New Items for October 2020

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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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6682

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

Sold

Provenance

private collection, London.

6681

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

Sold

Provenance

private collection, Channel Islands.

6642

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

6634

Nepalese Rana-era Silver-Gilt Medicine Spoon set with Semi-Precious Stones

Nepal
19th century

length: 12cm, width: 3.3cm, weight: 27g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6680

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

6676

Ottoman Jade & Silver Box with Emeralds & Rubies

Istanbul, Ottoman Turkey
17th-18th century

length: 7cm, depth: 5cm, height: 2.9cm, weight: 75g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK

6677

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

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6675

Tibetan Pierced, Chiselled & Gilded Iron Pen Case

Derge, Eastern Tibet
circa 18th century

length: 34.8cm, weight: 334g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK

6668

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

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6685

Yemeni Silver Amulet Hirz Pendant

Yemen
early 20th century

length: 19.7cm, weight: 396g

Provenance

UK art market

6673

Cast Bronze 16-Armed Durga slaying Mahishasura

India
16th-17th century

height: 18.1cm, width: 13.8cm, depth: 7.9cm, weight: 1,567g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6687

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

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6646

Baule Cast Brass ‘Prestige’ Spoon

Baule People, Ivory Coast
19th-early 20th century

length: 14.6cm, width: 5.9cm, weight: 284g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6645

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

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6623

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

6619

Tibetan Burlwood & Silver Eating Bowl

Tibet
19th or early 20th century

diameter: 13.1cm, height: 5.3cm, weight: 238g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6581

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

6531

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.

6391

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

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5187

Indian Gold, Ruby & Pearl Nose Ring (Nath)

India, probably Rajasthan
19th century

width: 3.3cm, weight: 4g

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK

4495

Three Cast Brass Miniature Indian Market Vendors

India, probably Bombay (Mumbai) or Calcutta (Kolkata)
circa 1920

height: 6.2 - 9.9cm, combined weight: 800g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

6546

Large Tekke Parcel-Gilt Silver Chest Ornament (Gonzuk)

Tekke People, Turkmenistan
early 20th century

length: 25cm, weight: 285g

Sold

Provenance

Dutch antique market

6191

Indian Enamelled Gold Peacock Pendant with Diamonds & Pearls

Northern India
circa 1850

width: 3cm, weight: 10.3g

Provenance

private collection, UK.

6549

Kazakh Silver Matchmaker’s Double Finger Ring (Kudagi Zhuzik)

Kazakh people, Kazakhstan - Central Asia
19th-early 20th century

length (widest): 6.9cm, weight: 74g

Sold

Provenance

Dutch art market

6550

Kazakh Silver Matchmaker’s Finger Ring (Zhuzik)

Kazakh people, Kazakhstan - Central Asia
19th-early 20th century

length (widest): 7.9cm, weight: 114g

Sold

Provenance

Dutch art market

6551

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

Sold

Provenance

Dutch art market

6555

Rajasthani Pair of Knitted Silver Wire Bracelets (Bala)

Rajasthan, India
early 20th century

internal diameter at widest point: 8.5cm, combined weight: 189g

Sold

Provenance

Dutch art market

6566

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

Sold

Provenance

Dutch art market

6688

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

Sold

Provenance

Uk art market

Fine, Selected Items still Available from Past Catalogues

6507

Monumental Silver-Inlaid Bidri Flask & Stopper (Surahi)

Bidar, Deccan, India
late 18th century

height: 45cm, weight: width: 22cm, weight: approximately 6kg

Sold

Provenance

European art market

3933

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.

6388

Magnificent, Pierced, Chased, Miniature Silver Thai Manuscript (Dharma) Cabinet

Thailand
circa 1920

height: 32cm, width: 20.5cm, depth: 14cm, weight: 1,729g

Sold

Provenance

private collection

5840

Mongolian Polychrome Dancing Citipati Group

Mongolia
19th century

height: 60cm, width: 53cm

Provenance

Private collection, England.

3704

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.

4831

Unusual South Indian Silver Beaker

Madras, India
circa 1870

height: 10.3cm, diameter: 9.5cm, weight: 342g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

5524

Tibetan Carved Wooden Upper Book Cover showing the Five Tathagatas

Tibet
circa 14th-15th century

length: 65.3cm, width: 20cm, thickness: 2.7cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

2325

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

Sold

Provenance

From an English country house.

4871

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

Sold

Provenance

private collection, UK

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.

6539

Chinese Tibetan-Style Monk’s Cap Cloisonne Ewer (Duomuhu)

China
late 19th century

height: 51.9cm, weight: 4,846g

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.

6508

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

Sold

Provenance

private collection, Greece/UK