NEW ITEMS FOR MAY 2023

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Included are items from Tibet, Mongolia, Nepal, Bhutan, China, India, Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Ottoman Balkans, Yemen, Kenya, Tanzania & Congo.

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9086

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    Exceptional Burmese, Large Flawless Rock Crystal Buddha

    Burma
    17th-18th century

    height: 24.7cm, width: 15.7cm, depth: 8cm, weight: 2,733g

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    private collection, UK

    9098

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      Burmese Pair of Particularly Humble Buddhist Disciples

      Burma
      19th century

      height: approximately 26.3cm, width: approximately 12cm, depth: 13.3cm

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      UK art market

      9058

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        Rare, Early Tibetan Iron Ga’u Box

        Tibet, probably Derge, Kham Province
        15th century and possibly earlier

        height: 8.8cm, width: 12cm, depth: 4.6cm, weight: 185g

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        private collection, London, UK

        9099

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          Very Fine Yemen Gilded Silver & Coral Necklace

          Yemen, probably Mahwit
          early 20th century

          circumference: 54cm, weight: 258g

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          UK art market

          9071

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            Mughal or Deccan Scribe’s Silver Pen Box (Kalamdan)

            Mughal, Northern India or Deccan
            18th century

            length: 21.2cm, weight: 225g

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            UK art market

            8975

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              Large Pair of Tibetan Gilded & Enamelled Snow Lion Plaques

              Tibet
              18th century

              height: approximately 31.5cm, width: approximately 34.5cm, depth: approximately 4cm

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              private collection, UK

              9043

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                Rare, Nepalese Cast Bronze Yab-Yum Group for Temple Niche

                Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
                Late Malla Dynasty, 17th century

                height: 13.7cm, width: 11.7cm, depth: approximately 3.6cm, weight: 557g

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                from the private collection of a retired academic, London

                8947

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                  Unusual Pair of Mongolian Beaten Brass Images of Budai

                  Mongolia
                  circa 18th century

                  height: approximately 19cm, width: 15.2cm, depth: 10.1cm, combined weight: 2,389g

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                  UK art market

                  9102

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                    Rare, Mughal Gilt-Decorated Steatite Flask (Surahi)

                    Northern India
                    17th-18th Century

                    height: approximately 31.8cm, diameter: approximately 13.5cm, weight: 1,341g

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                    private collection, England.

                    8469

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                      Rare Pair of Huazi-style Bound-Foot Embroidered Silk Shoes with Early Exhibition Label

                      China
                      circa 1850

                      height: 16cm, length: 11.8cm, width: 5cm, weight: 60g

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                      private collection, UK

                      9040

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                        Set of Five Thai Gold & Diamond Jacket Buttons

                        Bangkok, Thailand
                        19th century

                        width: 1.5cm, combined weight: 10g

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                        private collection

                        8470

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                          Rare Pair of Huazi-style Bound-Foot Embroidered Silk Shoes

                          China
                          circa 1850

                          height: 16cm, length: 11.5cm, width: 5.5cm, combined weight: 57g

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                          private collection, UK

                          8572

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                            Rare Chinese Bound-Feet Leather Shoes

                            China
                            circa 1920

                            length: 16cm, width: 5.6cm, combined weight: 200g

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                            private collection, UK

                            9076

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                              Noble’s Parcel-Gilt Chased, Pierced & Engraved Silver Box

                              Bhutan or Eastern Tibet
                              18th-19th century

                              height: 9.4cm, diameter: 18.7cm, weight: 640g

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                              private collection, UK.

                              9077

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                                Rare, Early, Inscribed, Deccan Apothecarist’s Brass Pestle & Mortar

                                Deccan, India
                                15th century

                                height (of mortar): 14.5cm, length (of pestle): 21.8cm, combined weight: 5,290g

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                                private collection, England

                                8899

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                                  Unusual Malaysian Straits Silver Presentation Scroll Holder

                                  Malacca, Straits Settlements, Malaya (now Malaysia)
                                  early 20th century

                                  length: 39cm, diameter: 7.2cm, combined weight: 469g

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                                  UK art market

                                  8982

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                                    Pair of Tibetan Coral, Turquoise & Silver Ear Ornaments

                                    Eastern Tibet
                                    18th-19th century

                                    length: 14.9cm, combined weight: 113g

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                                    private collection, UK

                                    9007

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                                      Unusually Fine Sri Lankan Silver Box

