NEW ITEMS FOR AUGUST 2022

Scroll down to see almost 40 fine, new additions to our stock for August.

Included are items from Tibet, China, India, Burma, Dutch East Indies, Malaysia, Philippines, Oman, Ethiopia, Algeria, & Turkey.

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8735

Indian Parcel-Gilt & Pierced Double-Sided Silver Travelling Shrine Case

Northern India
18th-19th century

diameter: 13.2cm, depth: approximately 3cm, weight: 437g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

7267

Fine Tibetan Iron Beer (Chhaang) Flask Overlaid with Silver & Gold

Chamdo, Eastern Tibet
circa 18th century

height: 37cm, width: 34cm, depth: approximately 10cm, weight: 2,422g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

8547

Rare Pair of Tibetan Ritual Horns (Gyaling) inset with Coral & Turquoise

Tibet
18th-19th century

length: approximately 60cm, width: approximately 14.5cm, combined weight: 1,078g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK.

8668

Indian Jain Stone Figure of Standing Parshvanatha

India
19th century

height: 109.5cm, width: 28cm, depth: 13cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

8612

Superb Tibetan Rosary or Mala of Inlaid Human Bone Beads (Mi Mgo’i Phreng Ba) & a Sheep’s Eye Dzi Marker

Tibet
18th-19th century

circumference: 59cm, thickness of the bone beads: approximately 1.5cm, diameter of the goat's eye bead: 2.4cm, weight: 246g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, England

8707

Indian Painting of Krishna as Srinnathji in Winter with Two Gosaijis (Priests)

Kota, Rajasthan, India
circa 1860

width: 21.1cm, length: 23.7cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

8746

Indian Cow-Shaped Lingam Dripping Vessel (Thara Pathiram)

South India
18th century

length: approximately 11cm, width: 5.8cm, weight: 186g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

8706

Indian Painting of Krishna as Srinnathji with Two Gosaijis (Priests)

Kota, Rajasthan, India
circa 1860

width: 21.1cm, length: 23.5cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

8465

Large Indian Poona Silver Bowl

Poona, India
circa 1880

width: approximately 26cm, height: 15.5cm, weight: 1,310g

Provenance

UK art market

7235

Mandalay Gilded & Lacquered Wooden Standing Buddha

Mandalay, Northern Burma
19th century

height (without stand): 102cm, width: 56.5cm, depth: 16cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

8723

Indian Gold and White Sapphire Necklace

India, probably Uttar Pradesh
late 19th century

circumference: maximum 80cm, length of gold boxes: approximately 3.1cm, weight: 90g

Provenance

UK art market

8743

Byzantium Bronze Pectoral Reliquary Cross

Constantinople (Istanbul) or possibly Anatolia, Turkey
circa 11th century

length: 9.5cm, width: 4.2cm, depth: 1.4cm, weight: 61g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK; previously with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York

8608

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

7084

Ethiopian Steel Hand Cross (Yaegg Masqal)

Ethiopia
19th century

length: 25.5cm, width: 8.3cm, weight: 183g

Provenance

private collection, Scotland.

7085

Ethiopian Brass Hand Cross (Yaegg Masqal)

Ethiopia
19th century

length: 21.2cm, width: 10.2cm, weight: 129g

Provenance

private collection, Scotland.

7081

Ethiopian Iron Hand Cross (Yaegg Masqal)

Ethiopia
circa 17th-18th century

length: 27cm, width: 10cm, weight: 162g

Provenance

private collection, Scotland.

8421

Tibetan Carved Horn Ritual Seed Dispenser

Tibet
18th-19th century

length: approximately 19.2cm, width: 5.5cm, weight: 89g

Provenance

UK art market

8480

Anatolian Woven Saddle Bag

Turkey, probably the Yoruk people, Taurus Mountains, Anatolia
early 20th century

length: approximately 100.5cm, width: approximately 51.5cm

Provenance

private collection, London, UK

8587

Pair of Indian Silver Toe Ring Sets (Bichhua or Phulri)

India, probably Gujarat or Rajasthan
early 20th century

width of semi-circle plate: approximately 6.1cm, combined weight: 278g

Provenance

UK art market

8641

Indian Miniature Shaivaite Shrine

India, probably Maharashtra
19th century

width: 7.2cm, depth: 7.6cm, height: 4.7cm, weight: 303g

Provenance

UK art market

8661

Large South Indian Temple Priest’s Anklet (Kal Chilampu)

Irinjalakuda, Kerala, South India
18th-19th century

width: approximately 24cm, length: 22.8cm, depth: 11.2cm, weight: 3,579g

Provenance

UK art market

8708

Indian Silver Dish Depicting Surya

India, either Calcutta or Madras
circa 1880

diameter: approximately 18.2cm, weight: 280g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

4028

Pair of Omani Silver Ear Ornaments

Bedouin People, Oman
19th-early 20th century

length: approximately 12.6cm, width: approximately 4.2cm, combined weight: 106g

Provenance

private collection, UK.

