Archives: Objects
Enquiry about object: 8599
Exceptionally Rare Straits Chinese Beaded Songkok-style Page Boy’s Cap
Straits Chinese community, Singapore or Malacca, Malaysia circa 1900
length: 19.5cm, width: 15cm, height: 7cm
Provenance
from the collection of author Evelyn Haertig (US), thence by descent.
Enquiry about object: 8598
Large, Rare Sumatran Lampung Noble’s Palepai Ship Cloth
Paminggir People, Kalianda District, South Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 308cm (10.1 feet), width: 56cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8515
Spanish Colonial Silver Chamber Pot (Lavatorio or Balde)
Spanish Colonial South America - Peru, Argentina or Bolivia 18th century
height: approximately 13.5cm, width: 22cm, length (including handles): 31.6cm, weight: 1,379g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8634
Indian Bronze Image of a Vaishnava Poet-Saint (Alvar)
Tamil Nadu, South India 17th-18th century
height: 6.2cm, width: 4.2cm, depth: 3.5cm, weight: 143g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8635
Indian Bronze Image of the Philosopher Ramanujacharya
Tamil Nadu, South India 18th century
height: 6.7cm, width: 4.1cm, depth: 3.7cm, weight: 143g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8638
Cast Brass Five-Faced Shiva Yoni Lingam (Panca-mukhalinga)
Northern India 18th-19th century
height: 5.1cm, width: 3.5cm, depth: 4.8cm, weight: 104g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8639
Colonial Indian Silver Cup by Pittar & Co.
Calcutta, India 1831-1848
height: 11.5cm, width: 8.5cm, depth (including handle): 11.4cm, weight: 265g
Provenance
private collection, England
Enquiry about object: 8640
Srivijaya Bronze Standing Maitreya
Srivijaya Kingdom, South Sumatra, Indonesia circa 7th-8th century
height (including stand): 32.5cm, width: 8.7cm, weight (including stand): 2,682g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Enquiry about object: 8682
Ottoman Silver Filigree Amulet Case with a Tugra
Ottoman Turkey, probably Istanbul circa 1850
length: 10.2cm, width: 2.1cm, weight: 43g
Provenance
private UK collection
Enquiry about object: 8474
Indian Brass Virabhadra Plaque
India, probably Karnataka 18th-19th century
height: approx. 25cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 8446
Indian Cast & Pierced Bronze Gajalakshmi Lamp
Tamil Nadu, South India late 18th century
height: 17.5cm, depth: 13.5cm, weight: 1,072g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7310
Chinese Court Gold & Pearl Hat or Headdress Ornament
China 18th-19th century
height: 6.6cm, width: 5.5g, weight: 5.98g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8562
Nepalese Gold & Gilt Amulet Box showing the Dhyani Buddha Amitabha, & set with Rubies & other Precious Stones
Nepal 19th-early 20th century
width: 8.2cm, length: 7.9cm, depth: 2cm, weight: 128g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6604
Nepalese Gold & Gilt Amulet Box showing Tara, Vishnu & Garuda, & set with Precious Stones
Nepal 19th-early 20th century
width: 7.6cm, length: 7.6cm, depth: 2.6cm, weight: 117g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8576
Early Chola Bronze Ganesh
South India early Chola period, 9th-10th century
height: 7.4cm, width: 4.8cm, depth: 3.7cm, weight: 159g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8581
Rare Bukharan Gilded Copper (Tombak) Hookah Base or Vase
Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Central Asia 18th century
height: 36.9cm, diameter (of base): 14.4cm, weight: 1,463g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8590
Large Maori Greenstone Hei-Tiki Pendant
Maori people, New Zealand 1600-1850
height: 12.7cm, width: 8.5cm, depth: 1.5cm, weight: 272g
Provenance
with the same private collection, southern England, since the 1960s
Enquiry about object: 8530
Unusual Colonial Parcel-Gilt Silver Filigree Box
India or the Dutch East Indies circa 1720
width: 10.7cm, depth: 10.3cm, height: 5.8cm, weight: 372g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7325
Rare, Nepalese Inscribed & Gilded Copper Buddha’s Footprints Buddhapada Portable Mandala Plaque
Nepal 17th-18th century
diameter: approximately 27cm, weight: 669g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8512
Nepali Inscribed Ritual Bronze Skull Cup Kapala
Nepal 16th-17th century
length: 21cm, width: 16.3cm, weight: 789g
Provenance
Art market, Belgium
Enquiry about object: 7295
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.
