mounts, & Coral
Tibet 19th century
width: 11.3cm, length (including hoop): 10.5cm, depth: 4.1cm, weight: 155g
Provenance
private collection, Canada
Nepalese Vishnu & Consort Bronze
Nepal circa 16th-17th century
height: 11.1cm, width: 6.2cm, depth: 4.4cm, weight: 246g
Provenance
UK art market
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)
Tibetan Bone Plaque of a Terrifying Deity
Tibet, probably Central Tibet 18th century
height: 18.1cm, width: 9.7cm, thickness: 2.8cm, weight: 334g
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
Tibetan Bone Plaque of a Terrifying Deity
Tibet, probably Central Tibet 18th century
height: 17.2cm, width: 9.4cm, thickness: 2.5cm, weight: 371g
Provenance
UK art market
Three Himalayan Shell Hair Ornaments (Dunkertsa)
Tibetan Peoples, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan India and Ladakh 19th century
width: 6.4, 6.5 and 7.2cm, combined weight: 221g
Provenance
private collection, Scotland
Himalayan Indian Shell Arm Band or Bangle
Tibetan Peoples, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan India and Ladakh 19th century
internal diameter: 7.5cm, external diameter: 8.9cm, thickness: 3.7cm, weight: 108g
Provenance
private collection, Scotland
Four Himalayan Indian Cone Shell Hair Beads
Tibetan Peoples, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan India and Ladakh 19th century
width: 5, 5.1, 5.1 and 5.9cm, combined weight: 146g
Provenance
private collection, Scotland
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.
Rare Sikkim Parcel-Gilt Silver Ga’u Box
Gangtok, Sikkim, Himalayan India 18th-19th century
height: 10cm, width: 9.7cm, depth: 5.1cm, weight: 335g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Tibetan Woman’s Silver & Gold Head Ornament with Coral (Melong Pongu or Metok)
Derge and Chamdo, Eastern Tibet 19th-early 20th century
diameter: 4.9cm, depth: 2.2cm, weight: 28g
Provenance
private collection, Netherlands
Rare Sikkim Parcel-Gilt Silver Ga’u Box
Gangtok, Sikkim, Himalayan India 18th-19th century
height: 10.2cm, width: 9.5cm, depth: 4.3cm, weight: 303g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Sikkim Parcel-Gilt Silver Octagonal Box
Gangtok, Sikkim, Himalayan India 18th-19th century
height: 7.7cm, width: 11.6cm, weight: 420g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Tibetan Hair Bead with Turquoise and Coral
Central Tibet 18th-19th century
length: 9cm, width: 5.5cm, depth: 1.6cm, weight: 71g
Provenance
private collection, Netherlands
Nepalese Gem-Inset Gilded Silver Breast Plate (Suta or Konchi)
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 18th-19th century
width: 17.5cm across, weight: 249g
Provenance
Scottish 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
Tibetan Silver, Gold & Copper Ga’u Box with Enclosed Tsa-Tsa
Kham Province, Derge, Tibet late 18th-early 19th century
height: 18.1cm, width: 16cm, depth: 6.6cm, weight: 616g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Nepalese Copper & Silver Box Showing the Goddess Durga
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 18th century
height: 12cm, width: approximately 26cm, depth: 18.2cm, weight: 1,102g
Provenance
UK art market
Ladakh Twelve-Strand Coral, Turquoise & Silver Bead Necklace (Ultik)
Ladakh, Himalayan India 19th century
circumference: 57cm, length of central band: 6.2cm, weight: 314g
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
Mongolian Unusual Coral & Silver Double-Band Bracelet
Mongolia 19th century
outer diameter: 7.2cm, inner diameter: 6.2cm, weight: 28g
Provenance
private collection, US.
