NEW ITEMS FOR JULY 2022
Included are items from Tibet, Nepal, Bali (Indonesia), Indonesia, India, Zanzibar, Maori (New Zealand), Burma (Myanmar), Persia (Iran), & Thailand.
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Fine Nepalese Pair of Bronze Snow Lions
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 18th century
height: approximately 22cm, length: approximately 23cm, width: approximately 10cm, combined weight: 5,404g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Rare Diamond Plaque for Qajar Prime Minister Mirza Ali Asghar Khan Amin al-Soltan
Persia dated 1318 AH (1900-1 AD)
width: 3.8cm, weight: 8g
Provenance
UK art market
Large Tibetan Silver Longevity Vase (Kalasha)
Tibet 19th century
height: 29.3cm, width: 12.2cm, weight: 1,071g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Large Balinese Two-Sided Carved Wooden Pillar Base (Sendi Tugeh)
Bali, Indonesia 19th century
height: 33cm, width: 49cm, 13.8cm, weight: 4,781g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Gold & Enamelled Gem-Set Navaratna Pendant
Benares, India circa 1870
length (including pearl): 8.5cm, width: 5.1cm, weight: 40g
Provenance
UK art market
Balinese Two-Sided Carved Wooden Pillar Base (Sendi Tugeh)
Bali, Indonesia 19th century
height: 22cm, width: 42cm, depth: 22cm, weight: 4,515g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan or Nepalese Gilded Repoussed Copper Vajra or Dorje Plaque
Tibet or Nepal 18th-19th century
length: 39cm, width: 16cm, weight: 496g
Provenance
UK art market
Burmese Bronze Buddha
Central Burma 16th-17th century
height: 33.5cm, width: 22cm, depth: 15cm, weight: more than 5kg
Provenance
Acquired prior to the 1960s, in India, and thence by descent
Indian Gold Gem-Set Navaratna Ring
India circa 1860
weight: 11.46g, ring size: 8 (US), O (UK)
Provenance
UK art market
Unusual Indian Brass Mughal-style Tilaka Powder or Spice Box Set
India 18th-19th century
height: 19cm, width: 28cm, weight: 2,555g
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of the late Henry Brownrigg, London, UK.
Tibetan Tantric Gilded Copper Severed Head
Tibet circa 18th century
width: 11.8cm, height: 9.2cm, depth: 4.3cm, weight: 98g
Provenance
UK art market
Small Tibetan Bronze Image of Vajrapani-Acharya (Dharamapala)
Tibet 18th century
height: 7.1cm, width: 6.3cm, depth: 3.2cm, weight: 156g
Provenance
UK art market
Large, Rare, Burmese Shwezawa Lacquered Panel of the Mahosadha Jataka
Probably Pegu, Burma 1930s
width (including frame): 136.3cm, height: 75.6cm
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Gilded Bronze Elephant Throne Element
Tibet 18th-19th century
height: 4.8cm, width: 8.8cm, weight: 108g
Provenance
UK art market
Majapahit Gold Hilted Kris
Central Java, Indonesia 14th-15th century
length of hilt: 11.5cm, overall length: 47cm, weight: 206g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Zanzibar Silver & Gold Pen Box
Swahili Coast, probably Zanzibar, East Africa 19th century
width: 16.8cm, depth: 7cm, height: 7.7cm, weight: 456g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
East Java Gold Conch Ear Ornament inset with Red Stones
East Java, Indonesia Late Classic or Majapahit Period, 14th-15th century
length: 2.2cm, width: 1.7cm, weight: 4.72g
Provenance
Estate Collection of Tom White MBE, a former UK diplomat who served in Southeast Asia in the 1960s & 1970s.
