Archives: Objects
Enquiry about object: 5074
Gilded Nepalese Box with Turquoise & Rubies
Newar People, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. 18th century
length: 13.5cm, width: 11cm, height: 4.5cm, weight: 292g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 5685
South Indian Gold Spherical Pendant set with Rubies & Diamonds
South India, possibly Mysore 18th-19th century
diameter: 2.1cm, weight: 16.95g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1948
Fine Malay Sewar Dagger with Pierced Hippopotamus Tooth & Gold, Silver & Horn Mounts
Sumatra/Malay Peninsula 19th century
length: 28cm, weight: 129g
Provenance
private collection, London
Enquiry about object: 5655
Rare, Early Chinese Images of Jesus & Mary on Silver, after Pierre Goret
China or Chinese artisans in the Philippines circa 1700
heights: 20.8cm, widths: 16.3cm, combined weight: 371g
Provenance
art market, London.
Enquiry about object: 5360
Malay Cotton Textile (Kain Tenun) Sarong
Malay People, East Coast, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia early 20th century
103cm x 109cm or If unsewn: 206cm x 109cm
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.
Enquiry about object: 5604
Yemeni or Omani Silver Bracelet
Yemen/Oman Border Area early 20th century
internal diameter: 6.2cm, length: 8cm, weight: 155g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5280
Pair of Fine, Northern Indian Silver Bangles
Northern Rajasthan, India circa 1900
external diameter: 7.4cm, internal diameter: 5.7cm, combined weight: 51g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4843
Large Parsi Embroidered Vest (Jhabla)
Parsi (Parsee) community of Bombay, India. 19th century
height: 64cm, width: 64.5cm
Provenance
from the family collection of a Parsi family based in northern England but originally from Bombay, India.
Enquiry about object: 4844
Parsi Embroidered Vest (Jhabla)
Parsi (Parsee) community of Bombay, India. 19th century
height: 64cm, width: 57cm
Provenance
from the family collection of a Parsi family based in northern England but originally from Bombay, India.
Enquiry about object: 5686
Fine, Indian Ramayana Gold Ring
South India, probably Mysore 18th-19th century
weight: 13.49g, length of bezel: 1.5cm, ring size: US - 6; UK - L/M
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5687
Assam Gold & Ruby Ring
Assam, India & possibly Western Burma late 19th century
length of bezel: 2.3cm, weight: 5.92g, ring size: US - 7.75; UK - P
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5061
Gold Cobra Ear Ornaments Inlaid with Red Stones (Pambadam or Nagapadam)
Tamil Nadu, South India 19th-early 20th century
length: 4.5cm, combined weight: 42.92g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3825
Batak Indigo-Dyed Cloth with Batu Jala Design
Karo Batak North Sumatra, Indonesia early 20th century
165cm x 97cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 5634
Central Asian Gourd Snuff Bottle with Gilded Silver Mounts, Turquoise & Carnelians
Turkestan, Central Asia 19th century
height: 17.3cm, weight: 94g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 5635
Central Asian Gourd Container with Silver Mounts for Snuff Tobacco
Turkestan, Central Asia 19th century
length: 16.5cm, weight: 92g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 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
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5627
Fine, Gold Marriage Pendant
Tamil Nadu, South India 19th century
length: 5.1cm, weight: 5.86g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 5613
Rare Kutch Silver Child’s Rattle & Whistle
Kutch, India circa 1880
length: 10.5cm, weight: 55g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5265
Two Iban Earrings of Pierced Hornbill Casque (Beak) & Beads
Iban People, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia circa 1900
lengths: 10cm, including tassels
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 5589
Repoussed Burmese Silver Bowl
Burma circa 1870
diameter: 19cm, height: 12.2cm, weight: 583g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5623
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.
Enquiry about object: 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
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5563
Burmese Pierced & Chased Silver Betel Box & Stand
Burma circa 1870
height: 24.5cm, diameter: 24.5cm, weight: 884g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5585
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.
Enquiry about object: 5283
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.
Enquiry about object: 5559
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
Enquiry about object: 5492
Miniature Indian Shaivite Bronze Shrine
Maharashtra, India 18th-19th century
length: 11.6cm, width: 9.4cm, height: 4.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 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
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 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
Provenance
private UK collection; acquired by the previous owner in London in 1973.
