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9624

South Indian, Double-Sided, Copper Plaque Land Grant (Hakku Patra) in Tamil Script

South India, probably Tamil Nadu
circa 17th century

height: 30cm, width: 22.4cm, weight: 1,145g

Reserved

Provenance

private collection; acquired in London, UK, around 2000

9623

Rare & Fine South Indian, Double-Sided, Brass Plaque Grant (Hakku Patra) Inscribed with Telugu Script

Andhra Pradesh, Deccan, Southern India
dated samvat 1516 (AD 1572)

height: 27.2cm, width: 13.1cm, depth: 1cm, weight: 985g

Reserved

Provenance

private collection; acquired in London, UK, around 2000

9432

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.

8835

Fine Indian Silver Ritual Puja Spoon (Uddharane or Utharini)

South India
19th-early 20th century

length: 15.2cm, weight: 73g

Provenance

from the collection of Sir Christopher Ondaatje, UK.

8838

Fine Indian Silver Krishna Ritual Puja Spoon (Uddharane or Utharini)

South India
19th-early 20th century

length: 13.8cm, weight: 73g

Provenance

from the collection of Sir Christopher Ondaatje, UK.

8895

Indian Brass Seated Durga

Maharashtra or Karnataka, India
15th-16th century

height: 21.1cm, width: 12.5cm, depth: 9.6cm, weight: 1,143g

Provenance

UK art market

9574

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

9527

Jain Brass Shrine of Parshvanatha inlaid with Silver

Jain community, Western India
circa 15th century

height: 16.3cm, width:11.7cm, depth: 6.7cm, weight: 1,003g

Provenance

UK art market

9513

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.

9511

Western Indian Blackstone Head of Vishnu

Western India, probably Rajasthan
circa 12th century

height: 26.5cm, width: 17.2cm (not including display stand)

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.

9510

Early Indian Pink Sandstone Relief of a Male Deity with Female Attendants

Madhya Pradesh, India
Chandella Dynasty, late 11th or 12th century

height: 58cm, width: 42.2cm

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.

9530

South Indian Bronze Standing Balakrishna

South India
15th century

height: 13cm, width: 7.1cm, depth: 5.2cm, weight: 522g

Provenance

UK art market

9431

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

9427

Indian Ganga-Jumna Vishnu & Consorts

Tanjore region, Tamil Nadu, South India
17th-18th century

height: 12.1 to 13.2cm, width: 3.9 to 6.1cm, combined weight: 1,034g

Provenance

UK art market

9438

Fine, Tibetan Nine-Pronged Vajra

Tibet
14th century

length: 16.7cm, width: 4.2cm, weight: 271g

Provenance

UK art market

9456

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.

9430

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

9433

South Indian Bronze Image of Shiva & Parvati

South India
17th-18th century

height: 9.4cm, width: 5.6cm, depth: 3.6cm, weight: 234g

Provenance

UK art market

9185

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

9354

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

9188

Nepalese Inscribed Brass Lamp with Aristocratic Patron Devotee Figures

Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
early 20th century

height: 15.3cm, width: 28.1cm, depth: approximately 17cm, weight: 2,602g

Provenance

UK art market

9128

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

9232

Mandalay Burmese Bronze Buddha

Mandalay, Burma
circa 1850

height: 49cm, width: 39.5cm, depth: 26.5cm

Provenance

UK art market

9222

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

9154

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

9151

Tibetan Deity Tokcha, probably Padmapani

Tibet
circa 12th-13th century

height: 6cm, width: 5.3cm, weight: 65g

Provenance

UK art market

8842

Sri Lankan Bronze Image of Parvati

Sri Lanka
19th-20th century

height: 82cm

Provenance

from the collection of Sir Christopher Ondaatje, UK.

8447

Indian Standing Bronze Vishnu

South India
17th century

height: 18.2cm, width: 6.1cm, depth: 6cm, weight: 564g

Provenance

UK art market

9143

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.

9093

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

9043

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

9051

Northern Indian Brass Garuda Incense Holder

Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
17th-18th century

height: 12cm, width: 7.4cm, weight: 239g

Provenance

private collection, London, UK

9053

Indian Cast Image of the Seated Annapurna inlaid with Red Stones

Deccan, India
18th century

height: 8.1cm, width: 6.3cm, depth: 4.5cm, weight: 251g

Provenance

UK art market

9082

Tibetan Wood & Polychrome Phurba

North-Eastern Tibet
19th century

length: 30.8cm, width: approximately 6.8cm, weight: 217g

Provenance

UK art market

9084

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

8947

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

9073

Indian Bone Female Attendant Deity

Karnataka, India
17th century

height (including stand): 15.3cm, width: 4cm, weight: 139g

Provenance

art market/private collection, UK

8981

Japanese Shingon Sect Gomadan Altar Gilded Copper ‘Pestle’ Vajra (Tokkosho)

Japan
Edo Period, 18th-19th century

length: 14.7cm weight: 161g

Provenance

private collection, UK

8965

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.

8927

Indian Jain Bronze Inscribed Shrine

Western India
12th-13th century

height: 10.5cm, width: 8.4cm, depth: 3.2cm, weight: 234g

Provenance

UK art market

8920

Indian Cast Brass Finials to Decorate the Horns of a Bullock

Central or Southern India
18th-19th century

height: 10.6cm, width: 3.7cm, combined weight: 314g

Provenance

UK art market; private UK collection.

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.

8827

Indian Bronze, possibly Saint Andal or Rukhmini

India
circa 15th century

height: 8.2cm, width: 3.7cm, depth: 2.7cm, weight: 105g

Provenance

private collection, UK.

8806

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

8575

Virabhadra Bronze Devotional Plaque

Karnataka, India
18th century

height: 27cm, width: 18.2cm, weight: 1,159g

Provenance

UK art market

8745

Indian Khandoba’s or Aiyanar’s Horse in Silver

South India
17th-18th century

height: 13.2cm, length: 10.8cm, width: 4cm, weight: 148g

Provenance

UK art market

8715

Rare Mongolian Repoussed Copper Plaque of a Lokapala

Mongolia
18th century

height: 33cm, width: 28.5cm, weight: 901g

Provenance

private collection, UK

8641

Indian Miniature Shaivaite Shrine

India, probably Maharashtra
19th century

width: 7.2cm, depth: 7.6cm, height: 4.7cm, weight: 303g

Provenance

UK art market

8689

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

8629

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

8632

Rare, Central Javanese Bronze Hanuman Kris or Mirror Handle Fitting

Central Java, Indonesia
circa 9th century

width: 8.7cm, length: 4.3cm, depth: 1.7cm, weight: 143g

Provenance

Estate Collection of Tom White MBE, a former UK diplomat who served in Southeast Asia in the 1960s & 70s.

8640

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.