New Items for June 2019

Showcased here are almost 40 additions to our stock for June.

Included are items from India, Sri Lanka, Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, China, Tibet, Korea, New Zealand, the Ottoman empire, Ivory Coast, Ghana & pre-Colombian Ecuador.

All items are for sale.

Click on the links below to see more details and images of each piece. Most entries include video footage to show the relative size of each object too.

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6034

Rare Andalusian-Moroccan Gold & Emerald Forehead Ornament (with a Brooch Conversion)

Northern Morocco
19th century or earlier

diameter: 5.5cm, weight: 25.31g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5982

Balinese Gilt, Silver & Carved Ivory Kris

Bali, Indonesia
early 20th century

full length: 67cm, weight: 907g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5614

Unusual Cast & Engraved Bronze Horse Head, probably of the Deity Aiyanar

South India
18th-19th century

width: 32cm, height: 24.6cm, depth: 11cm

Provenance

UK art market

5993

Large, Rare Ottoman Embroidered Ceremonial Metal-Thread & Purple Velvet Circular Sinni Tray or Table Cover (Sofra Bezi)

Ottoman Turkey, probably Istanbul
18th-19th century

diameter: 84cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5903

Korean Silver-Inlaid Iron Box with Sliding Lid

Korea
18th-19th century - Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

length: 9cm, width: 5.5cm, height: 4.3cm, weight: 353g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5653

Necklace of Manabi Terracotta Spindle Whorls

Pre-Colombian Manabi Culture, Ecuador
500BC-500AD

length: 68cm, weight: 104g

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 superb collection of ethnographica.

4081

Thai Gold & Silver Buddha

Thailand or Cambodia
19th century

height: 20cm, width: 10.5cm, depth: 4.7cm, weight: 405g

Sold

Provenance

private collection of a former ambassador to Southeast Asia

4942

Pair of Enamelled Silver Fingernail Guards

China
19th century

lengths: 6.8cm combined weights: 13.23g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5491

Fine, Burmese Lacquered Betel Box (Kun-it)

Pagan (Bagan), Burma (Myanmar)
1850-1900

height: 18.3cm, diameter: 22.2cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6017

Fine, Indian Chased Silver Waist Belt (Oddiyanam)

Andhra Pradesh or Tamil Nadu, India
19th century

diameter when closed: 18.3cm, circumference: 61cm, weight: 324g

Provenance

UK art market

6018

Rajasthani Silver Bracelet

Rajasthan, India
19th-early 20th century

external diameter: 8.5cm, internal diameter: 5cm, thickness: 1.3cm, weight: 119g

Provenance

UK art market

5085

Chinese Long Tortoiseshell & Gilded Silver Fingernail Guard

China
19th century

length: 10cm, weight: 7.3g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5878

Indian Gold Pendant with Folk Hero Ramdevji

Rajasthan, India
19th or early 20th century

height: 2.7cm, width: 1.2cm, weight: 2.48g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, England. Acquired in the 1970s.

4507

Thai Gilded, Carved Wooden Reliquary

Thailand
19th century or early 20th century

height: 52cm

Provenance

private collection, UK.

6010

Bronze Temple Hanging Lamp with Elephants Lustrating Lakshmi (Gajalakshmi)

South India
18th-19th century

width: 18.2cm, height to the top of the aureole: 24cm, overall length with chain: 98cm, weight: 2,546g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

4717

Sri Lankan Standing Brass Image of the Buddhist Protector Upulvan (Vishnu)

Sri Lanka
19th century

height: 40.3cm

Provenance

UK art market

5590

Borneo Cast Bronze Zoomorphic Ritual Kettle

Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo)
18th-19th century

length: 45cm height: 37.5cm, depth: 28cm

Provenance

UK art market

5742

Pair of Gurunsi Bronze Bracelets

Gurunsi (Grunshi) People, northern Ghana & southern Burkina Faso
18th-19th century

width: 9.5cm, height: 9.3cm, combined weight: 684g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5893

Tibetan Silver Tea Set

Tibet, probably Lhasa area
early 20th century

height with teacup: 20.2cm, diameter of base: 13.6cm, weight of silver: 406g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5917

Indian Sufi Mendicant’s Elbow Rest with Concealed Dagger

central or northern India
19th century

height: 37cm, width: 23.3cm, weight: 1,255g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5961

Tipu Sultan-Inspired Brass Indian Tiger Toy

India
19th century

length: 9.3cm, width: 5.9cm, height: 6cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5973

Maori Curved Nephrite Ear Ornament (Kapeu)

Maori People, New Zealand
early 20th century

length: 15.2cm, weight: 38.19g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5967