Enquiry about object: 5367
Large Silver Yemeni Pendant (Kisra) set with Garnets
Yemen early 20th century
width: 15.5cm, height: 16.5cm, weight: 148g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 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
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 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
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5266
Unusual Omani Silver & Glass Bead Earrings
Oman early 20th century
width: 9.4cm, height: 8.3cm, combined weight: 92g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5246
Pair of Punjabi Engraved Silver Anklets
Punjab, India/Pakistan 19th century
max. exterior width: 13.2cm, combined weight: 332g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 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
Enquiry about object: 5203
Outstanding Naga Bead & Shell Necklace
Naga People, Eastern India/Western Burma 19th century
length: approx. 90cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4991
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.
Enquiry about object: 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
Christie's New York; from the Collection of the late Paul Walter, New York, probably acquired in London.
Enquiry about object: 4944
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.
Enquiry about object: 4864
Bontoc Clam Shell Bead & Glass Bead Necklace
Bontoc People, Northern Luzon, Philippines 19th-20th century
weight: 169g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 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
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3790
Parcel-Gilt Silver Lucknow Flask (Surai)
Lucknow, India circa 1890
height: 23.2cm, weight: 241g
Provenance
private collection.
Enquiry about object: 5272
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
Enquiry about object: 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
Provenance
from an aristocratic Spanish family.
Enquiry about object: 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
Enquiry about object: 5644
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.
Enquiry about object: 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.
Enquiry about object: 5296
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.
Enquiry about object: 5295
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.
Enquiry about object: 5204
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
Enquiry about object: 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
Enquiry about object: 5421
Bronze Image of Ganesh
South India 17th-18th century
height: 5.4cm
Provenance
from the estate of a private English collector who acquired the bronze in the UK in February 1973.
Enquiry about object: 5423
Unusual, Small Bronze Uma-Mahesvara Shrine
South India circa 16th century
length: 8.5cm, height: 5.6cm, weight: 96g
Provenance
From the estate of an English collector who acquired the bronze at the Arcade Gallery of 28 Old Bond Street, London, in June 1973.
Enquiry about object: 5150
Indian Gold, Diamond, Pearl & Enamel Earrings
North India 18th-19th century
length of each: 5.8cm, combined weight: 27.52g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5541
Colonial Indian Sandalwood Jewel Box with Engraved Silver Mounts
South India, probably Coromandel Coast 17th-18th century
length: 15.8cm height: 8.8cm, depth: 10.5cm, weight: 481g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5418
Rare & Unusual Bronze Ambika & Durga Group
Western India 14th-15th century
length: 15cm, height: 17.5cm
Provenance
From the estate of a private English collector who acquired the bronze from Sotheby's London in July 1972. It was lot 52 of Sotheby's 'Primitive Art' sale of July 11, 1972. The original Sotheby's receipt is included.
Enquiry about object: 4702
Unusual Indian Ganga-Jumna Lota
Tanjore, South India 17th century
height: 12.4cm, diameter: 15cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 3792
Malay Sewar Dagger with Fine Silver Mounts
Malay People, Sumatra or Malay Peninsula 19th century
length: 36cm, weight: 326g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3646
Curved Malay Knife (Kerambit or Korambi)
Malay People, Sumatra or Malay Peninsula 19th-early 20th century
width across: 15.5cm, weight: 89g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5417
Burmese Gilded Bronze Seated Ava Jambupati Buddha
Burma Late Ava Period, 17th century
height: 47.5cm, width: 25.5cm, depth: 16.5cm
Provenance
UK art market; almost certainly has been in the UK since the colonial era.
Enquiry about object: 5561
Circular Yoruba Divination Board (Opon Ifa)
Yoruba People, Nigeria 19th century
width: 35.5cm; length: 34cm and thickness: 2cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5524
Tibetan Carved Wooden Upper Book Cover showing the Five Tathagatas
Tibet circa 14th-15th century
length: 65.3cm, width: 20cm, thickness: 2.7cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4196
Three Solid Copper Mossi African Hairpins
Mossi People, Burkina Faso 19th century
7.5-9cm
Provenance
Private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 5637
Indian Flexible Silver Bracelet (Chuadanti Pahunchian)
Uttar Pradesh, India circa 1900
outer diameter: 7.6cm, internal diameter: 4.5cm, thickness: 1.4cm, weight: 140g
Provenance
Collection of the late Paul Walter, New York, probably acquired in London.