Enquiry about object: 7333
Well-Modelled Mangbetu Terracotta Vessel
Mangbetu People, Congo 19th century-early 20th century
height: 28.5cm, width: approximately 12.5cm, weight: 1,096g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8520
Burmese Silver Bowl with Battle Scenes
Burma circa 1880
width: approximately 23cm, height: 14.5cm, weight: 1,144g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 8564
Early Srivijaya Bronze Standing Buddha with Gupta Influence
Srivijaya kingdom, Sumatra, Indonesia early Srivijaya period, 7th-8th century
height (including stand): 25cm, width: 8cm, depth: 7cm, weight (including stand): 971g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 8527
Solomon Islands Comb (Faa) & Original Palm Leaf Wrapping
Kwaio People, Malaita, Solomon Islands early 20th century
length: 18.5cm, width: 7cm, combined weight: 23g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Enquiry about object: 8529
Solomon Islands Small Pectoral Pendant (Tafi or Dafe)
Solomon Islands early 20th century
length: 9.3cm, weight: 25g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Enquiry about object: 8543
Solomon Islands Carved Clam Shell & Seed Necklace
Solomon Islands early 20th century
width (of shell pendant): 8.5cm, weight: 99g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Enquiry about object: 7040
Tibetan Woman’s Ga’u Box with Silver, Gold & Coral
Central Tibet, probably Lhasa 19th century
length: 8.3cm, width: 5.6cm, depth: 4.1cm, weight: 86g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 8566
Palestinian Woman’s Face Veil Burqa’
Bedouin People, Palestine 1880-mid-20th century
length (central line): 38.2cm, width: 29cm, weight: 744g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3403
Tibetan Official’s Turquoise, Pearl & Gold Ear Pendant (Sochi)
Lhasa, Tibet 19th century
length: 11.5cm, weight: 12g
Enquiry about object: 7195
Assam Brass Waist Ornaments (Benyop)
Adi-Minyong people, Assam & Arunchal Pradesh, India 18th-19th century
length (of the largest piece): 11cm, width: 9.1cm, combined weight: 598g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8539
Superb Solomon Islands Pierced Shell Ear Plug (Ulawa)
Solomon Islands early 20th century
diameter: 4.8cm, depth: 0.8cm, weight: 19g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Enquiry about object: 8540
Solomon Islands Gold Lipped Pearl Shell Pendant with attached Shell Currency Strands
Solomon Islands early 20th century
length (of shell): 7cm, width: 6.7cm, weight: 26g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Enquiry about object: 8541
Solomon Islands Shell Necklace with Tafi or Dafe Pendant & Shell Currency Strands
Solomon Islands early 20th century
length (of shell): 9.8cm, length (of shell currency strand): approximately 85cm, weight: 77g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Enquiry about object: 8542
Solomon Islands Engraved Shell Pendants with Shell Currency Strands
Solomon Islands early 20th century
length (of the largest shell pendant): 5.8cm, weight: 92g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Enquiry about object: 8544
Large Solomon Islands Pectoral Pendant (Tafi or Dafe)
Solomon Islands early 20th century
length: 19cm, weight: 112g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Enquiry about object: 8546
Solomon Islands Large Pectoral Pendant (Tafi or Dafe)
Solomon Islands early 20th century
length: 20.7cm, weight: 190g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Enquiry about object: 8578
Nepalese Gilded Ritual Lamp (Sukunda)
Nepal 18th century
height: 28.9cm, width: approximately 14.5cm, length: 26.5cm, weight: 2,293g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7301
