New Items for October 2020
Scroll down to see 30 new additions to our stock for October.
Included are items from Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia, India, China, Sri Lanka, Straits Chinese, Burma, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Niger/Morocco, Ottoman Turkey, Yemen, Ivory Coast & Nigeria.
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Rare Nepalese Bronze Vajrayana Lingam-Yoni
Newar People, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 18th century
height: 20cm, width: 13.5cm, diameter of base: 9.1cm, weight: 1,174g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Tall Mongolian Silver Ewer inset with Coral, Turquoise & Lapis Luzuli
Mongolia late 19th century or early 20th century
height: 46.5cm, width: 27cm, depth: 13cm, weight: 1,754g
Provenance
private collection, Channel Islands.
Superb Nigerian Ibibio Carved Wooden Mask
Ibibio People, Cross River & adjacent regions, Nigeria 19th-early 20th century
height: 31cm, width: 29cm, depth: 19cm, weight: 1,104g
Provenance
UK art market
Nepalese Rana-era Silver-Gilt Medicine Spoon set with Semi-Precious Stones
Nepal 19th century
length: 12cm, width: 3.3cm, weight: 27g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Sri Lankan or South Indian Yali Door Plates
Sri Lanka or South India circa 18th century
length (each): 16.5cm, width: 13.7cm, combined weight: 1,041g
Provenance
UK art market
Ottoman Jade & Silver Box with Emeralds & Rubies
Istanbul, Ottoman Turkey 17th-18th century
length: 7cm, depth: 5cm, height: 2.9cm, weight: 75g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Rare Straits Chinese or Nonyaware Wine Warmer, Cup & Cover
China, made for the Straits Chinese Market circa 1900
height: 13.8cm, diameter: 9.2cm, weight: 377g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Pierced, Chiselled & Gilded Iron Pen Case
Derge, Eastern Tibet circa 18th century
length: 34.8cm, weight: 334g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Indian Bronze Saint, probably the Shaivite Saint Sambandar
South India 17th-18th century
height: 21.4cm, width: 9.8cm, depth: 5.9cm, weight: 1,652g
Provenance
UK art market
Yemeni Silver Amulet Hirz Pendant
Yemen early 20th century
length: 19.7cm, weight: 396g
Provenance
UK art market
Cast Bronze 16-Armed Durga slaying Mahishasura
India 16th-17th century
height: 18.1cm, width: 13.8cm, depth: 7.9cm, weight: 1,567g
Provenance
UK art market
Yemeni Silver Upper Arm Bracelet (Damlaj)
Mahwit Province, Yemen early 20th century
external width: 13.1cm, internal width at widest point: 6.3cm, weight: 451g
Provenance
UK art market
Baule Cast Brass ‘Prestige’ Spoon
Baule People, Ivory Coast 19th-early 20th century
length: 14.6cm, width: 5.9cm, weight: 284g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine Pair of Straits Chinese Flower Girl’s Wedding Slippers
Peranakan or Straits Chinese, Singapore or Malacca, Malaysia late 19th-early 20th century
length: 15cm
Provenance
UK art market
Khmer-style Thai Silver Buddha
North-Eastern Thailand circa 16th century
height (without stand): 10.2cm, width: 7.4, weight (with stand): 302g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Burlwood & Silver Eating Bowl
Tibet 19th or early 20th century
diameter: 13.1cm, height: 5.3cm, weight: 238g
Provenance
UK art market
Unusual Armenian or Kurdish Silver Belt
Armenian people, Armenia or Turkey; or Kurdish People, Turkey 19th century
overall length: approximately 86cm, diameter of buckle: 8.5cm, overall weight: 482g
Provenance
UK art market
Tuareg Silver & Copper Head Ornament (Tcherot or Techeout tan ‘eraf)
Tuareg People, Niger, Algeria & Morocco first half of 20th century
length: approximately 29cm, width: 24cm, weight: 117g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Burmese Inscribed, Silver Model of a Buddhist Monk
Burma (Myanmar) early 20th century (dated 1920)
height: 13.9cm, diameter of base: 8.9cm, weight: 412g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Gold, Ruby & Pearl Nose Ring (Nath)
India, probably Rajasthan 19th century
width: 3.3cm, weight: 4g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Three Cast Brass Miniature Indian Market Vendors
