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Enquiry about object: 6690
Sri Lankan Seated Bronze Buddha
Sri Lanka Kandyan Period, 18th century
height: 11.4cm, width: 9cm, depth: 4.1cm, weight: 725g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6700
Tibetan Rosary of Human Bone Beads (Mi Mgo’i Phreng Ba)
Tibet 19th century
length: approximately 54cm, weight: 96g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Enquiry about object: 6703
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
Enquiry about object: 6675
Tibetan Pierced, Chiselled & Gilded Iron Pen Case
Derge, Eastern Tibet circa 18th century
length: 34.8cm, weight: 334g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 6610
Nepalese Gilded Plaque of Avalokiteshvara as Padmapani
Nepal 19th century
(plaque only, without stand) width: 5.5cm, height: 24cm, weight: 495g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 6451
Unusually Large Mongolian Silver & Burlwood Eating Bowl
Mongolia or Tibet 19th century
diameter: 8.1cm, height: 8.6cm, weight: 488g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6433
Mongolian Silver Framed Buddhist Amulet Pendant with Painted Tsakli of Manjushri
Mongolia early 20th century
length: 9.3cm, width: 7.2cm, thickness: 1.4cm, weight: 126g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6386
Burmese Royal Silk Achiek Cloth Sutra Cover
Burma (Myanmar) 19th century
70cm x 78cm
Enquiry about object: 6388
Magnificent, Pierced, Chased, Miniature Silver Thai Manuscript (Dharma) Cabinet
Thailand circa 1920
height: 32cm, width: 20.5cm, depth: 14cm, weight: 1,729g
Provenance
private collection
Enquiry about object: 6408
Chinese Eighteen-Bead Rosary-Bracelet of Carved Jade, Pearls, Tourmaline & Gilded Silver in Original Box
China late 19th century or early 20th century (late Qing Dynasty)
diameter of bracelet component: 8cm, length of rosary: 22.5cm, weight: 55g, diameter of box: 12.5cm, height of box: 4cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6325
Fine Iron Beer (Chhaang) Flask Overlaid with Silver & Gold
Chamdo, Eastern Tibet 18th century
height: 38cm, width: 35cm, thickness: 9cm, weight: 2,382g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6365
Shan Folding Manuscript with Gilded, Lacquered Covers (Pap Top)
Shan people, Eastern Burma 19th-early 20th century
length: 40cm, height (when folded): 6cm, width: 17.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6273
Wooden & Iron Nepalese Ritual Dagger or Phurbu Carved with a Ban Jhankri Figure
Nepal circa 18th century
length: 29.5cm, weight: 90g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6224
Tibetan Bronze Image of Vajra Yogini
Tibet 18th century
height: 6.2cm, width: 4.7cm, weight: 79g
Provenance
private collection, London
Enquiry about object: 6250
Tibetan Gilded Copper Image of Vajra Vahari
Central Tibet circa 17th-18th century
height: 23.5cm, width: 22.8cm, weight:216g
Provenance
private collection, London
Enquiry about object: 5774
Silver & Silver Filigree 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.
Enquiry about object: 6134
Brass Votive Plaque (Tsha Tsha) Mould
Tibet early 20th century, or earlier
8.3cm x 8.3cm, weight: 317g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5806
Life-Sized Mandalay Gilded & Lacquered Wooden Standing Buddha
Mandalay, Northern Burma 19th century
height (without stand): 149.5cm, height (with stand): 169cm, width: 65cm, depth: 25cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6090
Burmese Lacquered & Carved Stone Buddha
Amarapura, northern Burma 18th century
height: 51cm, width: 30.5cm, depth: 18cm
Provenance
from the estate of Sir David Tang, founder of the luxury fashion house Shanghai Tang
Enquiry about object: 5808
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
Enquiry about object: 4717
Sri Lankan Standing Brass Image of the Buddhist Protector Upulvan (Vishnu)
Sri Lanka 19th century
height: 40.3cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4507
Thai Gilded, Carved Wooden Reliquary
Thailand 19th century or early 20th century
height: 52cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 5840
Mongolian Polychrome Dancing Citipati Group
Mongolia 19th century
height: 60cm, width: 53cm
Provenance
Private collection, England.
Enquiry about object: 5807
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
Enquiry about object: 5739
Burmese Finely-Cast Bronze Temple Bell & Bracket
Burma circa 1850
height: 38cm, diameter at base: 19cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5659
Tibetan Woman’s Ga’u Box
Central Tibet 19th century
width: 6.3cm, height: 8cm, thickness: 3.3cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5703
Four Burmese Carved Wooden Standing Disciple-Monks
Burma late 19th-early 20th century
heights: ranging from 93cm (102cm with stand) to 125cm (134cm with stand); depth of each stand: 24cm, widths: 27cm
Provenance
private collection, UK. Possibly brought back to the UK around 1920.
