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North Indian Commemorative Carved Wooden Block for ‘Ali ibn Musa al-Rida, the Eighth Shia Imam
Northern India, possibly Lucknow 18th-19th century
length: 18.5cm, width: 12.5cm, thickness: 1.9cm, weight: 294g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Punjabi Engraved Silver Anklets
Punjab, India/Pakistan 19th century
width: approximately 12.6cm, dimensions of the rectangular plate: 6.5 and 5.3cm, combined weight: 227g
Provenance
UK art market
Mughal Finely Carved Pale Green Jade Segmented Box & Cover
Mughal India 17th-18th century
length: 8.3cm, width: 6.8cm, height: approximately 3.5cm, weight: 70g
Provenance
believed to have been acquired around the 1950s, and thence by descent
Colonial Kashmir Tibetan-style Travelling Altar Table (Chogtse)
Srinigar, Kashmir, India circa 1870
height: 31.4cm, length: 68.3cm, width: 33.5cm, weight: 3,150g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine, Colonial Indian Silver Cheroot Case
Northern India, probably Kutch circa 1850
height: 12.5cm, width: 5.6cm, depth: 3.8cm, weight: 234g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Indian Pendant with Mughal Courtly Miniature Paintings
Delhi, India circa 1890
height (including loop): 8.5cm, width: 9.3cm, depth: 0.6cm, weight: 67g
Provenance
UK art market
South Indian Silver Strand with 18 Amulet Boxes
Kerala, South India 19th century
length of individual amulet: 2.9cm, overall length: 77.8cm, weight: 101g
Provenance
Netherlands art market
Indian Bronze Ganesh & Consort
South India 16th century
height: 7.8cm, width: 5.3cm, depth: 4.1cm, weight: 272g
Provenance
Dutch art market
Indian Large Bronze Image of Radha
Eastern India 18th century
height: 28.9cm, width: 8.2cm, diameter of base: 10cm, weight: 1,366g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Gold Apsara Pendant
India early 20th century
length: 3cm, width: 2.4cm, thickness: 1cm, weight: 6.52g
Provenance
UK art market
North Indian Rock Crystal Perfume Flask set with Gold, Diamonds, Rubies & Pearls
North India 18th-19th century
height: 8.1cm, width: approximately 3.2cm, weight: 100g
Provenance
UK art market
Naga Cast Brass Arm Ornament
Naga People, North-Eastern India early 20th century
length: 10.2cm, width: from 7.2 to 8cm, weight: 380g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Gold-Inlaid, Koftgari-work Christian Cross
Northern India circa 1865
length (including loop): 8.3cm, width: 5.7cm, thickness: 0.3cm, weight: 32g
Provenance
UK art market
South Indian Bronze Vishnu
South India 17th-18th century
height: 14.8cm, width: approximately 7.1cm, depth: 5.3cm, weight: 667g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Silver Miniature Shivalingam (Ekamukhalinga)
Maharashtra or Karnataka, India late 19th century
height: 6.9cm, length: 6.5cm, width: 4.9cm, weight: 122g
Provenance
UK art market
Kachchh Silver Spiral Dowry Torque
Kachchh region, Gujarat, India 19th-early 20th century
internal diameter: 15cm (widest), weight: 302g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Polychrome Zoomorphic Wooden Priming Powder Flask
Rajasthan, India 19th century
length: approximately 16.3cm, thickness: approximately 4.3cm, weight: 212g
Provenance
UK art market
North Indian Koranic Hand-Carved Wooden Printing Block
Northern India circa 18th century
length: 18.9cm, width: 6.2cm, depth: approximately 2.6cm, weight: 104g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Printing Block with Naskh Script
Northern India dated 1856-57
length: 15.7cm, width: 9.8cm, depth: approximately 6.1cm, weight: 309g
Provenance
UK art market
Naga Double Brass Necklace with Faces
Konyak Naga People, Burma/India 19th century
circumference: approximately 62.5cm, length of pendant: 14.8cm, width of pendant: 9.4cm, weight: 225g
Provenance
UK art market
North Indian Cast Bronze Ganesh
Northern India 16th century
height: 9.2cm, width: approximately 6.3cm, depth: 4.6cm, weight: 224g
Provenance
UK art market
