New Items for October 2019

Showcased here are 45 additions to our stock for October.

Included are items from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Burma, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, China, the Spanish Colonial World, the Indo-Portuguese world, the Peranakan or Straits Chinese world, Central Asia, Oman, Algeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Yemen, Mali, and Morocco.

All items are for sale.

Click on the links below to see more details and images of each piece. Most entries include video footage to show the relative size of each object too.

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6123

Important Indo-Portuguese Goa Seychelles Nut Vessel with Silver Mounts

Goa, India
circa 1750

height: 28.3cm, length: 32cm, width: 13.7cm, weight: 1.295g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6105

Chased & Gilded Mughal Pandan Tray inset with Turquoise-Coloured Cabochon Stones

Northern India
circa 1750

length (including handles): 35.4cm, width: 22cm, height: 6cm, weight: 726g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6215

Pair of Indian Painted Fans Converted to Fire Guards

Nossam, Andhra Pradesh, India
dated 1886

width: 35cm, overall height: 42cm, height of fans: 31.3cm

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK

6181

Rare Royal Parrot-Head Tumbok Lada Dagger of Horn, Silver & Gold Alloy

Malay or Minangkabau People, South Sumatra or Malay Peninsula
18th-19th century

length: 42cm, weight: 330g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK

6142

Rare Spanish Colonial Filipino Lacquered Woven Cane Hat with Silver Mounts (Salakot)

Luzon, Philippines
19th century

length: 25.7cm, width: 21.6cm, height: 15cm

Sold

Provenance

US art market

6167

Palembang Ceremonial Woven Silk Ikat Shoulder or Waist Cloth with Applied Gold Leaf (Kain Limar Prada)

Malay People, Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia
19th century

length: 198cm, width: 85.5cm

Sold

Provenance

European art market

6061

Nepalese-Tibetan Gold & Silver Ornament set with Turquoise & other Semi-Precious Stones

Nepal, probably Newar craftsmen, for the Tibetan market
18th-19th century

width: 16cm, height: 11.5cm, weight: 113g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6113

Colonial Vizagapatam Ivory-Inlaid Portable Writing Box

Vizagapatam, India
1720-30

width: 43.6cm, depth: 34cm, height: 11.4cm

Provenance

private collection, London.

6218

Peranakan or Straits Chinese Altar Front Cloth (Tok Wi)

Straits Chinese or Peranakan, possibly commissioned from China
early to mid-20th century

height: 93cm, width: 95.5cm

Provenance

Private collection, UK; originally acquired in Singapore.

6139

Colonial Silver-Mounted Coconut Cup

probably Colonial Sri Lanka
18th century

height: 12cm, diameter: 11cm weight: 167g

Provenance

UK art market

6190

Fine, Silver-Mounted, Sri Lankan Piha-Kaetta Knife

Sri Lanka
18th-19th century

length: 30cm, weight: 473g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5215

Large & Fine, Painted Wooden Marionette Puppet (Yok-Thei) of the Character of Ravana (Yawana)

Burma
19th century

height (not including strings): 82cm, width: 25cm

Sold

Provenance

from the puppet collection of the late John Blundall (1937-2014) of Glasgow, Scotland.

5216

Burmese Tiger (Kyar) Marionette Puppet (Yok-thei)

Burma
19th century

length: 50cm, width: 23cm

Sold

Provenance

from the puppet collection of the late John Blundall (1937-2014) of Glasgow, Scotland; and previously from the collection of the author & puppeteer H.W. Whanslaw (1883-1965).

6217

Indian Gold-Inlaid, Koftgari-work Cross

Northern India
circa 1865

height: 8.4cm, width: 5.6cm, weight: 22g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6176

Model of a Minangkabau Rumah Gadang House

Minangkabau People, West Sumatra, Indonesia
circa 1920

length: 43.5cm, height: 28.5cm, depth: 20cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6199

Spanish Colonial Silver Stirrup

Spanish Colonial Alto Peru
18th century

height: 18cm, width: 13.3cm, depth: 13.4cm, weight: 732g

Sold

Provenance

London art market, previously acquired in Ghent, Belgium

6220

Peranakan or Straits Chinese Altar Front Cloth (Tok Wi)

Straits Chinese or Peranakan, possibly produced in Java, Indonesia
circa 1900

height: 97cm, width: 89cm

Provenance

Private collection, UK; originally acquired in Singapore.

