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Enquiry about object: 6236
Chinese Export Silver Taza by Wang Hing
Maker: Wang Hing, China circa 1875
height: 15.6cm, diameter: 13.4cm, weight: 271g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 6228
Pair of Japanese Export Blue & White Wayang Dishes for the Javanese Market
Japan made for the Javanese Market 19th century
diameters: 24.7cm, heights: 4cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 6238
Chinese Export Silver Bowl by Luen Wo
Maker: Luen Wo, Shanghai, China late 19th century
diameter: 26cm, height: 15cm, weight: 1.437kg
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 6235
Unusual & Fine Chinese Export Silver Bowl by Sunshing
Maker: Sunshing, Guangdong (Canton) & Hong Kong, China second half of the 19th century
height: 12cm, diameter: 18.5cm, weight: 516g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 6234
Chinese Export Silver Cigar Lighter by Wang Hing
Maker: Wang Hing, Guangdong (Canton) & Hong Kong, China late 19th century
height: 12cm, width: 8cm, weight: 204g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 6231
Chinese Export Silver Bowl by Yok Sang
Maker: Yok Sang, China circa 1895
diameter: 22cm, height: 11cm, weight: 828g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 6230
Chinese Export Silver Centre Piece by Tuck Chang with original Carved Blackwood Stand
Maker: Tuck Chang, Shanghai, China circa 1900
height (with stand): 40cm, without stand: 32cm, diameter: 27cm, weight (without wooden stand): 1,428g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 6242
Japanese-style Chinese Export Silver Bowl by Wang Hing
Maker: Wang Hing, Guangdong (Canton) & Hong Kong, China 1890s
diameter: 19.5cm, height: 13cm, weight: 730g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 6239
Chinese Export Silver Pierced Centrepiece with Original Hardwood Stand
China late 19th century
height (with stand): 44.5cm, height (without stand): 38.3cm, circumference of middle dish: 32.5cm, silver weight: 1,124g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 6205
Pair of Cuff Bracelets
Northern India or perhaps Pakistan or Afghanistan late 19th century
heights: 9.7cm, diameters: 8.5cm, internal diameters: 5.5cm-6.3cm, combined weights: 490g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5938
Sri Lankan Pierced Silver & Gilt Bracelet set with Zircons & an Amethyst
Coastal regions, Sri Lanka circa 1920
width of face: 3.7cm, internal diameter: 5.1cm, weight: 37.4g
Provenance
Art Market, Scotland
Enquiry about object: 5562
Colonial Satinwood Box with Pierced Silver Mounts
Colonial Jamaica 18th century
length: 25cm, depth: 16.1cm, height: 10cm
Provenance
UK art market; the Lawrence Family of Wiltshire, England, and Jamaica.
Enquiry about object: 5771
Pair of Mughal Double-Headed Steel Belt Hooks
Northern India 17th century
heights (without stand): 9.8cm, heights with stands: 13.5cm & 15cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5659
Tibetan Woman’s Ga’u Box
Central Tibet 19th century
width: 6.3cm, height: 8cm, thickness: 3.3cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5671
Kangxi Chinese Porcelain Flask with Indian (or Similar) Engraved Silver Mounts
China & India or similar Kangxi Dynasty, 17th-18th century
height: 9.6cm, weight: 66.8g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 5315
Embroidered Chinese Wall Hanging with Shou (寿) & other Daoist Deities
China, exported to the Straits Settlements 19th century
dimensions of backing material: 120cm x 84cm
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: 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: 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: 4702
Unusual Indian Ganga-Jumna Lota
Tanjore, South India 17th century
height: 12.4cm, diameter: 15cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 5637
Indian Flexible Silver Bracelet (Lahsan ke Pahunchian)
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 Indian Silver Earrings (Balti Bali)
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: 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.
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: 5416
Sri Lankan Brass Model of a Kandyan Noble
Sri Lanka 19th century
height: 26cm, weight: 1,364g
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: 5254
Colonial Indian Silver Mug
India, probably Calcutta circa 1840
height: 9.2cm, weight: 172g
Provenance
private collection, Channel Islands.