Moroccan Jewish Brass Shabbat Wall Lamp
Jewish Community, Northern Morocco 19th century
height: 35cm, width: 17.2cm, depth: 15cm, weight: 1,311g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8596
Rare Chinese Export Silver Enamel & Gilt Silver Filigree Zarfs for the Ottoman Market
southern China for the Ottoman Market circa 1860
height: 5.1cm, width: 4.6cm, combined weight: 127g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8545
Solomon Islands Engraved Shell Pendants with Shell Currency Strands
Solomon Islands early 20th century
length (of the largest pendant): 6.6cm, weight: 98g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Enquiry about object: 7339
Small Bronze Vishnu
Tamil Nadu, South India 18th century
height: 8cm, width: 4.3cm, depth: 2.2cm, weight: 104g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7305
South Indian Cast Bronze Kali
South India circa 18th century
height: 8cm, width: 5cm, depth: 4.3cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7286
Fine, Indian Bronze Image of Ganesh
South India, possibly Kerala 18th century
height: 9cm, width: 6.1cm, depth: 3.4cm, weight: 372g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7291
Cast Ganga-Jumna Image of Hanuman
Tamil Nadu, South India 19th century
height: 11.3cm, width: 5.2cm, depth: 4.9cm, weight: 463g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7293
Fine, Bronze Figure of Krishna Dancing
Tamil Nadu, South India late 17th-18th century
height: 9cm, width: 5.8cm, depth: 3.3cm, weight: 254g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7337
Exceptional, Large, Indian Village Brass Image of Shiva & Parvati
India, probably Maharashtra 18th century
height: 20.3cm, width: 11.7cm, depth: 7.6cm, weight: 796g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7338
Fine Indian Village Brass Image of Shiva & Parvati
India, probably Maharashtra 18th century
height: 16cm, width: 8.9cm, depth: 6.1cm, weight: 357g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8432
Tibetan Ritual Pendant Polished Gilded Brass ‘Mirror’ (Melong)
Tibet circa 15th century
length: 22.8cm, width: 20cm, weight: 924g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Enquiry about object: 8445
Small Indian Ritual Bronze Conch (Shanka)
India 17th-18th century
Length: 8.5cm, weight: 50g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8440
Hindu Brass Five-headed Cobra (Mucalinda) Arati Lamp
Tamil Nadu, India 19th century
Length: 9.8cm, height: 8.5cm, weight: 145g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8439
Indian Cast Bronze Shiva-Lingam Shrine
India 18th century or earlier
height: 5.8cm , depth: 6.7cm, width: 5.3cm, weight: 172g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8416
Tibetan or Bhutanese Gilded & Lacquered Bronze Amitayus
Eastern Tibet & possibly Bhutan 18th century
height: 15cm, width: 8.4cm, weight: 522g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8422
Nepalese Bronze Lamp with Aristocratic Patron Devotee Figure (Shali Dalus)
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 19th century
height: 17cm, width: 17.4cm, depth: 9.5cm, weight: 1,296g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7330
Unusual South Indian Brass Virabhadra Plaque
South India 18th-19th century
height: 23.4cm, width: 16.4cm, weight: 1,397g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7289
South Indian Bronze Image of the Infant Krishna Dancing
Tamil Nadu, South India 17th-18th century
height: 8.1cm, width: 5.3cm, weight: 109g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8433
Eastern Tibetan Gilded Sakyamuni Buddha
Eastern Tibet 17th century
