July 2021 Catalogue

We are delighted to present a curated collection of more than 40 items from our stock - each item has been chosen because we feel it has an edge; something unique that sets it apart. Each item is worthy of another look.

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5960

Rare Ottoman Turkey or Balkans Silver Cartridge Box for the Waist

Ottoman Balkans
early 19th century

length: 19.3cm, height: 7.7cm, thickness: 4.2cm, weight: 261g

Provenance

UK art market

1865

Fine Ifa Yoruba Divination Bowl

Yoruba People, Nigeria
circa 1920 or earlier

height: 19cm, width at widest point: 24cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6518

Unusual Bedouin Saudi Silver Collar Necklace

Bedouin people, Saudi Arabia and possibly Yemen,
early 20th century

diameter of collar: 11cm, length of pendants: 12.3cm, weight: 516g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6541

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

Sold

Provenance

private collection, Netherlands.

6634

Nepalese Rana-era Silver-Gilt Medicine Spoon set with Semi-Precious Stones

Nepal
19th century

length: 12cm, width: 3.3cm, weight: 27g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

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

5252

Superb Pair of Silver Spiked Cuff Bracelets (Azbi n’Iquorrain)

Ait Atta Berber People, South-Eastern Morocco
early 20th century

external diameter: 13cm, internal diameter: 6.7cm, thickness: 3.7cm, combined weight: 1,116g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

3024

Sri Lankan Polychrome Pottery Tile

Kandy, Sri Lanka
1800-1850

diameter: 27cm

Provenance

UK art market

5217

Two Mughal Engraved Gilded Silver Boxes inset with Tortoiseshell Panels

North India
circa 1740

length of largest box: 9.5cm, width: 8.8cm, height: 3.3cm, weight: 183g; length of smaller box: 7.5cm, width: 6.7cm, height: 1.8cm, weight: 98g

Sold

Provenance

Scottish 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

6188

Superb, Berber Carved Wooden Spindle Whorl

Berber People, Anti-Atlas, Morocco
19th century

diameter: 6.4cm, height: 2.1cm

Sold

Provenance

private collection, London, UK

6185

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

Sold

Provenance

private collection, London

6066

Indian Silver Coin Necklace

India
early 20th century (coins dated 1878 and 1915)

length: 50cm, weight: 85g

Provenance

UK art market

6697

Magnificent & Large Sri Lankan Cobra Demon (Maha Raksa) Dance Mask

Sinhala people, Coastal Sri Lanka
19th century

height: approximately 79cm (without stand), width: 62cm

Provenance

UK art market

6508

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

Sold

Provenance

private collection, Greece/UK

4979

Pair of Indian Silver Flower-Form Ear Plugs

India, probably Delhi
19th century

diameters: 3cm, combined weight: 13.49g

Provenance

Collection of the late Paul Walter, New York, probably acquired in London.

6492

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.

1323

Massive Tibetan Silver Prayer Wheel (‘Khor)

Tibet
18th-19th century

length: of wheel and handle: 106cm, diameter of wheel: 19cm, thickness of wheel drum: 9cm

Sold

Provenance

formerly in the collection of Henry Brownrigg, London.

1981

Wooden Ifugao Ancestor Figure Ritual Wine Server

Ifugao, Luzon, Northern Philippines
early 20th century

height: 35cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

3870

Pair of Carved Wooden Male & Female Bulul Rice Divinity Figures

Ifugao People, Northern Luzon, Philippines
19th century

heights: 51cm & 49cm

Sold

Provenance

private European collection.

6797

Paduang or Kayan Lahwi (Long-Necked) Woman’s Brass Neck Rings & Anklets

Paduang or Kayan Lahwi People, Shan States, Eastern Burma
19th-early 20th century

height (of the longest neck ring): 13.2cm, width (of the wiodest neck ring): 18.3cm, width (of the arm rings): approximately 9cm, combined weight: 4,437g

Provenance

Private collection, UK; collected during colonial times.

