NEW ITEMS FOR NOVEMBER 2024

Scroll down to see almost 40 new additions to our stock for November 2024.

Included are items from India, Burma, Nepal, Tibet, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Central Asia, Spanish Colonial Peru, Morocco, Oman, Nigeria, Yemen, Swahili Coast & Armenia.

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9631

Exceptional Three-Piece Burmese Silver Tea Set & Matching Tray

Lower Burma (Myanmar)
late 19th century

height of teapot: 17.5cm, length of tray: 49.9cm, width of tray: 29.8cm, combined weight: 2,559g

Sold

Provenance

Scottish art market

9730

Nepalese Gilded Bronze of Samantabhadra in Yab-Yum

Nepal
18th century

height: 15.2cm, width: 10.2cm, depth: 8.1cm, weight: 1,310g

Provenance

private collection, Spain/England

9718

Burmese Mandalay Painted & Gilded Marble Reclining Buddha

Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar)
18th-early 19th century

(without stand) length: 61.5cm, depth: 15.4cm, height: 28.8cm, weight: very heavy

Provenance

UK art market

9732

Nepalese Gilded Silver Chepu Pendant inlaid with Turquoise & other Stones

Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
circa 18th century

height: 6.6cm, width: 9.3cm, weight: 58g

Sold

Provenance

Private collection, Madrid, Spain

9733

Large, Rare Tibetan Tortoiseshell Plaque Carved with Manjushri

Tibet
circa 18th century

height: 20.5cm, width: 17.4cm, weight: 225g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, Spain/England

9699

Superb Tibetan Gold, Silver & Turquoise Woman’s Belt Ornament (Ghanjen or Gyenzen)

Lhasa, Tibet
circa 18th century

width: 39.1cm, length: 24.6cm, weight: 413g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, London, UK

9701

Pair of Himalayan Shell Ear Ornaments

Tibetan Peoples, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan India
19th century

external diameter: approximately 4.5cm, combined weight: 32g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, Scotland

9682

Indian Partabargh Theva-Work Gold Bracelet

Partabargh, Rajasthan, and Delhi, India
circa 1850

circumference: approximately 18cm, length of individual panels: 3.5cm, weight: 58g

Provenance

UK art market

9702

Rare Himalayan Brass Coil & Shell Pendant Necklace

Tibetan Peoples, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan India
19th century

length of pendant: 13.1cm, width of pendant: 5.1cm, circumference of chain: 70cm, weight: 119g

Provenance

private collection, Scotland

9706

French Colonial Pondicherry Indian Gilded Wooden Angels

French Colonial Pondicherry, South India
late 17th-early 18th century

height: 30.9 and 33cm, combined weight: 2,048g

Provenance

UK art market

9663

Massive, Rare Berber ‘Front & Back’ Amber Necklace

Berber or Amazigh People, Ait Yazza Village and related groups, Draa Valley Region, South-eastern Morocco
early 20th century

circumference: approximately 140cm, weight: 931g

Provenance

private collection, Germany; collected in the 1980s

9684

Fine, Thai Pierced Silver Betel Box

Thailand
late 19th century

height: 7.5cm, diameter: 16.2cm, weight: 485g

Provenance

UK art market

9666

Indian Chandella-Period Jain Pink Sandstone Fragment

Probably Jain, Gyaraspur, area, Madhya Pradesh, India
Chandella Dynasty, circa 9th century

height (without stand): 40cm, width: 22.6cm, depth: 5.5cm

Provenance

UK art market

9703

Large & Superb Himalayan Shell Hair Ornament (Dunkertsa)

Tibetan Peoples, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan India and Ladakh
19th century

length: 7.9cm, width: 9.7cm, depth: approximately 4.5cm, weight: 104g

Provenance

private collection, Scotland

9668

Omani Silver, Gold & Trade Bead Chin Necklace (Shibgat) & Headdress Chains

Central Oman
early 20th century

width of pendant: 19cm, weight: 322g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

9689

Thai Silver Pedestal Bowl (Khan Tok)

Northern Thailand
early 20th century

height: 18.5cm, diameter of the top: 21.3cm, diameter of the base: 12.8cm, weight: 530g

