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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

9081

Rare Southeast Asian (Batavian) or Chinese Parcel-Gilt Wine Ewer

Southeast Asia, possibly Batavia, or China
circa 1680-1750

height: 17cm, length (from handle to spout): 15cm, weight: 415g

Provenance

UK art market; Sotheby's New York

8605

Massive Miao Silver Hairpin

Miao People, Northern Thailand & Southern China
early 20th century

length: approximately 29.3cm, width: 6.6cm, weight: 55g

Provenance

private collection

8611

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

8739

Chinese Carved Mother-of-Pearl Shell

China
19th century

width: 20.6cm, length: 16cm, weight: 138g

Provenance

UK art market

7098

Kangxi Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle with Indian (or Related) Engraved Silver Mounts

China & India or similar
Kangxi Dynasty, 17th-18th century

height: 9.6cm, width: 3.8cm, weight: 51g

Provenance

UK art market

7108

Chinese Export Silver Book-Shaped Snuff Box by Yao Jie

China
19th century

length: 4.1cm, width: 2.7cm, depth: 1.3cm, weight: 27g

Provenance

UK art market

7052

Rare Liao Dynasty Gilded Silver Belt or Horse-Harness Fitting

North-eastern China & Inner Mongolia
Liao Dynasty (10-12th century AD)

length: 12.6cm, width: 5cm, depth: 1.2cm, weight: 60g

Provenance

Roger Keverne, London, UK.

6734

Dutch Colonial Tortoiseshell Snuff Box with Silver Filigree & Enamel

Dutch Colonial - Batavia, Dutch East Indies, or China
18th century

width: 7.4cm, depth: 5cm, height: 3.1cm, weight: 56g

Provenance

UK art market

6796

Fine, Chinese Silver-Gilt Bracelet with Large, Semi-Precious Stones

China
early 20th century

internal diameter: 5.9cm, total length: 17.5cm, height: 3.1cm, weight: 49g

Provenance

UK art market

6618

Pair of Chinese Silver Marriage Bracelets

China
19th century

internal diameter: approximately 6.7 x 5.9cm, thickness: 1cm, eight: 79g

Provenance

UK art market

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

6243

Rare & Large Pair of Chinese Export Silver Bowls by Wang Hing

Maker: Wang Hing, Guangdong (Canton) & Hong Kong, China
circa 1890

heights: 11cm, diameters: 24.5cm, weights: 1,083g & 1,087g

Provenance

from an important private collection, UK.

5846

Five Chinese Enamelled Hanging Ornaments

China
circa 1850

lengths: 65cm-98cm

Provenance

UK art market

6236

Chinese Export Silver Taza by Wang Hing

Maker: Wang Hing, China
circa 1875

height: 15.6cm, diameter: 13.4cm, weight: 271g

Provenance

private collection, UK

6231

Chinese Export Silver Bowl by Yok Sang

Maker: Yok Sang, China
circa 1895

diameter: 22cm, height: 11cm, weight: 828g

Provenance

private collection, UK

6230

Chinese Export Silver Centre Piece by Tuck Chang with original Carved Blackwood Stand

Maker: Tuck Chang, Shanghai, China
circa 1900

height (with stand): 40cm, without stand: 32cm, diameter: 27cm, weight (without wooden stand): 1,428g

Provenance

private collection, UK

6242

Japanese-style Chinese Export Silver Bowl by Wang Hing

Maker: Wang Hing, Guangdong (Canton) & Hong Kong, China
1890s

diameter: 19.5cm, height: 13cm, weight: 730g

Provenance

private collection, UK

6238

Chinese Export Silver Bowl by Luen Wo

Maker: Luen Wo, Shanghai, China
late 19th century

diameter: 26cm, height: 15cm, weight: 1.437kg

Provenance

private collection, UK

6235

Unusual & Fine Chinese Export Silver Bowl by Sunshing

Maker: Sunshing, Guangdong (Canton) & Hong Kong, China
second half of the 19th century

height: 12cm, diameter: 18.5cm, weight: 516g

Provenance

private collection, UK

6234

Chinese Export Silver Cigar Lighter by Wang Hing

Maker: Wang Hing, Guangdong (Canton) & Hong Kong, China
late 19th century

height: 12cm, width: 8cm, weight: 204g

Provenance

private collection, UK

6221

Peranakan or Straits Chinese Altar Front Cloth (Tok Wi)

Private collection, UK; originally acquired in Singapore.
early 20th century

height: 92cm, width: 104cm

Provenance

Private collection, UK; originally acquired in Singapore.

