NEW ITEMS FOR JUNE 2025
Included are items from India, China, Tibet, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Burma (Myanmar), Vietnam, Indonesia, the Dutch East Indies, Morocco and Nigeria.
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Large Maharaja’s Gold Walking Cane Hilt set with Diamonds, Rubies & Emeralds
Northern India 19th century
height: 12cm, diameter: between 2.5 and 3.3cm, weight: 155g
Provenance
private collection, UK; Sotheby's London, 2005.
Long Strand of Large Indo-Tibetan Sulemani or Bhaisajyaguru Prayer Beads
Indo-Tibetan Ancient
circumference: approximately 82cm, length of beads: between 2.6 and 3cm, weight: 476g
Provenance
private collection, England.
Nepalese Gilded Amulet Box set with Rubies & other Semi-Precious Gems
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 18th-19th century
length: 8.5cm, width: 7.8cm, depth: approximately 3cm, weight: 102g
Provenance
UK art market
Monumental & Elaborate Burmese Silver Box
Burma (Myanmar) early 20th century (but dated 1886)
width: 40cm, height: 24cm, depth: 31cm weight: 5,000g (5 kg)
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Sri Lankan Tortoiseshell Box with Pierced, Solid Gold Mounts
Sri Lanka (Ceylon), probably Galle circa 1730
height: 5.6cm, width: 15.2cm, depth: 10.3cm, weight: 239g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Gold & Turquoise Official’s Pendant (Sochi)
Lhasa, Tibet 19th-early 20th century
length: 13.3cm, width: 3.1cm, weight: 15g
Provenance
UK art market
Superb South Indian Silver Amulet Necklace
Kerala, India 19th century
length of chain: approximately 102cm, width of pendant: 10.5cm, height of pendant: 5.5cm, depth of pendant: 3.8cm, weight: 262g
Provenance
UK art market
Large Strand of Indo-Tibetan Long, Concave, Clear Carnelian Beads
Indo-Tibetan Ancient
circumference: approximately 113cm, diameter of round pendant bead: 3.3cm, length of concave beads: between 1.5 and 2.7cm, weight: 533g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Indian Silver Filigree Pandan Box
Deccan, India 18th century
height: 3.7cm, width: 9.8cm, depth: 6.3cm, weight: 154g
Provenance
UK art market
Chinese or Batavian Parcel-Gilt Silver Filigree & Enamel Needle Case
Southern China or Dutch East Indies 18th century
length: 10.2cm, diameter: 1.8cm, weight: 34g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Yoruba Ere Ibeji Twin ‘King & Queen’ Figures
Yoruba People, Ede, Oyo State, Nigeria late 19th century-early 20th century
height: 26.5 and 27.8 cm, combined weight: 395g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine Pair of Indian Silver Bracelets
Madhya Pradesh, Central India 19th century
external diameter: approximately 11cm, internal diameter: approximately 6.5cm, combined weight: 325g
Provenance
UK art market
Balinese Wooden Pawukon Calendar
Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia circa 1920
height (including hoop): 13.8cm, width: 25.9cm, depth: 7cm, weight: 168g; height of stand: 22.1cm
Provenance
UK art market
Thai Ayutthaya Bronze Standing Buddha
Ayutthaya, Thailand 16th century
height of sculpture: 32.5cm, width of sculpture: 11.2cm, weight of sculpture: 1,121g; overall height (including stand): 42.8cm
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Round Ga’u Box with Gold & Silver
Tibet early 20th century
diamter: 11.5cm, width: approximately 12.5cm, depth: 5.5cm, weight: 361g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Round Ga’u with Original Photograph of Dalai Lama & Relics
Tibet mid-20th century
diameter: 7.3cm, width: 8.2cm, depth: 2.9cm, weight: 117g
Provenance
UK art market
Burmese Silver Figurative Bowl with Ramayana Scenes
Burma (Myanmar) circa 1880
height: 14.7cm, diameter: 20.6cm, width: approximately: 25cm, weight: 1,094g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Turquoise Ga’u Box
Lhasa, Tibet 18th-19th century
length: 10.2cm, width: 10.3cm, depth: 2cm, weight: 65g
Provenance
UK art market
Vietnamese Tall, Silver Vase, possibly for Straits Chinese Market
Vietnam, possibly for the Straits Chinese Market early 20th century
height: 25cm, width: approximately 12.5cm, weight: 548g
Provenance
UK art market
Silver & Gold Filigree Pen Box (Kalamdan)