Reserved

Provenance

UK art market

9639

Early Kutch Silver Bowl, Cover & Matching Dish

Kutch, India
circa 1820

height of bowl and lid: approximately 13.8cm, width of lid: 14.2cm, diameter of dish: 18.1cm, combined weight: 862g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

9698

Fine, Heavy Silver Belt (Kardhani)

Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
19th century

length: 85.8cm, width: 4.4cm, weight: 478g

Provenance

UK art market

9644

Rare Pair of Yoruba Ere Ibeji Female Figures Devoted to Eshu

Igbuke, Oyo Region, Nigeria
early 20th century

Height of each: 28cm, combined weight: 541g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK

9704

Himalayan Shell Hair Ornament (Dunkertsa)

Tibetan Peoples, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan India and Ladakh
19th century

width: 7.4cm, length: 7.8cm, depth: approximately 3cm, weight: 97g

Reserved

Provenance

Private collection, Scotland

9700

Spanish Colonial Parcel-Gilt Silver Rooster Censor (Sahumador)

Lima, Peru
18th century

height: 16.5cm, width: approximately 8.5cm, weight: 357g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

9640

Tibetan Silver, Gilt & Turquoise Woman’s Belt Ornament & Matching Silver Chain (Ghanjen or Gyenzen)

Tibet
19th century

length: 46.7cm, width: 43cm, weight: 318g

Provenance

UK art market

9652

Yoruba Divination Bowl (Agere Ifa)

Yoruba people, Nigeria
19th century

height: 26.2cm, diameter of the top: 19.6cm, width of the base: 23.9cm, weight: 1,875g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

9697

Rare Pair of Sulawesi-Buton Upper-Arm Bridal Bracelets

Butonese People, Buton Island, Eastern Indonesia
19th-early 20th century

external diameter: 13.4cm, internal diameter: 10.3cm, combined weight: 106g

Provenance

private collection, Amsterdam, and acquired in the 1980s by the previous owner in the Netherlands

9696

Omani Suite of Silver & Gold Bridal Jewellery

Oman
early 20th century

length of hairband: 42cm, length of ear ornaments: 12.8cm, width of amulet pendant:9.8cm, combined weight: 586g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

9681

Large & Fine Yemeni Silver Crescent Pendant Necklace (Ra’la or Qilada)

Wadi Daw'an or Tihama, Yemen
early 20th century

width of pendant: 16.8cm, length of chains: 17.5 and 18cm, weight: 334g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

9692

Indian Brass Krishna & Radha

India, probably Bengal
19th or early 20th century

height: 9.5 and 11.2cm, combined weight: 303g

Provenance

UK art market

6130

Mongolian Ear or Temporal Ornaments with Silver, Coral, Turquoise & Peking Glass

Ordos Mongols, South Inner Mongolia
19th century

length: approximately 39.5cm, width: 4.4cm, combined weight: 258g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, Germany.

8995

Fine Pair of Ersari Turkoman Engraved Silver Cuff Bracelets

Ersari Turkoman People, Turkmenistan, , Afghanistan & Pakistan
early 20th century

width: 6.5cm, diameter: widest at 7.1cm (adjustable), combined weight: 207g

Provenance

UK art market

9620

Sikkim or Tibetan Parcel-Gilt Silver Ga’u Box

Sikkim (Himalayan India) or Tibet
circa 18th century

height: 7cm, width: 5.6cm, depth: 3.1cm, weight: 77g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

9612

Swahili Coast Silver Necklace & Hirz Box set with Rare British East Africa Company Coins

Swahili Coast, East Africa, probably Mombasa
late 19th century

width of amulet pendant: 8.3cm, circumference of chain: approximately 86cm, weight: 221g

Reserved

Provenance

UK art market

9638

Inscribed, Armenian Tinned Copper Covered Tureen & Double Dish Set

Armenia
18th century; dated 1711 and 1803

overal height: approximately 21cm, diameter of the big dish: 24.3cm, diameter of the small dish: 17.5cm, height of tureen: 20.2cm, combined weight: 1,750g

Provenance

UK art market

8992

Pair of Yemen Silver Bracelets (Damlaj)