height: 19.4cm, width: 13.8cm, depth: 10.6cm, weight: 1,629g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7342
Large, South Indian Devotional Shrine Cabinet enclosing a Fine Infant Krishna Icon
Tanjore (Thanjavur), Tamil Nadu, South India mid-19th century
height: 162cm, width: 112.2cm, depth: 14cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8549
Tibetan Inscribed, Gilded Image of Vaishravana (Jambhala) in Elaborate Mongolian Dress
Tibet 17th-18th century
height: 11.2cm, width: 8.1cm, depth: 7.1cm, weight: 382g
Provenance
private collection, London
Enquiry about object: 8552
Pair of Burmese Gilded Buddha Images of Solid Lacquer
Burma 19th century
height (of Buddhas only): 8.9 and 7.5cm, width: 5.1 and 4.6cm, depth: 3.4 and 3.8cm, combined weight: 67g (without stands)
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8519
Yemeni Necklace of Large, Genuine, Antique Amber Beads & Silver Beads
San'a, Yemen late 19th-early 20th century
circumference: approximately 58cm, width (of amber beads): approximately 3cm, weight: 242g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8522
North Indian Bronze Ribbed Spouted Lota
Northern India or Nepal 17th-18th century
height: 15.5cm, width: 16cm, weight: 1,895g
Provenance
formerly in the Simon Digby collection; private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 8524
Nepalese Cast Brass Raksi Flask (Thyaka)
Nepal 18th-19th century
height: 26.1cm, width: approximately 13cm, weight: 1,108g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 8525
Ottoman Bronze Mortar with Fins
Caucasus, Armenia or Ottoman Turkey circa 16th-17th century
height: 9.1cm, width: approximately 13cm, weight: 1,110g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 8548
Massive Tibetan Bone Buddhist Rosary Mala (Mi Mgo’i Phreng Ba)
Tibet 18th-19th century
circumference: approximately 62cm, diameter (of bone beads): approximately 2.2cm, weight: 442g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 7296
Khmer Large Silver Amulet Pendant set with Rock Crystal
Cambodia 11th-12th century
width: 6.5cm, length: 4.6cm, depth: 6.7cm, weight: 69g
Provenance
Estate Collection of Tom White MBE, London, UK.
Enquiry about object: 7320
Burmese Pair of Crouching Nat or Disciple Figures of Carved Wood & Gilded Lacquer
Burma, probably Mandalay circa mid-19th century
heights: approximately 46.5cm, combined weight: 5.6kg
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8481
Carved Ritual Buddhist Tibetan Conch Shell
Tibet 18th century
length: 14.5cm, width: 9cm, depth: 8cm, weight: 432g
Provenance
from the estate of the private collector John Bartlett, England.
Enquiry about object: 8417
Indian Brass Pandan or Betel Box
Northern India 18th-early 19th century
height: 9.4cm, width: 13cm, weight: 655g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8442
Tanjore Rosewater Sprinkler overlaid with Silver & Brass
Tanjore (Thanjavur), South India late 19th century
height: 27.2cm, width: 9.4cm, weight: 502g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8463
Northern Indian Chased Brass Hookah Base with Dark Lac
Mughal Northern India, probably Lahore early 18th century
height: 14.2cm, width: 14.5cm, weight: 1,106g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8485
Burmese Silver Model of a Stupa or Pagoda
Burma late 19th century
height: 32.3cm, width: 18.1cm, weight (with stand): 1,184g, weight of silver: 270g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8486
Javanese Bronze Image of Seated Bodhisattva Padmapani
Central Java, Indonesia 9th-10th century
height: 16.7cm, width: 10.4cm, depth: 8.9cm, weight: 1,996g
Provenance
formerly in the collections of Professor Samuel Eilenberg (1980s), Jerry Mitchell & John Bartlett, UK.
