New Items for November 2018

Showcased here are more than forty new additions to our stock for November.

Items from India, Burma, Yemen, Sri Lanka, Singapore/Malaysia, China, Ottoman Turkey & Iraq are among those included.

The Indian festival of light (Diwali) is this month, so we have included a collection of Indian lamps & incense burners especially.

All items are for sale. We price in pounds only, but USD approximates also are provided.

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5493

Rare Set of Javanese Merchant’s Double Doors with Javanese Inscription

Java, Indonesia
late 19th century

heights: 183cm, widths: 74cm & 76cm (incl. shared moulding)

Sold

Provenance

London art market

5676

Pair of Gold Earrings with the Sun Emblem of the Udaipur Royal House

Udaipur State, now part of Rajasthan State, India
19th century

diameter of each at widest point: 3cm, combined weight: 19.95g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

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.

5616

Unusual, Richly-Decorated, Ottoman Silver Ewer

Ottoman Turkey
18th-19th century

height: 16.8cm, width: 13.5cm, weight: 340g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5607

Fine, Sri Lankan Silver Bracelet

Sri Lanka
19th century

Internal diameter: 5.7cm, width at widest point: 2cm, weight: 49.6g

Provenance

UK art market

5540

Finely Carved Colonial Javanese Wooden Christian Prayer Table

Jepara, Java, Indonesia (Dutch East Indies)
circa 1870-90

height: 79.5cm, depth: 72cm, width: 57cm

Sold

Provenance

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

5704

Burmese Pierced Silver Bowl & Original Wooden Stand, possibly by Maung Shwe Yon

Burma
circa 1880

diameter of bowl: 23cm, height of bowl: 16cm, weight of bowl: 1,147g, diameter of stand 34cm, height of bowl & stand: 30cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5309

Straits Chinese Spoon & Chopstick Embroidered Rests

Straits Chinese People, Straits Settlements, Malaysia/Singapore
early 20th century

length of chopstick rests: 35cm, width of spoon rests: 14.5cm

Sold

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.

5705

South Indian Bronze Saivite Saint

Tamil Nadu, South India
18th century

height: 13cm, width: 6.6cm, depth: 5.9cm, weight: 718g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, Sydney, Australia; acquired in London, 2010.

5681

Colonial South Indian Gilded, Chased Silver Ink Stand

Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, South India
circa 1790

height: 8cm, diameter: 10cm, weight: 239g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

4772

Coco-de-Mer Libation Pitcher for a Hindu Tantric Mendicant (Sadhu)

Haridwar, Uttarakhand (formerly in Uttar Pradesh), India
19th-early 20th century

length: 32cm, height: 26cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5710

Dutch Colonial Surinamese Escaped African Slave (Maroons or Bushinengues) Wooden Stool

Maroon or Bushinengue People, Suriname, South America
19th-early 20th century

length: 40cm, height: 29cm, width: 23cm

Sold

Provenance

private collection, London.

5726

Zulu Ear Plugs with Bakelite

Zulu People, South Africa
circa 1940

diameter of each: approx. 5.5cm, thickness: 0.8cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5711

Madras Silver-Gilt Makara Bracelet

Madras, South India
circa 1870

external diameter at widest point: 8.2cm, internal diameter: at widest point: 5.2cm, weight: 51g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5549

Spanish Colonial Woven Cane & Silver Hat (Salakot)

Luzon, Philippines
19th century

diameter at widest point: 31cm, height: 17.5cm

Sold

Provenance

US art market

5009

Burmese Lacquered Food Offering Vessel (Ok-Kwet)

Burma
early to mid-20th century

height: 35cm, diameter: 36cm

Provenance

UK art market

5683

Mughal Brass Pandan

Northern India
18th century

diameter: 12cm, height: 6.5cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5659

Tibetan Woman’s Ga’u Box

Central Tibet
19th century

width: 6.3cm, height: 8cm, thickness: 3.3cm

Provenance

UK art market

4092

Two Ghanaian Cast Brass Weights Shaped as Boats & Paddlers

Ashanti or Asante People, Ghana
19th century

lengths: 13cm, widths: 4cm, weights: 216g & 230g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

4100

Small, Himalayan-Indian Cast Bronze Lamp with Monkey Handle

Himachal Pradesh, India
18th-19th century

height: 8.2cm, length: 14cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5626

Ruby-set Gold Marriage Tali Pendant

Tamil Nadu, South India
early 20th century

length: 2.7g, weight: 4.5g

Provenance

private collection, UK.

4348

Indian Inscribed Cast Brass Lamp with Oil Container

Kerala, South India
19th-early 20th century

length: 51cm, height: 19.5cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5730

South Indian Twin, Lidded Cast Brass Camphor Burner

Kerala, India
19th century

length: 27cm, width: 18.4cm, height: 5.3cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5671

Kangxi Chinese Porcelain Flask with Indian (or Similar) Engraved Silver Mounts

China & India or similar
Kangxi Dynasty, 17th-18th century

height: 9.6cm, weight: 66.8g

Provenance

private collection, UK

4766

Indian Lotus Bud Prayer Lamp

India
17th-18th century

height when closed: 14.2cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5020

Cast Brass Indian Female-Form Lamp with Oil Container & Spoon

Kerala, South India
18th century

length: 37.5cm, height: 12cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5058

Indian Twin, Lidded Cast Brass Camphor Burner

India
18th-19th century

length: 22cm, width: 16.1cm, height: 7cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

4233

Indian Inscribed Hanging Cast Brass Lamp

Kerala, India
19th-early 20th century

diameter of pan: 17.5cm, height: 18.5cm

Provenance

UK art market

5315

Embroidered Chinese Wall Hanging with Shou (寿) & other Daoist Deities

China, exported to the Straits Settlements
19th century

dimensions of backing material: 120cm x 84cm

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.

