NEW ITEMS FOR JULY 2022
Scroll down to see almost 30 fine, new additions to our stock for July.
Included are items from Tibet, Nepal, Bali (Indonesia), Indonesia, India, Zanzibar, Maori (New Zealand), Burma (Myanmar), Persia (Iran), & Thailand.
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Enquiry about object: 8673
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.
Enquiry about object: 8672
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
Enquiry about object: 8711
Large Tibetan Silver Longevity Vase (Kalasha)
Tibet 19th century
height: 29.3cm, width: 12.2cm, weight: 1,071g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Enquiry about object: 8696
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
Enquiry about object: 8705
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
Enquiry about object: 8697
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
Enquiry about object: 8716
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
Enquiry about object: 8718
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
Enquiry about object: 8704
Indian Gold Gem-Set Navaratna Ring
India circa 1860
weight: 11.46g, ring size: 8 (US), O (UK)
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8691
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.
Enquiry about object: 8713
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
Enquiry about object: 8686
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
Enquiry about object: 6990
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
Enquiry about object: 8710
Tibetan Gilded Bronze Elephant Throne Element
Tibet 18th-19th century
height: 4.8cm, width: 8.8cm, weight: 108g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8714
Majapahit Gold Hilted Kris
Central Java, Indonesia 14th-15th century
length of hilt: 11.5cm, overall length: 47cm, weight: 206g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 8654
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.
Enquiry about object: 6097
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
Enquiry about object: 6989
Large, Rare, Burmese Shwezawa Lacquered Platter showing the Vessantara Jataka
Mandalay or Prome, Burma circa 1900
diameter: approximately 94cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8467
Maori Carved Wooden Staff (Tokotoko) inlaid with Haliotis Shell
Maori People, New Zealand 18th century
length: 94.2cm, weight: 451g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6749
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
Enquiry about object: 8597
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
Enquiry about object: 8669
Fine Thai Bronze Buddha
Thailand 15th-16th century
height: 33.8cm, width: 18.3cm, depth: 12.2cm, weight: 4,255g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8561
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
Enquiry about object: 8689
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
Enquiry about object: 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
Provenance
private collection, Netherlands.
Enquiry about object: 7161
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.
Enquiry about object: 4717
Sri Lankan Standing Brass Image of the Buddhist Protector Upulvan (Vishnu)
Sri Lanka 19th century
height: 40.3cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5846
Five Chinese Enamelled Hanging Ornaments
China circa 1850
lengths: 65cm-98cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3552
Fine Indian Embroidered Phulkari Textile
Western Punjab, India circa 1900
length: 237cm, width: 116cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6634
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
Enquiry about object: 7331
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
Enquiry about object: 6186
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
Enquiry about object: 5089
Rare Indian Coco-de-Mer Ewer
Northern India Circa 17th century
height: 45cm, width: 25cm, thickness: 18cm, weight: 3,070g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2218
Rare Yoruba Carved Wooden Processional Staff
Yoruba People, Nigeria 19th-20th century
length/height: 108cm
Provenance
private collection, London; and previously, a private European collection.
Enquiry about object: 4941
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.
Enquiry about object: 6727
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
Enquiry about object: 6838
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.
Enquiry about object: 6388
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