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: 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: 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: 5488
Tibetan Gilded Bronze Mahakala
Tibet 15th century
height: 14cm, width: 10.5cm, weight: 701g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5153
Indian Silver Belt Plaque
India, probably Udaipur (Mewar) 19th century
diameter: 5.8cm, thickness: 0.9cm, weight: 56g
Enquiry about object: 4979
Pair of Indian Silver Flower-Form Ear Plugs
India, probably Delhi 19th century
diameters: 3cm, combined weight: 13.49g
Provenance
Collection of the late Paul Walter, New York, probably acquired in London.
Enquiry about object: 5364
Early Javanese Unusually Large Cast Bronze Buddha
Java or Sumatra, Indonesia, but possibly imported from northern India Classical Period, 8th century
height (without stand): 21.9cm, width: 17.1cm, depth: 11.8cm, weight: 2,576g
Provenance
Private Collection, London, UK.
Enquiry about object: 5363
Javanese Cast Silver Image of Shiva with Bronze Yoni Base
Java, Indonesia Classical Period, 9th century
height of Shiva: 8.3cm, ensemble height (with stand): 11.6cm, weight of Shiva: 146g
Provenance
Private Collection, London, UK.
Enquiry about object: 5217
Two Mughal Engraved Gilded Silver Boxes inset with Tortoiseshell Panels
North India circa 1740
length of largest box: 9.5cm, width: 8.8cm, height: 3.3cm, weight: 183g; length of smaller box: 7.5cm, width: 6.7cm, height: 1.8cm, weight: 98g
Provenance
Scottish art market
Enquiry about object: 5362
Srivajaya Cast Bronze Image of Four-Armed Kubera
Palembang region, Sumatra, Indonesia 8th-9th century
height (without stand): 12.2cm, height (with stand): 15cm, weight (without stand): 757g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Enquiry about object: 4416
Kendi with Green-Glazed Chinese Earthenware & Engraved Brass Mounts
Java, Indonesia 19th century
height: 21cm, width 24cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 3527
Nepalese Pair of Woman’s Gold Earrings (Chepti Sun)
Nepal mid-19th century
diameters: 6cm, combined weight: 22.7g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 4036
Chinese Silver Filigree & Jade Hinged Bracelet
China circa 1900
internal diameter: 5.6cm, height: 2.1cm, weight: 46.25g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5180
Gold Mounted Comb
Turkmen People, Central Asia 19th century
width: 9.6cm, height: 6.9cm, weight: 38g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5137
Gold Parsi (Parsee) Portrait Brooch set with Fifty Diamonds, & another Portrait
Bombay, India 19th century
diamond brooch: 3.4cm x 2.8cm, unmounted portrait: 2.8cm x 2.4cm
Provenance
from a Parsi family, originally from Bombay, and now based in northern England. The identities of the men featured in the portraits are unknown however.
Enquiry about object: 5136
Parsi Large, Inscribed, High-Grade Silver Zoroastrian Ritual Ses Tray
Parsi (Parsee) People, India, probably Bombay 19th century
diameter: 35.3cm, weight: 956g
Provenance
from a Parsi family, originally from Bombay, and now based in northern England.
Enquiry about object: 5135
Four Parsi Zoroastrian Ritual Objects in High-Grade Silver
Parsi (Parsee) People, Bombay, India 19th century
height of sprinkler: 24cm, diameter of incense tray: 7.2cm, combined weight of silver: 258g
Provenance
from a Parsi family, originally from Bombay, and now based in northern England.
Enquiry about object: 4833
Pair of Cast Brass Lakshmi Dipa Lamps
South India 17th-18th century
heights: 35cm & 34.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4860
Yellow Venetian Glass & Brass Bead Necklace
Andhra Pradesh, India 19th century
length: 84cm, weight: 280g
Provenance
UK private collection
Enquiry about object: 4913
Silver Panelled Belt (Araipatti)
Tamil Nadu, South India 19th century
approx. length: 72cm, width: 6cm, weight: 552g
Provenance
UK art market.