5369

Yemeni Gilded Bracelet

Yemen, probably Sanaa
early 20th century

external diameter: 7.3cm, internal diameter: 4.8cm, thickness: 1.1cm, weight: 65.9g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5129

Chinese Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Wooden Opium Pipe Head Stand with Four Pipe Heads

China
19th century

length of stand: 31.5cm, height with pipes: 11cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5126

Chinese Gilded-Silver Opium Storage Box

China
19th century

height: 9cm, width: 3.6cm, weight: 110g

Provenance

UK art market

5130

Chinese Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Wooden Opium Pipe Head Stand with Five Pipe Heads

China
19th century

length of stand: 35cm, height of stand (with heads)

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5127

Chinese Silver Opium Storage Box

China
19th century

height: 5.4cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

4932

Kurdish Silver Buckle

Kurdish People, Northern Iraq
early 20th century

length: 31cm, height: 12cm, weight: 381g

Provenance

UK art market

5624

Ruby-set Gold Marriage Tali Pendant

Tamil Nadu, South India
19th-early 20th century

length: 3.6cm, weight: 7.7g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK.

5168

Vaghadia Rabari Women’s Silver Bracelets

Vaghadia Rabari People, Gujarat, India
early-mid 20th century

external diameter of round bangle: 10.2cm, internal diameter: 5.3cm, width of 'C'-shaped bangles: 10cm, combined weight: 241g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5625

Indian Gold Marriage Pendant Tali

Tamil Nadu, South India
19th-early 20th century

length: 3.5cm, weight: 5.7g

Provenance

private collection, UK

4931

Kurdish Silver Buckle

Northern Iraq
early 20th century

length: 25.5cm, width : 12cm, weight: 519g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5310

Malay Kelingkan Shawl (Kain Selendang)

Malay People, Malaysia
early 20th century

149cm x 66cm

Sold

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.

5682

Unusual Indian Bronze Conch-Shaped Libation Cup with Hidden Turtle

India
18th-19th century

length: 12cm, height: 5cm, width: 5.8cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5707

Indian Lion-Shaped Palanquin Finial

Delhi, North India
19th century

length: 19.5cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

4238

Indian Cast Brass Cooking Ladle (Kai Uruli)

India
18th-19th century

length: 35.7cm, diameter of pan: 10.6cm, height: 5cm, weight: 628g

Provenance

UK art market

Selected Items from Past Catalogues

5613

Rare Kutch Silver Child’s Rattle & Whistle

Kutch, India
circa 1880

length: 10.5cm, weight: 55g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

2391

Nepalese Ivory Votive Plaque of Durga Killing the Buffalo Demon

Nepal
16th-17th century

height: 7.8cm width: 7cm

Sold

Provenance

Henry Brownrigg, London.

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

5252

Superb Pair of Silver Spiked Cuff Bracelets (Azbi n’Iquorrain)

Ait Atta Berber People, South-Eastern Morocco
early 20th century

external diameter: 13cm, internal diameter: 6.7cm, thickness: 3.7cm, combined weight: 1,116g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

1595

Rare Solomon Islands Christian Altar Cross Inlaid with Pearl Shell

Solomon Islands
circa 1900

height: 62cm, width: 33cm, depth: 19.5cm

Sold

Provenance

Adam Prout, London.

4176

Silver Shivalingam Shrine with Attendant Nandi, set with Carnelian & Pearls

South India
19th century

height: 8cm, length: 12cm, width: 10.8cm, weight: 281g

Sold

Provenance

private English collection.

4033

Ashanti Cast Brass Gold Weight

Ashanti or Asante People, Ghana
18th-19th century

height: 7.3cm, width: 8cm, depth: 6cm, weight: 284g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

4692

Rare Thai Terracotta Dish decorated with Black Crow Pattern

Kalong, Northern Thailand
14th-15th century

diameter: 19.7cm, height: 3.8cm

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK

2993

Kerala Brass Ring Cast with Santa Claus’ Sleigh & Eight Reindeers

Cochin (Kochi), Kerala, India
20th century

length: 6.5cm, height: 5.3cm, weight: 40g

Sold

Provenance

UK private collection; acquired by the owner in Kerala.

4454

Finely Engraved Persian-Style Silvered Copper Drinking Bowl

Northern India
19th century

diameter: 15cm, height: 5.3cm, weight: 504g

Sold

Provenance

Scottish art market

2973

Chettiar Palm Leaf Bookkeeper’s Knife with Ivory & Silver Mounts

Chettiar People, Tamil Nadu, India
circa 1900

length: 8.3cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market