6084

Rare Ottoman Engraved Stamp for Talismanic Printing

Ottoman Balkans or Turkey
circa 18th century

13.1cm x 11cm, weight: 533g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, London, UK.

6172

Philippines Gaddang Beaded Comb

Gaddang People, Northern Luzon, Philippines
late 19th-early 20th century

width of comb: 14.8cm, length of tassels: 30cm, weight: 71g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

2633

Near-Pair of Yemeni Silver Bracelets (Maswad)

Zabid, Yemen
mid-20th century

external diameters: 8.5cm & 9cm, internal diameters: 6.3cm & 6.5cm, weights: 95g & 74g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6221

Peranakan or Straits Chinese Altar Front Cloth (Tok Wi)

Private collection, UK; originally acquired in Singapore.
early 20th century

height: 92cm, width: 104cm

Provenance

Private collection, UK; originally acquired in Singapore.

6209

Thai Pierced Round Betel Box & Cover

Thailand
19th century-early 20th century

diameter: 16.4cm, height: 7cm, weight: 507g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK; acquired by the previous owner at Christie's London.

6162

Indian Bronze Plaque of Khandoba & Banai

Maharashtra, India
19th century or earlier

width (including frame): 18.8cm, height: 24cm; width: (without frame); 15cm, height: 19.5cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6177

Sri Lankan Noble’s Silver Kasthane Sword

Sri Lanka
19th century

overall length: 61cm, weight: 898g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6193

Sri Lankan Turned Ivory Fan Handle

Sri Lanka
18th century

length: 40.5cm, weight: 335g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6194

Large, Sri Lankan Turned Ivory Fan Handle

Sri Lanka
18th century

length: 46cm, weight: 553g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5972

Large, Sri Lankan Gold-Thread Couched Decorative Hanging

Sri Lanka
late 19th century

139cm x 136cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6173

Persian Inscribed Wooden Comb

Persia/Iran
early 20th century & possibly earlier

length: 14cm, height: 8.4cm, thickness at the top: 1.1cm, weight: 89g

Provenance

UK art market

4004

Silver & Gold Omani Ear Ornaments

Bedouin People, Oman
late 19th century

lengths: 12.4cm, combined weight: 83g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK

6186

Fine, Tuareg Silver Ring

Tuareg People, Mali
early 20th century

height: 4.7cm, weight: 33g, ring size: UK: O/R, US: 8 1/3

Provenance

private collection, London

6185

Complete, Berber Carved Stone Musket Ball Mould

Berber People, Anti-Atlas, Morocco
18th-19th century

length: 6.6cm, width: 5.3cm, height: 4.2cm, weight: 334g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, London

6188

Superb, Berber Carved Wooden Spindle Whorl

Berber People, Anti-Atlas, Morocco
19th century

diameter: 6.4cm, height: 2.1cm

Sold

Provenance

private collection, London, UK

6187

Fine, Berber Carved Wooden Spindle Whorl

Berber People, Anti-Atlas, Morocco
19th century

diameter: 5.8cm, height: 2.7cm

Provenance

private collection, UK

6222

Seven Very Fine Indian Zardozi Textile Borders

Northern India
19th century-early 20th century

6.3cmx149cm, 7.7cmx115cm, 4.7cmx185cm, 7.2cmx335cm, 6.0cmx306cm, 5.5cmx258cm, 5.8cmx327cm

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK

6159

Sri Lankan Silver Round Box & Cover

Sri Lanka
circa 1920

diameter: 12.3cm, height: 7.4cm, weight: 275g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

4476

Early, Ashanti Gold Weight Modelled on a Bifurcated Knife (Afenata)

Ashanti People, Ghana
17th century

length: 12.3cm, width: 8.2cm, weight: 107g

Provenance

private collection, London.