Enquiry about object: 4930
Ottoman Gilded Buckle inset with Carved Coral Cabochons
Ottoman Turkey or Balkans 18th-19th century
length: 20cm, width of buckle (without dangles), 7cm, weight: 216g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4947
Large, Splendid Silver Anklet (Milna Payal)
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India 19th century
approximate diameter: 13cm, weight: 467g
Provenance
Christie's New York; Formerly in the collection of the late Paul Walter; most probably acquired by Walter in London.
Enquiry about object: 4955
Pair of Solid-Cast Silver Lion-Headed Bangles
India, either Rajasthan or Himachal Pradesh early 20th century
external width across: 8.8cm, combined weight: 652g
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of the late Paul Walter; most probably acquired by Walter in London.
Enquiry about object: 4962
Silver Bangle
Madhya Pradesh, India early 20th century
external diameter: 10.6cm, internal diameter: 6.5cm, weight: 290g
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of the late Paul Walter; most probably acquired by Walter in London.
Enquiry about object: 5076
Indo-Portuguese Parcel-Gilt Pierced Silver Bezoar Stone Box
West India, probably Gujarat or Goa circa 1700
length: 5cm, diameter: 4.4cm, weight: 48g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 5089
Rare Indian Coco-de-Mer Ewer
Northern India Circa 17th century
height: 45cm, width: 25cm, thickness: 18cm, weight: 3,070g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4683
Large Terracotta Makara & Naga Stair-Head or Roof Tile Finial
Thailand Sukhothai Period, 14th-15th century
height: 51cm, length: 26cm, width: 14cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 4684
Terracotta Makara Roof Tile Finial Fragment
Thailand Sukhothai Period, 14th-15th century
height: 32cm, length: 18cm, width: width: 15.4cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 4686
Terracotta Makara Roof Tile Finial Fragment
Thailand Sukhothai Period, 14th-15th century
height: 30.5cm, length: 28cm, width: 17cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 4688
Terracotta Buddha Votive Plaque
Burma probably Pagan period, 12th century
height: 11.6cm, width: 8.3cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 4693
Thai Terracotta Ribbed Jar with Brown Glaze
North-Eastern Thailand 14th-15th century
diameter: 20cm, height: 18.3cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 4698
Bronze Spouted Lota
Kerala, South India 17th century
height: 12.3cm, width: 17cm, weight: 1,269g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 4798
Indian Silver Bead Necklace
Gujarat, India 19th-early 20th century
length: 60cm, weight: 229g
Enquiry about object: 4813
Inscribed Copper Alloy Dancing Krishna
India 19th century
height: 13.4cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4831
Unusual South Indian Silver Beaker
Madras, India circa 1870
height: 10.3cm, diameter: 9.5cm, weight: 342g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4539
Large Bronze Vishnu
South India Vijaynagara Period, circa 16th century
height (without stand): 39.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4565
Bronze Deepalakshmi Lamp
Deccan or South India 16th-17th century
height (without stand): 18cm, with stand: 20cm, width: 11cm
Provenance
UK art market; most probably has been in the UK since colonial times.
Enquiry about object: 4401
Very Fine Chased Silver Parasol or Cane Handle
Sri Lanka 19th century
length of silverwork: 21.5cm, overall weight: 140g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4590
Gilded Cast Bronze Ava-Style Buddha
Shan People, Eastern Burma 17th century
height: 30.8cm, width: 15cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 4598
Cast Bronze Seated Buddha
Mandalay, Burma 18th-19th century
height: 58cm, width: 39.5cm, depth: 24cm
Provenance
from a private collection, UK. The previous owner built up a collection of Buddha images mostly from old UK colonial sources, and did so over a long lifetime.