                                      Kandy, Sri Lanka
                                      circa 1900

                                      height: 5.3cm, width: 12cm, depth: 8cm, weight: 190g

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                                      UK art market

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                                        Woman’s Pair of Turquoise & Silver Ear Ornaments (Akor)

                                        Lhasa, Tibet
                                        19th century or earlier

                                        length: 11.8cm, combined weight: 88g

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                                        UK art market

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                                          Northern Indian Brass Garuda Incense Holder

                                          Himachal Pradesh, Northern India
                                          17th-18th century

                                          height: 12cm, width: 7.4cm, weight: 239g

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                                          private collection, London, UK

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                                            Indian Cast Image of the Standing Annapurna inlaid with Gold & Red Stones

                                            Deccan, Maharashtra or perhaps Orissa. India
                                            17th-18th century

                                            height: 12.3cm, width: 5.2cm, depth: 5.2cm, weight: 301g

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                                            UK art market

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                                              Indian Cast Image of the Seated Annapurna inlaid with Red Stones

                                              Deccan, India
                                              18th century

                                              height: 8.1cm, width: 6.3cm, depth: 4.5cm, weight: 251g

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                                              UK art market

                                              6132

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                                                Luo Beadwork & Warthog Tusk Hat (Ogut Tigo)

                                                Luo People, Kenya & Tanzania
                                                circa 1910

                                                length: 29cm, width: 23cm, height: 9.5cm

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                                                UK art market

                                                9059

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                                                  Tibetan Pierced Silver & Copper Ga’u Box

                                                  Tibet
                                                  circa 1900

                                                  height: 14.7cm, width: 12.2cm, depth: 5.5cm, weight: 233g

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                                                  private collection, UK

                                                  9079

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                                                    Mongo Currency Anklet

                                                    Mongo People, central Congo
                                                    19th-early 20th century

                                                    width: approximately 14.2cm, height: 11.7cm, weight: 4,038g

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                                                    UK art market

                                                    9082

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                                                      Tibetan Wood & Polychrome Phurba

                                                      North-Eastern Tibet
                                                      19th century

                                                      length: 30.8cm, width: approximately 6.8cm, weight: 217g

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                                                      UK art market

                                                      9088

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                                                        Early Tibetan Gilded Lama Figure

                                                        Central Tibet
                                                        13th century

                                                        height: 8.4cm, width: 6.8cm, depth: 3.7cm, weight: 213g

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                                                        private collection, London, UK

                                                        9090

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                                                          Tibetan Bronze Two-Sided Zodiac Tokcha

                                                          Tibet
                                                          circa 13th century

                                                          diameter: 5.3cm, weight: 32g

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                                                          private collection, UK

                                                          9091

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                                                            Tibetan Bronze Vajrapani Tokcha

                                                            Tibet
                                                            circa 16th century

                                                            height: 5.7cm, width: 5.4cm, weight: 51g

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                                                            private collection, UK

                                                            9092

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                                                              Rare Tantric Tibetan Ritual Scraping Tool (Rinchen Serdar)

                                                              Tibet
                                                              circa 18th century

                                                              length: 14.3cm, weight: 86g

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                                                              private collection, UK

                                                              9023

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                                                                Thai Courtly Gold Pendant set with and Emerald & Diamonds

                                                                Bangkok, Thailand
                                                                19th century

                                                                length: 5.4cm, width: 4.6cm, weight: 23g

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                                                                private collection.

                                                                8876

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                                                                  Ottoman Balkans Gilded Silver Cartridge Box

                                                                  Ottoman Balkans
                                                                  circa 1800

                                                                  height: 10.9cm, width: 12.2cm, depth: 3.1cm, weight: 126g

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                                                                  UK art market

                                                                  9084

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                                                                    Nepali Inscribed, Gilded Image of Vasudhara

                                                                    Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
                                                                    dated Samvat 1042 (AD 1921)

                                                                    height: 23.7cm, width: 15.6cm, depth: 6.1cm, weight: 1,202g

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                                                                    UK art market

                                                                    7728

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                                                                      Thai Silver-Gilt Niello Betel Box

                                                                      Thailand
                                                                      early 19th century

                                                                      height: 6.1cm, width: 15.2cm, depth: 8.6cm, weight: 317g

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                                                                      private collection, London

                                                                      8867

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                                                                        Ottoman Balkans Parcel-Gilt Silver Koran or Cartridge Box

