NEW ITEMS FOR JULY 2025
Included are items from India, Nepal, Tibet, China, Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Borneo, Nuristan, Nagaland, Caucuses, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Somalia.
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Exceptional Lucknow Enamelled & Gilded Silver Flask (Surai)
Lucknow, India 18th-early 19th century
height: 25.5cm, width: 12.2cm, weight: 375g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Indian Large, Gilded Brass Model of a Shaivite Shrine
probably Maharashtra, India late 19th century-early 20th century
height: approximately 52cm, length: 38.9cm, width: 26cm
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Nuristan Silver Ritual Wine Chalice
Nuristan region of Afghanistan's North-West Frontier 16th-19th century
height: 19cm, width: approximately 19.7cm, weight: 423g
Provenance
The explorer Count Eric von Rosen (1879-1948), Stockholm, and thence by descent.
Rare, Korean Monastic Painting of Amitabha with Gold Highlights
Korea Joseon (Chosun) Dynasty, dated 1800 or 1860
height: 129.5cm, width: 161cm
Provenance
UK art market
Massive Mughal Parcel-Gilt Silver Jewel Casket
Mughal India 18th century
height: 11cm, height including extended carrying handle: 14.8cm, width: 26.2cm, depth: 18.4cm, weight: 3,500g (3.5kg)
Provenance
UK art market
Shafi’i Sufi Niello Silver Octagonal Miniature Koran Case
Caucuses (Dagestan or Georgia) or Central Asia late 19th century
width (including the loops): 7.5cm, height: 5.7cm, depth: 2.2cm, weight: 75g
Provenance
UK art market
Large, Circular Brass Ghataji Shrine with Painted Krishna Image inlaid with Precious Stones
Rajasthan, India circa mid-19th century
diameter: 26cm, depth: approximately 7cm, weight: 1,644g
Provenance
UK art market
Mughal Parcel-Gilt, Pierced Silver Betel Box Pandan
Central India or the Deccan 18th century
height: 3.2cm, length: 8.8cm, width: 7cm, weight: 237g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Tibetan Astrological Melong Pendant
Tibet, probably Kham region circa 18th century
length (including loop): 9.8cm, diameter: 8.4cm, weight: 80g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Unusual Naga Brass Chain Necklace
Naga People, North-Eastern India early 20th century
circumference: approximately 68cm, width of brass sheets: 1.2cm, diameter of loops: approximately 1.7cm, weight: 497g
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection, UK
Nepalese Gem-set Silver & Gilt Votive Plaque
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 18th-early 19th century
height: 34.4cm, width: 26.3cm, depth: 4.4cm, weight: 2,336g
Provenance
UK art market
Dutch Colonial Double-Sided Sawasa Box Depicting Monkeys
Made for the Dutch Colonial Market, most probably in Japan, and possibly Batavia or Tonkin (North Vietnam) 17th century
height: 3.5cm, width: 6cm, length: 12.5cm, weight: 192g
Provenance
French art market
Naga Headhunter Warrior’s Ornament
Naga People, North-Eastern India 19th-early 20th century
circumference: approximately 64cm, length of pendant (including tufts): 21cm, width of wooden pendant: 6.7cm, weight: 45g
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection, UK
Naga Warrior’s Carved Wooden Head
Naga People, North-Eastern India 19th-early 20th century
length: 8cm, width: 4.9cm, depth: 4cm, weight: 26g
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection, UK
Fine, Tibetan Chank Shell Mala or Rosary
Tibet 18th-19th century
circumference: approximately 53cm, diameter of beads: approximately 1.8cm, thickness of beads: between 0.3 and 0.6cm, weight: 349g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Large, Korean Silver-Inlaid Iron Tobacco Chest
Korea 19th century - Joseon Dynasty
height: 9.1cm, length: 17.1cm, width: 10.4cm, weight: 1,239g
Provenance
UK art market
Ethiopian Magic Scroll (Ketab) & Scroll Amulet Box & Necklace
Harar region, Ethiopia 19th century-early 20th century
length of case: 12.5cm, circumference of chain: 78cm, length of scroll: 50cm, width of scroll: 9.1cm, weight: 200g
Provenance
UK art market
Large Bronze Pala-Revival Buddha
China Pala Revival, Qing Dynasty, 18th century
height: 35.7cm, width: 25.4cm, depth: 17cm
Provenance
private collection, Scotland
Indonesian Lampung Clan Leader’s Wife’s Ceremonial Gold Thread Skirt (Tapis Raja Tunggal)
Northern Lampung, South Sumatra, Indonesia early 20th century
length: 109.5cm, width (single side): 60.5cm, weight: 804g
Provenance
private collection, England
Naga or Mizo Bridal Headdress with Job’s Tear & Beetle Wing Strands
Naga people of Manipur region, or Mizo people of Mizoram region. early 20th century
height: approximately 33cm, width: approximately 33cm, diameter of circular rim: 17.4cm, weight: 884g
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection, UK
Indian or Sri Lankan Brass Hanging Lamp in the Form of a Bird
South India or Sri Lanka circa 18th century
height: 24cm, width: 19.5cm, length (from makara to tail): 32.5cm, overal height (including extended chain): 48cm, weight: 1,770g
Provenance
UK art market
Early Tibetan Gilded Lama or Buddha
Central Tibet 13th century
height: 8.4cm, width: 6.8cm, depth: 3.7cm, weight: 213g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Thai Bronze Buddhist Devotional Plaque showing the Palileyyaka Forest Story