Enquiry about object: 4958
Indian Flexible Silver Bracelet (Chuadanti Pahunchian)
Uttar Pradesh, India circa 1900
outer diameter: 7.5cm, internal diameter: 4.5cm, thickness: 1.4cm, weight: 117g
Provenance
Collection of the late Paul Walter, New York, probably acquired in London.
Enquiry about object: 5238
Indian Gold & Silver Arsi Thumb Ring set with a Central Mirror & Diamonds
Northern India 19th century
diameter of bezel: 3cm, weight: 19.55g, Ring size: 10 3/4 (US), V (UK)
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4957
Pair of Pashtun Silver Bracelets
Pashtun People, Northern India/Pakistan circa 1900
Outside diameter at widest point: 9cm, inside diameter at widest point: 5cm, thickness: 1.6cm, combined weight: 228g
Provenance
Collection of the late Paul Walter, New York, probably acquired in London.
Enquiry about object: 5075
Rare Dutch Colonial Mother-of-Pearl Betel Box with Pierced Gold Mounts
Batavia, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) 18th century
length: 11.6cm, height: 4.7cm, depth: 8.4cm, weight: 302g
Provenance
acquired in London in the early 20th century by a gentleman collector, thence by descent
Enquiry about object: 5537
Indian Parcel-Gilt Silver Comb
Mysore, Karnataka, South India 19th century
length: 7.5cm, height: 5.5cm, weight: 75g
Provenance
private collection, UK; Christie's South Kensington, April, 2004.
Enquiry about object: 5538
Indian Parcel-Gilded Silver Perfume Comb
India, probably Mysore, Karnataka 19th century
width: 6.6cm, height: 5cm, weight: 52g
Provenance
private collection, UK; Christie's South Kensington, April, 2004.
Enquiry about object: 5539
Indian Parcel-Gilded Silver Perfume Comb
India 19th century
length: 8.2cm, height: 4.2cm, weight: 43g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5440
Burmese Pierced Silver Lidded Condiments Jar
Burma late 19th century
height: 17cm, diameter: 9cm, weight: 330g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5444
Thai or Cambodian Repoussed Silver Bowl
Thailand or Cambodia 19th-early 20th century
diameter: 22.3cm, height: 12.5cm, weight: 596g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5542
Gold Indian Kokke Thathi Pendant
Tamil Nadu, South India late 19th-early 20th century
length: 4.7cm, weight: 12.8g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5560
Rectangular Yoruba Divination Board (Opon Ifa)
Yoruba People, Nigeria 19th-early 20th century
width: 40cm; length: 27cm and thickness: 2cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5498
Fine Batak Cast Brass Jewellery Casket
Batak People, Lake Toba area, North Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 21.5cm, height: 10.7cm, width: 8cm, weight: 1,125g
Provenance
private collection, UK; acquired in Sumatra, mid-20th century
Enquiry about object: 5484
Javanese Carved Wooden Circumcision Chair
Java, Indonesia 18th-19th century
height: 62.5cm, width: 58cm, depth: 39cm
Provenance
Dutch antique market; Dutch collection
Enquiry about object: 5545
Burmese Repoussed Silver Powder Box
Burma 19th century
diameter: 16cm, height: 8.8cm, weight: 456g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5571
Large, Gilded Tibetan Statue Ornament set with Turquoise
Tibet 18th-19th century
diameter: 13.7cm, thickness: 3cm, weight: 641g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5442
Silver Ga’u Box Overlaid with Thick Gold
China or Mongolia 19th century
height: 13.3cm, width: 13.5cm, thickness: 4cm, weight: 459g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5527
Bronze Jain Altarpiece with Twenty-Four Jinas (Caubis-Jina-Pata)
Rajasthan or Gujarat, India 15th century
Height: 27.4cm, width: 17cm
Provenance
Private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 5036
Islamic Sufi Flagellant’s Whip with Horn & Bone Handle
Northern India or Iran/Persia 19th century or earlier
length: 51cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5244
Long-Spouted Brass Temple Oil Ewer
South India or Sri Lanka 18th century
height: 29cm, weight: 1,118g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4017
Necklace of Rare Yemen Hollow ‘Pineapple’ Silver Beads
Yemen early 20th century
length: 62cm, total weight: 150g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4679
Tall, Thai Standing Gilded Bronze Buddha
Thailand Rattanakosin Period, 19th century
height: 64.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4948
Pair of Indian Silver ‘Mulberry’ Anklets/Bracelets
Western India circa 1900
external diameter: 9.7cm, height or thickness: 4.5cm, combined weight: 605g
Provenance
Collection of the late Paul Walter, New York, probably acquired in London.
