New Items for May 2019

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

Included are items from Borneo (Malaysia), Burma, India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Indonesia, Cambodia, Dutch & Spanish Colonial, Ottoman Turkey & Balkans, Morocco, Algeria, Bukhara (Central Asia), Syria, Yemen, & South Africa.  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.

HIGH RESOLUTION versions of all images on this website can be accessed by double-clicking each image.

Do also visit our blogs - several new blogs are added each week on museum visits, exhibition openings & book launches.

Search our entire inventory

or...

5948

Three Extremely Rare Colonial Batavian Silver Lidded Cups with Fine Silver Filigree

Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia
circa 1700

heights: 8.6cm, diameters: 5.2cm, combined weight: 309g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5434

Rare Dayak Brass & Trade Bead Necklace

Dayak People, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia
19th century

approximate diameter: 23cm, weight: 1,300g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK.

6013

Indo-Portuguese or Indo-Spanish Silver Filigree & Coconut Cup

Colonial Goa, West Sumatra or Philippines
early 17th century

height: 10.1cm, width: 12cm, weight: 97g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, London

6012

Imperial Ottoman Palace Workshop Embroidered Silk Textile Fragment

Ottoman Palace Workshops, Istanbul, Ottoman Turkey
18th century

66cm x 67cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5919

Rare, Sri Lankan Chased Silver Ritual Conch Casing

Sri Lanka
18th century

length: 15.7cm, width (when closed): 7cm, weight: 155g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5994

Carved, Solid Ivory Rosewater Sprinkler with Engraved & Coloured Decoration & Original Carved Wooden Case

India or Sri Lanka
circa 1860

height of sprinkler: 23.4cm, height of wooden case: 26.6cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5958

Large Silver-inlaid Bidri Basin (Silapchi)

Deccan, India
circa 1850

diameter: 42.4cm, height: 16.3cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5989

Chased & Repoussed Burmese Silver Bowl

Burma
late 19th century

diameter: 23cm, height: 15.2cm, weight: 1,303g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5965

South Indian Marble Karttikeya (Skanda) Image

India, probably Karnataka
circa 17th century

height: 37cm, width: 30.4cm, depth: 6.3cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5838

Bukharan Noble Man’s Belt Decorated with Silver & Gilt Panels inlaid with Turquoise

Bukhara, Central Asia
19th century

length: 65cm, width: 11cm, weight: 424g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5962

Rare Dayak Brass Hornbill Bird-Shaped Betel Box with Inlaid Eyes

Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
19th century

approx. 20cm in length

Sold

Provenance

formerly in the collection of Henry Brownrigg, author of 'Betel Cutters. from the Samuel Eilenberg Collection' (Thames & Hudson, 1992).

5749

Pair of Dayak Brass Humanoid Ear Pendants

Kenyah/Kayan Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
early 20th century

lengths: 9cm, combined weight: 108g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5922

Four Engraved Engraved Silver-Clad Bedstead Charpoy Legs

Northern India
19th century

heights: 32.5cm diameters at base: 13cm

Provenance

UK art market

6000

Bhutanese Papier Mache & Polychrome Citipati Ritual Dance Mask

Bhutan
19th century

length: 30cm, width: 23cm, depth: 11.8cm

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK.

5867

Kashmiri Kashkul-form Chased Silver Bowl, Inscribed & dated ‘Gulmarg, 1902’

Kashmir, India
dated 1902

length: 28.6cm, height: 17.8cm, width: 14.3cm, weight: 520g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5980

Fine, Embroidered Bagh Phulkari Textile

Western Punjab, India
first half of 20th century

244.5cm x 138cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5983

Large, Extremely Fine, Indian Silver Rosewater Sprinkler

Northern India, possibly Delhi
early 19th century

height: 35.8cm, weight: 561g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5998

Fine Pair of Champleve Enamel Silver Anklets (Jhanhjar)

Punjab, India/Pakistan
19th century

approximate outer diameter of each: 12.6cm, combined weight: 522g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5992

Burmese Bronze Noodle Maker

Burma
19th century

height: 16.6cm, width: 27cm, weight: 2,907g

Provenance

UK art market

6004

Indian Bronze Bhuta Idol

South India
18th century

height: 13.4cm, weight: 384g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6002

Pair of Moroccan Silver Fibula or Cloak Fasteners

Berber People, Anti Atlas Mountains, Morocco
19th century

heights: 16.7cm, widths: 8.3cm, combined weight: 118g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5981

Fine, Embroidered Bagh Phulkari Textile

Punjab, India
first half of 20th century

250cm x 143cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5968

Indian Image of Khandoba & his Mahout on an Elephant

India, probably Maharashtra
18th century

length: 17.8cm, height: 17cm, weight: 2,104g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5895

Cambodian Silver Naga Finial

Cambodia
early 20th century

height (without stand or rod): 19.5cm, height (with stand): 24.6cm, weight (without stand): 151g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, London.