Enquiry about object: 8499
Burmese Silver Bowl Repoussed with Ramayana Scenes (Yama Zatdaw)
Burma circa 1880
height: 13.9cm, width: approximately 23cm, weight: 887g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8510
Mughal Engraved Silver Plate (Thali)
Mughal or Deccan India 18th century
diameter: 20.9cm, weight: 208g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7233
Burmese Pair of Gilded, Lacquered Dancing Figures, possibly Nats
Burma circa 1900
height (of the tallest figure, with stand): 55.4cm, width: 22cm, depth: 13.4cm, combined weight (including stands): 4,908g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7168
Ovimbundu Carved Wooden Privilege or Ritual Staff
Ovimbundu People, Angola 19th century
length: 91cm, weight: 855g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 7169
Ovimbundu Colonial Portuguese Female Head Privilege Sceptre or Staff
Ovimbundu People, Benguela, Angola 19th century
length: 82.5cm, width: 8.5cm, weight: 941g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 7279
Tibetan Bronze Makara
Tibet circa 18th century
length: 21cm, width: approximately 10.4cm, weight: 284g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7202
New Hebrides Abalone Shell & Turtleshell Trolling Lure Fish Hook
New Hebrides (Vanuatu) 19th century
length: 7.5cm, width: 1.9cm, weight: 13g
Provenance
UK art market; UK private collection.
Enquiry about object: 7247
Fijian Trolling Lure Fish Hook (Bayaloyalo)
Fiji early-to-mid 19th century
length: approximately 10.2cm, width: 1.4cm, weight: 8g
Provenance
UK art market; UK private collection.
Enquiry about object: 7203
Society Islands Shark or Fish Hook
Society Islands, French Polynesia 18th-19th century
length: 6.1cm, width: 3.8cm, weight: 15g
Provenance
UK art market; UK private collection.
Enquiry about object: 7256
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.
Enquiry about object: 6624
Thai Solid-Silver Image of Phra Sangkajai
Thailand 19th century
height: 4.1cm, width: 3.4cm, depth: 1.8cm, weight: 37g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 6615
Thai White Brass Buddha
Thailand circa 18th century
height: 12.9cm, width: 10.9cm, depth: 6.7cm, weight: 675g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 7088
Batak Gold & Silver Man’s Pendant Ear Ornament (Duri-Duri)
Batak people, Lake Toba region, north Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 3.8cm, width: 3.1cm, weight: 18g
Provenance
private collection, The Netherlands
Enquiry about object: 8431
Himalayan-Indian Shiva Shrine Plaque (Mohra)
Eastern Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan India circa 18th century
height: 25.6cm, width: 13.8cm, weight: 1,148g
Provenance
Private collection, London, UK
Enquiry about object: 7193
Chinese or Batavian Tortoiseshell Box with Engraved Silver Mounts
Southern China, Vietnam or Dutch East Indies 19th century
width: 8cm, depth: 8.2cm, height: 4.6cm, weight: 85g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8484
Outstanding & Rare Javanese Gold, Gilded & Bronze Standing Shiva Mahadeva
Central Java, Indonesia circa 9th century
height: 16.8cm, width: 5.2cm, depth: 5.4cm, weight: 380g
Provenance
from the estate of the private collector John Bartlett, England, with an old collection label attached indicating that the piece entered the collection in 1967.
Enquiry about object: 7246
Fijian Carved Wooden Bowl, possibly a Priest’s Dish
Fiji 19th century & possibly earlier
length: 53.2cm, width: 19cm, depth: approximately 8cm, weight: 1,105g
Provenance
UK art market; private UK collection
Enquiry about object: 7201
Maori Haliotis Shell Trolling Lure Fish Hook (Pa Kahawai)
Maori people, New Zealand 18th-19th century
length (without cord): 9.2cm, width: 1cm, weight: 11g
Provenance
UK art market; UK private collection.