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
Tibetan Large Round Silver Ga’u set with Turquoise
Western Tibet 19th century
diameter: approximately 12cm, depth: 3.7cm, weight: 250g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Large Tibetan Silver Ga’u set with Turquoise & Coral (with Display Stand)
Western Tibet 19th century
length: 12.4cm, width: 9.2cm, depth: 2.5cm, weight: 158g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Large, Tibetan Silver & Turquoise Hair Bead Pendant (with Display Stand)
Central Tibet 18th-19th century
length: 13.5cm, width: 6.8cm, thickness: 2.9cm, weight: 133g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Tibetan Large Silver Ga’u with Turquoise (& Display Stand)
Western Tibet 19th-early 20th century
height: 15.6cm, width: 10.4cm, depth: 3.6cm, weight: 277g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Nepalese Gem-Inlaid Gilded Votive Plaque
Newar People, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 18th century
diameter: 36.8cm, weight: 1,606g
Provenance
UK art market
Nepalese Long Silver Necklace (Jantar)
Tamang people, Nepal 19th century
circumference: approximately 84cm, length of pendant: 10.6cm, weight: 537g
Provenance
private collection, US
Woman’s Pair of Turquoise & Silver Ear Ornaments (Akor)
Lhasa, Tibet 19th century or earlier
length: 11.8cm, combined weight: 88g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Tantric Gilded Copper Severed Head
Tibet circa 17th century
length: 7.5cm, width: 5.8cm, depth: approximately 3.8cm, weight: 49g
Provenance
Art market, Paris, France
Tibetan Gilt Copper Ornament set with Turquoise
Tibet circa 17th century
length: 14.9cm, width: 7cm, weight: 48g
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
Rare Tibetan or Nepalese Silver & Copper Ga’u Showing Ganesh (Ganapati)
Nepal or Tibet 18th century
height: 11.3cm, width: 11.1cm, depth: approximately 3.5cm, weight: 309g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Tibetan Deity Tokcha, probably Padmapani
Tibet circa 12th-13th century
height: 6cm, width: 5.3cm, weight: 65g
Provenance
UK art market
Two Tibetan Zodiac Tokchas & One Other
Tibet circa 17th century
length: 5.2cm, 6.7cm and 7.1cm, combined weight: 176g
Provenance
UK art market
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
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
Pair of Tibetan Coral, Turquoise & Silver Ear Ornaments
Eastern Tibet 18th-19th century
length: 14.9cm, combined weight: 113g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Tibetan Wood & Polychrome Phurba
North-Eastern Tibet 19th century
length: 30.8cm, width: approximately 6.8cm, weight: 217g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Tantric Tibetan Ritual Scraping Tool (Rinchen Serdar)
Tibet circa 18th century
length: 14.3cm, weight: 86g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Nepali Inscribed, Gilded Image of Vasudhara
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal dated Samvat 1042 (AD 1921)
height: 23.7cm, width: 15.6cm, depth: 6.1cm, weight: 1,202g
Provenance
UK art market
Superb Tibetan Silver Image of Tsong Khapa
Tibet 18th century
height: 13.7cm, width: 9.8cm, depth: 7cm, weight: 606g
Provenance
private collection, England.