Enquiry about object: 3944
Pair of Borneo Man’s Solid Brass Spiral Ear Ornaments
Kenyah/Kayan Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo 19th century
diameter: 2cm, combined weight: 72g
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: 4195
Pair of Woman’s Silver & Turquoise Earrings
Central Tibet 19th century
heights: 5cm, diameter of hoops: 3.2cm, combined weight: 59g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3762
Portrait of Nasir-ud-Din Haidar Shah, the second Nawab of Oudh (r. 1827-37) in Original Brass Frame
Lucknow, India circa 1840
height of frame: 25cm, width: 20cm, height of image: 15cm
Provenance
UK art market.
Enquiry about object: 3286
Javanese Strand of Rare Glass Beads & Gold Foil Beads
Mediterranean, India or perhaps Central Java, Indonesia circa 700-1000AD or earlier
length: 22.6cm, weight: 57g
Provenance
private collection, London
Enquiry about object: 4961
Unusual Double, Solid Silver Tiger Bracelet
Himachal Pradesh, India early 20th century
width across: 7.5cm, thickness: 4cm, weight: 408g
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of the late Paul Walter; most probably acquired by Walter in London.
Enquiry about object: 1010
Sri Lankan Tortoiseshell Betel Box with Engraved, Parcel-gilt Silver Mounts
Sri Lanka late 18th century
length: 16cm, width: 12cm, height: 5.2cm, weight: 305g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 960
Large Ceremonial Brass Tazza (Dalumura Tatuva)
Sri Lanka 19th century
height: 25cm, diameter: 31.2cm, weight: 3.78kg
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 97
Mughal or Deccan Silver Plate (Thali)
Mughal or Deccan India early 18th century
diameter: 21.2 cm, weight: 242g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 641
Engraved Silver Betel & Lime Boxes
Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 6.7cm, chain length: 21.5cm, total weight: 128g
Enquiry about object: 803
Large Zoomorphic Borneo Bronze Kettle (Cerek)
Borneo - Sarawak (Malaysia) or Brunei 19th century
height: 30cm, length: 39cm
Provenance
Acquired from the UK antiques market (southern England) and most probably has been in the UK since the colonial period.
Enquiry about object: 521
Two framed original photographs: one of Maharaja Chandra Shumshere, Rana of Nepal, & one of a granddaughter
Nepal circa 1910
Maharaja Chandra Shumshere photograph: height: 27cm, width: 19cm (with frames: height: 43cm, width: 36cm); Granddaughter photograph: height: 28cm, width: 18cm (with frames: height: 45.5cm, width: 38cm)
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 561
Ikat Selendang Cloth
'Greater Blossom' Clan, Savu, Eastern Indonesia late 19th century
length: 184cm (not including fringe); width: 90cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 597
Indian Parcel-Gilt Silver Hookah Base
Northern India 19th century
height: 18.5cm; diameter of base: 19cm, weight: 865g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 609
Khmer-Thai Earthenware Storage Jar
North-Eastern Thailand circa 12th century
height: 25cm; diameter at widest point: 23cm (approx.)
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 639
Engraved Silver Betel Box
Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 8cm, combined weight: 148g
Provenance
private collection, London
Enquiry about object: 640
Engraved Silver Betel & Lime Boxes
Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 6.5cm, total weight: 117g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 4732
Fine Burlwood Tsampa Box with Silver Filigree Mounts & Lapis Lazuli, Coral & Turquoise
Mongolia 19th century
diameter: 14cm, height: 8.5cm, weight: 483g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4761
Flexible Silver Armlet (Bazuband)
Rajasthan, India 19th-early 20th century
length of silver band: 17cm, width: 4.2cm, weight: 112g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4795
Flexible, Pierced, Silver Armlet (Bazuband)
Rajasthan, India 19th-early 20th century
length of silver band: 16cm, width: 7.5cm, weight: 256g
Provenance
private UK collection.
