NEW ITEMS FOR MAY 2023
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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Exceptional Burmese, Large Flawless Rock Crystal Buddha
Burma 17th-18th century
height: 24.7cm, width: 15.7cm, depth: 8cm, weight: 2,733g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Burmese Pair of Particularly Humble Buddhist Disciples
Burma 19th century
height: approximately 26.3cm, width: approximately 12cm, depth: 13.3cm
Provenance
UK art market
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
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Very Fine Yemen Gilded Silver & Coral Necklace
Yemen, probably Mahwit early 20th century
circumference: 54cm, weight: 258g
Provenance
UK art market
Mughal or Deccan Scribe’s Silver Pen Box (Kalamdan)
Mughal, Northern India or Deccan 18th century
length: 21.2cm, weight: 225g
Provenance
UK art market
Large Pair of Tibetan Gilded & Enamelled Snow Lion Plaques
Tibet 18th century
height: approximately 31.5cm, width: approximately 34.5cm, depth: approximately 4cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
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
Provenance
from the private collection of a retired academic, London
Unusual Pair of Mongolian Beaten Brass Images of Budai
Mongolia circa 18th century
height: approximately 19cm, width: 15cm, depth: 10cm, combined weight: 2,386g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare, Mughal Gilt-Decorated Steatite Flask (Surahi)
Northern India 17th-18th Century
height: approximately 31.8cm, diameter: approximately 13.5cm, weight: 1,341g
Provenance
private collection, England.
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
Provenance
private collection, UK
Set of Five Thai Gold & Diamond Jacket Buttons
Bangkok, Thailand 19th century
width: 1.5cm, combined weight: 10g
Provenance
private collection
Rare Pair of Huazi-style Bound-Foot Embroidered Silk Shoes
China circa 1850
height: 16cm, length: 11.5cm, width: 5.5cm, combined weight: 57g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Rare Chinese Bound-Feet Leather Shoes
China circa 1920
length: 16cm, width: 5.6cm, combined weight: 200g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Noble’s Parcel-Gilt Chased, Pierced & Engraved Silver Betel Box (Bathra)
Bhutan 18th-19th century
height: 9.4cm, diameter: 18.7cm, weight: 640g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
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
Provenance
private collection, England
Unusual Malaysian Straits Silver Presentation Scroll Holder
Malacca, Straits Settlements, Malaya (now Malaysia) early 20th century
length: 39cm, diameter: 7.2cm, combined weight: 469g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Tibetan Coral, Turquoise & Silver Ear Ornaments
Eastern Tibet 18th-19th century
length: 14.9cm, combined weight: 113g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Unusually Fine Sri Lankan Silver Box
Kandy, Sri Lanka circa 1900
height: 5.3cm, width: 12cm, depth: 8cm, weight: 190g
Provenance
UK art market
Woman’s Pair of Turquoise & Silver Ear Ornaments (Akor)
Lhasa, Tibet 19th century or earlier
length: 11.8cm, combined weight: 88g
Provenance
UK art market
Northern Indian Brass Garuda Incense Holder
Himachal Pradesh, Northern India 17th-18th century
height: 12cm, width: 7.4cm, weight: 239g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
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
Provenance
UK art market
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
Provenance
UK art market
Luo Beadwork & Warthog Tusk Hat (Ogut Tigo)
Luo People, Kenya & Tanzania circa 1910
length: 29cm, width: 23cm, height: 9.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Pierced Silver & Copper Ga’u Box
Tibet circa 1900
height: 14.7cm, width: 12.2cm, depth: 5.5cm, weight: 233g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Mongo Currency Anklet
Mongo People, central Congo 19th-early 20th century
width: approximately 14.2cm, height: 11.7cm, weight: 4,038g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Wood & Polychrome Phurba
North-Eastern Tibet 19th century
length: 30.8cm, width: approximately 6.8cm, weight: 217g
Provenance
UK art market
Early Tibetan Gilded Lama Figure
Central Tibet 13th century
height: 8.4cm, width: 6.8cm, depth: 3.7cm, weight: 213g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Tibetan Bronze Two-Sided Zodiac Tokcha
Tibet circa 13th century
diameter: 5.3cm, weight: 32g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Tibetan Bronze Vajrapani Tokcha
Tibet circa 16th century
height: 5.7cm, width: 5.4cm, weight: 51g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Rare Tantric Tibetan Ritual Scraping Tool (Rinchen Serdar)
Tibet circa 18th century
length: 14.3cm, weight: 86g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Thai Courtly Gold Pendant set with an Emerald & Diamonds
Bangkok, Thailand 19th century
length: 5.4cm, width: 4.6cm, weight: 23g
Provenance
private collection.
Ottoman Balkans Gilded Silver Cartridge Box
Ottoman Balkans circa 1800
height: 10.9cm, width: 12.2cm, depth: 3.1cm, weight: 126g
Provenance
UK art market
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
Provenance
UK art market
Thai Silver-Gilt Niello Betel Box
Thailand early 19th century
height: 6.1cm, width: 15.2cm, depth: 8.6cm, weight: 317g
Provenance
private collection, London
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
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Pair of Man’s Turquoise Earrings
Tibet 19th century
length: 4cm, combined weight: 26g
Provenance
UK art market
Palembang Lotus-Form Lacquered Box (Ponjen)
Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
height: approximately 40cm, width: 37.5cm, weight: 5,092g
Provenance
UK art market
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
Provenance
UK art market
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
Provenance
UK art market
Woman’s Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis Tua)
Pubian People, Lampung, South Sumatra, Indonesia circa 1900
58cm x 45cm
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 Indonesian textiles and other ethnographica.
Selected, Fine Items from Previous Catalogues
Carved Wooden Portrait of a Young Balinese Man
Bali, Indonesia circa 1930
height: approximately 25cm, width: 23cm, depth: approximately 16cm, weight: 2,547g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
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
Provenance
UK art market
The Calcutta Memento Cup by Dass & Dutt
Calcutta, India circa 1870
height: 44cm, weight: 1,464g
Provenance
UK art market
Sri Lankan Brass Model of a Kandyan Noble
Sri Lanka 19th century
height: 26cm, weight: 1,364g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Gold & Coral Ear Ornaments (Godwari or Mendog Kogde)
Sherpa People, Nepal-Tibet 19th century
diameter: 7cm (each), combined weight: 37g
Provenance
UK art market
Ovimbundu Colonial Portuguese Female Head Privilege Sceptre or Staff
Ovimbundu People, Benguela, Angola 19th century
length: 82.5cm, width: 8.5cm, weight: 941g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Burmese Gilded Bronze Seated Ava Jambupati Buddha
Burma Late Ava Period, 17th century
height: 47.5cm, width: 25.5cm, depth: 16.5cm
Provenance
UK art market; almost certainly has been in the UK since the colonial era.
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.
Unusually Large, Silver Filigree Betel Box
Dutch East Indies, or possibly India circa 1700
length: 22.3cm, width: 16cm, height: 10cm, weight: 1,675g
Provenance
Private London collection (estate)