Enquiry about object: 4951
Pair of Indian Silver Anklets
Orissa, India circa 1900
length: 13cm, width: 9.5cm, combined weight: 258g
Provenance
Collection of the late Paul Walter, New York, probably acquired in London.
Enquiry about object: 4950
Pair of Indian Silver Anklets
Orissa, India circa 1900
ength: 14cm, width: 9cm, combined weight: 245g
Provenance
Collection of the late Paul Walter, New York, probably acquired in London.
Enquiry about object: 4987
Indian Braided Silver Girdle & Amulet Box
Andra Pradesh, India 19th-early 20th century
length of chain: 60cm length of box: 9.4cm, weight: 178g
Provenance
Collection of the late Paul Walter, New York, probably acquired in London.
Enquiry about object: 4992
Woman’s Enamelled Silver Shirt Stud Ornament (Ta’wiz-Janzir)
Himachal Pradesh, India circa 1900
length: 27cm, weight: 128g
Provenance
Collection of the late Paul Walter, New York, probably acquired in London.
Enquiry about object: 4755
Unusual Massim Carved, Wooden Lime Spatula Shaped as a Hornbill
Massim People, Tobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea early 20th century
length: 38.3cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4824
Congo Woven Rattan Comb
Teke People, Congo 19th century
height: 16.2cm, width: 5.7cm
Provenance
old, private UK collection.
Enquiry about object: 5179
Cast Bronze Durga slaying Mahishasura
South India 18th century
height: 11.5cm, width: 8.2cm, depth: 5.6cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4559
Pair of Miao Silver Earrings
Miao People, Guizhou, China 19th-early 20th century
length: 12.8cm, width: 7.9cm, combined weight: 173g
Provenance
private collection, London
Enquiry about object: 4562
Pair of Miao Silver Spiral Earrings
Miao People, Guizhou, China 19th-early 20th century
length: 11cm, width: 5.7cm, combined weight: 65g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 4561
Pair of Large Hainanese Silver Hoop Earrings
Li People, Hanian, China 19th-early 20th century
length: 16.5cm, width: 13.2cm, combined weight: 557g
Provenance
private collection, London
Enquiry about object: 5192
Indian Gold & Pearl Nose Ring (Nath)
India, probably Rajasthan circa 1900
width: 3.3cm, weight: 5.05g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 4969
Pair of Uyger Silver Earrings
Kashmir & Jammu, Northern India early 20th century
width: 3.2cm: combined wight: 13.12g
Provenance
Collection of the late Paul Walter, New York, probably acquired in London.
Enquiry about object: 4142
Pair of Indian Bronze Male Dancer’s Anklets
Northern India 18th century
diameter: 10.3cm, height: 3.2cm, combined weight: 1,039g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4934
Omani Silver Amulet Box (Hirz) & Necklace with Applied Gold Plaques
Oman circa 1900
total hanging length: 45cm, approximate length of chain: 60cm, length of amulet box: 9.2cm, weight: 330g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4953
Pair of Indian Silver Anklets
Rajasthan or Maharashtra, India circa 1900
approximate diameter of each: 10cm, height: 4.3cm, combined weight: 866g
Provenance
Collection of the late Paul Walter, New York, probably acquired in London.
Enquiry about object: 4952
Pair of Indian Silver Anklets
Rajasthan or Maharashtra, India circa 1900
approximate diameter of each: 10.5cm, combined weight: 626g
Provenance
Collection of the late Paul Walter, New York, probably acquired in London.
Enquiry about object: 4954
Pair of Indian Silver Anklets
Rajasthan, India circa 1900
diameter of each (approx.): 11cm, combined weight: 270g
Provenance
Collection of the late Paul Walter, New York, probably acquired in London; Christie's New York.
Enquiry about object: 4956
Two Inscribed Indian Silver Bracelets
Gujarat, India circa 1900
width at widest point of larger example: 9.7cm, smaller example: 8.6cm, combined weight: 266g
Provenance
Collection of the late Paul Walter, New York, probably acquired in London.
