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Enquiry about object: 9071
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
Enquiry about object: 9102
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.
Enquiry about object: 9076
Noble’s Parcel-Gilt Chased, Pierced & Engraved Silver Box
Bhutan or Eastern Tibet 18th-19th century
height: 9.4cm, diameter: 18.7cm, weight: 640g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 8972
Indo-Portuguese Bezoar Stone with Silver Mounts & Chain
India, probably Goa, & possibly Ottoman Turkey circa 1700
overall length: 10.1cm, width of stone: 2.9cm, weight: 11g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8974
Japanese Shingon Sect Gilded Copper Dharma Wheel (Rinbo)
Japan 13th century, Kamakura period (1185–1333)
diameter: 11.2cm, weight: 234g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 8977
Rare Nepalese Tantric Gilded Bronze of Samvara & his Consort Vajravilasini
Nepal 13th-14th century
height: 18.6cm, width: 14.7cm, depth: 7.4cm, weight: 1,003g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 8907
Balinese Carved Wooden Pillar Base (Sendi Tugeh) Carved with Eye Ball Motifs
Bali, Indonesia 19th-early 20th century
height: 51.5cm, width: 27cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8727
Lucknow Niello & Enamelled Perfume Flask
Lucknow, India circa 1780
length: 8.5cm, width: approximately 3.5cm, weight: 28g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8888
Superb Tibetan Silver Image of Tsong Khapa
Tibet 18th century
height: 13.7cm, width: 9.8cm, depth: 7cm, weight: 606g
Provenance
private collection, England.
Enquiry about object: 8671
Superb & Elaborate Akha Woman’s Headdress
Phami-Akha People, Kengtung State, Eastern Burma mid-20th century & earlier
display height (including stand): approximately 68.5cm
Provenance
UK art market; UK private collection
Enquiry about object: 8763
Exceptional Pair of Algerian Large & Heavy, Solid Gold Earrings (Mecherfa)
Chaoui people, Aures Mountains, Southern Algeria 19th century-early 20th century
length (including chains): approximately 14cm, combined weight: 63g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7169
Ovimbundu Colonial Portuguese Female Head Privilege Sceptre or Staff
Ovimbundu People, Benguela, Angola 19th century
length: 82.5cmm, width: 8.5cm, weight: 941g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 7331
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
Enquiry about object: 7119
Pair of Mounted, Large, Gilded Silver Lucknow Fish Elements
India, probably Lucknow 18th-19th century
width (individually): approximately 45cm, height: approximately 28.5cm; display stand's width: 48cm, depth: 20cm, height: 44cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7017
Pair of Large South Indian Chettiar Gold, Diamond & Ruby Ear Studs (Thodu)
Chettiar Community, Tamil Nadu, South India 19th century
width: approximately 2.6cm, depth: 2.7cm, combined weight: 19g, combined weight of diamonds: 0.88 carats
Provenance
Chettiar family - private collection, South England
Enquiry about object: 6773
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
Enquiry about object: 6775
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
Enquiry about object: 6697
Magnificent & Large Sri Lankan Cobra Demon (Maha Raksa) Dance Mask
Sinhala people, Coastal Sri Lanka 19th century
height: approximately 79cm (without stand), width: 62cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6728
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
Provenance
Collection of Julian Sands (UK); previously sold at Sotheby's London, 1991.
Enquiry about object: 6611
Portuguese-Thai Lacquered Box with Braganza Cross Mother-of-Pearl & Glass Inlay
Thailand, probably Ayutthaya, & Portugal 17th-18th century
length: 26.6cm, depth: 14.8cm, height: 13.2cm, weight: 936g
Provenance
Portuguese art market
Enquiry about object: 4115
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
Enquiry about object: 6521
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)
Enquiry about object: 6412
Victorian-Era Display Panel of Ancient Chinese Coins & Tokens
China 19th century
dimensions of frame: 58cm x 37.8cm
Provenance
private collection, UK; the coins are believed to have been collected in China in the 1870s
Enquiry about object: 6184
Fine, Carved Hippopotamus Tooth & Horn Tumbok Lada Dagger
North Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 34cm, weight: 475g
Provenance
private English collection; private Japanese collection.
Enquiry about object: 5364
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.
Enquiry about object: 4666
Silver-Gilt Belt Buckle with Polychrome Enamel & Filigree
Ottoman Turkey or regions, probably Armenian Community 18th century
length across: 16.2cm, height: 6.5cm, weight: 90g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 4462
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
Enquiry about object: 4078
Rare Agate Box with Chased Silver Mounts
India, perhaps Goa circa 1700
height: 13.3cm, length: 14cm, depth: 10.1cm, weight: 1,127g
Provenance
UK art market; European collection.
Enquiry about object: 4052
Unusually Large, Silver Filigree Betel Box
Dutch East Indies, or possibly India circa 1700
length: 22.3cm, width: 16cm, height: 10cm, weight: 1,675g
Provenance
Private London collection (estate)
Enquiry about object: 2218
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.