New Items for September 2019
Included are items from Tibet, Nepal, Burma, Cambodia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, China, Benin, Malaysia, Spanish Colonial South America, the Dutch East Indies, Afghanistan, Yemen, Oman, & the Congo.
All items are for sale.
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Fine, Carved Hippopotamus Tooth & Horn Tumbok Lada Dagger
North Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 34cm, weight: 475g
Provenance
private English collection; private Japanese collection.
Gilded Nepalese Vishnu & Garuda Pendant set with Pearls & Semi-Precious Stones
Newar People, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal circa 18th century
height: 6.5cm, width: 6cm, weight: 45.84g
Provenance
UK art market
Large & Impressive Chinese Export Silver Standing Cup & Cover by Wang Hing
Guangdong (Canton) & Hong Kong, China circa 1880
height: 38.8cm, width: 32cm, weight: 1,395g
Provenance
private English collection
Rare, Large Bronze Architectural Plaque with the Emblem for Wajid ‘Ali Shah, the last Nawab of Oudh, Probably taken from the Kaiserbagh Palace, during the 1857 Siege of Lucknow
Lucknow, India 19th century
height: 42.3cm, width: 36cm
Provenance
UK art market
Chased, Inscribed & Dated Silver Betel Tray, Captured at the Siege of Lucknow
Lucknow, India late 18th century with a later inscribed date of 1858
length: 28.6cm, width: 21.4cm, height: 5.5cm, weight: 540g
Provenance
taken at the siege of Lucknow; Major General Donald Macintyre VC
Carved Mughal Jade with Gold & Turquoise Mounts
Delhi, Northern India circa 1620 (Jade) & circa 1850 (Mounts)
width: 6.3cm, height: 5.4cm, thickness: 0.3cm, weight: 31.64g
Provenance
UK art market
Dutch Colonial Silver Filigree Box & Cover
Dutch Colonial Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia 17th-18th century
length: 21.2cm, depth: 14cm, height: 7.4cm, weight: 1,108g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Dayak Brass Ear Ornaments Showing Swiss-Lutheran Missionary Influence from Basel
Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia early 20th century
lengths: 8cm & 8.3cm, combined weight: 99g
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.
Important, Published Yogya Silver Dish or Bonbonniere, Owned by Agnes van Gesseler Verschuir, the Reviver of the Yogya Silver Tradition
Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia circa 1930
length: 22.5cm, width: 14.5cm, height: 7.3cm, weight: 225g
Provenance
Agnes van Gesseler Verschuir, wife of Pieter van Gesseler Verschuir, Colonial Dutch Governor of Yogyakarta (1929-1932), and thence by descent. This item is published in 'Yogya Silver' & exhibited in Amsterdam's Tropenmuseum in 2005.
Inscribed, Silver-inlaid Bidri Basin (Silapchi)
Hyderabad, India 18th-19th century
diameter: 35.7cm, height: 11.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Colonial Spanish Powder Flask (Yesquero)
Colonial Spanish, Argentina 19th century
length: 7cm (not taking into account the curve), weight: 27.59g
Provenance
UK art market
Silver Bidri Talismanic or Magic Bowl with Koranic Verses (Abkhwura)
Deccan, India 19th century
diameter: 12.5cm, height: 5cm, weight: 197g
Provenance
UK art market
Burmese Lacquered & Gilded Sacred Goose Hintha Betel Box
Burma 19th or early 20th century
length: 31cm, height: 24.5cm, width: 18cm
Provenance
UK art market
Fine, Silver Mahtabi Bidri Bowl
Hyderabad, India 19th century
diameter: 12.5cm, height: 6.1cm, weight: 426g
Provenance
UK art market
Unusual Burmese Silver Bowl
Burma late 19th century
diameter: 22.5cm, height: 14cm, weight: 1,153g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Silver & Turquoise Woman’s Belt Ornament & Matching Silver Chain (Ghanjen or Gyenzen)
Tibet 19th century
length: 46cm, height: 28cm, length of chain: 126cm, overall weight: 603g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Highly Unusual Islamic Sufi Flagellant’s Bullet Cartridge Whip
Northern India or Iran/Persia early 20th century
length of handle or rod: 45cm, length of chain: 50cm, diameter of 'ball': 14cm
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Malay Carved Horn Fire Striker (Gobek Api) with Lint Nut Containers & Tweezers
Malay People, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia 19th century
length of fire striker: 10.6cm
Provenance
UK art market
Fine Omani, Four-Ringed Silver-clad Jambiya with Horn Hilt
Oman, probably Nizwa 19th century
length: 31cm, width: 25cm, weight: 675g
Provenance
UK art market
Two Burmese Amber Cylinder Ear Plugs
Kachin People, Burma 19th-early 20th century
approx. lengths: 4.4cm, diameter: 1.6cm, combined weight: 27.05g
Provenance
private collection, London.
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
Large, Cambodian Silver Hen-Shaped Betel Lime Box
Cambodia circa 1920
length: 19.5cm, height: 20cm, weight: 611g
Provenance
UK art market
Cast Bronze Edo Benin Pendant or Aegis of Senior Female in Coral Regalia & with Netted Ball
Benin 16th-17th century
height: 12.7cm, width: 10cm, weight: 236g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Cast Bronze Edo Benin Pendant or Aegis of Senior Female in Coral Regalia
Benin 16th-17th century
height: 14.8cm, width: 10.7cm, weight: 218g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Ear Pendants (Keramli)
Nuristan, Afghanistan, or Swat Vallery, Pakistan 19th century
lengths; 11cm, combined weight: 71cn
Provenance
private collection, London.