                                                                        Ottoman Balkans
                                                                        circa 1800

                                                                        height: 11.4cm, width: 13.3cm, depth: 2.7cm, combined weight: 319g

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                                                                        UK art market

                                                                        9022

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                                                                          Tibetan Pair of Man’s Turquoise Earrings

                                                                          Tibet
                                                                          19th century

                                                                          length: 4cm, combined weight: 26g

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                                                                          UK art market

                                                                          8758

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                                                                            Palembang Lotus-Form Lacquered Box (Ponjen)

                                                                            Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia
                                                                            19th century

                                                                            height: approximately 40cm, width: 37.5cm, weight: 5,092g

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                                                                            UK art market

                                                                            9105

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                                                                              Lampung Woman’s Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis Sekebar)

                                                                              probably the Sungkai People, Lampung, South Sumatra, Indonesia
                                                                              circa 1900

                                                                              length: 118cm, width: 63.5cm (which makes it 127cm in total for both side), weight: 1,047g

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                                                                              UK art market

                                                                              9104

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                                                                                Lampung Woman’s Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis Kaca)

                                                                                Lampung People, South Sumatra, Indonesia
                                                                                early 20th century

                                                                                length: 118cm, width: 63.5cm (which makes it 127cm in total for both side), weight: 636g

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                                                                                UK art market

                                                                                3822

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                                                                                  Woman’s Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis Tua)

                                                                                  Pubian People, Lampung, South Sumatra, Indonesia
                                                                                  circa 1900

                                                                                  58cm x 45cm

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                                                                                  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 Indonesian textiles and other ethnographica.

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                                                                                  8886

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                                                                                    Carved Wooden Portrait of a Young Balinese Man

                                                                                    Bali, Indonesia
                                                                                    circa 1930

                                                                                    height: approximately 25cm, width: 23cm, depth: approximately 16cm, weight: 2,547g

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                                                                                    private collection, UK.

                                                                                    3229

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                                                                                      Colonial Batavian Silver & Gilt Betel Box Set

                                                                                      Batavia, Dutch East Indies
                                                                                      early 19th century

                                                                                      length of box: 21.3cm, depth: 13.6cm, height: 7cm, combined weight: 1,159g

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                                                                                      UK art market

                                                                                      2212

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                                                                                        The Calcutta Memento Cup by Dass & Dutt

                                                                                        Calcutta, India
                                                                                        circa 1870

                                                                                        height: 44cm, weight: 1,464g

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                                                                                        UK art market

                                                                                        5416

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                                                                                          Sri Lankan Brass Model of a Kandyan Noble

                                                                                          Sri Lanka
                                                                                          19th century

                                                                                          height: 26cm, weight: 1,364g

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                                                                                          UK art market

                                                                                          2753

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                                                                                            Pair of Gold & Coral Ear Ornaments (Godwari or Mendog Kogde)

                                                                                            Sherpa People, Nepal-Tibet
                                                                                            19th century

                                                                                            diameter: 7cm (each), combined weight: 37g

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                                                                                            UK art market

                                                                                            7169

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                                                                                              Ovimbundu Colonial Portuguese Female Head Privilege Sceptre or Staff

                                                                                              Ovimbundu People, Benguela, Angola
                                                                                              19th century

                                                                                              length: 82.5cmm, width: 8.5cm, weight: 941g

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                                                                                              private collection, UK

                                                                                              5417

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                                                                                                Burmese Gilded Bronze Seated Ava Jambupati Buddha

                                                                                                Burma
                                                                                                Late Ava Period, 17th century

                                                                                                height: 47.5cm, width: 25.5cm, depth: 16.5cm

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                                                                                                Provenance

                                                                                                UK art market; almost certainly has been in the UK since the colonial era.

                                                                                                7057

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                                                                                                  Late Mamluk Calligraphic Carved Wooden Panel

                                                                                                  Egypt or Yemen
                                                                                                  early 16th century

                                                                                                  width: 51.9cm, height: 23.4cm, depth: 2.8cm, weight: 1,821g

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                                                                                                  formerly in the Oliver Hoare collection, London.

                                                                                                  4052

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                                                                                                    Unusually Large, Silver Filigree Betel Box

                                                                                                    Dutch East Indies, or possibly India
                                                                                                    circa 1700

                                                                                                    length: 22.3cm, width: 16cm, height: 10cm, weight: 1,675g

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                                                                                                    Provenance

                                                                                                    Private London collection (estate)