New Items for September 2018
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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Fine & Unusually Tall Pair of Mughal Pierced Silver Rosewater Sprinklers
North India 18th-19th century
heights: 38.8cm, combined weight: 1,165g
Provenance
UK art market
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
Provenance
UK art market
Gilded Niello & Enamelled Silver Box set with a Ruby & Jade Cabochons
Northern India 19th century
diameter: 7.1cm, height: 3.4cm, weight: 149g
Provenance
UK art market; most probably has been in the UK since the colonial era.
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
Provenance
private UK collection; acquired by the previous owner in London in 1973.
Outstanding Naga Bead & Shell Necklace
Naga People, Eastern India/Western Burma 19th century
length: approx. 90cm
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Kutch Silver Child’s Rattle & Whistle
Kutch, India circa 1880
length: 10.5cm, weight: 55g
Provenance
UK art market
Gold & Silver Himalayan or Indian Ganesh Plaque Pendant
Himalayan India or Nepal 19th century
width: 4.3cm, height: 5.3cm, weight: 22.19g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
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
Provenance
UK art market
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
Provenance
from an aristocratic Spanish family.
Fine Naga Trade Bead, Shell & Bone Necklace or Girdle
Naga People, Eastern India/Western Burma 19th century
length: 75cm, width: 12.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Unusual Omani Silver & Glass Bead Earrings
Oman early 20th century
width: 9.4cm, height: 8.3cm, combined weight: 92g
Provenance
UK art market
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
Provenance
UK art market
Burmese Pierced & Chased Silver Betel Box & Stand
Burma circa 1870
height: 24.5cm, diameter: 24.5cm, weight: 884g
Provenance
UK art market
Nandi Lingam Stand in Brass & Bronze (Ganga-Jumna)
Tamil Nadu, South India 18th-19th century
height: 17.2cm, width: 7.4cm
Provenance
Christie's New York; Collection of the (late) Paul Walter; and probably acquired by Walter in London.
Large Silver Yemeni Pendant (Kisra) set with Garnets
Yemen early 20th century
width: 15.5cm, height: 16.5cm, weight: 148g
Provenance
UK art market
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
Provenance
UK art market
Miniature Indian Shaivite Bronze Shrine
Maharashtra, India 18th-19th century
length: 11.6cm, width: 9.4cm, height: 4.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Fine, Gold Marriage Pendant
Tamil Nadu, South India 19th century
length: 5.1cm, weight: 5.86g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
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
Provenance
UK art market
Malay Pelupoh-work Basket
Malay People, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia early 20th century (collected around 1930)
diameter: 21.4cm, height: 9.6cm
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.
Fine Malay Basket
Malay People, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia early 20th century (collected around 1930)
height: 11cm, diameter: 18cm
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.
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.
Pair of Silver Malay Kerosang Brooches with Original Backing Card
Malay People, Kelantan, Malaysia circa 1930
each has a diameter of 3.9cm
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.
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
Provenance
UK art market
Repoussed Burmese Silver Bowl
Burma circa 1870
diameter: 19cm, height: 12.2cm, weight: 583g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Omani Gilded Silver Toe Rings with Bells
Oman 19th-early 20th century
width of each: 2.9cm, combined weight: 48g
Provenance
UK art market
Colonial Carved Wood Figure of a Soldier by Thomas Ona Odulate
Yoruba People, Nigeria circa 1920
height: 26.5cm
Provenance
from the private collection of a London collector who was given it 50 years ago, in London, as a gift.
Two Iban Earrings of Pierced Hornbill Casque (Beak) & Beads
Iban People, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia circa 1900
lengths: 10cm, including tassels
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Pair of Punjabi Engraved Silver Anklets
Punjab, India/Pakistan 19th century
max. exterior width: 13.2cm, combined weight: 332g
Provenance
UK art market
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
Woman’s Enamelled Silver Head Ornament with Chiri Tikka
Himachal Pradesh, India circa 1900
length: 28cm, weight: 178g
Provenance
Collection of the late Paul Walter, New York, probably acquired in London.
Bontoc Clam Shell Bead & Glass Bead Necklace
Bontoc People, Northern Luzon, Philippines 19th-20th century
weight: 169g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
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.
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
Parcel-Gilt Silver Lucknow Flask (Surai)
Lucknow, India circa 1890
height: 23.2cm, weight: 241g
Provenance
private collection.
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
Early Ayutthaya/U-Thong Style Gold Buddha
Ayutthaya, Thailand mid-14th century
height: 17.5cm, width: 6.5cm, weight: 42.75g
Provenance
Acquired in Bangkok prior to World War One by an English traveller, and thence by descent; private UK collection.
Silver Pierced Mughal Domed Incense Burner
North India 19th century
height of burner: 19cm, height with chains: 42cm, weight: 515g
Provenance
UK art market.
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
Provenance
UK art market
Indo-Portuguese Solid Ivory Our Lady of the Conception
Goa, India 17th-18th century
height: 18cm (without stand); height: 21cm (with stand)
Provenance
from a European private collection
Gilded & Polychrome Carved Wooden Element
Bali, Indonesia 19th century
height: 46cm, width: 19cm
Provenance
collected in the 1950s by Professor Bengt Hager (1916-2011) and Lilavati Devi (c. 1925-2002) of Sweden; thence by descent.
Sri Lankan Ivory Comb with Polychrome
Sri Lanka 17th-18th century
height: 10.4cm: width: 5.5cm, weight: 31g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare & Large Indonesian Silver Bowl with Wayang Figures
Riau or Java, Indonesia 19th century
diameter: 30cm, height: 15.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Chettiar Palm Leaf Bookkeeper’s Knife with Ivory & Silver Mounts
Chettiar People, Tamil Nadu, India circa 1900
length: 8.3cm
Provenance
UK art market
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 .
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