6114

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

5126

Chinese Gilded-Silver Opium Storage Box

China
19th century

height: 9cm, width: 3.6cm, weight: 110g

Provenance

UK art market

5671

Kangxi Chinese Porcelain Flask with Indian (or Similar) Engraved Silver Mounts

China & India or similar
Kangxi Dynasty, 17th-18th century

height: 9.6cm, weight: 66.8g

Provenance

private collection, UK

5315

Embroidered Chinese Wall Hanging with Shou (寿) & other Daoist Deities

China, exported to the Straits Settlements
19th century

dimensions of backing material: 120cm x 84cm

Provenance

collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.

5638

Rare Chinese Yixing Teapot with Vietnamese Pierced Silver Mounts

Jiangsu, China & Vietnam
19th century

length: 20cm, height: 15cm

Provenance

UK art market

4559

Pair of Miao Silver Earrings

Miao People, Guizhou, China
19th-early 20th century

length: 12.8cm, width: 7.9cm, combined weight: 173g

Provenance

private collection, London

4036

Chinese Silver Filigree & Jade Hinged Bracelet

China
circa 1900

internal diameter: 5.6cm, height: 2.1cm, weight: 46.25g

Provenance

UK art market

4667

Model of a Peacock, Gilded, Enamelled & set with Turquoise & Pearls

China
circa 1920

height: 45cm, total weight: 863g

Provenance

UK art market

4541

Champleve Enamelled & Gilded Bronze Stupa with Jataka Tales

China
Ming Dynasty, circa 15th century

height: 20.2cm, width: 10cm, weight: 1,254g

Provenance

private collection of Maurice Collis (1889-1973); thereafter by descent.

4373

Four Burgaute Lacquered Scholar’s Cups Inlaid with Abalone Nacre & Silver

China
early 18th century

height: 4.8cm, diameter: 10.5cm, typical weight per cup: 75g

Provenance

UK art market

4021

Carved & Polychrome Image of Chu-sheng Niang-niang (the Goddess who Registers Births), Fuzhou Chinese, early 20th century

Hokkien, Teochiu & Fuzhou Chinese Communities in Southeast Asia & China
early 20th century

height: 27cm, width: 14cm

Provenance

Private Collection, Keith Stevens, UK.

4054

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.

3254

Pair of Qing Chinese Silver Earrings

Southern China
19th-20th century

length: 3.6cm, combined weight: 17g

Provenance

UK art market

3255

Pair of Chinese Qing Silver Pendants

Southern China
19th-20th century

length: 4.5cm, combined weight: 9g

Provenance

UK art market

2496

Pair of Fine, Engraved Liao Gilded-Silver Bracelets

China
Liao Dynasty, 10-12th century

diameter at widest point: 6.5cm, combined weight: 66g

Provenance

private collection, UK

2600

Straits Chinese Lacquered & Gilded Ancestral Shrine Cabinet

Southern China for the Straits Chinese Market
circa 1900

height: 43.5cm, width: 34.5cm, thickness: 15cm

Provenance

UK art market

2445

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

2491

Liao Dynasty Gilded Silver Dragon Fish-Shaped Earrings

China
Liao Dynasty, 10-12th century

width: 3.5cm, height: 3.5cm combined weight: 11g

Provenance

private collection, UK

2492

Liao Dynasty Gold Pendant Earrings

China
Liao Dynasty, 10-12th century

height: 5.3cm, combined weight: 9g

Provenance

private collection, UK

1563

Eastern Han Terracotta Funerary Tile (Huaxiangzhuan) of an Elephant and Elephant Tamer

China
Eastern Han Dynasty, 25-220 AD

size: 18cm x 18cm

Provenance

UK art market

1813

Large, Chinese-Export Carved Mother-of-Pearl Snuff Box Depicting Napoleon’s Tomb, with Silver Mounts

Canton, China
circa 1820

diameter: 9.2cm, thickness: 3cm, weight: 277g

Provenance

UK art market

3628

Chased Export Silver Rosewater Sprinkler for the Indian Market

China
circa 1900

height: 29cm, weight: 245g

Provenance

UK art market