7176

Tibetan Silver-Mounted Eating Bowl with Filigree & Coral

Eastern Tibet
early 20th century

diameter: approximately 14.2cm, height: approximately 6.8cm, weight: 386g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6424

Pair of Algerian Berber Silver Cloak Pins or Fibulae

Beni Yenni People, Kabylia area, northern Algeria
early 20th century

length: approximately 14cm, width: approximately 7.2cm, combined weight: 106g

Provenance

UK art market

8724

Pair of Assam Gold & Ruby Lotus Ear Plugs (Thuria)

Assam, North Eastern India
19th-early 20th century

length: approximately 3.2cm, width: 2.4cm, combined weight: 16g

Provenance

UK art market

8737

Zanzibar-Omani Hide Shield with Brass Mounts

Southern Oman/Zanzibar
19th century

diameter: 24.8cm, height: 14cm, weight: 1,066g

Provenance

UK art market

8739

Chinese Carved Mother-of-Pearl Shell

China
19th century

width: 20.6cm, length: 16cm, weight: 138g

Provenance

UK art market

8749

Himalayan Silver Incense Burner

probably Leh, Ladakh (Himalayan India) or Western Tibet
early 20th century

height: 15.6cm, width: approximately 20cm, weight: 1,048g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

8742

Indian Bronze Vishnu

Karnataka, Western India
circa 10th century (late Chalukya period)

height: 7.6cm, width: 6.6cm, depth: 3.6cm, weight: 124g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

8717

Fine & Intricate Burmese Silver Bowl

Burma (Myanmar)
circa 1870

width: approximately 18.5cm, height: approximately 10cm, weight: 476g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

8751

Hittite Silver Model of a Long-Horned Bull

Hittite people, (likely) Anatolia, Central Turkey
1750-1200 BC

height: 8.5cm, length: 8.5cm, width: 3.5cm, weight: 136g

Provenance

UK art market

5766

Dayak Carved Wooden Demon Stopper

Dayak People, Borneo, Malaysia
19th century

height (with stand): 12.5cm, width: 5cm, weight (without stand): 61g

Provenance

Private collection, UK

5767

Dayak Carved Wooden Tiger Stopper

Dayak People, Borneo, Malaysia
19th century

height (with stand): 14.3cm, width: 5cm, weight (without stand): 100g

Provenance

Private collection, UK

5770

Dayak Carved Wooden Humanoid Stopper

Dayak People, Borneo, Malaysia
19th century

height (with stand): 9.8cm, width: 5cm, weight (without stand): 32g

Provenance

Private collection, UK

3906

Large Ifugao Carved Wooden Ritual Bowl (Duyu)

Ifugao People, Northern Luzon, Philippines
19th century

width: approximately 38cm, height: approximately 11cm, weight: 2,150g

Provenance

private European collection.

Selected Fine Items from Past Catalogues

4618

Colonial Calamander Wood Document Box with Fine Silver Mounts

Sri Lanka
18th century

length: 24.5cm, height: 11cm, depth: 18cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5061

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

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5638

Rare Chinese Yixing Teapot with Vietnamese Pierced Silver Mounts

Jiangsu, China & Vietnam
19th century

length: 20cm, height: 15cm

Provenance

UK art market

6524

Mongo Woman’s Woven Buttock Shield (Bakonga)

Mongo People, Congo
early 20th century

length: approximately 88cm, width: 8.3cm, weight: 157g

Provenance

private collection, London, UK.

5364

Early Javanese Unusually Large Cast Bronze Buddha

Java or Sumatra, Indonesia, but most probably imported from northern India
Classical Period, 8th century

height (without stand): 21.9cm, width: 17.1cm, depth: 11.8cm, weight: 2,576g

Provenance

Private Collection, London, UK.

6444

Indian Saddle Axe (Tabarzin)

Northern India
early 19th century

length: 65.6cm, width: 20cm, weight: 1,829g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

7299

Maluku Gold-Alloy Pectoral or Forehead Ornament

South Maluku, (Moluccas), Eastern Indonesia
19th century

width of mask: 10.8cm, length of seedpod-like elements: approximately 5.2cm, weight: 28g

Provenance

Estate Collection of Tom White MBE; lot 222, 'Gold: Important ancient and ethnic jewellery and works of art in precious metal', Hapsburg, Feldman, Geneva, Switzerland, May 14, 1990.

7112

Persian Silvered Fretwork Banqueting Sherbet Spoon

Persia/Iran
circa 1800

length: 27.2cm, width: 4.7cm, weight: 70g

Provenance

UK art market

4629

Three Ming Dynasty Carved Wooden Daoist Figures with Polychrome

China
Reign of Zhengde (1505–1521)

heights: each approx. 29.5cm

Sold

Provenance

private collection, London.

5517

Pair of Malay Bolster-End Tekat Panels with Gold Thread

Malay People, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia
19th century

approx. length of embroidered section of each: 21.3cm, height: 14.8cm

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK.