New Items for September 2018

Showcased here are our new additions to our stock for September - 36 fine, new items in total.

Items from Mughal India, Burma, Oman, Yemen, the Philippines & Tribal Africa are among those included.

All items are for sale. We price in pounds only, but USD approximates also are provided.

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5559

Fine & Unusually Tall Pair of Mughal Pierced Silver Rosewater Sprinklers

North India
18th-19th century

heights: 38.8cm, combined weight: 1,165g

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Provenance

UK art market

5568

Sri Lankan Gilded Silver Necklace set with Rubies & other Gems

Sri Lanka
early to mid-20th century

length of pendant: 14cm, overall weight: 61.31

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Provenance

UK art market

5644

Gilded Niello & Enamelled Silver Box set with a Ruby & Jade Cabochons

Northern India
19th century

diameter: 7.1cm, height: 3.4cm, weight: 149g

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Provenance

UK art market; most probably has been in the UK since the colonial era.

5425

Pala Dynasty Bronze Vishnu Retinue Shrine

Bengal, Eastern India, or Bangladesh
Pala Period, 11th-12th century

height: 8.8cm, width: 4.7cm, depth: 2.6cm, weight: 106g

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Provenance

private UK collection; acquired by the previous owner in London in 1973.

5203

Outstanding Naga Bead & Shell Necklace

Naga People, Eastern India/Western Burma
19th century

length: approx. 90cm

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Provenance

UK art market

5613

Rare Kutch Silver Child’s Rattle & Whistle

Kutch, India
circa 1880

length: 10.5cm, weight: 55g

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Provenance

UK art market

5623

Gold & Silver Himalayan or Indian Ganesh Plaque Pendant

Himalayan India or Nepal
19th century

width: 4.3cm, height: 5.3cm, weight: 22.19g

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Provenance

private collection, UK.

5461

Fine, Large, Cast Brass Indian Ascetic’s Hanuman Pectoral Plaque Pendant

Maharashtra or Karnataka, India
circa 18th century

height: 25.5cm, width: 19.2cm, weight: 842g

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Provenance

UK art market

5445

Large, Rare Figurative Khatamkari Chest

Persia/Iran
Zand Dynasty, 18th century

length: 83.3cm, height (without stand): 39.5cm, height (with stand): 59.5cm, depth: 47cm

Sold

Provenance

from an aristocratic Spanish family.

5204

Fine Naga Trade Bead, Shell & Bone Necklace or Girdle

Naga People, Eastern India/Western Burma
19th century

length: 75cm, width: 12.5cm

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Provenance

UK art market

5266

Unusual Omani Silver & Glass Bead Earrings

Oman
early 20th century

width: 9.4cm, height: 8.3cm, combined weight: 92g

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Provenance

UK art market

5611

Louis XV Snuff Box of Japanese Lacquer & French Ormolu Mounts

Japan & France
circa 1740

length: 7.2cm, depth: 4.7cm, height: 2.8cm, weight: 31.6g

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Provenance

UK art market

5563

Burmese Pierced & Chased Silver Betel Box & Stand

Burma
circa 1870

height: 24.5cm, diameter: 24.5cm, weight: 884g

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Provenance

UK art market

4944

Nandi Lingam Stand in Brass & Bronze (Ganga-Jumna)

Tamil Nadu, South India
18th-19th century

height: 17.2cm, width: 7.4cm

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Provenance

Christie's New York; Collection of the (late) Paul Walter; and probably acquired by Walter in London.

5367

Large Silver Yemeni Pendant (Kisra) set with Garnets

Yemen
early 20th century

width: 15.5cm, height: 16.5cm, weight: 148g

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Provenance

UK art market

5292

Unusually Long Yemeni Woven Silver Wire Waist Belt

northern Hadramaut, Yemen
early 20th century

length: 235cm (2.35 metres or 7.7 feet), weight: 867g

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Provenance

UK art market

5492

Miniature Indian Shaivite Bronze Shrine

Maharashtra, India
18th-19th century

length: 11.6cm, width: 9.4cm, height: 4.5cm

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Provenance

UK art market

5627

Fine, Gold Marriage Pendant

Tamil Nadu, South India
19th century

length: 5.1cm, weight: 5.86g

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Provenance

private collection, UK.

5270

Pair of Engraved Silver Yemeni Bracelets (Mutall)

Wadi Daw’an, Hadramaut, Yemen
early 20th century

outside diameter: 11cm, inside diameter: 6.6cm, combined weight: 204g

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Provenance

UK art market

5295

Malay Pelupoh-work Basket

Malay People, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia
early 20th century (collected around 1930)

diameter: 21.4cm, height: 9.6cm

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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.

5296

Fine Malay Basket

Malay People, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia
early 20th century (collected around 1930)

height: 11cm, diameter: 18cm

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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.

4823

Fine, West Java Woven Betel Container

Singaparna region, West Java, Indonesia
late 19th century-early 20th century

height: 13.5cm, diameter: 12cm

Provenance

private collection, UK.

