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Rare, Inscribed, Shaivite 22-Spout Water Vessel or Lota
South India 18th-19th century
height: approximately 27.5cm, width: approximately 33cm, weight: 2,503g
Provenance
private collection, England.
Indo-Portuguese Bezoar Stone with Silver Mounts & Chain
India, probably Goa, or Hormuz or Ottoman Turkey 16th-17th century
overall length: 10.1cm, width of stone: 2.9cm, weight: 11g
Provenance
UK art market
Ancient Tibetan Dzi Bead
Tibet Ancient
length: 2.4cm, width: 1.5cm, weight: 8g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Tibetan or Bhutanese Noble’s Long Sword & Parcel-Gilt Silver Scabbard (Kongdi Maja)
Tibet or Bhutan 19th century
length: 85.8cm, width: approximately 6cm, weight: 1,566g
Provenance
formerly in the collection of David Weldon, UK.
Indian Bone Female Attendant Deity
Karnataka, India 17th century
height (including stand): 15.3cm, width: 4cm, weight: 139g
Provenance
art market/private collection, UK
Japanese Shingon Sect Gomadan Altar Gilded Copper Vajra (Sankosho)
Japan Edo Period, 18th-19th century
length: 15.1cm, weight: 252g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Japanese Shingon Sect Gomadan Altar Gilded Copper ‘Pestle’ Vajra (Tokkosho)
Japan Edo Period, 18th-19th century
length: 14.7cm weight: 161g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Japanese Shingon Sect Gomadan Altar Gilded Copper Two-Part Vajra (Sankosho)
Japan Edo Period, 18th-19th century
length: 13.3cm, weight: 249g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Japanese Shingon Sect Gomadan Altar Gilded Copper ‘Pestle’ Vajra (Tokkosho)
Japan Edo Period, 18th-19th century
length: 11.7cm, weight: 81g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Balinese Finely-Carved Coconut & Stand
Bali, Indonesia circa 1920-30
width of coconut: approximately 13.5cm, height of coconut: approximately 13cm. weight of coconut: 95g
Provenance
Dutch art market
Indian Bronze Image of Varaha, the Boar Avatar of Vishnu
Tamil Nadu, South India 16th-17th century
height: 8.4cm, width: 5cm, depth: 2.7cm, weight: 83g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Massive Miao Silver Hairpin
Miao People, Northern Thailand & Southern China early 20th century
length: approximately 29.3cm, width: 6.6cm, weight: 55g
Provenance
private collection
Thai Gold Pendant set with Black Diamonds
Bangkok, Thailand early 20th century
length: 4cm, width: 2.5cm, weight: 4g
Provenance
private collection
Indian Bronze of a Vaishnavite Saint
Tamil Nadu, South India 17th-18th century
height: 9.6cm, width: 6.9cm, depth: 4.8cm, weight: 533g
Provenance
UK art market
Kerala Small Bronze Image of Vaishnavi
Kerala, South India circa 17th century
height: 5.9cm, width: 4.1cm, depth: 4.2cm, weight: 148g
Inscribed, Thai Mon Monk’s Fan
Mon People, south-western Thailand early 20th century or earlier
length: 35.9cm, width: 23cm, weight: 55g
Provenance
private collection
Indian Brass Kamadhenu or Surabhi
India late 19th-early 20th century
height: 16.1cm, width: 14cm, depth: 9.7cm, weight: 1,609g
Provenance
private collection, England; acquired in the 1950s
Indian Bronze Durga Group
Maharashtra or Karnataka, Western India 18th-19th century
height: 25.1cm, width: 12cm, depth: 8.6cm, weight: 1,923g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Uzbek Silver-Gilt Bridal Crown (Kosh-e-tilla)
Bukhara, Uzbekistan 1880s
width: 18.8cm, height: 11.6cm, weight: 61g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Spanish Colonial Silver Chamber Pot (Lavatorio or Balde)
Spanish Colonial South America - Peru, Argentina or Bolivia 18th century
height: 12.2cm, diameter: approximately 19cm, weight: 877g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Brass Shaivite Temple Offering Box
Rajasthan, India 19th century
length: approximately 24.5cm, width: approximately 24cm, depth: 15.5cm, weight: 5,003g
Provenance
private collection, UK
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
Indian Cast Bronze Votive Cow, possibly Nandi
India 18th-19th century
height: 12.9cm, length: 15.2cm, width: approximately 5.9cm, weight: 1,098g
Provenance
UK art market; previous acquired at Christie's South Kensington, 2012.
Oceanic Cowrie & Sinnet Cord Necklace
Pacific Islands early 20th century
circumference: approximately 80cm, length of cowries: 6.5-7.8cm, weight: 309g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Indian Brass-inlaid Paduka Shoes
India 19th century
individual length: 24.5cm, individual width: 7.8cm, combined weight: 408g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Pashtun, Pierced Silver Bracelets
Pashtun People, North-west Pakistan early 20th century
diameter: widest at approximately 6.8cm, combined weight: 132g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Sri Lankan Gilded Silver Bracelet set with Pink Sapphires
southern coastal Sri Lanka circa 1920
inner diameter: widest at 6.2cm, weight: 19g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Buddhist Mala Rosary Beads
Tibet 18th-19th century
circumference: approximately 45cm, width of disks: 1.5cm, weight: 126g
Provenance
private collection, London
Nigerian Cast Bronze Snuff Ring
Tiv People, Central Nigeria early 20th century
length: 11cm, width: 4.6cm, weight: 180g
Provenance
UK art market
Selected Items from Past Catalogues
Gold Cobra Ear Ornaments Inlaid with Red Stones (Pambadam or Nagapadam)
Tamil Nadu, South India 19th-early 20th century
length: 4.5cm, combined weight: 42.92g
Provenance
UK art market
Qajar Bird Hunting Whistle & Carved Wooden Gem-Set Case
Persia (Iran) 19th century
length: 16.5cm, weight: 58g
Provenance
Oliver Hoare, London; Christie's, London, Indian and Islamic Works of Art, 20 Apr 2007.
Kashmiri Kashkul-form Chased Silver Bowl, Inscribed & dated ‘Gulmarg, 1902’
Kashmir, India dated 1902
length: 28.6cm, height: 17.8cm, width: 14.3cm, weight: 520g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine Tsonga Headrest
Tsonga People, South Africa & Zimbabwe 19th-early 20th century
height: 10.8cm, width: 18.5cm, weight: 229g
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
Mughal Brass Ewer (Aftaba)
North India 18th century
height: 36.2cm, width: 26.2cm, weight: 2,557g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine Indian Embroidered Phulkari Textile
Western Punjab, India circa 1900
length: 237cm, width: 116cm
Provenance
UK art market