5152

Burmese Promotional Watercolour of Mandalay’s Pointing Buddha, for the Rangoon Medical Hall

Burma
early 20th century or earlier

65cm x 50cm (without frame)

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6773

Exceptional, Early Tanimbar Ancestor Figure

Tanimbar, Southeast Moluccas, Eastern Indonesia
18th century

height: 16.4cm, width: 5.4cm, depth: 4.5cm

Provenance

Private Collection, Northern England; acquired by the previous owners from an antiques fair, York, England, circa 1980

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

Sold

Provenance

Portuguese art market

4666

Rare Ottoman Cypriot Silver-Gilt Belt Buckle with Polychrome Enamel & Filigree

Ottoman Cyprus, probably local Armenian Community
18th century

length across: 16.2cm, height: 6.5cm, weight: 90g

Provenance

private collection, UK

6733

Indian Silver-Mounted Saddle Water Flask

Rajasthan or the Deccan, India
19th century

height: 34.1cm, width: 33.5cm, depth: approximately 14cm, weight: 3,825g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

4052

Unusually Large, Silver Filigree Betel Box

Dutch East Indies, or possibly India
circa 1700

length: 22.3cm, width: 16cm, height: 10cm, weight: 1,675g

Sold

Provenance

Private London collection (estate)

2445

Sino-Tibetan Cloisonné and Silver Eating Bowl

Chinese made for the Tibet Market
18th-19th century

height: 4.7cm, diameter: 11.5cm

Provenance

UK art market

4732

Fine Burlwood Tsampa Box with Silver Filigree Mounts & Lapis Lazuli, Coral & Turquoise

Mongolia
19th century

diameter: 14cm, height: 8.5cm, weight: 483g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

3507

Cast Copper Bwa Do Cult Anklet

Bwa people, Burkino Faso
19th century

length: 20cm. width: 9.7cm, height with stand: 8cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6423

Indian Red-Stained Gold Bracelet set with Rubies

Madras, India
circa 1850

external diameter across: 7.4cm, internal diameter: 4.3cm, weight: 41.6g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

3300

Fine Colonial Indian Teapot by Hamilton & Co.

Calcutta, India
circa 1830

length: 29.5cm, height: 17.3cm, weight: 1,233g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

4947

Large, Splendid Silver Anklet (Milna Payal)

Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
19th century

approximate diameter: 13cm, weight: 467g

Sold

Provenance

Christie's New York; Formerly in the collection of the late Paul Walter; most probably acquired by Walter in London.

5620

South Indian Toda Silver Woman’s Necklace

Toda People, Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, South India
19th century

total length (or circumference as worn): 50.5cm, weight: 175g

Sold

Provenance

Christie's, New York; private collection, UK.

5443

Early, Carved Wooden Massim Sword Club or Lime Spatula

Massim area, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea
18th-19th century

length: 62.5cm, width at widest point: 8cm

Provenance

UK art market

2611

South Indian Gold Emerald & Ruby-Set Temple Ear Ornaments

South India
18th-19th century

lengths: 8cm & 8.3cm, combined weight: 53g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK

5627

Fine, Gold Marriage Pendant

Tamil Nadu, South India
19th century

length: 5.1cm, weight: 5.86g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK.

4658

Finely Carved South Indian Nut with Silver Mounts

South India, probably Madras
circa 1800

length: 10.2cm, weight: 108g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6775

Pair of Large, Indian, Princely, Parcel-Gilded & Enamelled Garuda Figures

Rajasthan, India
circa 1800

heights (without stands): 23.8cm, width: 12.4cm, height (with stands): 32.5cm, combined weight: 2,475g

Provenance

German private collection, bought by the father of the previous owner in Germany in 1971 at the sale of a Rajasthan Maharaja's possessions

3838

Ceremonial Pua Borneo Textile

Iban Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo
circa 1920

length: 241cm, width: 155cm

Sold

Provenance

Acquired in the UK, from the estate collection of Dr George Yuille Caldwell (1924-2016). Dr Caldwell, an English-born physician moved to Singapore in the 1950s, from where he built up a collection of mostly Borneo-related textiles and other ethnographica.

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.

6768

Large Indian Bhils Silver Amulet (Nama) with Bheru (Shiva)

Bhil People, Rajasthan or Gujarat, India
19th century

height (of amulet): 15cm, width: 11.3cm, weight: 184g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, London, UK.

6642

Superb Nigerian Ibibio Carved Wooden Mask

Ibibio People, Cross River & adjacent regions, Nigeria
19th-early 20th century

height: 31cm, width: 29cm, depth: 19cm, weight: 1,104g

Provenance

UK art market