Three Shan Burmese Silver Mounted Knives (Dha Hmyaung)
Shan People, Eastern States 19th century
lengths: 22cm, 19.8cm, 17.7cm
Provenance
UK art market
Dayak Beaded Loin Cloth or Cache Sexe
Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia early 20th century
27cm x 16.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Malay Sword with Horn Hilt & Silver Mounts (Klewang)
Malay Peninsula or Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 87cm, weight: 935g
Provenance
UK art market
Circular Bidri Tray (Tashtari)
Hyderabad, India 18th century
diameter: 18.1cm, weight: 628g
Provenance
UK art market
Central Asian Gilded Silver Drop Earrings and a Pendant Gilded, Niello Amulet Case
Uzbek & Kyrgyz Peoples, Central Asia 19th century
length of amulet case: 10.6cm, height, including all chains: 22cm, lengths of earrings: 9.5cm, combined weight: 108g
Provenance
UK art market
Circular Bidri Tray (Tashtari)
Hyderabad, India early 19th century
diameter: 17.8cm, weight: 402g
Provenance
UK art market
Tall, Colonial Kashmiri Silver Flask
Kashmir, Northern India circa 1880
height: 29.7cm, weight: 579g
Provenance
UK art market
Inscribed, Talismanic Silver Necklace
Afghanistan or Iran circa 1900
approx. circumference of necklace: 90cm, length of main plaque: 11cm, overall weight: 153g
Provenance
UK art market
Two Large Turquoise Beads with Silver Mounts
Ladakh, India or Tibet first half of the 20th century
lengths: 4.6cm-5cm long, combined weight: 106g
Provenance
UK art market
Large, Colonial Spanish Inscribed Silver Serving Platter
Colonial Spanish South America, probably Argentina 18th century
diameter: 33.8cm, height: 4.4cm, weight: 823g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare, Cast Brass Ritual Gajja Singha & Lotus Salagrama Stand for Holding an Ammonite Fossil
Orissa, India 19th century
height: 35.5cm, width: 28cm, diameter of tray: 17.4cm, weight: 3,347g
Provenance
UK art market
Burmese Silver Bowl
Burma circa 1900
diameter: 19cm, height: 11.8cm, weight: 846g
Provenance
UK art market
Elegant & Early Sri Lankan Bracelet
Sri Lanka 18th-19th century
internal diameter at widest point: 5.9cm, external diameter: 8cm, weight: 54g
Provenance
UK art market
Nuristan Silver Alloy Torque & Pendant
Nuristan, Afghanistan early 20th century
length: 33cm, width: 15cm, weight: 226g
Provenance
UK art market
Silver Boteh-shaped Earrings
Afghanistan or Pakistan late 19th-20th century
lengths: 10.5cm, combined weight: 19.61g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Densely-Decorated Burmese Silver Bowl
Burma 19th century
diameter: 16cm, height: 9.8cm, weight: 466g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Silver Amulet Necklace
Northern India, probably Dolmar, Uttarakhand 19th century
approximate circumference: 76cm, typical length of silver box: 7.5cm, weight: 140g
Provenance
UK art market
Brass Votive Plaque (Tsha Tsha) Mould
Tibet early 20th century, or earlier
8.3cm x 8.3cm, weight: 317g
Provenance
UK art market
Set of Indian Hindu Temple Bronze Body Stamps (Chhapa)
Orissa or Bengal, India 18th-19th centuries
lengths of each stamp face: 2.4cm-5.2cm, combined weight: 88g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Rosary of Human Bone & Beads (Sin-‘phen)
Tibet circa 1900
circumference: approx. 90cm, weight: 200g
Provenance
UK art market
Tharu Silver Necklace (Kantshri)
Rana Tharu People, Western Terai Region, Southern Nepal circa 1920
length of main body of necklace: 31cm, length including chains: 49cm, overall length of pendants: 7cm, weight: 268g
Provenance
UK art market
Carved Wooden Dog Fetish Figure (Koso)
Vili People, Republic of Congo early 20th century
length: 24cm; width: 7cm and height: 8cm
Provenance
Estate of the London collector, Seward Kennedy, London
Omani Silver Bead & Trade Glass Bead Necklace
Either Batinah or Sur, Oman 19th-early 20th century
circumference: approx. 50cm, weight: 106g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Bedouin Face Veil (Burqua) Decorated with Silver
Bedouin People, Yemen first half of the 20th century
32cm x 14cm
Provenance
UK art market
Bedouin Face Veil (Burqua) Decorated with Beads & Silver
Bedouin People, Yemen first half of the 20th century
25.4cm x 14.6cm
Provenance
UK art market
Fine, Selected Items from Past Catalogues
Rare Ottoman Turkey or Balkans Silver Cartridge Box for the Waist
Ottoman Balkans early 19th century
length: 19.3cm, height: 7.7cm, thickness: 4.2cm, weight: 261g
Provenance
UK art market
Carved Ivory Lion Throne Element
Orissa, India 15th-16th century
height: 10.5cm; height with stand: 12.5cm
Provenance
: from a private European collection since around 1970.
Pair of Moroccan Silver Woman’s Hair Rings
Morocco, pre-Sahara Region 19th century
length: 7cm, width: 3.3cm, combined weight: 110g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Indian Green Bowenite Box with Fine Silver Mounts
Northern India circa 1820
length: 17.8cm, height: 4.5cm, width: 8.7cm, weight: 522g
Provenance
UK antique market
Rare, Finely Carved Coconut Money Box with Silver Mounts (Alcancia)
Spanish Colonial Guatemala 18th century
height: 18cm, length: 19cm, weight: 437g
Provenance
European antiques 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
Carved, Solid Ivory Rosewater Sprinkler with Engraved & Coloured Decoration & Original Carved Wooden Case
India or Sri Lanka circa 1860
height of sprinkler: 23.4cm, height of wooden case: 26.6cm
Provenance
UK art market