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Massive South American Silver Incense Burner (Sahumador) in the form of a Llama
Viceroyalty of Peru late 18th-19th century
height: 55.5cm, length: 39cm, width: 29cm, weight: 3,905g
Provenance
UK art market
Exceptionally Rare Indian ‘Medicine’ Coconut Goblet with Silver-Gilt Mounts
Western India, perhaps Goa, or Mughal India 16th century
height: approximately 7.2cm, diameter: approximately 7.9cm, weight: 143g
Provenance
private collection, London,. UK; by repute, a Russian collection
Spanish Colonial Silver Chocolate Pot
Spanish Colonial South America, probably Peru 19th century
height: approximately 18.5cm, width (including handles): approximately 20cm, depth: approximately 15.5cm, weight: 812g
Provenance
UK art market
Malay Tortoiseshell Koran Box with Pierced Silver Mounts & Tekat Interior
Malay People, Sumatra, Indonesia 18th-19th century
height: 8.7cm, width: 18cm, depth: 12.5cm, weight: 597g
Provenance
UK art market
Spanish Colonial Silver Holy Water Stoup or Aspersorium (Acetre)
Spanish Colonial Peru or Mexico 18th century
height (from the ring of the handle to the base): 23.5cm, width: approximately 11cm, weight: 190g
Provenance
UK art market
Colonial Spanish Peruvian Silver Crucifix
Spanish Colonial Peru circa 1800
length: 16.2cm, width: 11.1cm, weight: 138g
Provenance
UK art market
Superb Vizagapatam Ebony Box overlaid with Tortoiseshell & Etched Ivory Veneer with Silver Mounts
Vizagapatam, India circa 1750
height: 8.8cm, width: 27.9cm, depth: 19cm, weight: 1,650g
Provenance
private collection, England.
China-Trade Painting of Pagoda Island, Min River, Fuzhou
China circa 1850
height: 37.4cm, width: 53cm; height (with frame): 41.3cm, width (with frame): 56.8cm
Provenance
UK art market
Colonial Trichinopoly Gilded Silver Snuff Box
Trichinopoly, South India circa 1870
length: 10.5cm, width: 6.4cm, thickness: 3.3cm, weight: 282g
Provenance
Private collection of Julian Sands.
Ibibio Carved Wooden Soldier Puppet Figure
Ibibio people, coastal Southern Nigeria circa 1920
height: 55cm
Provenance
UK art market; Christie's Paris, 2006.
Early Spanish Colonial Mexican Chest
Puebla or Campeche, Spanish Colonial Mexico early 17th century
width: 64cm, depth: 26.5cm, height: 36cm
Provenance
private collection, London
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
Sri Lankan Christian Communion Set with Kandyan Silver
Sri Lanka circa 1920
height (of case): 19.5cm, width (of case) 25.2cm, depth: 18.3cm, height (of chalice): 11.2cm, diameter (of chalice): 8.8cm, diameter (of paten): 11.4cm, weight (of chalice): 159g, weight (of paten): 66g
Provenance
UK art market
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
Ashanti Chief’s Brass-Covered Asipim Chair
Ashanti (Asante) People, Ghana 19th century
width: 50.2cm, height: 93.4cm, depth (seat only, excluding the inclining back-rest): 47cm
Provenance
UK art market
Dutch Colonial Batavian Silver Filigree Box
Dutch East Indies (Batavia) or India 18th century
height: 3.1cm, width: 7.2cm, depth: 5.3cm, weight: 105g
Provenance
UK art market
Carved Wooden Portrait of a Young Balinese Man
Bali, Indonesia circa 1930
height: approximately 25cm, width: 23cm, depth: approximately 16cm, weight: 2,547g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Pair of Kutch Indian Silver Cormorant Rosewater Sprinklers
Kutch, India circa 1890
height: 29.5cm, width 7.8cm, combined weight: 574g
Provenance
UK art market
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
Dutch Colonial Ebony & Silver Betel Box
Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) first half of the 18th century
width: 14.8cm, height: 7cm, depth: 10.5cm, weight: 528g
Provenance
UK art market
Chinese Carved Mother-of-Pearl Shell
China 19th century
width: 20.6cm, length: 16cm, weight: 138g
Provenance
UK art market
Colonial Indian Silver Cup by Pittar & Co.