6205

Pair of Cuff Bracelets

Northern India or perhaps Pakistan or Afghanistan
late 19th century

heights: 9.7cm, diameters: 8.5cm, internal diameters: 5.5cm-6.3cm, combined weights: 490g

Provenance

UK art market

6206

Ethiopian Silver Amulet Necklace

Harar, Eastern Ethiopia
early 20th century

width of box: 10cm, length of box incl. tassels: 18cm, overall weight: 298g

Provenance

UK art market

6219

Peranakan or Straits Chinese Altar Front Cloth (Tok Wi)

Straits Chinese or Peranakan, possibly commissioned from China
early to mid-20th century

height: 93cm, width: 95.5cm

Sold

Provenance

Private collection, UK; originally acquired in Singapore.

6204

Pair of Indian Brass Anklets

Madhya Pradesh, India
19th-early 20th century

diameters: 11.5cm, width: 5.5cm, combined weight: 613g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6207

Siwa Silver Cuff Bracelet (Suarr Nguren)

Berber People, Siwa Oasis, Egypt
mid-20th century

internal diameter: 6.5cm (with give), length: 7.4cm, weight: 232g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6216

Uzbek Silver Buckle set with Turquoise

Uzbekistan, possibly Bukhara
19th century

length: 13.5cm, width: 6.7cm, weight: 77g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

2703

Shan Burmese Lacquered Betel Box

Shan States, Eastern Burma
circa 1880

height: 17.3cm, diameter: 19.2cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

3948

Burmese Lacquered Betel Box

Burma
circa late 19th century

height: 21.5cm, diameter: 23cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6168

Algerian Enamelled Silver Box with Hinged Lid

Tuat or Figuig Region, Algeria
circa 1930

length: 9cm, height: 3.5cm, depth: 6cm, weight: 212g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

Fine, Selected Items still Available from Past Catalogues

3870

Pair of Carved Wooden Male & Female Bulul Rice Divinity Figures

Ifugao People, Northern Luzon, Philippines
19th century

heights: 51cm & 49cm

Sold

Provenance

private European collection.

5488

Tibetan Gilded Bronze Mahakala

Tibet
15th century

height: 14cm, width: 10.5cm, weight: 701g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

4947

Large, Splendid Silver Anklet (Milna Payal)

Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
19th century

approximate diameter: 13cm, weight: 467g

Sold

Provenance

Christie's New York; Formerly in the collection of the late Paul Walter; most probably acquired by Walter in London.

1432

Inscribed Bronze Lamp with Aristocratic Patron Devotee Figures

Nepal
Shah Period, dated Samvat 986 (1830)

length: 35cm, width: 22cm, height: 27cm, weight: 3,652g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market.

4050

Underglaze Blue Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Ceramic Kendi with Ottoman Silver Mounts with Tugra

China/Ottoman Turkey
circa 16th century

height: 16.6cm, diameter: 14cm, weight: 795g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

2013

Indian Silver Presentation Salver Chased & Repoussed in High Relief, for the Prince of Wales Grenadiers

Bombay, India
1903-1906

diameter: 32.3cm, weight: 1,108g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market.

1714

Rare Colonial Indian Carved Croquet Mallet with Chased Silver Mounts

Bombay, India
19th century

length: 86cm, width of head: 14.8cm

Provenance

UK art market

5741

Great Wall of China Brick & Hongmu Stand dated 1929, & Etched Photogravure Plate of Presentation Ceremony

China
stand dated 1929; brick dates to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

length of stand: 43.8cm, height: 28cm, depth: 24.5cm

Sold

Provenance

Rotary Club of Bristol, UK, since 1929.

5613

Rare Kutch Silver Child’s Rattle & Whistle

Kutch, India
circa 1880

length: 10.5cm, weight: 55g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market