Maori Hei-Tiki Nephrite Pendant

Maori People, New Zealand
early 20th century

height: 5.8cm, width: 3.1cm, weight: 26g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5997

Large & Impressive Silver Belt with Carnelians & Coins

Jewish-Yemeni silversmiths, Bedouin People, Saudi Arabia or Yemen
early to mid-20th century

approx. circumference: 70cm, height: 7.4cm, weight: 1,181g

Provenance

UK art market

6005

Miniature Brass Shaivaite Altar

Maharashtra, India
18th-19th century

height: 5.9cm, depth: 5cm, width: 4cm, weight: 90g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6008

Indian Sri Yantri Tantric Plaque

Rajasthan, India
18th-19th century

diameter: 7.5cm, weight: 36g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

2679

Large Burmese Lacquered Betel Box (Kun-it)

Pagan (Bagan), Burma (Myanmar)
early 20th century

height: 22.9cm, diameter: 25cm

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK

6006

Highly-Worn Bronze Vishnu

India
circa 14th century

height: 7.6cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6015

Colonial Indian Silver Mug by Hamilton & Co.

Calcutta, India
circa 1850

height: 12.5cm, diameter of mouth: 8cm, weight: 242g

Provenance

UK art market

6022

Lombok Carved Horn Parrot Hilt

Lombok, Eastern Indonesia
19th century

height: 16.3cm, weight: 222g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, England.

6037

Framed Burmese Embroidered Buddha’s Foot Print

Burma
late 19th or early 20th century

55cm x 75cm (unframed); 68cm x 88cm (framed)

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

2699

Burmese Gilded Shwezawa-work Lacquered Betel Box (Kun-it)

Burma (Myanmar), probably Pagan (Bagan)
circa 1960s

height: 22.4cm, diameter: 23cm

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK

6042

Large Ottoman Bronze Mortar

Caucasus, Armenia or Ottoman Turkey
circa 16th-17th century

height: 9.4cm, diameter: 14.4cm, weight: 1,497g

Provenance

UK art market

5944

Ottoman Silver Coffee Pot with Coral

Ottoman empire, probably Algeria
19th century

height: 17.3cm, weight: 302g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5914

Rare Chased Pedestal Bowl with Wayang Figures & Hearts

Singapore
early 20th century

height: 15.3cm, diameter: 19.4cm,weight: 250g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK

5769

Dayak Carved Wooden Stopper

Dayak People, Borneo, Malaysia
19th century

height (without stand): 10.8cm

Provenance

Private collection, UK

4624

Cast Brass Senufo Ring

Senufo People, Ivory Coast
19th or early 20th century

weight: 19.6g, ring size: 10.75 (US), V/V (UK)

Provenance

UK art market

Fine, Selected Items from Past Catalogues

5916

Pair of Indian Diamond, Ruby & Pearl Gold Earrings

Northern India
1880-1920

lengths: 7cm, combined weights: 15.28g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5548

Rare Vietnamese Silver Cup, Lid & Saucer

Vietnam
circa 1850

height of set: 10cm, diameter of saucer: 12.4cm, overall weight: 249g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

3604

Indian Stained Ivory Pehlwani Wrestlers

Northern India, probably Rajasthan
circa 1750

height: 8.8cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

917

Ottoman Silver-gilt Khanjar with Watered Steel Blade

Ottoman Turkey
circa 1800

length: 56cm, weight: 906g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

2829

Philippines Silver-Inlaid Brass Wedding Vessel (Gadur)

Moro People, Mindanao, Philippines
early 20th century

height: 55cm

Provenance

private collection, US.

5859

Large Berber Necklace of Enamelled Silver Charms & Beads & Mediterranean Coral

Berber people, Great Kabylia Region, Algeria
19th-early 20th century

approximate circumference (diameter): 70cm, total weight: 490g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, France

3358

Indian Green Bowenite Box with Fine Silver Mounts

Northern India
circa 1820

length: 17.8cm, height: 4.5cm, width: 8.7cm, weight: 522g

Sold

Provenance

UK antique market

4541

Champleve Enamelled & Gilded Bronze Stupa with Jataka Tales

China
Ming Dynasty, circa 15th century

height: 20.2cm, width: 10cm, weight: 1,254g

Provenance

private collection of Maurice Collis (1889-1973); thereafter by descent.

4454

Finely Engraved Persian-Style Silvered Copper Drinking Bowl

Northern India
19th century

diameter: 15cm, height: 5.3cm, weight: 504g

Sold

Provenance

Scottish art market

2586

Philippines Lidded Limestone Burial Jar

South Cotabato, Mindanao, Philippines
8th-9th century

height: 69cm, width: 30cm

Provenance

UK art market; UK private collection; acquired from Patricia Withofs, 1984.