Enquiry about object: 7154
North Indian Brass Pilgrim Flask
Northern or Central India 16th-17th century
height: 33.5cm, width: 28cm, depth: 13cm, weight: 1,965g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7224
Indian Inscribed, Cast Bronze Ritual (Yajna) Oil Pourer
Tamil Nadu, South India circa 18th century
length: 22cm, width: 12.3cm, depth: 4.6cm, weight: 647g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8430
Tibetan Gilded Plaque, possibly of Padmasambhava
Tibet 17th-18th century
length: 34cm, width: 26.6cm, weight: 791g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 8492
Unusual Indian Engraved Silver & Silver-inlaid Bidri Hookah Vase
Northern India 18th century
height: 14.2cm, width: 12cm, weight: 743g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8493
Tibetan Silver Yak Butter Lamp
Tibet early 20th century
height: approximately 20cm, width: 15cm, weight: 561g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8523
Indian Bidri Carpet Weight (Mir-e-farsh)
Deccan, India late 17th-early 18th century
height: 12.8cm, width: 12.1cm, weight: 882g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 8526
Solomon Islands Turtleshell & Carved Abalone Shell Trolling Lure Fish Hook
Solomon Islands, probably Malaita Island 19th century
length: 7.9cm, width: 1.4cm, weight: 5g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator.
Enquiry about object: 8495
Kankanay or Bontoc Carved Wooden House-God Figure (Galgalawa-en)
Bontoc or Kankanay people, Luzon, northern Philippines 19th century
height: approximately 40cm, width: 13.2cm, depth: 15cm, weight: 2,813g
Provenance
French art market
Enquiry about object: 8490
Indian Large, Enamelled, Gold Navaratna Gem-set Pendant
Benares or Lucknow, India circa 1900
length: 9.5cm, width: 6cm, weight: 65g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8489
Indian Diamond, Emerald & Ruby Set Gold Pendant
Tamil Nadu, South India 19th century
length: 8.1cm, width: 4.1cm, weight: 39g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8462
Mapuche Silver Head Ornament or Necklace (Trarilonco)
Mapuche People, Chile 19th century
length: 55cm, weight: 179g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 8425
Superb, Published Tibetan Temple Conch Shell Trumpet with Gilded Copper Mounts & Inset with Turquoise
Tibet circa 1800 or earlier
Length: 40cm, width: 30cm
Provenance
private collection, UK; Collection of Nicole Schindler, London (1970s); exhibited in the Tantra exhibition, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1971; and published in the exhibition catalogue.
Enquiry about object: 7335
Fine, Tibetan, Engraved Silver Yak Butter Lamp
Tibet circa 18th century
height: 23cm, diameter: 12.2cm, weight: 438g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7299
Maluku Gold Pectoral or Forehead Ornament
South Maluku, (Moluccas), Eastern Indonesia 19th-early 20th century 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.
Enquiry about object: 7316
Chinese or Batavian Parcel-Gilt Silver Filigree Needle Case or Etui
Southern China or Dutch East Indies 18th century
length: 9.7cm, width: 1.2cm, weight: 17g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8420
Nepalese Fluted-Gold Bead & Red Felt Disk Necklace (Kantha or Konda)
Eastern Nepal mid-20th century
circumference: approximately 56cm, diameter of the biggest bead: 3.7cm, weight: 319g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8437
Pair of Central Javanese, Courtly Wedding Loro Blonyo Figures
Central Java, Indonesia 19th century
height (of male figure): approximately 44.3cm, width: approximately 14.9cm, depth: approximately 18.5cm, combined weight: 5,972g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7331
Impressive Pair of Nepalese Hanging Incense Burners
Nepal & Tibet 19th century
height of incence burners (without the chains): 38cm, width (between handles): 27cm, combined weight: 4,947g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7308
Mapuche Silver Sequil de Tubos Pendants
Mapuche People, Chile 19th century
length: 9.5cm, width: 5.8cm, combined weight: 89g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 6576
Fine, Burmese Repoussed Silver Bowl
Burma circa 1890
width: approximately 23cm, height: approximately 14.5cm, weight: 1,153g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7227
Shan-Burmese Bronze Seated Buddha
Shan States, Burma 18th century
height: 26cm, width: 10.5cm, depth: 8.7cm, weight: 1,145g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7221
Gold Ceremonial Body Ornament for a Male Deity (Kavacham)
Tamil Nadu (possibly Madurai), India 18th-19th century
height: 17.4cm, width: 11cm, weight: 126g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7222
Gold Ceremonial Body Ornament for a Female Deity (Kavacham)
Tamil Nadu (possibly Madurai), India 18th-19th century
height: 15cm, width: 10.2cm, weight: 103
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7198
Indo-Portuguese Parcel-Gilt Silver Bezoar Stone Box
West India, probably Gujarat or Goa circa 1700
height: 6cm, diameter: 4.5cm, weight: 45g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7165
Coconut Nargila Base & Stand with Engraved Silver Mounts & Coral Beads
Algeria, North Africa 18th-early 19th century
length: approximately 56cm, width: approximately 9cm, weight: 625g
Provenance
From Howth Castle in Ireland, the ancestral home of the St Lawrence family and the Earls of Howth.
