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Superb Tibetan Iron Beer (Chhaang) Flask Overlaid with Silver & Gold
Chamdo, Eastern Tibet circa 18th century
height: 44.1cm, length (from sprout to handle): approximately 39cm, depth: approximately 8.5cm, weight: 2,676g
Provenance
UK art market
Outstanding, Large Ladakh Seven-Strand Turquoise Necklace (Ultik)
Ladakh, Himalayan India late 19th century and earlier
length between (and including) the two silver terminals: 38cm, weight: 659g
Provenance
private collection, US
Byzantium Gold Cross
Byzantium Eastern Mediterranean Byzantium, circa 10th-14th century
length: 4.6cm, width: 2.5cm, weight: 6g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Indian Silver Model Ship
Northern India circa 1950
height (without base): 15cm, length: approximately 16cm, depth: approximately 6cm, overal height (including base): 19cm, weight (of silver): 396g
Provenance
UK art market
Superb Indonesian Bugis Gold Bracelet
Bugis People, South Sulawesi, Indonesia circa 1920
external diameter: 7.7cm, internal diameter: 6.5cm, weight: 112g
Provenance
private collection, US
Ottoman Woman’s Embossed, Silver-Clad Hammam Clogs (Qabqab)
Ottoman Turkey 19th century
length: 22.8cm, width: 8.3cm, height (including strap): 11.3cm, combined weight: 643g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Indian Gilded & Enamelled Bracelets set with Pearls, Rubies & White Sapphires
Bikaner, Rajasthan, India 18th-19th century
external diameter: 8.9cm, internal diameter: 5.8cm, thickness: 1.3cm, combined weight: 314g
Provenance
private collection, US
Bronze Image of Shiva as Nataraja, Lord of Dance
South India circa 15th century
height: 19.4cm, width: 15.5cm, depth: 10cm, weight: 775g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine, Madras Silver Makara Bracelet
Madras, South India circa 1870
internal diameter (widest): 5.7cm, weight: 64g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Burmese Gilded Lacquered Monk Disciples, Sariputta & Moggallana
Burma (Myanmar) 19th-early20th century
height: approximately 12cm, combined weight: 2,013g
Provenance
UK art market
South Indian Bronze Image of Bhu Devi
South India 16th century
height: 14.7cm, weight: 619g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Nepalese Long Silver Necklace (Jantar)
Tamang people, Nepal 19th century
circumference: approximately 84cm, length of pendant: 10.6cm, weight: 537g
Provenance
private collection, US
Tibetan Gilded Figure of Palden Lhamo
Tibet 17th-18th century
height: 11.9cm, length: 9cm, depth: approximately 5.1cm, weight: 396g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Bukharan Noble’s Turquoise-inlaid & Finely Engraved Ewer
Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Central Asia late 19th century
height: 37.8cm, length (from sprout to handle): 23.5cm, weight: 1,758g
Provenance
UK art market
Burmese Large, Pierced, Double Lined Silver Bowl with (probably) the Vidhurapandita Jataka
Burma (Myanmar) circa 1880
height: 16.1cm, internal diameter: 21.4cm, external diameter: approximately 26cm, weight: 1,843g
Provenance
UK art market
Yemen Woman’s Indigo-Dyed Cotton Bib or Dress Front with Silver Embellishments
Raymah Governorate, Central Western Yemen early-mid 20th century
length: 52cm, width: 25cm, weight: 518g
Provenance
private collection, US
African Dogon Cast Brass Pendant of a Seated, Bound Female Slave
Dogon People, Mali 19th century or earlier
height: 6.7cm, weight: 134g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine & Rare African Senufo Brass Ancestor Pendant
