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6697

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Magnificent & Large Sri Lankan Cobra Demon (Maha Raksa) Dance Mask

Sinhala people, Coastal Sri Lanka
19th century

height: approximately 79cm (without stand), width: 62cm

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UK art market

6728

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Historically Important Colonial Silver Standing Cup Relating to the British Conquest of Java, 1811, Inscribed & Dated

colonial silversmith either in India, probably Calcutta, or Batavia, East Indies.
circa 1810

height: approximately 55cm, width: 38.5cm, depth: 26cm, weight: 5,550g

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private collection, UK; previously sold at Sotheby's London, 1991.

6681

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Tall Mongolian Silver Ewer inset with Coral, Turquoise & Lapis Luzuli

Mongolia
late 19th century or early 20th century

height: 46.5cm, width: 27cm, depth: 13cm, weight: 1,754g

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private collection, Channel Islands.

6611

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Portuguese-Thai Lacquered Box with Mother-of-Pearl & Glass Inlay

Thailand, probably Ayutthaya, & Portugal
17th-18th century

length: 26.6cm, depth: 14.8cm, height: 13.2cm, weight: 936g

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Provenance

Portuguese art market

6605

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Pair of Indian Parcel-Gilt Matthew Boulton-Style Silver Filigree Candle Vases

Made in India for the English Market
circa 1770

heights: 21.2cm, combined weight: 1,324g

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Provenance

US art market

6585

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Colonial Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Lacquered Box with Chased Silver Mounts

Dutch East Indies, Batavia/Sumatra, or Vietnam
18th century

length: 21.2cm, depth: 11cm, height: 11.2cm, weight: 499g

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UK art market

4115

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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)

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Provenance

UK art market, prior to that Madrid, Spain from before 1974

6521

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Andaman Islands Man’s Dance Regalia

Andaman Islands, possibly from the Jarawa Tribe, South Andaman
circa 1900

indicative length of headdress (band & tassels): 49cm

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Provenance

private collection, London. UK; previously, Charles Wilfred Hext (b.1880-1919)

6508

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Large, Rare, Central Asian Gilded Silver Koranic Amulet Case set with Banded Agate, Spinels & Coral

Emirate of Bukhara (today, Uzbekistan)
19th century

length: 107cm, width: 31cm, weight: 3,216g

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private collection, Greece/UK

6388

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Magnificent, Pierced, Chased, Miniature Silver Thai Manuscript (Dharma) Cabinet

Thailand
circa 1920

height: 32cm, width: 20.5cm, depth: 14cm, weight: 1,729g

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private collection

6412

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Victorian-Era Display of Ancient Chinese Coins & Tokens

China
19th century

dimensions of frame: 58cm x 37.8cm

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Provenance

private collection, UK; the coins are believed to have been collected in China in the 1870s

6377

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Rare Straits Chinese Table Screen with fine Nonya Beadwork & Embroidered Panels

Straits Chinese Community, Malay Straits Settlements, probably Penang
circa 1910

length (unfolded): 95cm, height: 71.7cm

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private collection, UK

6123

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Important Indo-Portuguese Goa Seychelles Nut Vessel with Silver Mounts

Goa, India
circa 1750

height: 28.3cm, length: 32cm, width: 13.7cm, weight: 1.295g

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Provenance

UK art market

6184

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Fine, Carved Hippopotamus Tooth & Horn Tumbok Lada Dagger

North Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

length: 34cm, weight: 475g

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Provenance

private English collection; private Japanese collection.

5655

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Rare, Early Chinese Images of Jesus & Mary on Silver, after Pierre Goret

China or Chinese artisans in the Philippines
circa 1700

heights: 20.8cm, widths: 16.3cm, combined weight: 371g

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Provenance

art market, London.

4572

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Batavian Colonial Silver Filigree Tray or Platter

Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia; and possibly India
17th-18th century

length: 42.7cm, width: 24.5cm, height: 3.7cm, weight: 957g

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Provenance

UK art market

5364

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Early Javanese Unusually Large Cast Bronze Buddha

Java or Sumatra, Indonesia, but possibly imported from northern India
Classical Period, 8th century

height (without stand): 21.9cm, width: 17.1cm, depth: 11.8cm, weight: 2,576g

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Provenance

Private Collection, London, UK.

5363

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Javanese Cast Silver Image of Shiva with Bronze Yoni Base

Java, Indonesia
Classical Period, 9th century

height of Shiva: 8.3cm, ensemble height (with stand): 11.6cm, weight of Shiva: 146g

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Provenance

Private Collection, London, UK.

5217

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Two Mughal Engraved Gilded Silver Boxes inset with Tortoiseshell Panels

North India
circa 1740

length of largest box: 9.5cm, width: 8.8cm, height: 3.3cm, weight: 183g; length of smaller box: 7.5cm, width: 6.7cm, height: 1.8cm, weight: 98g

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Provenance

Scottish art market

5362

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Srivajaya Cast Bronze Image of Four-Armed Kubera

Palembang region, Sumatra, Indonesia
8th-9th century

height (without stand): 12.2cm, height (with stand): 15cm, weight (without stand): 757g

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private collection, London, UK.

5076

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Indo-Portuguese Parcel-Gilt Pierced Silver Bezoar Stone Box

West India, probably Gujarat or Goa
circa 1700

length: 5cm, diameter: 4.4cm, weight: 48g

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private collection, UK

4666

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Silver-Gilt Belt Buckle with Polychrome Enamel & Filigree

Armenian Community, Ottoman Turkey
18th century

length across: 16.2cm, height: 6.5cm, weight: 90g

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private collection, UK

4462

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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.

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private collection, UK

4078

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Rare Agate Box with Chased Silver Mounts

India, perhaps Goa
circa 1700

height: 13.3cm, length: 14cm, depth: 10.1cm, weight: 1,127g

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Provenance

UK art market; European collection.

4052

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Unusually Large, Silver Filigree Betel Box

Dutch East Indies, or possibly India
circa 1700

length: 22.3cm, width: 16cm, height: 10cm, weight: 1,675g

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Provenance

Private London collection (estate)

2237

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Rare Pair of Bugis Gold Cuff Bracelets (Tigero Tedong)

Bugis People, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
19th century

height: 8cm, external diameter at widest point: 9cm, internal diameter at smallest point: 5.7cm, weight: 216g (combined)

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private collection

1865

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Fine Ifa Yoruba Divination Bowl

Yoruba People, Nigeria
circa 1920 or earlier

height: 19cm, width at widest point: 24cm

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Provenance

UK art market