Enquiry about object: 3910
Bontoc Wood, Rattan & Pig Tusk Armband (Baningal or Abkil)
Bontoc or Ifugao People, Northern Luzon, Philippines 19th–early 20th century
diameter: 10.2cm, height: 6cm
Provenance
private European collection.
Enquiry about object: 5416
Sri Lankan Brass Model of a Kandyan Noble
Kandy, Sri Lanka 19th century
height: 26cm, weight: 1,364g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4560
Miao Double Spiral Silver Cloak Counterweight
Miao People, Guizhou, China 19th-early 20th century
width: 22.2cm, height: 11.3cm, weight: 200g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 5051
Rare & Elaborate Silver-Clad Taribong Sword Hilt
Panay Bukidnon People, central Panay Island, Visayan Islands, Philippines early 20th century
height: 25cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 5474
Egyptian Engraved Silver Bride’s Ring
Berber People, Amun Siwa Region, Egypt early 20th century
diameter of bezel: 7cm, weight: 58.42g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 5304
Pair of Chinese Embroidered Slippers
Straits Settlements or China early 20th century
length: 25.3cm
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. Â 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.
Enquiry about object: 4090
Tibetan Iron Beer (Chhaang) Flask Overlaid with Silver
Chamdo, Eastern Tibet 18th century
height: 37cm, width: 27cm, thickness; 11.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4617
Ottoman Bronze Mortar
Caucasus, Armenia or Ottoman Turkey circa 16th-17th century
height: 8.4cm, diameter: 10,5cm, weight: 815g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5406
Three Burmese Silver & Ivory Betel Knives
Shan People, Eastern Burma 19th and early 20th centuries
lengths: 11.8cm, 17.2cm and 23.3cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5435
Indonesian Gold Finger Ring Engraved with Sacred Sri Symbols
Java, Indonesia circa 9th century
outer diameter: 2.7cm, weight: 21.32g, ring size: P (UK), 7 3/4 (US)
Provenance
from the estate of a Dutch woman who lived in Indonesia until 1975 and who acquired the ring in the decades prior to that.
Enquiry about object: 5261
Javanese Necklace of Early Gold Beads
Central Java, Indonesia Early Classical Period, 8th century
length: 65.3cm weight: 37.7g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 5473
Silver ‘Prostitute’s’ ‘Bolt’ Bracelet (Swar)
Aulad Nail, Algeria 19th century
internal diameter: 6.3cm, height: 4.5cm, weight: 175g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5408
Mounted Malay Ivory Kris Hilt
Malay People, Northern Malaysia 19th century
length (without stand): 7.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5245
Tibetan Water Ewer with Chased Silver Mounts (Bumpa or Laybum)
Tibet 19th century
height: 24.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5240
Tibetan Longevity Vase (Tseybum) with Chased Silver Mounts
Tibet 19th century
height: 24.3cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5254
Colonial Indian Silver Mug
India, probably Calcutta circa 1840
height: 9.2cm, weight: 172g
Provenance
private collection, Channel Islands.
Enquiry about object: 5496
Senufo Carved Wooden Face Mask (Kpelie)
Senufo People, Ivory Coast circa 1920
length: 39cm, width: 16cm
Provenance
private collection, London; acquired in Europe in the 1970s.
Enquiry about object: 5514
Armenian Enamelled & Filigree Silver Holy Altar Box
Armenia/Ottoman Turkey 18th-19th century
length: 7cm, width: 5.3cm, height: 2.6cm, weight: 61.45g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2963
Rare Ibis-form Holy Water Container
North Central India 18th century or earlier
height: 15.8cm, weight: 268g
Provenance
private collection, London
Enquiry about object: 4735
Pair of Malay Carved Wooden Clogs
Malay People, Malaysia or Singapore 1800-1850
length: 25cm, width: 9cm, heights: 11.2cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5289
Extremely Rare ‘Brown & Gold’ Straits Chinese Wedding Dress & Hat Box
Straits Settlements, probably Singapore circa 1900
length: 49cm, height: 53cm, depth: 34cm
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.
Enquiry about object: 4711
Turkmen Parcel-Gilded Silver Amulet Pendant with Carnelian (Kumusch-doga)
Turkmen People, Central Asia 19th century
length: 24cm, width: 19cm, weight: 514g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5248
Indian Chased Silver Makara Bracelet
Madras, South India circa 1880
internal diameter at widest point: 5.7cm, weight: 65g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5998
Fine Pair of Champleve Enamel Silver Anklets (Jhanhjar)
Punjab, India/Pakistan 19th century
approximate outer diameter of each: 12.6cm, combined weight: 522g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 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.