Enquiry about object: 7240
Batavian Silver Filigree Needle Case or Etui
Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia 18th century
length: 10.5cm, diameter: 2cm, weight: 29g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4230
Carved Steatite Female Nomoli Figure
Sierra Leone 15th century or earlier
height: 21cm, width: 8.5cm, weight: 1,645g
Provenance
Estate Collection of Seward Kennedy, London, UK.
Enquiry about object: 6473
Jewish Moroccan Pair of Silver Bracelets
Jewish community, Essaouira, Morocco circa 1950
internal diameter: approximately 7.3cm, combined weight: 317g
Provenance
private collection, Germany
Enquiry about object: 8428
Tibetan Woman’s Silver Amulet Box (Ga’u) with Gold & Turquoise
Lhasa, Tibet late 19th century
length: 10.8cm, width: 11.3cm, depth: 2.7cm, weight: 98g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 7216
Rare, Bolivian Colonial Native Official’s Silver Shoe Fittings
Bolivia, probably Potosi circa 1750
length: approximately 12cm, width: approximately 11cm, combined weight: 77g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7098
Kangxi Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle with Indian (or Related) Engraved Silver Mounts
China & India or similar Kangxi Dynasty, 17th-18th century
height: 9.6cm, width: 3.8cm, weight: 51g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6512
Tibetan Ga’u Box set with Turquoise and with Early Chinese or Indian Glass Dzi Beads
Lhasa, Tibet probably early 19th century
length (of ga'u): 9.3cm, width (of ga'u): 10cm, depth: 2.1cm, diameter of the largest coral-glass bead: approximately 2.5cm, overall weight: 150g
Provenance
old private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 8450
Rare, Classical Period Javanese Gold Vajra Ring
Central Java, Indonesia Classical Period, 8th-10th century
weight: 25.38g, length of vajra: 3.1cm, Hoop size: 6.25 (US); M (UK)
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Enquiry about object: 7324
Fine Tibetan Carved Bone Human Skull Mala
Tibet circa 18th-19th century
length: approximately 136cm, weight: 177g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 8429
Tibetan Buddhist Human Bone, Turquoise & Amber Rosary Beads (Sin-‘phen)
Tibet 18th-19th century
circumference: approximately 43cm, weight: 90g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 7323
Tibetan Bone Mala with Tokcha
Tibet circa 18th century
circumference: approximately 75cm, length of Tokcha: 4.2cm, weight: 112g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 7322
Superb Tibetan Bone Mala with Tokcha
Tibet circa 18th century
circumference: approximately 57cm, width of Tokcha: 7.4cm, weight: 96g
Provenance
private collection, UK; Acquired from Bonhams Hong Kong, 2018.