Saada, Yemen
early 20th century

diameter: approximately 8cm, width: 3.8cm, combined weight: 253g

Provenance

UK art market

9642

Unusual Pair of Male Ere Ibeji Twin Figures with Head Caps or Bonnets

Yoruba People, Ilorin Region, Nigeria
early 20th century

heights: 25.8cm and 25.3cm, combined weight: 341g

Provenance

private collection, UK

9705

Himalayan Shell Pendant or Hair Ornament

Tibetan Peoples, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan India
19th century

length: 8.8cm, width: 7.8cm, depth: approximately 3.5cm, weight: 77g

Provenance

Private collection, Scotland

9645

Rare Yoruba Ere Ibeji Female Figure Devoted to Eshu

Igbuke, Oyo Region, Nigeria
19th-early 20th century

height: 27.5cm, weight: 206g

Provenance

private collection, UK

9643

Pair of Yoruba Female Ere Ibeji Twin Figures

Yoruba People, Oyo, Igbuke Region, Nigeria
late 19th century-early 20th century

heights: 24.4cm and 24.7cm, combined weight 370g

Provenance

private collection, UK

9745

Rare Collection of 23 Letters in Pali to Robert Childers, Author of the first Pali-English Dictionary

United Kingdom & Sri Lanka
1860-70

various

Sold

Provenance

private English collection; acquired from a descendent of Childers

Selected, Fine Items from Past Catalogues

9495

Pair of Tibet Fire Offering (Homa) Ladles of Iron Overlaid with Gold & Silver

Derge, Tibet
15th-16th century

length: 78.2 and 86.2cm, combined weight: 1,983g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

8884

Mongolian Silver Necklace with Enamelled Silver, Turquoise & Coral Beads & Grooming Accessories

Mongolia
19th century

circumference: approximately 89cm, width of the central pendant: approximately 11cm, weight: 191g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK.

9043

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

9513

Western Indian Sandstone Head of a Jina

Jain Community, Western India
12th century

height: 27cm, width: 21cm

Provenance

private UK collection since circa 2000; prior to that in a private Anglo-Dutch collection since circa 1990. Most probably has been in the UK or Europe since colonial times.

9354

Nine Matched, Descending Bronze Burmese Buddhist Disciple Monk Images

North-eastern Burma (Myanmar)
18th century

height: 12.1cm, 13.4cm, 14cm, 15.1cm, 16.5cm, 18.2cm, 21.6cm, 25.6cm and 30.2cm

Provenance

UK art market

9458

Javanese Cast Silver Image of Shiva with Bronze Yoni Base

Central Java, Indonesia
Classical Period, 9th century

height of Shiva: 8.3cm, ensemble height (with stand): 11.6cm, weight of Shiva: 146g

Provenance

Private collection, London, UK. Acquired in the UK around 2001.

8981

Japanese Shingon Sect Gomadan Altar Gilded Copper ‘Pestle’ Vajra (Tokkosho)

Japan
Edo Period, 18th-19th century

length: 14.7cm weight: 161g

Provenance

private collection, UK

5319

Finely Embroidered Straits Chinese Silk Wedding Valance

Straits Chinese, Straits Settlements (Singapore, Penang, Malacca)
circa 1900

wdith: 175cm, length (including tassel hangings): 103cm

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.

6716

Dutch Colonial Carved Ebony Bible Box

Dutch Colonial Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
18th century

width: 23.2cm, depth: 16.1cm, height: 7.5cm, weight: 780g

Provenance

UK art market

8724

Pair of Assam Gold & Ruby Lotus Ear Plugs (Thuria)

Assam, North Eastern India
19th-early 20th century

length: approximately 3.2cm, width: 2.4cm, combined weight: 16g

Provenance

UK art market

1101

Spanish Colonial Tooled Leather & Wood Chest with Iron Fittings (Petaca)

Peru
late 17th century

length: 50cm, width: 39cm, height: 28cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market.

2610

South Indian Gold Ruby-Set Temple Ear Ornaments

South India
18th-19th century

length: 10cm, maximum width: 3.4cm, combined weight: 87g

Provenance

private collection. UK.