5283

Pair of Silver Malay Kerosang Brooches with Original Backing Card

Malay People, Kelantan, Malaysia
circa 1930

each has a diameter of 3.9cm

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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.

5282

Fine Pair of Omani Silver Bracelets (Benagir bu Shoka)

Oman
early 20th century

internal diameter: 6cm, external diameter: 7cm, thickness: 3.4cm, combined weight: 181g

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Provenance

UK art market

5589

Repoussed Burmese Silver Bowl

Burma
circa 1870

diameter: 19cm, height: 12.2cm, weight: 583g

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Provenance

UK art market

5272

Pair of Omani Gilded Silver Toe Rings with Bells

Oman
19th-early 20th century

width of each: 2.9cm, combined weight: 48g

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Provenance

UK art market

5585

Colonial Carved Wood Figure of a Soldier by Thomas Ona Odulate

Yoruba People, Nigeria
circa 1920

height: 26.5cm

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Provenance

from the private collection of a London collector who was given it 50 years ago, in London, as a gift.

5265

Two Iban Earrings of Pierced Hornbill Casque (Beak) & Beads

Iban People, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
circa 1900

lengths: 10cm, including tassels

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Provenance

private collection, UK.

5246

Pair of Punjabi Engraved Silver Anklets

Punjab, India/Pakistan
19th century

max. exterior width: 13.2cm, combined weight: 332g

Provenance

UK art market

5242

North Indian or Persian Cast & Inscribed Bronze Hawking Drum

Persia or Northern India
17th-18th century

diameter: 17.5cm, height: 12cm

Provenance

UK art market

4991

Woman’s Enamelled Silver Head Ornament with Chiri Tikka

Himachal Pradesh, India
circa 1900

length: 28cm, weight: 178g

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Provenance

Collection of the late Paul Walter, New York, probably acquired in London.

4864

Bontoc Clam Shell Bead & Glass Bead Necklace

Bontoc People, Northern Luzon, Philippines
19th-20th century

weight: 169g

Provenance

private collection, UK.

4980

Pair of Part-Gilded Silver Earrings (Dodi Bali)

Thar Desert Region, Bikaner, India
early 20th century

width: 7.8cm, diameter of hoop: 4.5cm, combined weight: 76.83g

Provenance

Collection of the late Paul Walter, New York, probably acquired in London.

5443

Early, Carved Wooden Massim Sword Club or Lime Spatula

Massim area, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea
18th-19th century

length: 62.5cm, width at widest point: 8cm

Provenance

UK art market

3790

Parcel-Gilt Silver Lucknow Flask (Surai)

Lucknow, India
circa 1890

height: 23.2cm, weight: 241g

Sold

Provenance

private collection.

5275

Pair of Silver Ear Plugs (Bhungri), Gujarat, India, early 20th century

Gujarat, India
early 20th century

diameter: 3.1cm, combined weight: 19.17g

Provenance

UK art market

Selected Items from Past Catalogues

4333

Early Ayutthaya/U-Thong Style Gold Buddha

Ayutthaya, Thailand
mid-14th century

height: 17.5cm, width: 6.5cm, weight: 42.75g

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Provenance

Acquired in Bangkok prior to World War One by an English traveller, and thence by descent; private UK collection.

2079

Silver Pierced Mughal Domed Incense Burner

North India
19th century

height of burner: 19cm, height with chains: 42cm, weight: 515g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market.

3023

Indian Painted Wooden Portable Shrine for the Jagannathi Trio

Orissa or Rajasthan, India
circa 1920

height: 38.5cm, width with all panels fold away: 19cm; with panels extended: 73cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

1444

Indo-Portuguese Solid Ivory Our Lady of the Conception

Goa, India
17th-18th century

height: 18cm (without stand); height: 21cm (with stand)

Sold

Provenance

from a European private collection

3222

Gilded & Polychrome Carved Wooden Element

Bali, Indonesia
19th century

height: 46cm, width: 19cm

Sold

Provenance

collected in the 1950s by Professor Bengt Hager (1916-2011) and Lilavati Devi (c. 1925-2002) of Sweden; thence by descent.

4383

Sri Lankan Ivory Comb with Polychrome

Sri Lanka
17th-18th century

height: 10.4cm: width: 5.5cm, weight: 31g

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

2898

Rare & Large Indonesian Silver Bowl with Wayang Figures

Riau or Java, Indonesia
19th century

diameter: 30cm, height: 15.5cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

2973

Chettiar Palm Leaf Bookkeeper’s Knife with Ivory & Silver Mounts

Chettiar People, Tamil Nadu, India
circa 1900

length: 8.3cm

Sold

Provenance

UK art market

2182

Sepik Lime Container in the form of a Rooster on a Crocodile

Iatmul People, Middle Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea
first half of the 20th century

length: 68cm

Provenance

Francis de Sales McHugh Collection, and thence by descent, collected by de Sales McHugh in the first half of the 20th century .

1671

Large, Colonial Spanish Twin-Handled Serving Dish

Colonial Spanish South America, probably Argentina
18th century

length: 46cm (with handles extended), width: 25.5cm, height: 5.5cm, weight: 854g

Provenance

European private collection