Fine Tibetan Lotus-form Silver & Coral Ga’u Box
Tibet 19th century or earlier
length: 10.8cm, diameter: 9cm, depth: 1.7cm, weight: 130g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Gilded Clasp set with Turquoise & Coral
Central Tibet 19th century
length: 8.3cm, width: 4cm, weight: 50g
Provenance
private collection, London
Rare Himalayan Brass Coil & Shell Pendant Necklace
Tibetan Peoples, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan India 19th century
length of pendant: 13.1cm, width of pendant: 5.1cm, circumference of chain: 70cm, weight: 119g
Provenance
private collection, Scotland
Himalayan Shell Pendant or Hair Ornament
Tibetan Peoples, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan India 19th century
length: 8.8cm, width: 7.8cm, depth: approximately 3.5cm, weight: 77g
Provenance
Private collection, Scotland
Large & Superb Himalayan Shell Hair Ornament (Dunkertsa)
Tibetan Peoples, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan India and Ladakh 19th century
length: 7.9cm, width: 9.7cm, depth: approximately 4.5cm, weight: 104g
Provenance
private collection, Scotland
Tibetan Woman’s Silver Amulet Box (Ga’u) with Gold & Turquoise
Lhasa, Tibet late 19th century
length: 10.8cm, width: 11.3cm, depth: 2.7cm, weight: 98g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Tibetan Silver & Coral Amulet Box (Ga’u)
Tibet 19th century
length: 12cm, diameter: 9.3cm, depth (including coral): 3.2cm, weight: 172g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Turquoise Amulet Box (Ga’u)
Lhasa, Tibet 19th century
width: 9.2cm, length: 9.2cm, depth: 1.6cm, weight: 63g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Round Amulet Box (Ga’u)
Tibet 19th century
length: 8cm, diameter: 7cm, depth: 3.5cm, weight: 87g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Silver & Coral Amulet Box (Ga’u)
Tibet 19th century
width: 7cm, length: 6cm, depth (including coral): 4cm, weight: 104g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Mongolian Repoussed Copper Plaque of a Lokapala
Mongolia 18th century
height: 33cm, width: 28.5cm, weight: 901g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Fine, Tibetan Round Amulet Box (Ga’u)
Eastern Tibet 19th century
width: 7.8cm, diameter: 7cm, depth: 2.6cm, weight: 99g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Woman’s Silver Amulet Case (Ga’u)
Tibet early 20th century
length: 7.6cm, width: 7.2cm, depth: approximately 2.9cm, weight: 47g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Silver & Gold-Overlaid Iron Pen Case
Derge, Tibet 17th-18th century
length: 31.5cm, width: approximately 2.2cm, weight: 285g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Carved Horn Ritual Seed Dispenser
Tibet 18th-19th century
length: approximately 19.2cm, width: 5.5cm, weight: 89g
Provenance
UK art market
Large Tibetan Silver Longevity Vase (Kalasha)
Tibet 19th century
height: 29.3cm, width: 12.2cm, weight: 1,071g
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
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
Nepali Inscribed Ritual Bronze Skull Cup Kapala
Nepal 16th-17th century
length: 21cm, width: 16.3cm, weight: 789g
Provenance
Art market, Belgium
Tibetan Woman’s Ga’u Box with Silver, Gold & Coral
Central Tibet, probably Lhasa 19th century
length: 8.3cm, width: 5.6cm, depth: 4.1cm, weight: 86g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Nepalese Bronze Lamp with Aristocratic Patron Devotee Figure (Shali Dalus)
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 19th century
height: 17cm, width: 17.4cm, depth: 9.5cm, weight: 1,296g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Bronze Makara
Tibet circa 18th century
length: 21cm, width: approximately 10.4cm, weight: 284g
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
Tibetan Silver Filigree Ga’u Box set with Turquoise, & a Bone Bead Necklace
Western Tibet late 19th century
length (of ga'u box): 10.6cm, width: 6.6cm, depth: 2.1cm, circumference of necklace: 105cm, overall weight: 158g
Provenance
Scottish art market
Three Rare Tibetan Long Tobacco Pipes
Tibet circa 18th century
length: 31.9cm, 42.6cm and 50.5cm respectively, combined weight: 810g
Provenance
Trevor Barton Collection of Pipes, London, UK.
Bhutanese Silver Cloak Pin (Koma) Set
Bhutan circa 1900
diameter of the cloak fasteners (widest): 6cm, overall length: 56cm, weight: 88g
Provenance
private European collection
Pair of Bhutanese Silver Cloak Pins (Koma)
Bhutan circa 1900
diameter (widest): 6.4cm, combined weight: 80g
Provenance
private European collection
Bhutanese Silver & Turquoise Bracelet
Bhutan early 20th century
external diameter (widest): 7.6cm, internal diameter: 6.5cm, weight: 61g
Provenance
private European collection
Tibetan Woman’s Pouch or Purse (Baghu) with Silver & Brass Mounts, Lapis Lazuli & Coral
Tibet 19th century
width: 15.8cm, height (without strap): 11cm, weight: 225g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Woman’s Ga’u Box
Central Tibet 19th century
length: 6.2cm, height: 6.3cm, depth: 4.9cm, weight: 71g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Gilded Copper Image Possibly of Vajra Vahari
Central Tibet circa 17th-18th century
height: 23.5cm, width: 22.8cm, weight:216g
Provenance
private collection, London
Five Tibetan Gilded, Pierced Iron Belt Elements
Tibet 17th-18th century
each is approx. 13cm long and 2.3cm wide
Provenance
private collection, London.