Thailand late 19th-early 20th century
height: 41.8cm, width: 22.3cm, depth: approximately 9cm, weight: 2,756g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Mughal Parcel-Gilt Silver Dish
Mughal (Northern India) or the Deccan 18th century
diameter: 19.2cm, weight: 221g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Nigerian Ibibio Wooden Ekpo Society Dance Mask with Articulated Jaw
Ibibio People, Cross River & adjacent regions, Nigeria early 20th century
height: approximately 25cm, width: 18cm, depth: approximately 15cm, weight: 711g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine, Pair of Yoruba Eshu Dance Wands
Yoruba people, Nigeria early 20th century
length: 44.2 and 44cm, combined weight: 475g (excluding display stands)
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Silver Shiva Mask
Maharashtra or Karnataka, India 18th-19th century
height: 24.6cm, width: 11.3cm, weight: 184g (all measurements exclude the display stand)
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Tibetan Mala of Ancient ‘Etched’ Carnelian Beads
Tibet Ancient Beads, Mala Stringing probably 18th century
circumference: approximately 124cm, diameter of beads: approximately 1.6cm, weight: 505g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Five Tibetan Turquoise & Silver Hair Beads (Tsigyu)
Central Tibet 18th-19th century
length: between 4.5 and 4.9cm, width: between 2.9 and 3.9cm, combined weight: 69g
Provenance
private collection, The Netherlands
Borneo Large Cast Brass Gong (Tawak-tawak)
Borneo (Malaysia, Brunei/Indonesia) 18th-19th century
diameter: 36.3cm (bottom) and 43.2cm (top), depth: approximately 12cm
Provenance
UK art market
Silver Dowry Pendant (Muze)
Somalia or Harar Region, Eastern Ethiopia early 20th century
width: 12.8cm, length (including the lowest pendant hollow balls): 14.2cm, weight: 141g
Provenance
UK art market
Uzbek Gold Nose Ring (Arabek)
Uzbek People, Central Asia, including Uzbekistan & Turkmenistan 19th-early 20th century
width: 2.9cm, length: 3.6cm, weight: 5g
Provenance
private European collection
Selected, Fine Items from Past Catalogues
Rare Spanish Colonial Miniature Chair with Silver Mounts & Inlaid with Tortoiseshell & Bone, for an Infant Jesus Image
Spanish Colonial Mexico 17th century
height: 25.4cm, width: 20.7cm, depth: 15.8cm, weight: 731g
Provenance
UK art market
Western Indian Sandstone Head of a Jina
Jain Community, Western India 12th century
height: 27cm, width: 21cm
Provenance
private UK collection since circa 2000; prior to that in a private Anglo-Dutch collection since circa 1990. Most probably has been in the UK or Europe since colonial times.
Tibetan Chinese Parcel-Gilt Bronze Amitayus
Tibeto-Chinese 18th century
height: 17.4cm, width: 11.8cm, depth: 8.5cm, weight: 1,317g
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Rare, Inscribed, Shaivite 22-Spout Water Vessel or Lota
South India 18th-19th century
height: approximately 27.5cm, width: approximately 33cm, weight: 2,503g
Provenance
private collection, England.
Sri Lankan Christian Communion Set with Kandyan Silver
Sri Lanka circa 1920
height (of case): 19.5cm, width (of case) 25.2cm, depth: 18.3cm, height (of chalice): 11.2cm, diameter (of chalice): 8.8cm, diameter (of paten): 11.4cm, weight (of chalice): 159g, weight (of paten): 66g
Provenance
UK art market
Sulawesi Badek with Engraved Silver Mounts
Sulawesi, Indonesia early 20th century
length: 28.5cm, weight: 290g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Embroidered Chinese Wall Hanging with Shou (寿) & other Daoist Deities
China, exported to the Straits Settlements 19th century
dimensions of backing material: 120cm x 84cm
Provenance
collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963), and thence by descent. Haynes was a colonial administrator in Malaya and the Straits Settlements between 1901 and 1934. He held many posts including Acting British Resident, Pahang (1924); British Resident, Perak (1925); British Advisor, Kedah (1925); British Advisor, Kelantan (1930); and Acting Colonial Administrator, Straits Settlements (1933), after which he retired and returned to England, and lived near Stratford-upon-Avon, and then in Leamington Spa. Haynes loaned some of the items he collected in Malaya to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford in 1939. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1950.
Massive, Rare Berber ‘Front & Back’ Amber Necklace
Berber or Amazigh People, Ait Yazza Village and related groups, Draa Valley Region, South-eastern Morocco early 20th century
circumference: approximately 140cm, weight: 931g
Provenance
private collection, Germany; collected in the 1980s
Palestinian Head Ornament with Spanish Silver Real Coins
Palestine 18th-19th century
length (of pendant with its elements): 14.1cm, circumference (of chain): 85cm, weight: 313g
Provenance
UK art market
Ottoman Gilded Buckle inset with Carved Coral Cabochons
Ottoman Turkey, Greece or Balkans 18th-19th century
length: 20cm, width of buckle (without dangles), 7cm, weight: 216g
Provenance
UK art market
Strand of Massive Indo-Tibetan Sulemani or Bhaisajyaguru Prayer Beads
Indo-Tibetan Ancient - 2000-3000BC
circumference: 45cm, diameter of the largest bead: 3.8cm, weight: 521g
Provenance
private collection, England.