Calcutta, India 1831-1848
height: 11.5cm, width: 8.5cm, depth (including handle): 11.4cm, weight: 265g
Provenance
private collection, England
Indo-Portuguese Parcel-Gilt Silver Bezoar Stone Box
West India, probably Gujarat or Goa circa 1700
height: 6cm, diameter: 4.5cm, weight: 45g
Carved Steatite Female Nomoli Figure
Sierra Leone 15th century or earlier
height: 21cm, width: 8.5cm, weight: 1,645g
Provenance
Estate Collection of Seward Kennedy, London, UK.
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
Silver Filigree Incense Burner (Sahumador) Modelled as a Turkey & set with Coral
Peru, probably Ayucucho circa 1800
width: 15cm, depth: 14cm, height: 17cm, weight: 576g
Provenance
UK art market
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
Dutch Colonial Carved Ebony Bible Box
Dutch Colonial Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 18th century
width: 23.2cm, depth: 16.1cm, height: 7.5cm, weight: 780g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine Dutch Colonial Batavian Silver Filigree Box & Cover
Dutch East Indies, Batavia or West Coast of Sumatra circa 1700
width: 9.8cm, height: approximately 5.9cm, weight: 276g
Provenance
UK art market
Dutch Colonial Silver Betel Box & Key
Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia 18th century
width: 14.7cm, depth: 9.9cm, height: 6cm, weight: 586g
Provenance
UK art market
Colonial Indian Silver Marrow Spoon or Scoop by Hamilton & Co.
Calcutta, India circa 1820
length: 25.5g, weight: 76g
Provenance
UK art market
Exceptional Dutch Colonial Tortoiseshell Betel Box with Fine Silver Mounts
Dutch Colonial East Indies, either Malay, Sumatra or Batavia (Indonesia today) 18th-19th century
height: 8.1cm, length: 19cm, depth: 13.3cm
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Gujarati Silk Trade Shawl with Rare Tax Stamps
Gujarat, Western India late 18th century
152.5cm x 151cm
Provenance
UK art market
Rare, Indo-Portuguese Ceremonial Gilded Silver Filigree Flower Basket
Indo-Portuguese Goa, India second half of the 17th century
height: 10.2cm, diameter: 6.6cm, weight: 136g
Provenance
previously in a private house, Bangkok, Thailand
Colonial Vizagapatam Ivory-Inlaid Portable Writing Box
Vizagapatam, India 1720-30
width: 43.6cm, depth: 34cm, height: 11.4cm
Provenance
private collection, London.
Colonial Spanish Powder Flask (Yesquero)
Colonial Spanish, Argentina 19th century
length: 7cm (not taking into account the curve), weight: 27.59g
Provenance
UK art market
Colonial Indian Silver Mug by Hamilton & Co.
Calcutta, India circa 1850
height: 12.5cm, diameter of mouth: 8cm, weight: 242g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine, Colonial South American Silver Toothpick Holder
Peru or Bolivia, Colonial South America 18th century
height: 11.8cm, weight: 124g
Provenance
UK art market
Colonial Satinwood Box with Pierced Silver Mounts
Colonial Jamaica 18th century
length: 25cm, depth: 16.1cm, height: 10cm
Provenance
UK art market; the Lawrence Family of Wiltshire, England, and Jamaica.
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
Dutch Colonial Silver Betel Box
Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia 18th century
length: 17.7cm, height: 7.1cm, depth: 12.3cm, weight: 975g
Provenance
UK art market
Colonial Indian Silver Mug
India, probably Calcutta circa 1840
height: 9.2cm, weight: 172g
Provenance
private collection, Channel Islands.
Pair of Colonial Carved Wooden, Iron & Leather Stirrups
Mexico or Chile 18th-19th century
height of wooden section of each stirrup: 25cm, width: 22cm, depth: 15.5cm, length of leather strap: 38cm
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Indian Coco-de-Mer Ewer
India Circa 17th century
height: 45cm, width: 25cm, thickness: 18cm, weight: 3,070g
Provenance
UK art market
Portrait of Nasir-ud-Din Haidar Shah, the second Nawab of Oudh (r. 1827-37) in Original Brass Frame
Lucknow, India circa 1840
height of frame: 25cm, width: 20cm, height of image: 15cm
Provenance
UK art market.
Silver Filigree Incense Burner (Sahumador) Modelled as a Turkey
Peru, probably Ayucucho circa 1820
height: 14.6cm, depth: 15.6cm, weight: 564g
Provenance
UK art market