Enquiry about object: 4689
Three Thai Terracotta Votive Plaques
Ayutthaya, Thailand 16th-18th century
heights: 8.5cm, widths: 5.4cm-5.7cm
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 5417
Jambupati Buddha Gilded Bronze Seated Ava Buddha
Burma Late Ava Period, 17th century
height: 47.5cm, width: 25.5cm, depth: 16.5cm
Provenance
UK art market; almost certainly has been in the UK since the colonial era.
Enquiry about object: 5416
Sri Lankan Brass Model of a Kandyan Noble
Sri Lanka 19th century
height: 26cm, weight: 1,364g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5488
Tibetan Gilded Bronze Mahakala
Tibet 15th century
height: 14cm, width: 10.5cm, weight: 701g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5364
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
Provenance
Private Collection, London, UK.
Enquiry about object: 5363
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
Provenance
Private Collection, London, UK.
Enquiry about object: 4683
Large Terracotta Makara & Naga Stair-Head or Roof Tile Finial
Thailand Sukhothai Period, 14th-15th century
height: 51cm, length: 26cm, width: 14cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 4684
Terracotta Makara Roof Tile Finial Fragment
Thailand Sukhothai Period, 14th-15th century
height: 32cm, length: 18cm, width: width: 15.4cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 4686
Terracotta Makara Roof Tile Finial Fragment
Thailand Sukhothai Period, 14th-15th century
height: 30.5cm, length: 28cm, width: 17cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 4688
Terracotta Buddha Votive Plaque
Burma probably Pagan period, 12th century
height: 11.6cm, width: 8.3cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 4693
Thai Terracotta Ribbed Jar with Brown Glaze
North-Eastern Thailand 14th-15th century
diameter: 20cm, height: 18.3cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 4590
Gilded Cast Bronze Ava-Style Buddha
Shan People, Eastern Burma 17th century
height: 30.8cm, width: 15cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 4598
Cast Bronze Seated Buddha
Mandalay, Burma 18th-19th century
height: 58cm, width: 39.5cm, depth: 24cm
Provenance
from a private collection, UK. The previous owner built up a collection of Buddha images mostly from old UK colonial sources, and did so over a long lifetime.
Enquiry about object: 4401
Very Fine Chased Silver Parasol or Cane Handle
Sri Lanka 19th century
length of silverwork: 21.5cm, overall weight: 140g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4195
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
Enquiry about object: 960
Large Ceremonial Brass Tazza (Dalumura Tatuva)
Sri Lanka 19th century
height: 25cm, diameter: 31.2cm, weight: 3.78kg
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4732
Fine Burlwood Tsampa Box with Silver Filigree Mounts & Lapis Lazuli, Coral & Turquoise
Mongolia 19th century
diameter: 14cm, height: 8.5cm, weight: 483g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4584
Large Kandyan Period Cast Brass Standing Buddha
Sri Lanka 18th century
height without stand (32cm), with stand: 38cm
Provenance
private collection, UK. The previous owner built up a collection of Buddha images mostly from old UK colonial sources, and did so over a long lifetime.
Enquiry about object: 4593
Cast Bronze Seated Buddha
Laos circa 15th century
height: 37cm, width: 22.5cm, depth: 14cm
Provenance
private collection, UK. The previous owner built up a collection of Buddha images mostly from old UK colonial sources, and did so over a long lifetime.
Enquiry about object: 4671
Carved, Ritual Horn Seed Dispenser
Tibet 19th century
length: 21.6cm, weight: 169g
Provenance
Scottish art market
Enquiry about object: 4676
Rare, Brass Toad-Shaped Flask
Tibet circa 18th century
height (with stopper): 37cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 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.
