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Yemen Cast Silver Bracelet
Tihama Region, likely Hudayda (al Dhahiyy), Yemen 18th-19th century
external diameter: 10cm, inside diameter: 6.4cm, weight: 145g
Provenance
UK art market
Woman’s Mother-of-Pearl & Bone Inlaid Wooden Stilted Clogs (Qabqab)
Ottoman Turkey 19th century
heights (without upper straps): 15.2cm, overall heights: 19.5cm, length: 23.2cm
Provenance
UK art market
Parcel Gilded Silver Buckle
Balkans 18th-19th century
length: 21.5cm, width: 7.2cm, height: weight: 302g
Provenance
UK art market
Silver Necklace with Three Attached Silver Amulet Boxes with Coral Beads
Hadhramaut Region, Yemen 19th century
length of main box: 12.4cm, circumference of necklace: 79cm, weight: 240g
Provenance
UK art market
Ottoman Silver Khanjar with Watered Steel Blade
Ottoman Turkey 18th century
length: 55cm, weight: 622g
Provenance
UK art market
Repoussed Gilded Silver Hammam Bowl
Algeria 19th century
height: 16.5cm, diameter: 12.9cm, weight: 170g
Provenance
UK art market
Algerian Repoussed Silver Hammam Bowl
Algeria 19th century
height: 13.3cm, diameter: 11.5 weight: 123g
Engraved Silver Betel Box
Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 8cm, combined weight: 148g
Provenance
private collection, London
Engraved Silver Betel & Lime Boxes
Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 6.5cm, total weight: 117g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Engraved Silver Betel & Lime Boxes
Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 6.7cm, chain length: 21.5cm, total weight: 128g
Fine Silver Amulet Box with Filigree
Yemen late 19th-early 20th century
length: 16 cm; diameter of box: 4.5 cm, weight: 175g
Indian Parcel-Gilt Silver Hookah Base
Northern India 19th century
height: 18.5cm; diameter of base: 19cm, weight: 865g
Provenance
UK art market
Islamic Wooden Panel Carved with Buraq & Deer
Persia/Iran 19th century
length: 73.4cm, width: 18.2cm
Provenance
UK art market
Bell-Shaped Silver-Inlaid Bidri Hookah Base
Lucknow, India circa 1850
height: 17cm, diameter: 18.8cm, weight: 2,163g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare, Early Indian Agate Box with Chased Silver Mounts
Deccan, India, and possibly Goa circa 1700
height: 13.3cm, length: 14cm, depth: 10.1cm, weight: 1,127g
Provenance
UK art market; European collection.
Chased Silver Lidded Box with Gujarati Inscription
India 18th-19th century
length: 11.9cm, height: 6cm, width: 8.5cm, weight: 332g
Provenance
UK art market
Chased & Engraved Pendang Lurus Sword
Java, Indonesia 18th-early 19th century
length: 50cm
Provenance
Scottish art market
Oman Silver Filigree Headdress Ornaments
Bedu People, Oman 19th century
length: 13.2cm, combined weight: 73g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Fine Silver Belt Purse (Mahfaza)
San’a, Yemen 19th century
height: 6.2cm, width: 8cm, thickness: 1.9cm, weight: 140g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Woman’s Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis Tua) Fragment
Pubian People, Lampung, South Sumatra, Indonesia circa 1920
length: 114cm, width: 58cm
Provenance
Acquired in the UK, from the estate collection of Dr George Yuille Caldwell (1924-2016). Dr Caldwell, an English-born physician moved to Singapore in the 1950s, from where he built up a collection of Indonesian textiles and other ethnographica.
