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8972

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

7169

Ovimbundu Colonial Portuguese Female Head Privilege Sceptre or Staff

Ovimbundu People, Benguela, Angola
19th century

length: 82.5cmm, width: 8.5cm, weight: 941g

Provenance

private collection, UK

7198

Indo-Portuguese Parcel-Gilt Silver Bezoar Stone Box

West India, probably Gujarat or Goa
circa 1700

height: 6cm, diameter: 4.5cm, weight: 45g

4230

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.

6611

Portuguese-Thai Lacquered Box with Braganza Cross Mother-of-Pearl & Glass Inlay

Thailand, probably Ayutthaya, & Portugal
17th-18th century

length: 26.6cm, depth: 14.8cm, height: 13.2cm, weight: 936g

Provenance

Portuguese art market

6389

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

5988

Fine, Colonial South American Silver Toothpick Holder

Peru or Bolivia, Colonial South America
18th century

height: 11.8cm, weight: 124g

Provenance

UK art market

4516

Carved Wooden Prestige Sceptre

Ovimbundu People, Angola
19th century

length: 55cm

Provenance

UK art market

3007

Carved Colonial Bone Infant Jesus

India, probably Goa
18th century

length: 8cm height: 3.5cm

Provenance

UK art market; most probably the item has been in the UK since colonial times.