Two Indian Carved Carnelian Hookah Mouthpieces
Northern India 19th century
length: 5.5 and 7.8cm, width: 1.6 and 2.2cm, combined weight: 45g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Kuki Cuff Bracelet
Thado Kuki (Thadou Kuki) people, Nagaland, India 19th century
length: 9.1cm, width: 7.8cm, weight: 278g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Large, Heavy & Very Enamelled Gold Nava-ratna Bazuband Pendant
Murshidabad, West Bengal, India late 18th century
length: 6.8cm, width: 3.3cm, weight: 41.54g
Provenance
private collection, London. UK
Indian Islamic Carved Wooden Printing Block for Kalamkari-Style Fabrics
India 19th century
width: 23.4cm, length: 16.1cm, thickness: approximately 6.2cm, weight: 967g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine Model of a Shaivite Ascetic
Mysore, Karnataka, India 19th century
height: approximately 21.5cm, width: 6cm, depth: approximately 8cm, weight: 130g
Provenance
UK art market
Three Sri Lankan Palm Leaf Manuscript Styluses (Panhinda)
Sri Lanka 19th century
length: 22, 26.5 and 39.4cm, combined weight: 189g
Provenance
UK art market
Naga Head Hunter’s Necklace with Three Severed Heads
Naga People, North-Eastern India 19th-early 20th century
length of chank beads: between 5.6 and 9cm, width of brass pendant: 12.6cm, circumference: approximately 73cm, weight: 389g
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection, UK
Large Naga Chank Shell & Trade Bead Necklace
Angami Naga People, North-Eastern India late 19th-early 20th century
circumference: approximately 90cm, length of the large shell pendant: 17.3cm, weight: 765g
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection, UK
Diamond, Ruby and Gold Inlaid Mughal White Jade Hookah Mouthpiece Snuff Bottle
North India, and later, China 18th century with later snuff bottle conversion
height: 7cm, diameter: 1.8cm, weight: 32g
Provenance
Lot 309, Christie's New York, 'Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art', September 22, 1995.
Large, Silver-Inlaid Brass Shiva Mukhalinga Plaque
North Karnataka, India 19th century
height: 31.6cm, width: 18.3cm, weight: 2,857g
Provenance
UK art market
Sri Lankan Silver & Enamel Dagoba Reliquary
Kandy, Sri Lanka 19th century
height: 15.3cm, diameter: 11.2cm, weight: 173g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Indian Engraved Silver Comb with Rock Crystal Mounts
Northern India circa 18th century
height: 5.2cm, width: 6.7cm, thickness: 0.9cm, weight: 34g
Provenance
UK art market
Ao Naga Brass Neck Chain
Ao Naga People, North-Eastern India probably 18th century
length: 81.7cm, width: 1.6cm, weight: 500g
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection, UK
Naga Head Hunter’s Necklace with Two Severed Heads
Naga People, North-Eastern India 19th-early 20th century
circumference: 55cm, width of brass pendant: 9cm, weight: 176g
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection, UK
Indian Large, Gilded Brass Model of a Shaivite Shrine
probably Maharashtra, India late 19th century-early 20th century
height: approximately 52cm, length: 38.9cm, width: 26cm
Provenance
UK art market
Naga Headhunter Warrior’s Ornament
Naga People, North-Eastern India 19th-early 20th century
circumference: approximately 64cm, length of pendant (including tufts): 21cm, width of wooden pendant: 6.7cm, weight: 45g
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection, UK
Naga or Mizo Bridal Headdress with Job’s Tear & Beetle Wing Strands
Naga people of Manipur region, or Mizo people of Mizoram region early 20th century
height: approximately 33cm, width: approximately 33cm, diameter of circular rim: 17.4cm, weight: 884g
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection, UK
Sri Lankan Tortoiseshell Box with Pierced, Solid Gold Mounts
Sri Lanka (Ceylon), probably Galle circa 1730
height: 5.6cm, width: 15.2cm, depth: 10.3cm, weight: 239g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Silver and Gilt Necklace showing the Eight Mother Goddesses of Hinduism