Enquiry about object: 4569
Lacquered & Gilded Kammavaca
Burma early to mid-19th century
length: 54.8cm, width: 11.9cm - 16 leaves & 2 covers
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4404
Gilded Silver Butterfly Ornament set with Turquoise
Nepal or Eastern Tibet 18th-19th century
height: 5cm. width: 5.3cm, weight: 19.4g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4443
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)
Enquiry about object: 4450
Large, Lacquered Wooden Buddha
Mandalay, Burma circa 1850
height: 67.5cm, width: 59cm, depth: 34cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4471
Bronze Spiral Ear Ornament or Stone Mason’s Plumb Weight with Lotus Bud Finials
Cambodia circa 10th-12th century
height: 6cm, weight: 164g
Provenance
private London collection
Enquiry about object: 4499
Necklace of Rare Hollow Reeded Gold Beads
Pyu (present-day Burma) 5th-9th century
length of bead section: 18cm (36cm circumference), weight: 29g
Provenance
UK art market; private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 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
Enquiry about object: 4089
Porcelain Snuff Bottle with Silver Mounts
Sri Lanka 18th-19th century
height: 5.3cm, diameter: 4.3cm
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 4146
Silver-Encased Dagger (Dha Hmyaung) with Ivory Hilt
Shan people, Burma 18th-19th century
total length: 39.5cm, weight: 348g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4148
Tibetan Gilded Clasp set with Turquoise & Coral
Central Tibet 19th century
length: 8.3cm, width: 4cm, weight: 50g
Provenance
private collection, London
Enquiry about object: 4250
Rare Burmese Shwezawa Lacquer Chest
Burma 19th century
height: 19.5cm, length: 43.6cm, depth: 33cm
Provenance
private collection, London; acquired by the previous owner in the UK decades ago, and probably has been in the UK since the colonial era.
Enquiry about object: 4253
Lacquered & Gilded Kammavaca
Burma 19th century
length: 57cm, width: 13.6cm - 16 leaves & 2 covers
Provenance
private collection, London
Enquiry about object: 4254
Rare Lacquered Brass Kammavaca
Burma early 19th century
length: 47.6cm, width: 8.5cm - 10 leaves & 2 covers
Provenance
private collection, London
Enquiry about object: 3846
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
Enquiry about object: 3704
Cambodian Bayon-Style, Ritual Bronze Conch Shell
Cambodia Angkor Period, 12th-13th century, & possibly later stand
length of conch: 27cm, height of stand: 8cm, diameter of stand: 14cm
Provenance
from a private collection, Hereford, England. Acquired by the previous owner from a private collection, Gloucestershire, England.
Enquiry about object: 3648
Burmese Gilded Lacquer & Wood Storage Box
Burma 19th century
length: 46cm, height: 20.5cm, depth: 30cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3437
Thai Terracotta Buddhist Votive Tablet with Traces of Red Lacquer & Gilding
Thailand 18th or early 19th century
height: 9.3cm, width: 6cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3221
Inscribed Lao-Thai Bronze Seated Buddha
Northern Thailand/Laos 16th century
height: 48.5cm
Provenance
collected in the 1950s by Professor Bengt Hager (1916-2011) and Lilavati Devi (c. 1925-2002) of Sweden; thence by descent. Professor Hager was leading researcher on dance and founded the Swedish Dance Museum. Lilavati Devi married Hager in 1954 after first having come to Sweden from India as a principal performer in an Indian classical dance company. The couple travelled extensively in Southeast Asia in the 1950s to study dance, and acquired collectables during these travels including this Buddha.
Enquiry about object: 3339
Thai Gilded Bronze Buddha or Buddhist Attendant
Thailand late 19th century
height: 36cm, width: 30cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3024
Sri Lankan Polychrome Pottery Tile
Kandy, Sri Lanka 1800-1850
diameter: 27cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3083
Four-Piece Gilded Lacquer Processional Betel Holders
Burma circa 1900
heights: 18cm-37cm
Provenance
UK art market; almost certainly this set has been in the UK since colonial times.
Enquiry about object: 2968
Thai Silver Votive Buddha
Thailand 19th century
height: 17cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2651
Burmese Gilded & Lacquered Manuscript Box & Stand (Sadaik)
Burma circa 1850
length: 83cm, height: 38cm, depth: 39cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 272
Burmese Buddha Dipankara with Followers & Sumedha
Burma 18th century
Length: 16 cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2727
Sri Lankan Silver ‘Moonstone’ Dish
Kandy, Sri Lanka circa 1920
diameter: 20.8cm, weight: 262g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2450
Seven Tibetan Engraved Silver Medicine Spoons
Tibet 19th century
length of each 10.5cm, combined weight: 144g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2153
Large Burmese Temple Bell & Hanging Bracket
Burma circa 1850
height with hanging bracket: 65cm, diameter of base of bell: 30cm, height of stand: 85cm
Provenance
UK art market.
Enquiry about object: 1578
Two Si Satchanalai Terracotta Tile Finials
Si Satchanalai, Thailand 14th-15th century
height: 21cm & 23.8cm; width: 16.5cm & 16.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1323
Massive Tibetan Silver Prayer Wheel (‘Khor)
Tibet 18th-19th century
length: of wheel and handle: 106cm, diameter of wheel: 19cm, thickness of wheel drum: 9cm
Provenance
formerly in the collection of Henry Brownrigg, London.