5964

Pair of Syrian Silver-Gilt & Gold Earrings inset with Turquoise

Syria
late 19th century

lengths: 16.3cm, width: 6.8cm, combined weight: 53g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, London. The previous owner is a former movie actress in Lebanon now based in London.

5724

Zulu Wooden Ear Plugs with Bakelite Tile Decoration

Zulu People, South Africa
circa 1940

diameters: 5.5cm, thickness: 0.8cm

Provenance

private collection, UK

6014

Small Chased & Repoussed Burmese Silver Bowl

Burma
late 19th century

height: 8cm, diameter: 8.3cm, weight: 140g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, England

5960

Rare Ottoman Turkey or Balkans Silver Cartridge Box for the Waist

Ottoman Balkans
early 19th century

length: 19.3cm, height: 7.7cm, thickness: 4.2cm, weight: 261g

Provenance

UK art market

5976

Algerian Silver Pen Box

Algeria
19th century

length: 21.3cm, weight: 196g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6003

Fine, Cast Bronze Image of Vishnu

South India
17th-18th century

height: 15cm, weight: 482g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5988

Fine, Colonial South American Silver Toothpick Holder

Peru or Bolivia, Colonial South America
18th century

height: 11.8cm, weight: 124g

Provenance

UK art market

5748

Pair of Dayak Brass Ear Ornaments

Kenyah/Kayan Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
19th-early 20th century

lengths: 6.2cm, combined weight: 95g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK

1872

Indian Cast Brass Toe Ring

India, probably Uttar Pradesh
18th century

height: 4.2cm, length: 4cm, weight: 38.6g

Provenance

Private Collection, Germany, acquired 1960-81

5816

Dayak Etched Bamboo Container

Iban (Dayak) People, Borneo, Sarawak, probably the Skrang River region, Malaysia
early 20th century

length: 34cm, diameter: 5.5cm

Sold

Provenance

formerly in the collection of Henry Brownrigg, author of 'Betel Cutters. from the Samuel Eilenberg Collection' (Thames & Hudson, 1992); acquired from Christie's South Kensington in 2010; in the collection of Trevor Barton prior to that.

3413

Yemeni Silver Amulet Box (Hirz) & Chain

Bedouin People, possibly Rayma Region, Yemen
early 20th century

overall length of chain: 70cm (35cm when worn), width of box & attachments: 11cm, weight: 490g

Provenance

UK art market

Fine, Selected Items from Past Catalogues

2751

Rare Christian Chinese Hand-Painted Engraving Scroll

China or Vietnam
18th-19th century

length: 125cm, width: 70cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

3589

Ottoman Armenian Woman’s Wooden Stilted Clogs (Qabqab) with Engraved Silver Mounts

Armenian People, Ottoman Turkey
19th century

length: 24cm, height: 12.5cm

Provenance

from the collection of the family of John Lee, Baron Lee of Trafford, Bowdon Old Hall, Cheshire, UK. The family of Lord Lee has occupied Bowdon Old Hall since 1919 and the clogs formed part of the contents of the house. The wife of Baron Lee is of Armenian descent.

2869

Colonial Sri Lankan Carved Ebony Box

Galle, Sri Lanka
circa 1830

length: 28cm, depth: 20.5cm, height: 13.5cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market; most probably has been in the UK since colonial times.

5703

Four Burmese Carved Wooden Standing Disciple-Monks

Burma
late 19th-early 20th century

heights: ranging from 93cm (102cm with stand) to 125cm (134cm with stand); depth of each stand: 24cm, widths: 27cm

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK. Possibly brought back to the UK around 1920.

4732

Fine Burlwood Tsampa Box with Silver Filigree Mounts & Lapis Lazuli, Coral & Turquoise

Mongolia
19th century

diameter: 14cm, height: 8.5cm, weight: 483g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

3581

Fine, Persian Painted & Lacquered Mirror Case

Persia (Iran)
Zand Dynasty, circa 1780

height: 21.8cm, width: 15.2cm, thickness: 1cm

Provenance

private collection, UK

5362

Srivajaya Cast Bronze Image of Four-Armed Kubera

Palembang region, Sumatra, Indonesia
8th-9th century

height (without stand): 12.2cm, height (with stand): 15cm, weight (without stand): 757g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, London, UK.