India, probably Rajasthan 19th century
circumference: approximately 70cm, width of pendant: 10.1cm, weight: 241g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Lingayat Sect Nandi Ring
Karnataka or Maharashtra, India 18th-19th century
ring size: P/O (UK), 7.75 (US), overall length: 3.6cm, weight: 15g
Provenance
UK art market
Himalayan Indian Shell Arm Band or Bangle
Tibetan Peoples, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan India and Ladakh 19th century
internal diameter: 7.5cm, external diameter: 8.9cm, thickness: 3.7cm, weight: 108g
Provenance
private collection, Scotland
Three Himalayan Shell Hair Ornaments (Dunkertsa)
Tibetan Peoples, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan India and Ladakh 19th century
width: 6.4, 6.5 and 7.2cm, combined weight: 221g
Provenance
private collection, Scotland
Four Himalayan Indian Cone Shell Hair Beads
Tibetan Peoples, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan India and Ladakh 19th century
width: 5, 5.1, 5.1 and 5.9cm, combined weight: 146g
Provenance
private collection, Scotland
Unusual & Massive Naga Shell Bead Necklace
Angami Naga People, North-Eastern India 19th-early 20th century
circumference: 101cm, length of beads: between 1.1 and 3.2cm, diameter of beads: between 1 and 2.1cm, weight: 531g
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection, UK
Export Indian Dyed Cotton Prayer Cloth with Text (Jainamaz)
Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India circa 1850
height: 76.3cm, width: 55.6cm, weight: 101g
Provenance
UK art market
Silver & Copper-Inlaid Bronze Standing Krishna
Bengal or Orissa, India late 19th century
height: 18.4cm, width: approximately 6.7cm, depth: 5.9cm, weight: 805g
Provenance
UK art market
Large Naga Chank Shell & Trade Bead Necklace
Angami Naga People, North-Eastern India late 19th-early 20th century
length of strand: 111cm, length of chank shells: 15.5 and 16cm, weight: 1,251g
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection, UK
Unusual Naga Trade Glass Bead Multi-Strand Necklace
Naga People, North-Eastern India 1920s
circumference: 47cm, weight: 224g
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection, UK
Fine Pair of Naga Beaded & Brass Ear Ornaments
Konyak Naga People, North-West India early 20th century
overall length: approximately 71cm, length of individual ear ornament: 18.5cm, width of individual ear ornament: 6.9cm, weight: 79g
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection, UK
Rare Naga Head Hunter’s Necklace with Four Severed Heads
Naga People, North-Eastern India 19th-early 20th century
length of brass pendant: 12.6cm, length of strand: approximately 57cm, weight: 181g
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection, UK
Naga Head Hunter’s Severed Head Necklace
Naga People, North-Eastern India 19th-early 20th century
length of strand: approximately 50.4cm, length of pendant: 9.1cm, width of pendant: 6.8cm, weight: 161g
Provenance
Hansjorg Mayer Collection, UK
Indian or Zanzibar Sand-Cast Silver Flexible Anklet (Sankhla)
Gujarat, India or Zanzibar, Swahili Coast, East Africa late 19th century
length: approximately 19cm, width: 2cm, weight: 206g
Provenance
private collection, London
Three Rare Indian Hindu Silver Temple Body Stamps (Chhapa)
Orissa or Bengal, India 18th-19th century
length: 3.3 to 6cm, height: 4 to 4.5cm, combined weight: 94g
Provenance
private collection, London; acquired from Henry Brownrigg, London.
Indian Bronze Temple Cooking Basin (Charakku or Urly)
India 18th century
height: 8.5cm, diameter: 25.4cm, length (with handles): 28.8cm, weight: 2,654g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Temple Tree Lamp (Vriksha Deepa)
Deccan or Kerala, India 19th century
height: approximately 60cm, width: 41.3cm, weight: very heavy
Provenance
UK art market
Export Indian Dyed Cotton Prayer Cloth (Jainamaz)
Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India circa 1850
height: 88.2cm, width: 54cm
Provenance
UK art market