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3532

VOC-Style Chinese Huanghuali Document Box with Engraved Brass Mounts

Southern China
17th-18th century

height:13.6cm, width: 50.6cm, depth: 35cm, weight: 5,960g

Provenance

private collection, UK

10137

Dutch Colonial Double-Sided Gilded Sawasa Box

Made for the Dutch Colonial Market, most probably in Japan, and possibly Batavia or Tonkin (North Vietnam)
17th century

length: 12.9cm, width: 5.8cm, height: 3.6cm, weight: 171g

Provenance

UK art market

10012

Dutch Colonial Double-Sided Sawasa Box Depicting Monkeys

Made for the Dutch Colonial Market, most probably in Japan, and possibly Batavia or Tonkin (North Vietnam)
17th century

height: 3.5cm, width: 6cm, length: 12.5cm, weight: 192g

Provenance

French art market

9957

Sri Lankan Tortoiseshell Box with Pierced, Solid Gold Mounts

Sri Lanka (Ceylon), probably Galle
circa 1730

height: 5.6cm, width: 15.2cm, depth: 10.3cm, weight: 239g

Provenance

UK art market

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

8938

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

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

6716

Dutch Colonial Sri Lankan 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

6578

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

6528

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

5533

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

3791

Dutch Colonial Betel Box of Amboyna Wood & Pierced Silver Mounts

Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)
18th century

height: 9cm, length: 19.5cm, depth: 13.5cm

Provenance

private collection, UK.

3520

Dutch Colonial Silver Filigree Heart-Shaped Box

Dutch East Indies, possibly Batavia or Sumatra
18th century

length: 7cm, width: 5.5cm, height: 2.5cm, weight: 91g

Provenance

UK art market

3173

Sri Lankan Carved Ebony Box

Galle, Sri Lanka
circa 1800

height: 10.3cm, length: 27.3cm, depth: 19cm

Provenance

UK art market

1716

Dutch Colonial Amboyna Wood & Red Lacquer Betel Box with Silver Mounts

Batavia, Dutch East Indies
late 17th-early 18th century

height: 8.8cm, length: 20cm, depth: 14.5cm, weight: 794g

Provenance

collection of Paul Walter; Spink, London