Indian Reverse-Glass Painting of a Courtly Scene
Chinese artist, Northern India mid-19th century
width: 50.5cm, length: 35.3cm
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Large, Rare, Burmese Shwezawa Lacquered Platter showing the Vessantara Jataka
Mandalay or Prome, Burma circa 1900
diameter: approximately 94cm
Provenance
UK art market
Maori Carved Wooden Staff (Tokotoko) inlaid with Haliotis Shell
Maori People, New Zealand 18th century
length: 94.2cm, weight: 451g
Provenance
UK art market
Burmese Signed Gold Leaf & Lacquer Bowl (Ko Kau Te)
Kengtung, Shan States, Burma circa 1940
height: 13.3cm, width: 22.5cm, weight: 360g
Provenance
UK art market
Borneo Brass Kettle
Borneo - Brunei or Malaysia 19th century
height: 21.5cm, length: 28.3cm, width: 13.7cm, weight: 2,120g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine Thai Bronze Buddha
Thailand 15th-16th century
height: 33.8cm, width: 18.3cm, depth: 12.2cm, weight: 4,255g
Provenance
UK art market
Unusual Sumatran Sword with Carved Wooden Ancestor Hilt
North Sumatra, Indonesia, probably Batak or Nias 18th century & possibly earlier
overall length: 66.5cm, length of wooden hilt: 11cm
Provenance
overall length: 66cm, weight: 457g
Indian White Marble Votive Offering Shaped as a Foot
India 19th century
height: 18.4cm, length: 19.9cm, width: 8.7cm, weight: 3,608g
Provenance
UK art market
Selected Fine Items from Past Catalogues
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.
Pair of Indian Betel Boxes (Pandans) Shaped as Queen Victoria & Prince Albert
India, probably Calcutta circa 1840
length: approximately 10cm, width: approximately 8cm, depth: 8.2cm, combined weight: 843g
Provenance
formerly in the collection of Henry Brownrigg, author of 'Betel Cutters from the Samuel Eilenberg Collection,' Thames & Hudson, 1992.
Sri Lankan Standing Brass Image of the Buddhist Protector Upulvan (Vishnu)
Sri Lanka 19th century
height: 40.3cm
Provenance
UK art market
Five Chinese Enamelled Hanging Ornaments
China circa 1850
lengths: 65cm-98cm
Provenance
UK art market
Fine Indian Embroidered Phulkari Textile
Western Punjab, India circa 1900
length: 237cm, width: 116cm
Provenance
UK art market
Nepalese Rana-era Silver-Gilt Medicine Spoon set with Semi-Precious Stones
Nepal 19th century
length: 12cm, width: 3.3cm, weight: 27g
Provenance
UK art market
Impressive Pair of Nepalese Hanging Incense Burners
Nepal & Tibet 19th century
height of incence burners (without the chains): 38cm, width (between handles): 27cm, combined weight: 4,947g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine, Tuareg Silver Ring
Tuareg People, Mali early 20th century
height: 4.7cm, weight: 33g, ring size: UK: O/R, US: 8 1/3
Provenance
private collection, London
Rare Indian Coco-de-Mer Ewer
India Circa 17th century
height: 45cm, width: 25cm, thickness: 18cm, weight: 3,070g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Yoruba Carved Wooden Processional Staff
Yoruba People, Nigeria 19th-early 20th century
length: 108cm
Provenance
private collection, London; and previously, a private European collection.
Indian Embroidered & Mirrored Cotton Upper Garment (Choli), with a 19th century Label Card
Northern India 19th century
width from arm to arm: 77cm, length: 37cm
Provenance
old private collection, UK.
Massive Indian Silver Presentation Footed Bowl & Stand
Madras, India dated 1898
height of bowl: 35cm, width (handle to handle): 53cm, depth: approximately 41cm, overall height (with stand): 55cm, weight of bowl: 4,586g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Three Rare Tibetan Long Tobacco Pipes
Tibet circa 18th century
length: 31.9cm, 42.6cm and 50.5cm respectively, combined weight: 810g
Provenance
Trevor Barton Collection of Pipes, London, UK.
Magnificent, Pierced, Chased, Miniature Silver Thai Manuscript (Dharma) Cabinet
Thailand circa 1920
height: 32cm, width: 20.5cm, depth: 14cm, weight: 1,729g
Provenance
private collection