Enquiry about object: 4658
Finely Carved South Indian Nut with Silver Mounts
South India, probably Madras circa 1800
length: 10.2cm, weight: 108g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4667
Model of a Peacock, Gilded, Enamelled & set with Turquoise & Pearls
China circa 1920
height: 45cm, total weight: 863g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4671
Carved, Ritual Horn Seed Dispenser
Tibet 19th century
length: 21.6cm, weight: 169g
Provenance
Scottish art market
Enquiry about object: 4676
Rare, Brass Toad-Shaped Flask
Tibet circa 18th century
height (with stopper): 37cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4577
Unusually Large Chased Silver Christian Cross
Sri Lanka 19th-early 20th century
height: 11.8cm, width: 6.6cm, weight: 39g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4584
Large Kandyan Period Cast Brass Standing Buddha
Sri Lanka 18th century
height without stand (32cm), with stand: 38cm
Provenance
private collection, UK. The previous owner built up a collection of Buddha images mostly from old UK colonial sources, and did so over a long lifetime.
Enquiry about object: 4593
Cast Bronze Seated Buddha
Laos circa 15th century
height: 37cm, width: 22.5cm, depth: 14cm
Provenance
private collection, UK. The previous owner built up a collection of Buddha images mostly from old UK colonial sources, and did so over a long lifetime.
Enquiry about object: 4614
Colonial Silver Filigree Lidded Box & Tray
Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia 18th century
length of tray: 11.5cm, length of box: 9.3cm, combined weight: 153g
Provenance
: UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4618
Colonial Calamander Wood Document Box with Fine Silver Mounts
Sri Lanka 18th century
length: 24.5cm, height: 11cm, depth: 18cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4629
Three Ming Dynasty Carved Wooden Daoist Figures with Polychrome
China Reign of Zhengde (1505–1521)
heights: each approx. 29.5cm
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 4651
Balinese Damascened Short Sword with Carved Tusk Hilt
Bali, Indonesia 18th century
length (in scabbard): 57.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4657
Kris with Gilded Silver Hilt
Bali, Indonesia early 20th century
total length: 56.5cm, length of hilt: 12.2cm, total weight: 576g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4519
Malay Silver Lidded Lotus-Pattern Bowl
Malay People, Riau or Southern Malay Peninsula circa 1900
height: 16.3cm, diameter: 21.4cm, weight: 506g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4540
Maharaja’s Parcel-Gilt Silver-Plated Processional Fly Whisk Holder
India 19th century
length: 38cm, weight: 262g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4541
Champleve Enamelled & Gilded Bronze Stupa with Jataka Tales
China Ming Dynasty, circa 15th century
height: 20.2cm, width: 10cm, weight: 1,254g
Provenance
private collection of Maurice Collis (1889-1973); thereafter by descent.
Enquiry about object: 4569
Lacquered & Gilded Kammavaca
Burma early to mid-19th century
length: 54.8cm, width: 11.9cm - 16 leaves & 2 covers
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4399
Carved Shell, Glass & Wood Bead & Fossilised Palmwood (Pumtek) Necklace
Mizo People, Eastern India, or Naga People, Burma/India circa 1900
length: 80cm, weight: 100g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 4404
Gilded Silver Butterfly Ornament set with Turquoise
Nepal or Eastern Tibet 18th-19th century
height: 5cm. width: 5.3cm, weight: 19.4g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4443
Fine Clay Votive Plaque (Tsa-Tsa) of Manjushri with Lantsa Script
Tibet circa 15th-17th century
height: 6.4cm, width: 5.2cm, thickness: 1.8cm
Provenance
Collection of Stephen Masty (1954-2015)
Enquiry about object: 4450
Large, Lacquered Wooden Buddha
Mandalay, Burma circa 1850
height: 67.5cm, width: 59cm, depth: 34cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4454
Finely Engraved Persian-Style Silvered Copper Drinking Bowl
Northern India 19th century
diameter: 15cm, height: 5.3cm, weight: 504g
