New Items for May 2020
Included are items from India, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Mongolia, Malaysia, Burma (Myanmar), Ethiopia, Niger, Nigeria & the Marquesas Islands.
All items are for sale.
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Unusually Large Sri Lankan Copper, Brass & Silver Lime Container (Killotaya)
Sri Lanka 19th century
height of box: 11.5cm, length of chain & spatula: 20cm, overall weight: 603g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Carved Wood Hindu Lion (Simmam) Temple Ornaments
Tamil Nadu or Karnataka, South India 17th-18th century
approximate length of each: 48.5cm
Provenance
UK art market, almost certainly has been in the UK since colonial times.
Burmese Bronze Elephant & Rider by Maung San Wa
Pegu, Burma 1920s
height: 21cm, width: 15.5cm, depth: 9.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Burmese Silver Octagonal Box
Burma (Myanmar) circa 1880
width: 9.5cm, height: 9.5cm, weight: 290g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Bronze Votive Stand of Uchchaihshravas, the Sun God Surya’s Seven-headed Horse
India, probably Gujarat 18th-19th century
height: 25cm, width: 21cm, diameter of tray: 19.5cm, weight: 4,825g
Provenance
UK art market
Hindu Pilgrim’s Silver Krishna Amulet Pendant
Rajasthan, India early 20th century
circumference: approx. 63cm, weight: 104g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Nomad’s Silver-Mounted Knife & Scabbard with Turquoise & Coral
Khampa, Western Tibet 19th century
length: 34.5cm, weight: 239g
Provenance
from the collection of Sir Christopher Ondaatje, UK.
Large & Heavy Indian Colonial Silver Tray or Platter
Kutch, North-Western India circa 1880
diameter: 38 cm, weight: 1,301g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Pierced Iron Pen Case
Derge, Tibet 15th century or earlier
length: 38cm, weight: 888g
Provenance
UK art market
Mongolian Silver Framed Buddhist Amulet Pendant with Painted Tsakli of Manjushri
Mongolia early 20th century
length: 9.3cm, width: 7.2cm, thickness: 1.4cm, weight: 126g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Massive Solid Copper Zarma Currency Bracelets
Zarma (Djerma) People, Niger 19th or 20th century
approximate outer diameter of each: 13.9cm, combined weight: 3,576g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Pair of Borneo Zoomorphic Bronze Ritual Kettles
Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo) 18th-19th century
length: 37cm height: 38cm, depth: 26cm
Provenance
UK art market
Fine, Nigerian Yoruba Gelede Dance Headdress
Yoruba People, Nigeria circa 1920
height: 46cm, length: 27cm, width: 31cm, weight: 1,765g
Provenance
formerly in the collection of the late Dr James Bynon, lecturer in Berber studies, School of Oriental & African Studies, University College London.
Hindu Bronze Five-headed Cobra (Mucalinda) Arati Lamp
South India 18th century
length: 17.8cm, height: 12.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Gujarati Silk Trade Shawl with Rare Tax Stamps
Gujarat, Western India late 18th century
152.5cm x 151cm
Provenance
UK art market
Fine, Sri Lankan Silver Box Decorated with Bherunda Motifs
Kandy, Sri Lanka circa 1890
length: 21.2cm, width: 10.5cm, height: 8.5cm, weight: 530g
Provenance
UK art market
Portable Brass Indian Fish-Shaped Hookah Base
North India 18th-19th century
length: 14.5cm, weight: 392g
Provenance
UK art market
Sri Lankan Carved Ebony Box
Galle, Sri Lanka circa 1840
length: 22.7cm, depth: 10.1cm, height: 8.8cm
Provenance
UK art market; most probably has been in the UK since colonial times.
Nigerian Odigba Ifa Divination Cast Brass & Trade Bead Necklace
Yoruba People, Nigeria circa 1900
circumference: approx. 131cm, weight: 526g
Provenance
UK art market
Unusual Yoruba Ibeji Figure (Ere Ibeji)
Yagba Tribe, Egbe Region, Nigeria late 19th century
height: 23.5cm; weight: 398g
Provenance
Volta Place Gallery, Washington DC; Pendarell (Pen) Kent Collection.
Unusual Burmese Gold Leaf & Lacquer Rice Basket (Ko Kaw Teh) With Snarling Tiger Mouth Decoration
Kengtung, Shan States, Burma circa 1880-1910
width: 22.5cm, height: 15.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Fine, Framed Collection of Ethiopian Silver Jewellery
Ethiopia 19th & early 20th century (jewellery)
frame: 36.8cm x 26.8cm
Provenance
UK art market
Sri Lankan Carved Ebony Box
Galle, Sri Lanka circa 1840
length: 22.8cm, depth: 10.2cm, height: 8.9cm
Provenance
UK art market
Fine, Selected Items still Available from Past Catalogues
Rare, Early Indian Agate Box with Chased Silver Mounts
Deccan, India, and possibly Goa circa 1700
height: 13.3cm, length: 14cm, depth: 10.1cm, weight: 1,127g
Provenance
UK art market; European collection.
Maori Curved Nephrite Ear Ornament (Kapeu)
Maori People, New Zealand early 20th century
length: 15.2cm, weight: 38.19g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Yellow Satin Malay Wedding Bed Bolster Covers each with a Pair Bolster-End Tekat Panels with Gold Thread
Malay People, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia circa 1920
length of each bolster when filled: 100cm, diameter of each tekat panel: 15cm
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.
Indian Silver Column Lamp with Hamsa Finial Presented & Inscribed to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
India 20th century
height: 43cm, diameter of base: 14.3cm, weight: 522g
Provenance
Given to Mr Barry Williams, police bodyguard to Prime Minister Thatcher by Dennis Thatcher, the Prime Minister's husband.
Pair of Malay Bolster-End Tekat Panels with Gold Thread
Malay People, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia 19th century
approx. length of embroidered section of each: 21.3cm, height: 14.8cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Two Mughal Engraved Gilded Silver Boxes inset with Tortoiseshell Panels
North India circa 1740
length of largest box: 9.5cm, width: 8.8cm, height: 3.3cm, weight: 183g; length of smaller box: 7.5cm, width: 6.7cm, height: 1.8cm, weight: 98g
Provenance
Scottish art market
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.
Indian Gold-Inlaid, Koftgari-work Cross
Northern India circa 1865
height: 8.4cm, width: 5.6cm, weight: 22g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Miao Silver Spiral Earrings
Miao People, Guizhou, China 19th-early 20th century
length: 11cm, width: 5.7cm, combined weight: 65g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Balinese Silver-Mounted Ritual Knife (Suddha-Mala)
Bali, Indonesia 19th-early 20th century
length: 28cm, width of blade at widest point: 3.8cm, weight: 162g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine Pende Chief’s Hippopotamus Tooth Amulet Pendant (Gikhokho)
Pende People, Congo early 19th century
length: 6cm, width: 4cm
Provenance
private collection, London; and acquired by the previous owner in London in the 1960s.
Iban Ceremonial Pua Textile
Iban Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo circa 1940
length: 209cm, width: 119cm
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 collection of mostly Borneo-related textiles and other ethnographica.
Ottoman Silver Khanjar with Watered Steel Blade
Ottoman Turkey 18th century
length: 55cm, weight: 622g
Provenance
UK art market