February 2021 Catalogue
We are delighted to present here a curated collection of more than 50 items from our stock - items are from the Asian, Tribal & Cross-border Trade spheres of collecting.
Each item has an edge; something unique that sets it apart - a history and a story that connects us to the artisan who made it.
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Colonial Calamander Wood Document Box with Fine Silver Mounts
Sri Lanka 18th century
length: 24.5cm, height: 11cm, depth: 18cm
Provenance
UK art market
Large, Rare, Central Asian Gilded Silver Koranic Amulet Necklace set with Banded Agate, Spinels & Coral
Emirate of Bukhara (today, Uzbekistan) 19th century
length: 107cm, width: 31cm, weight: 3,216g
Provenance
private collection, Greece/UK
Carved Indian Black Stone Vaishnavite Pediment
Rajasthan or Madhya Pradesh, India 10th-11th century
width: 38cm, height: 14.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Sri Lankan or South Indian Yali Door Plates
Sri Lanka or South India circa 18th century
length (each): 16.5cm, width: 13.7cm, combined weight: 1,041g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Fine, Engraved Liao Gilded-Silver Bracelets
China Liao Dynasty, 10-12th century
diameter at widest point: 6.5cm, combined weight: 66g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Sri Lankan Polychrome Pottery Tile
Kandy, Sri Lanka 1800-1850
diameter: 27cm
Provenance
UK art market
Spectacular & Large Pair of Mongolian Silver Ear Ornaments or Temporals with Green Malachite & Coral
Khalkha People, Mongolia 19th-early 20th century
length: 32cm, combined weight: 312g
Provenance
private collection, Netherlands.
Finely Carved South Indian Nut with Silver Mounts
South India, probably Madras circa 1800
length: 10.2cm, weight: 108g
Provenance
UK art market
Large Indian Mughal Dark Green Bloodstone Hookah Mouthpiece
Mughal India circa 1850
length: 18cm, weight: 180g
Provenance
UK art market
Ashanti Gold Dust Container (Kuduo)
Ashanti (Asante) People, Ghana 19th century
height: 17.5cm, diameter: 8cm, weight: 884g
Provenance
UK art market
Unusually Large, Silver Filigree Betel Box
Dutch East Indies, or possibly India circa 1700
length: 22.3cm, width: 16cm, height: 10cm, weight: 1,675g
Provenance
Private London collection (estate)
Burmese Gilded Bronze Seated Ava Jambupati Buddha
Burma Late Ava Period, 17th century
height: 47.5cm, width: 25.5cm, depth: 16.5cm
Provenance
UK art market; almost certainly has been in the UK since the colonial era.
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
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
Songye Androgynous Power Figure
Songye People, Congo circa 1900
height: 48.5cm
Provenance
acquired from the estate of Dr Peter Sharratt (d. 2014). Sharratt was a linguist and lecturer in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures at the University of Edinburgh who published on Renaissance French sculpture. In his private life, he was an avid collector of tribal art, building up his collection over fifty years. It is not known when or how Dr Sharratt acquired this figure but during his fifty years of collecting, he tended to acquire from within the UK only from dealers, collectors and auction houses.
Bronze Jain Shrine of a Jina Group
Gujarat, Western India 10th century
height (without stand): 13.8cm, height (with stand): 17cm, width: 12.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Fine, Hindu Pilgrim’s Silver Krishna & Radha Amulet Pendant Necklace (Chhedi ka Jantar)
Rajasthan, India 19th century
total length of necklace: 60cm, dimensions of amulet: 4.5cm x 6cm, overall weight: 187g
Provenance
UK art market
Javanese Gold Wound-Wire Ring
Central or East Java, Indonesia Protoclassic Period, AD200-700 or later
ring size: N (UK), 6.5 (US), weight: 10.89g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Large Terracotta Makara & Naga Stair-Head or Roof Tile Finial
Thailand Sukhothai Period, 14th-15th century
height: 51cm, length: 26cm, width: 14cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Tall Mongolian Silver Ewer inset with Coral, Turquoise & Lapis Luzuli
Mongolia late 19th century or early 20th century
height: 46.5cm, width: 27cm, depth: 13cm, weight: 1,754g
Provenance
private collection, Channel Islands.
Inscribed Bronze Lamp with Aristocratic Patron Devotee Figures
Nepal Shah Period, dated Samvat 986 (1830)
length: 35cm, width: 22cm, height: 27cm, weight: 3,652g
Provenance
UK art market.
Rare, Early Chinese Images of Jesus & Mary on Silver, after Pierre Goret
China or Chinese artisans in the Philippines circa 1700
heights: 20.8cm, widths: 16.3cm, combined weight: 371g
Provenance
art market, London.
Rare Solomon Islands Ceremonial Child’s Dance Wand or Staff (Napa)
Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands circa 1900
length: 75.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Model of a Peacock, Gilded, Enamelled & set with Turquoise & Pearls
China circa 1920
height: 45cm, total weight: 863g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Chalukyan-Style Durga Bronze
Deccan, India circa 12th century
height: 12cm
Provenance
UK art market.