Provenance
Scottish art market
Enquiry about object: 4471
Bronze Spiral Ear Ornament or Stone Mason’s Plumb Weight with Lotus Bud Finials
Cambodia circa 10th-12th century
height: 6cm, weight: 164g
Provenance
private London collection
Enquiry about object: 4485
Bell-Shaped Silver-Inlaid Bidri Hookah Base
Lucknow, India circa 1850
height: 17cm, diameter: 18.8cm, weight: 2,163g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4499
Necklace of Rare Hollow Reeded Gold Beads
Pyu (present-day Burma) 5th-9th century
length of bead section: 18cm (36cm circumference), weight: 29g
Provenance
UK art market; private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 4261
Cast Brass Male Fertility Ring
Muria People, Bastar, Madhya Pradesh, India 18th-19th century
overall approximate widest diameter: 5cm, weight: 52g
Provenance
private London collection
Enquiry about object: 4265
Cast Brass Male Fertility Ring
Muria People, Bastar, Madhya Pradesh, India 18th-19th century
overall approximate widest diameter: 6cm, weight: 46g
Provenance
private London collection
Enquiry about object: 432
Indian Hand-Held Brass Hookah Base
Northern India 18th century
height: 14.6cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4331
Carved Wooden Mask
Himalayan India - Northern Bengal or Himchal Pradesh 18th-19th century
height: 22cm, width: 13.6cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4347
Large Silver-Inlaid Brass Betel Box (Lutuan)
Islamic Mindanao, Philippines early 20th century
height: 18.3cm, length: 34cm, width: 15cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4368
Three Brass Jewellery Moulds
India circa 19th century
widest point of largest mould: 8cm; weights of each: 120g, 95g & 142g
Provenance
private collection, London
Enquiry about object: 4373
Four Burgaute Lacquered Scholar’s Cups Inlaid with Abalone Nacre & Silver
China early 18th century
height: 4.8cm, diameter: 10.5cm, typical weight per cup: 75g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4256
Rare Fossilised Palmwood (Pumtek) Bead Necklace
Pyu Kingdom, Burma, China People, Western Burma & Mizo People, Eastern India circa 10th century
length: 76cm, weight: 93g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 4259
Naga Bead & Bone Necklace or Girdle
Naga People, India/Burma 19th century
length (approx): 67cm, width: 15.5cm, weight: 517g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 4056
Embroidered Akho Gara Sari
Parsee (Parsi) Surat region, India late 19th century
length: 530cm, width: 120cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4078
Rare Agate Box with Chased Silver Mounts
India, perhaps Goa circa 1700
height: 13.3cm, length: 14cm, depth: 10.1cm, weight: 1,127g
Provenance
UK art market; European collection.
Enquiry about object: 4146
Silver-Encased Dagger (Dha Hmyaung) with Ivory Hilt
Shan people, Burma 18th-19th century
total length: 39.5cm, weight: 348g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4148
Tibetan Gilded Clasp set with Turquoise & Coral
Central Tibet 19th century
length: 8.3cm, width: 4cm, weight: 50g
Provenance
private collection, London
Enquiry about object: 4207
Group of Five Chain Mail Fasteners
India, probably Rajasthan 17th-18th century
diameters (approx.): 2.7cm-4.5cm
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 4240
Chased Silver Lidded Box with Gujarati Inscription
India 18th-19th century
length: 11.9cm, height: 6cm, width: 8.5cm, weight: 332g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4245
Sri Lankan Chased, Oblong Silver Box
Kandy, Sri Lanka circa 1900
length: 14.3cm, width: 7.8cm, height: 3.8cm, weight: 228g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4249
Miniature Shaivaite Shrine
Maharashtra, India 18th-19th century
height: 9.6cm, width: 6.5cm, depth: 6.5cm
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 4250
Rare Burmese Shwezawa Lacquer Chest
Burma 19th century
height: 19.5cm, length: 43.6cm, depth: 33cm
Provenance
private collection, London; acquired by the previous owner in the UK decades ago, and probably has been in the UK since the colonial era.