Enquiry about object: 7141
Superb Dutch Colonial Tortoiseshell Bible Box with Silver Mounts
Dutch Colonial Sri Lanka or Dutch East Indies 18th century
length: 22.1cm, width: approximately 17.5cm, depth: 6.5cm, weight: 508g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7311
Vietnamese Complete Opium Pipe with Chased Silver Mounts
Southern Vietnam 19th century
length: 35.5cm, diameter of pipe head: 6.5cm, weight: 180g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8434
Fine, Indian Pala Bronze of a Dancing Dakini for the Tibetan Market
Bihar, North-East India 12th century
height: 8.8cm, width: 5.8cm, depth: 3cm, weight: 138g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 8424
Pala Bronze Group of Shiva & his Family
Bihar, Northern India Pala period, 10th century
height: 8.2cm, width: 6.2cm, depth: 4.8cm, weight: 163g
Provenance
Originally from Howth Castle in Ireland, the ancestral home of the St Lawrence family and the Earls of Howth.
Enquiry about object: 7326
Very Fine & Rare South Indian Bronze Group of Krishna with Satyabhama & Rukmini
Tamil Nadu, South India late 17th-18th century
height: 11.2cm, width: 8.8cm, depth: 3.4cm, weight: 688g
Provenance
Dutch Art Market
Enquiry about object: 7302
Very Fine, Later-Chola Bronze Image of Bhu Devi (Prithivi)
Tamil Nadu, South India 12th-13th century
height: approx. 6.5cm
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Enquiry about object: 7288
Indian Bronze Image of Nandi
South India 16th-17th century
length: 10cm, height: 9.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7284
South Indian Bronze Image of Vishnu
Tamil Nadu, South India 17th-18th century
height: 14.6cm, width: 6.2cm, depth: 4.6cm, weight: 473g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7283
South Indian Bronze Image of Ganesh
Tamil Nadu, South India 18th century
height: 9.2cm, width: 6.2cm, depth: 5.1cm, weight: 417g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7282
South Indian Bronze Image of a Vaishnavite Saint
South India, 17th-18th century 17th-18th century
height: 8.3cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7275
Carved Ivory Ganesh
Northern India or Nepal 18th century
height: approx. 7.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7290
South Indian Bronze Image, probably of Shiva Vinadhara-Dakshinamurti
Tamil Nadu, South India 17th century
height: 10.4cm, width: 5.6cm, depth: 5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7285
Unusual Indian Bronze Image of Garuda
Tamil Nadu, South India 17th-18th century
height: 11.6cm, width: 5.4cm, depth: 3.7cm, weight: 269g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7292
Large, Superb, Vijayanagara Bronze Image of Vishnu
Tamil Nadu, South India Vijayanagara period, circa 1600
height: 28.7cm, width 10.6cm, depth: 8.6cm, weight: 2,009g
Provenance
private collection, London; previously acquired from a collection in Scotland.
Enquiry about object: 7281
South Indian Bronze Virabhadra Plaque
South India 17th-18th century
height: 21.2cm, width: 14.1cm, weight: 605g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 323777
Balinese Carved Wooden Pillar Base (Sendi Tugeh)
Bali, Indonesia circa 18th century
height: 36.5cm, base: 26.5cm x 19.5cm
Provenance
collected in the 1950s by Professor Bengt Hager (1916-2011) and Lilavati Devi (c. 1925-2002) of Sweden; thence by descent.
Enquiry about object: 303222
Lacquered & Wooden Image of a Mother Goddess (Tuong Hao)
Northern Vietnam late 19th century
height: 47cm, width: 32cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 309667
Polychrome, Carved Wooden Karang Asti Stand & Gong (Kempli)
Bali, Indonesia height: 32cm, diameter of base: 18.5cm
height: 32cm, diameter of base: 18.5cm
Provenance
from a private Swedish collection, acquired by the family in the 1950s.
Enquiry about object: 8441
Indian Tantric Inverted Sri Yantra Vessel
India 19th century
diamater: 10cm, height: 6.2cm, weight: 269g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 17766
Pair of Awata-Style Satsuma Vases for the Islamic Export Market
Japan Meiji Period, late 19th century
heights: 15cm
Provenance
UK art market, UK private collection