Tibetan Silver & Turquoise Woman’s Belt Ornament & Matching Silver Chain (Ghanjen or Gyenzen)
Tibet 19th century
length: 46cm, height: 28cm, length of chain: 126cm, overall weight: 603g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Large Silver Ga’u Box set with Turquoise & Coral
Eastern Tibet, probably Labrang area early 20th century
length: 15cm, height: 15.3cm, thickness: 2.8cm, weight: 254g
Provenance
UK art market
Large Tibetan Silver Ga’u Box set with Turquoise & Coral
Eastern Tibet, probably Labrang area early 20th century
length: 16.5cm, width: 12.7cm, thickness: 3.8cm, weight: 292g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Woman’s Ga’u Box
Central Tibet 19th century
width: 6.3cm, height: 8cm, thickness: 3.3cm
Provenance
UK art market
Nepalese Pair of Woman’s Gold Earrings (Chepti Sun)
Nepal mid-19th century
diameters: 6cm, combined weight: 22.7g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
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
Silver-Gilt Ritual Wine Ewer Cups & Tray
China or Mongolia late 19th century
height of ewer: 24cm, width of ewer: 15cm, length of tray: 30.2cm, width of tray: 21.5cm, height of cups, 4cm, diameter of cups: 3.7cm, weight: 1,027g
Provenance
UK art market.
Tibetan Rare, Brass Toad-Shaped Flask
Tibet 18th century and perhaps earlier
height (with stopper): 37cm
Provenance
UK art market
Nepalese Bronze Beer or Wine Ewer (Dhalacha)
Nepal 18th-19th century
height: 25 cm
Provenance
UK art market
Two framed original photographs: one of Maharaja Chandra Shumshere, Rana of Nepal, & one of a granddaughter
Nepal circa 1910
Maharaja Chandra Shumshere photograph: height: 27cm, width: 19cm (with frames: height: 43cm, width: 36cm); Granddaughter photograph: height: 28cm, width: 18cm (with frames: height: 45.5cm, width: 38cm)
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Woman’s Silver & Turquoise Earrings
Central Tibet 19th century
heights: 5cm, diameter of hoops: 3.2cm, combined weight: 59g
Provenance
UK art market
Nepalese Cast Brass Pen Case & Attached Ink Well
Nepal 18th century
length: 19.8cm, height of the ink bottle: 8.5cm, weight: 361g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Silver Filigree Ga’u Box with Turquoise & Coral
Western Tibet late 19th century
height: 10.4cm, width: 9cm, weight: 69g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine Tibetan Gold & Silver Ga’u
Tibet late 19th century
height: 15cm, width: 12cm, thickness: 5.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Fine Clay Votive Plaque (Tsa-Tsa) of Manjushri with Lantsa Script
Tibet circa 15th-17th century
height: 6.4cm, width: 5.2cm, thickness: 1.8cm
Provenance
Collection of Stephen Masty (1954-2015)
Tibetan Silver, Coral & Turquoise Earrings (Along)
Tibet late 19th century-early 20th century
height: 8.5cm, combined weight: 70g
Provenance
UK art market
Nepalese Silver Hollow Kalli Anklets
Newar People, Nepal early 20th century
exterior diameter: 13.5cm, interior diameter: 9.5cm, weight: 260g
Provenance
UK art market
Himalayan Carved Wooden Mask
Himalayan India - Northern Bengal or Himchal Pradesh 18th-19th century
height: 22cm, width: 13.6cm
Provenance
UK art market