NEW ITEMS FOR AUGUST 2023
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Early Javanese Bronze Oil Lamp Section
Eastern Java, Indonesia 14th century
length: 19.2cm, weight: 524g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Tibetan Terracotta & Polychrome Vajrabhairava & Consort
Tibet 18th century
length: 15cm, width: 12.8cm, depth: 4.4cm, weight: 643g (913g with stand)
Provenance
UK art market; German collection
Colonial Trichinopoly Gilded Silver Snuff Box
Trichinopoly, South India circa 1870
length: 10.5cm, width: 6.4cm, thickness: 3.3cm, weight: 282g
Provenance
Private collection of Julian Sands.
Brunei Brass Grain Measure (Gantang)
Brunei dated 1876-76
diameter: approximately 18.7cm, height: 16.5cm, weight: 2,225g
Provenance
private collection, Channel Islands
Tibetan Brass Yak or Bull Mount of Vajrabhairava (Yamantaka)
Tibet 19th century
height: approximately 14.6cm, length: approximately 27.2cm, weight: 565g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Bedouin Silver Rattle Anklet with Bells (Halhal)
Bedouin people, Abha, 'Asir Region, Southern Saudi Arabia 19th-early 20th century
inner diameter: approximately 7.1cm, weight: 232g
Provenance
private collection, UK. Collected in the 1970s from Saudi Arabia.
Massive Bedouin Silver Amulet Box (Hirz) & Necklace
Bedouin people, Abha, 'Asir Region, Southern Saudi Arabia 19th-early 20th century
circumference of chain: 98.5cm, length of amulet (including bells): approximately 16cm, width of amulet: 16.9cm, weight: 528g
Provenance
private collection, UK. Collected in the 1970s from Saudi Arabia.
Bedouin Silver Necklace (Lazim)
Bedouin people, Abha, 'Asir Region, Southern Saudi Arabia 19th-early 20th century
length of main pendant with chains: approximately 21cm, weight: 745g
Provenance
private collection, UK. Collected in the 1970s from Saudi Arabia.
Mongolian Framed Thangka of the White Tara (Dolma Karpo)
Mongolia 18th-19th century
length: 31.9cm, width: 25.3cm, depth: 2.3cm, weight: 1,536g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Bone, Trade Bead & Chank Shell Mala or Rosary Beads (Sin-‘phen)
Tibet 18th-19th century
circumference: approximately 62cm, diameter of main chank shell bead: 1.8cm, weight: 119g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Tibetan Hand-Held Prayer Wheel with Silver Mounts (‘Khor)
Tibet 19th century
length: approximately 20cm, diameter: 6.3cm, weight: 138g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Rare Tibetan Archaic Brown Jade Bead Necklace
Tibet Archaic, probably before 12th century
circumference: approximately 66cm, weight: 334g
Provenance
private collection, England
Large Ottoman Gilded Silver Shallow Bowl
Ottoman Turkey 18th-19th century
diameter: approximately 27.8cm, depth: approximately 2.8cm, weight: 539g
Provenance
UK art market
Mandalay Burmese Bronze Buddha
Mandalay, Burma circa 1850
height: 49cm, width: 39.5cm, depth: 26.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Pair of Silver Butter Lamps inset with Turquoise
Tibet 19th century
height: 18.8cm, diameter: approximately 12.5cm, combined weight: 819g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Mandingo Leather-Clad Sword
Mandingo or Mandinka people, West Africa, including Sierra Leone late 19th century
length: approximately 91.5cm
Provenance
private collection, England
Unusually Massive Mughal Brass Ewer (Aftaba)
North India 17th-18th century
height: 36.5cm, length (from spout to handle): approximately 38cm, weight: 4,426g
Chinese Cast Bronze of the Emaciated Buddha
China 17th-18th century
height: 7.3cm, width: 5.2cm, depth: 3.5cm, weight: 206g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine, Burmese Silver Bowl with Mahajanaka Jataka Scenes
Burma (Myanmar) late 19th-early 20th century
height: 15cm, diameter: approximately 21cm, weight: 1,161g
Provenance
UK art market
Ibibio Carved Wooden Soldier Puppet Figure
Ibibio people, coastal Southern Nigeria circa 1920
height: 55cm
Provenance
UK art market; Christie's Paris, 2006.
Ibibio Carved Wooden Female Puppet Figure
Ibibio people, coastal Southern Nigeria circa 1920
height: 56cm
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Tantric Gilded Copper Severed Head
Tibet circa 17th century
length: 7.5cm, width: 5.8cm, depth: approximately 3.8cm, weight: 49g
Provenance
Art market, Paris, France
Unusually Fine Tibetan Skull Mala Necklace
Tibet circa 18th century
circumference: 62cm, weight: 19g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Burmese Silver Box
Burma circa 1880
height: 8.8cm, width: 12.6cm, depth: 8.8cm, weight: 391g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine, Tibetan Mandala Printing Block
Himalayan region, probably Tibet 19th century
length: 22.4cm, width: 20.4cm, depth: 3.4cm, weight: 873g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Bronze Krishna Playing the Flute (Venugopala)
South India circa 14th century
height: approx. 11cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Tibetan Gilt Copper Ornament set with Turquoise
Tibet circa 17th century
length: 14.9cm, width: 7cm, weight: 48g
Provenance
UK art market
Colonial Vizagapatam Ivory-Inlaid Portable Writing Box
Vizagapatam, India 1720-30
width: 43.6cm, depth: 34cm, height: 11.4cm
Provenance
private collection, London.
Selected, Fine Items from Previous Catalogues
Jain Brass Shrine inlaid with Silver
Jain community, Western India dated Samvat 1416 (1419 AD)
height: 17.1cm, width: 11cm, depth: 7.7cm, weight: 750g
Provenance
UK art market
Moroccan Berber Terracotta Bowl
Berber People, Central-Northern Morocco, possibly Tsoul early 20th century
diameter: 32.5cm, height: 11.2cm, weight: 2,285g
Provenance
UK art market
Sri Lankan Polychrome Pottery Tile
Kandy, Sri Lanka 1800-1850
diameter: 27cm
Provenance
UK art market
Srivijaya Bronze Seated Avalokiteshvara
Srivijaya kingdom - Sumatra, Indonesia & Malay Peninsula, incl. southern Thailand 7th-8th century
height: 18.8cm, width: 8.9cm, depth: 7.6cm, weight: 1,203g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Four Burgaute Lacquered Scholar’s Cups Inlaid with Abalone Nacre & Silver
China early 18th century
height: 4.8cm, diameter: 10.5cm, typical weight per cup: 75g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of New Guinea Cone-Shell Ear Ornaments, dated 1859
New Guinea collected in 1859
maximum diameter of each: 7cm
Provenance
UK art market; private collection, UK.
Rare Set of Woman’s Silver Hair Ornaments (Mashaq-ir)
Jewish Community, Saada region, Yemen early 20th century
length of both long hair ornaments: 33.5cm; total weight: 332g
Provenance
UK art market
Terracotta Makara Roof Tile Finial Fragment
Thailand Sukhothai Period, 14th-15th century
height: 30.5cm, length: 28cm, width: 17cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Japanese-style Chinese Export Silver Bowl by Wang Hing
Maker: Wang Hing, Guangdong (Canton) & Hong Kong, China 1890s
diameter: 19.5cm, height: 13cm, weight: 730g
Provenance
private collection, UK