Enquiry about object: 5205
Unusually Large, Multiple-Strand Naga Blue Glass Bead Necklace
Naga People, India/Burma circa 1900
length: 70cm, weight: 724g
Provenance
UK art market; undoubtedly, the necklace has been in the UK since the colonial era.
Enquiry about object: 4572
Batavian Colonial Silver Filigree Tray or Platter
Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia; and possibly India 17th-18th century
length: 42.7cm, width: 24.5cm, height: 3.7cm, weight: 957g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5255
Serpentine & Silver Ewer inset with Coral, Turquoise & Garnets
Sino-Himalayan or Mongolia circa 1860
length: 18cm, height: 15.5cm, weight: 556g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 5181
Pair of Indian Silver Anklets
Gujarat or Rajasthan, India early 20th century
internal diameter: 6.2cm, external diameter at widest point: 11cm, combined weight: 529g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5019
Indian Enamelled Silver Necklace (Chandraseni Har)
Kangra District, Himachal Pradesh, Northern India 19th century
length: 50cm as worn (about 100cm in total): weight: 712g
Provenance
From the estate of the late Oppi Untracht.
Enquiry about object: 4925
Mughal Talismanic Nephrite Amulet Pendant Carved with Koranic Verses
North India circa 17th-18th century
width: 4.2cm, height: 3.3cm, weight: 15.34g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 5472
Indian Enamelled Gold Earrings with Emeralds & Pearls
India 19th century
length: 2.7cm, combined wight: 4.98g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4921
Mongolian Fine Burlwood Lidded Tsampa Bowl with Enamelled, Silver Filigree Mounts with Coral & Turquoise
Mongolia 19th century
diameter: 17cm, height: 10.7cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5507
Fine Indian Mughal Gold & Gem-Set White Nephrite Jade Pendant (Haldili)
North India 18th-19th century
length: 4.6cm, height: 3.5cm, weight: 17.47g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5199
Silver & Goat Skin Headdress (Shabka) & Leather Face Mask (Burka)
Oman, probably Ibri Region 19th-early 20th century
height with stand: 32cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4912
Mughal Silver & Glass Necklace (Champkali Har)
Delhi, India 19th century
length (as worn): 30-40cm [adjustable] and 60cm-80cm overall, weight: 210g
Provenance
From the estate of the late Oppi Untracht.
Enquiry about object: 5297
Pair of Straits Chinese Embroidered & Couched Wedding Slippers
probably Malacca, Malay Peninsula circa 1880
length: 21.4cm
Provenance
collected by Alwyn Sidney Haynes (1878-1963).
Enquiry about object: 5459
Tall Indian Bronze Figure of a Standing Jain Tirthankhara
South India 17th century
height without stand: 26cm, with stand: 28cm
Provenance
private collection, The Netherlands
Enquiry about object: 5486
Fine Pende Chief’s Hippopotamus Tooth Amulet Pendant (Gikhokho)
Pende People, Congo early 19th century
length: 6cm, width: 4cm
Provenance
private collection, London; and acquired by the previous owner in London in the 1960s.
Enquiry about object: 5262
Rare Javanese Cast Metal Mold for Making Votive Plaques
Java, Indonesia 8th-9th century
height: 8.7cm, width: 7cm, thickness: 1.1cm, weight: 503g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Enquiry about object: 5488
Tibetan Gilded Bronze Mahakala
Tibet 15th century
height: 14cm, width: 10.5cm, weight: 701g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5222
Straits Chinese Embroidered & Couched Wedding Slippers
probably Malacca, Malay Peninsula or Singapore early 20th century
length: 26.6cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5153
Indian Mewar Silver Belt Plaque
India, probably Udaipur (Mewar) 19th century
diameter: 5.8cm, thickness: 0.9cm, weight: 56g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5214
Balinese Carved Wooden Offering Box Shaped as a Tiger (Sajen)
Bali, Indonesia late 19th-early 20th century
length: 43cm, height: 23.5cm, width: 17cm
Provenance
Scottish art market
Enquiry about object: 4911
Mughal Parcel-Gilt Silver Necklace (Kathla)
Delhi, India 19th century
length: 26cm (as worn) or 52cm overall, weight: 148g
Provenance
From the estate of the late Oppi Untracht.