India, probably Bombay (Mumbai) or Calcutta (Kolkata) circa 1920
height: 6.2 - 9.9cm, combined weight: 800g
Provenance
UK art market
Large Tekke Parcel-Gilt Silver Chest Ornament (Gonzuk)
Tekke People, Turkmenistan early 20th century
length: 25cm, weight: 285g
Provenance
Dutch antique market
Indian Enamelled Gold Peacock Pendant with Diamonds & Pearls
Northern India circa 1850
width: 3cm, weight: 10.3g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Kazakh Silver Matchmaker’s Double Finger Ring (Kudagi Zhuzik)
Kazakh people, Kazakhstan - Central Asia 19th-early 20th century
length (widest): 6.9cm, weight: 74g
Provenance
Dutch art market
Kazakh Silver Matchmaker’s Finger Ring (Zhuzik)
Kazakh people, Kazakhstan - Central Asia 19th-early 20th century
length (widest): 7.9cm, weight: 114g
Provenance
Dutch art market
Large Kazakh Silver & Gilt Matchmaker’s Double Finger Ring (Kudagi Zhuzik)
Kazakh people, Kazakhstan - Central Asia 19th-early 20th century
diameter: 8.5cm, weight: 117g
Provenance
Dutch art market
Rajasthani Pair of Knitted Silver Wire Bracelets (Bala)
Rajasthan, India early 20th century
internal diameter at widest point: 8.5cm, combined weight: 189g
Provenance
Dutch art market
Very Unusual Arabian Silver & Gold Bracelet
Bedouin People, Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia or Yemen early 20th century
internal diameter at widest point: 5.5cm, width: 13.3cm, height: 11cm, weight: 167g
Provenance
Dutch art market
Straits Chinese-style Glazed Porcelain Jardiniere
China, possibly for the Straits Chinese Market circa 1900
diameter (top): 20.6cm, diameter (base): 15.4cm, height: 20.5cm
Provenance
Uk art market
Fine, Selected Items still Available from Past Catalogues
Monumental Silver-Inlaid Bidri Flask & Stopper (Surahi)
Bidar, Deccan, India late 18th century
height: 45cm, weight: width: 22cm, weight: approximately 6kg
Provenance
European art market
Dayak Man’s Ear Ornament (Sabau) of Carved Hornbill Casque (Beak)
Kenyah/Kayan Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia 19th-early 20th century
height: 4.6cm, length: 10cm, width: 4.2cm, weight: 26.36g
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 mostly Borneo-related textiles and other ethnographica.
Magnificent, Pierced, Chased, Miniature Silver Thai Manuscript (Dharma) Cabinet
Thailand circa 1920
height: 32cm, width: 20.5cm, depth: 14cm, weight: 1,729g
Provenance
private collection
Mongolian Polychrome Dancing Citipati Group
Mongolia 19th century
height: 60cm, width: 53cm
Provenance
Private collection, England.
Cambodian Bayon-Style, Ritual Bronze Conch Shell & Stand
Cambodia Angkor Period, 12th-13th century, & possibly later stand
length of conch: 27cm, height of stand: 8cm, diameter of stand: 14cm
Provenance
from a private collection, Hereford, England. Acquired by the previous owner from a private collection, Gloucestershire, England.
Unusual South Indian Silver Beaker
Madras, India circa 1870
height: 10.3cm, diameter: 9.5cm, weight: 342g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Carved Wooden Upper Book Cover showing the Five Tathagatas
Tibet circa 14th-15th century
length: 65.3cm, width: 20cm, thickness: 2.7cm
Provenance
UK art market
Colonial Satinwood & Mahogany Writing Box with Silver Mounts
Coromandel Coast, South India 17th-18th century
width: 32cm, depth: 28cm, thickness at rear: 8cm, thickness at front: 7cm
Provenance
From an English country house.
Rare Javanese Majapahit-Style Damascene Iron Double Putut Kris Blade with Maker’s Thumb Prints (Pichit)
Java, Indonesia 12th-15th century
length: 28.4cm, width at widest point: 7.2cm, weight: 150g
Provenance
private collection, UK
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
Provenance
UK art market.
Chinese Tibetan-Style Monk’s Cap Cloisonne Ewer (Duomuhu)
China late 19th century
height: 51.9cm, weight: 4,846g
Provenance
UK art market
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.
Large, Rare, Central Asian Gilded Silver Koranic Amulet Necklace set with Banded Agate, Spinels & Coral
Emirate of Bukhara (today, Uzbekistan) 19th century
length: 107cm, width: 31cm, weight: 3,216g
Provenance
private collection, Greece/UK