Burmese Pierced & Chased Silver Betel Box & Stand
Burma circa 1870
height: 24.5cm, diameter: 24.5cm, weight: 884g
Provenance
UK art market
Three Finely Cast Burmese Bronze Figures of Mothers & Babies by Maung Hpo Hla & his Followers
Pegu, Burma circa 1920
heights: 22.8cm, 21.8cm & 15.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Chinese Yixing Teapot with Vietnamese Pierced Silver Mounts
Jiangsu, China & Vietnam 19th century
length: 20cm, height: 15cm
Provenance
UK art market
Thai Terracotta Ribbed Jar with Brown Glaze
North-Eastern Thailand 14th-15th century
diameter: 20cm, height: 18.3cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Large Kazakh Silver & Gilt Matchmaker’s Double Finger Ring (Kudagi Zhuzik)
Kazakh people, Kazakhstan - Central Asia 19th-early 20th century
diameter: 8.5cm, weight: 117g
Provenance
Dutch art market
Large Yemeni Bridal Gilded Silver & Coral Necklace (Lazim)
Bedouin People, Khawlan Sanaa Region, Yemen early 20th century
total length: 67cm, circumference: 39.3cm, weight: 575g
Provenance
European art market
Unusually Long, Yemeni Woven Silver Wire Belt with Parcel Gilding
northern Hadramaut, Yemen early 20th century
length: 258cm, weight: 671g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Silver-Clad Powder Flask
Deccan, Indian 18th century
length: 23.6cm, weight: 760g
Provenance
UK art market
Complete, Berber Carved Stone Musket Ball Mould
Berber People, Anti-Atlas, Morocco 18th-19th century
length: 6.6cm, width: 5.3cm, height: 4.2cm, weight: 334g
Provenance
private collection, London
Carved Coco-de-Mer Sufi Mendicant’s ‘Begging’ Bowl (Kashkul)
Northern India or Iran (Persia) early to circa mid-19th century
length: 28cm, width: 13cm, height: 10.5cm
Provenance
UK art market.
Fine, Persian Painted & Lacquered Mirror Case
Persia (Iran) Zand Dynasty, circa 1780
height: 21.8cm, width: 15.2cm, thickness: 1cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Inscribed, Silver-inlaid Bidri Basin (Silapchi)
Hyderabad, India 18th-19th century
diameter: 35.7cm, height: 11.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Portrait of Nasir-ud-Din Haidar Shah, the second Nawab of Oudh (r. 1827-37) in Original Brass Frame
Lucknow, India circa 1840
height of frame: 25cm, width: 20cm, height of image: 15cm
Provenance
UK art market.
Tibetan Gold & Turquoise Official’s Pendant (Sochi)
Lhasa, Tibet 19th century
length: 11.2cm, weight: 11g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Tibetan Silver & Turquoise Woman’s Belt Ornament & Matching Silver Chain (Ghanjen or Gyenzen)
Tibet 19th century
length: 46cm, height: 28cm, length of chain: 126cm, overall weight: 603g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Cast Copper Bwa Do Cult Anklet
Bwa people, Burkino Faso 19th century
length: 20cm. width: 9.7cm, height with stand: 8cm
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Silver Coin Necklace
India early 20th century (coins dated 1878 and 1915)
length: 50cm, weight: 85g
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.
Fine, Gold Marriage Pendant
Tamil Nadu, South India 19th century
length: 5.1cm, weight: 5.86g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
South Indian Gold Emerald & Ruby-Set Temple Ear Ornaments
South India 18th-19th century
lengths: 8cm & 8.3cm, combined weight: 53g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Woven Cane Jewellery Basket with Brass Mounts (Vel-pettiya)
Kandy, Sri Lanka 18th-19th century
height: 19cm, width: 23.3cm, weight: 620g
Provenance
Christie's; Dutch art market
Carved, Solid Ivory Rosewater Sprinkler with Engraved & Coloured Decoration & Original Carved Wooden Case
India or Sri Lanka circa 1860
height of sprinkler: 23.4cm, height of wooden case: 26.6cm
Provenance
UK art market
Fine Parsi Embroidered Vest (Jhabla)
Parsi (Parsee) community of Bombay, India. 19th century
height: 57cm, width: 55.5cm
Provenance
from the family collection of a Parsi family based in northern England but originally from Bombay, India.
Very Rare & Early Yoruba Shango Priest’s Costume with Leather & Mirrors
Yoruba People, Nigeria circa 1850
length: 96.5cm, width: 54.5cm (approximately)
Provenance
found in the attic of a house in northern England where it is believed to have been stored undisturbed since at least the 1930s.
Unusual South Indian Silver Beaker
Madras, India circa 1870
height: 10.3cm, diameter: 9.5cm, weight: 342g
Provenance
UK art market
Superb Pair of Ibeji Figures (Ere Ibeji)
Yoruba People, Oyo Tribe, Shaki Region, Nigeria late 19th century
heights: 24.4cm
Provenance
UK art market
Colonial Philippines’ Carved Wooden Saint’s Head
Philippines 18th century
height without stand: 21cm, height with stand: 25.7cm
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Indian Parcel-Gilt Matthew Boulton-Style Silver Filigree Candle Vases
Made in India for the English Market circa 1770
heights: 21.2cm, combined weight: 1,324g
Provenance
US art market
Pair of Palestinian Woman’s Silver Bracelets (Saba’ Wiyat or Sleitat Fadda)
Palestinian People, Sinai (Egypt), Hebron (Palestine) circa 1900
width across: 4cm, internal diameter: 5.8-6.2cm (adjustable), combined weight: 162g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Miao Silver Earrings
Miao People, Guizhou, China 19th-early 20th century
length: 12.8cm, width: 7.9cm, combined weight: 173g
Provenance
private collection, London
Very Rare Burmese Lacquered Wooden Chess Set
Burma (Myanmar) 19th century
heights: 5cm-7.6cm
Provenance
UK art market; private collection, England.