Senufo or Dan People, Ivory Coast or Liberia circa 1930
width: 13.5cm, height: 6.2cm, weight: 198g
Provenance
UK art market
Five Rare Silver Zoroastrian Plaques possibly for a Fire Temple
Parsi (Parsee) Community, India, probably Bombay 19th century
length and width (of the largest panel): 7.3cm and 11cm, combined weight: 40g
Provenance
UK art market
Burmese Gilded Lacquered Buddha
Northern Burma (Myanmar) circa 1900
height: 35cm, width: 28cm, depth: 19.2cm, weight: 2,890g
Provenance
UK art market
Wahabite Silver Dagger & Scabbard (Khanjar)
Wahhabite People, Hijaz and Asir regions, western Saudi Arabia 19th-20th century
overall length: 41cm, width: 5.7cm, weight: 426g
Provenance
private collction, UK; collected in Saudi Arabia in the 1970s
Selected, Fine Items from Previous Catalogues
Fine Bowenite Casket with Silver Mounts
India circa 1820
length: 11cm, width: 7.2cm, height: 3.2 cm, weight: 253g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine, Tibetan Round Amulet Box (Ga’u)
Eastern Tibet 19th century
width: 7.8cm, diameter: 7cm, depth: 2.6cm, weight: 99g
Provenance
UK art market
Maluku Gold-Alloy Pectoral or Forehead Ornament
South Maluku, (Moluccas), Eastern Indonesia 19th century
width of mask: 10.8cm, length of seedpod-like elements: approximately 5.2cm, weight: 28g
Provenance
Estate Collection of Tom White MBE; lot 222, 'Gold: Important ancient and ethnic jewellery and works of art in precious metal', Hapsburg, Feldman, Geneva, Switzerland, May 14, 1990.
North Indian or Mughal Silver & Enamel Chess Set
Northern India 19th century
2.2cm-4cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Maori Trolling Lure Fish Hook (Pa Kahawai)
Maori People, New Zealand 18th-19th century
length (without cord): 14.8cm, width: 2cm, weight: 20g
Provenance
UK art market; UK private collection.
Tibetan Gilded Bronze Buddha
Tibet 16th-17th century
height: 23cm, width: 17cm, depth: 11cm, weight: 1,850g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Large Zoomorphic Borneo Bronze Kettle (Cerek)
Borneo - Sarawak (Malaysia) or Brunei 19th century
height: 30cm, length: 39cm
Provenance
Acquired from the UK antiques market (southern England) and most probably has been in the UK since the colonial period.
Brunei Brass Grain Measure (Gantang)
Brunei dated 1875-76
diameter: approximately 18.7cm, height: 16.5cm, weight: 2,225g
Provenance
private collection, Channel Islands
Five Chinese Enamelled Hanging Ornaments
China circa 1850
lengths: 65cm-98cm
Provenance
UK art market
Very Rare & Early Yoruba Shango Priest’s Costume with Leather & Mirrors
Yoruba People, Nigeria circa 1850
length: 96.5cm, width: 54.5cm (approximately)
Provenance
found in the attic of a house in northern England where it is believed to have been stored undisturbed since at least the 1930s.
Indo-Portuguese Bezoar Stone with Silver Mounts & Chain
India, probably Goa, & possibly Ottoman Turkey circa 1700
overall length: 10.1cm, width of stone: 2.9cm, weight: 11g
Provenance
UK art market
Nepali Inscribed Ritual Bronze Skull Cup Kapala
Nepal 16th-17th century
length: 21cm, width: 16.3cm, weight: 789g
Provenance
Art market, Belgium
Malay-Thai Gold Bracelet with Diamonds, Rubies & Emeralds (Rantai Tangan)
Malay People, Patani, Southern Thailand 19th century
circumference: 16.8cm, width: 1.2cm, weight: 18g
Provenance
private collection
Khmer Bronze Votive Mold of Hevajra
Khmer, Cambodia Bayon period, circa 12th century
length: 18.3cm, width: 9.8cm, weight: 425g
Provenance
Estate Collection of Tom White MBE, who served as a British diplomat in Southeast Asia in the 1960s and 1970s.