Fine, Persian Painted & Lacquered Mirror Case
Persia (Iran) Zand Dynasty, circa 1780
height: 21.8cm, width: 15.2cm, thickness: 1cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Ottoman Armenian Woman’s Wooden Stilted Clogs (Qabqab) with Engraved Silver Mounts
Armenian People, Ottoman Turkey 19th century
length: 24cm, height: 12.5cm
Provenance
from the collection of the family of John Lee, Baron Lee of Trafford, Bowdon Old Hall, Cheshire, UK. The family of Lord Lee has occupied Bowdon Old Hall since 1919 and the clogs formed part of the contents of the house. The wife of Baron Lee is of Armenian descent.
Rare, Mughal Indian Gilded Chased & Engraved Silver Opium Poppy Pod-Shaped Chilam Cover
Rajasthan or Mughal, India 18th century
diameter: 8cm, height: 6.4cm, dimensions of marble stand: 14cm x 11cm x 2cm
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Cast Brass Flasks made for the Malay Market
Minangkabau People, Sumatra, Indonesia late 19th century
height: 31.5 cm
Provenance
Dutch antique market
Sumatran Silver-Mounted Klewang
South Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 30cm, weight: 158g
Provenance
UK art market
Brass Water Container (Kendi)
Minangkabau People, Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
height: 32 cm
Provenance
UK art market
Yemen Silver Ring with Horn ‘Stone’
Yemen, probably Saada 19th century
height: 4.3cm; ring size: 8.5 (US), O/R (UK); weight: 18.38g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Three Indian Mounted Bronze Palanquin Pole-Ends
India 17th-18th century
lengths (without stands): 10.5cm, 13cm, 26cm; height of largest (with stand): 15.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Indian Lucknow Enamelled Silver & Leather Hookah Base
Lucknow, India 18th century
height: 20.2cm, diameter of base: 14.8cm, weight: 611g
Provenance
UK art market
Philippines Silver-Inlaid Brass Wedding Vessel (Gadur)
Moro People, Mindanao, Philippines early 20th century
height: 55cm
Provenance
private collection, US.
Ottoman Calligrapher’s Scissors
Ottoman Turkey 18th-19th century
length: 27.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Omani Silver Gunpowder Flask (Talahiq)
Oman 19th century
length: 19cm, weight: 248g
Provenance
UK art market
Ottoman Turkish Steel Scissors or Sheers
Ottoman Turkey 17th century
length: 13.5cm
Provenance
The scissors were part of a collection built up over a long lifetime by an elderly collector in Worcestershire, England.
Persian Calligrapher’s Pierced Steel Scissors
Iran (Persia) 18th century
length: 16.5cm
Provenance
The scissors were part of a collection built up over a long lifetime by an elderly collector in Worcestershire, England.
Persian Calligrapher’s Pierced Steel Scissors
Iran (Persia) 18th century
length: 18cm
Provenance
The scissors were part of a collection built up over a long lifetime by an elderly collector in Worcestershire, England.
Pair of Fire-Gilded Silver & Carnelian Cuff Bracelets (Bilezik)
Tekke People, Southern Turkmenistan circa 1870
height: 9.5cm, width: 6.5cm, weight: 493g
Provenance
UK art market
Silver-Gilt Mughal Horse Trappings
India 18th-19th century
length/height: 51cm, width: 23.5cm, weight: 1,222g
Provenance
UK art market
Silver-Gilt Mughal Horse Trappings
India 18th-19th century
length: 120cm, weight: 1,592g
Provenance
UK art market
Sumatran Minangkabau-Acehnese Cast Brass Shield or Buckler (Peurise)
Minangkabau People for the Aceh Market, Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
diameter: 32cm
Provenance
UK art market
Patani Kris Tajong with Zoomorphic Carved Wooden Hilt
Kelantan, Malaysia or Patani, Southern Thailand 19th century
length: 47.5cm, weight: 507g
Provenance
private UK collection
Mughal Brass Ewer (Aftaba)
North India 18th century
height: 36.2cm, width: 26.2cm, weight: 2,557g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Engraved Silver Goblets with Tughras
Ottoman Turkey circa 1900
height: 14.5cm, combined weight: 288g
Provenance
UK art market.