Enquiry about object: 4253
Lacquered & Gilded Kammavaca
Burma 19th century
length: 57cm, width: 13.6cm - 16 leaves & 2 covers
Provenance
private collection, London
Enquiry about object: 4254
Rare Lacquered Brass Kammavaca
Burma early 19th century
length: 47.6cm, width: 8.5cm - 10 leaves & 2 covers
Provenance
private collection, London
Enquiry about object: 4052
Unusually Large, Silver Filigree Betel Box
Dutch East Indies, or possibly India circa 1700
length: 22.3cm, width: 16cm, height: 10cm, weight: 1,675g
Provenance
Private London collection (estate)
Enquiry about object: 4054
Silver-Gilt Tibetan-Style Ritual Wine Ewer Cups & Tray
China or Overseas Chinese Communities late 19th century
height of ewer: 24cm, width of ewer: 15cm, length of tray: 30.2cm, width of tray: 21.5cm, height of cups, 4cm, diameter of cups: 3.7cm, weight: 1,027g
Provenance
UK art market.
Enquiry about object: 3908
Ifugao Carved Wooden Ritual Bowl with Handle (Duyu)
Ifugao People, Northern Luzon, Philippines 18th-19th century
length: 20.4cm, width: 13.5cm, height: 6.3cm
Provenance
private European collection.
Enquiry about object: 3943
Pair of Borneo Man’s Solid Brass Spiral Ear Ornaments
Kenyah/Kayan Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo 19th century
diameter: 3.5cm, combined weight: 180g
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 ethnographica mostly from Borneo and Indonesia.
Enquiry about object: 3945
Pair of Man’s Solid Brass Spiral Ear Ornaments
Kenyah/Kayan Dayak People, Sarawak, Borneo 19th century
diameter: 2.6cm, combined weight: 90g
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: 3957
Balinese Repoussed & Chased Silver Offering Bowls
Bali, Indonesia early 20th century
heights: 4.5cm, diameters: 11.6cm, combined weight: 211g
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 ethnographica mostly from Borneo and Indonesia.
Enquiry about object: 3958
Gem-Set Gilded & Silver Filigree Ear Plug Ornaments
Java, Indonesia 19th century
length: 3cm, diameter: 2.5cm, combined weight: 32g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3987
Silver Double Axe Pendant
Central Flores, Eastern Indonesia 18th-19th century
height: 6.2cm, width: 7.3cm, weight: 15.4g
Provenance
Dutch antique market; private Dutch collection; acquired previously in the Netherlands
Enquiry about object: 3988
Silver Double Axe Pendant (Taka)
Central Flores, Eastern Indonesia 18th-19th century
height: 6.5cm, width: 9cm, weight: 19g
Provenance
Dutch antique market; private Dutch collection; acquired previously in the Netherlands.
Enquiry about object: 4021
Carved & Polychrome Image of Chu-sheng Niang-niang (the Goddess who Registers Births), Fuzhou Chinese, early 20th century
Hokkien, Teochiu & Fuzhou Chinese Communities in Southeast Asia & China early 20th century
height: 27cm, width: 14cm
Provenance
Private Collection, Keith Stevens, UK.
Enquiry about object: 4032
Carved Coco-de-Mer Sufi Mendicant’s ‘Begging’ Bowl (Kashkul)
Northern India or Iran (Persia) 18th century
length: 28cm, width: 13cm, height: 10.5cm
Provenance
UK art market.
Enquiry about object: 4041
Indian Silver & Gilded Silver Braided Belt (Kamarpatti)
Maharashtra or Andhra Pradesh, India 19th century
length: 81cm, height of bezel: 6cm, weight: 332g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4043
Chased & Engraved Pendang Lurus Sword
Java, Indonesia 18th-early 19th century
length: 50cm
Provenance
Scottish art market
Enquiry about object: 4050
Underglaze Blue Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Ceramic Kendi with Ottoman Silver Mounts with Tugra
China/Ottoman Turkey circa 16th century
height: 16.6cm, diameter: 14cm, weight: 795g
Provenance
UK art market