India, Hyderabad or Orissa 18th-early 19th century
length: 19.6cm, depth: 3.2cm, height: 2.3cm, weight: 234g
Provenance
UK art market
Elaborate Himalayan Indian Brass Garuda Incense Holder
Himachal Pradesh, Northern India circa 17th century
height: 15.4cm, width: 12.4cm, depth: 9.5cm, weight: 845g
Provenance
private collection, Scotland, UK
Yoruba Ceremonial Orisa Oko ‘Axe’ Wand
Yoruba People, Northern Nigeria 19th century-early 20th century
height: 45cm, length (including the blade and the coiffure): 22.4cm, width: 6.7cm, weight: 709g; overal height (including stand): 46cm
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Chinese Porcelain Cup made for the Armenian Jewish Market
China, for the Armenian Jewish Market dated 1842
diameter: 10.1cm, height: 6.5cm, weight: 96g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine Moroccan Berber (Amazigh) Amber & Coral Necklace
Amazigh or Berber People, Draa Valley, Southern Morocco latest stringing: mid-20th century from earlier elements
length of the bead components: 65cm, overall length (including cords): approximately 111cm, diameter of the central hollow spherical silver alloy bead: 3.8cm, weight: 373cm
Provenance
private collection, Germany; collected in the 1980s
Yoruba Circular, Carved, Wooden Divination Board (Opon Ifa)
Yoruba People, Nigeria 19th-early 20th century
diameter: 33.2cm, depth: 1.6cm, weight: 779g
Provenance
UK art market
Large Indian Bronze Daksha Yajna Virabhadra Shrine
Western Deccan, India 18th century
height: 30.6cm, width: 23.5cm, depth: 10.1cm, weight: 4,405g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Pair of Brass Male & Female Snow Lions
Tibet circa 18th century
height: approximately 18.5cm, length: 24.3cm, width: approximately 9.5cm, combined weight: 6,240g
Provenance
UK art market
Selected, Fine Items from Past Catalogues
Rare, Inscribed, Pair of Ottoman Greek or Armenian Gilded-Silver Liturgical Fans (Hexapteryga)
Produced for the Greek Orthodox Community in Ottoman Turkey, probably Armenian silversmithing. 18th century
height of each: 51cm, width: 26.5cm, combined weight: 1,768g
Provenance
private collection , London, UK; Sotheby's London, 2019.
Rare Pair of Moroccan Iron Prick Horse Spurs Overlaid with Gold
Morocco 19th century
length of spur: 27.7cm, combined weight of spurs: 818g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Burmese Mandalay Painted & Gilded Marble Reclining Buddha
Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) 18th-early 19th century
(without stand) length: 61.5cm, depth: 15.4cm, height: 28.8cm, weight: very heavy
Provenance
UK art market
Silver-Gilt Mughal Horse Trappings
India 18th-19th century
length: 120cm, weight: 1,592g
Provenance
UK art market
Late Mamluk Calligraphic Carved Wooden Panel
Egypt or Yemen early 16th century
width: 51.9cm, height: 23.4cm, depth: 2.8cm, weight: 1,821g
Provenance
formerly in the Oliver Hoare collection, London.
Thai Cast Silver Standing Buddha
Thailand 17th-18th century
height: 14.4cm, weight: 226g
Provenance
private collection, London.
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.
Khmer Bronze Image of Avalokiteshvara
Khmer people, Cambodia Angkor Period, late 12th century
overall height: 21.3cm, width: 7.2cm, depth: 6.8cm, weight: 556g
Provenance
private collection, UK, and thence by descent
Rare Balinese Double-Ikat Geringsing Wayang Kebo Cloth
Tenganan Pegeringsingan, South-East Bali, Indonesia 19th century
length: 210cm, width: 51.7cm
Provenance
private collection, UK; believed to have been collected in Bali in the 1920s
Silver-Gilt Ritual Wine Ewer Cups & Tray
China or Mongolia late 19th century
height of ewer: 24cm, width of ewer: 15cm, length of tray: 30.2cm, width of tray: 21.5cm, height of cups, 4cm, diameter of cups: 3.7cm, weight: 1,027g
Provenance
UK art market.
Javanese Cast Silver Image of Shiva with Bronze Yoni Base
Central Java, Indonesia Classical Period, 9th century
height of Shiva: 8.3cm, ensemble height (with stand): 11.6cm, weight of Shiva: 146g
Provenance
Private collection, London, UK. Acquired in the UK around 2001.
Miniature Gold-Inlaid Bronze Tripod Ding Vessel
China circa 18th century
height: 9.9cm, width: 6.6cm, weight: 290g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK