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Large, Rare Tibetan Tortoiseshell Plaque Carved with Manjushri
Tibet circa 18th century
height: 20.5cm, width: 17.4cm, weight: 225g
Provenance
private collection, Spain/England
Rare Pair of Moroccan Iron Prick Horse Spurs Overlaid with Gold
Morocco 19th century
length of spur: 27.7cm, combined weight of spurs: 818g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Indian Cast & Chiselled Brass Erotic Maithuna Betel Cutter
West India, probably Maharashtra 18th-19th century
length: 9.7cm, width: 6.2cm, weight: 229g
Provenance
UK art market
Burmese Tattoo Needle & Weight
Burma (Myanmar) 19th century
length: 33.1cm, weight: 158g
Provenance
UK art market
Burmese Tattoo Needle & Weight
Burma (Myanmar) 19th century
length: 45.8cm weight: 281g
Provenance
UK art market
Burmese Tattoo Needle & Weight
Burma (Myanmar) 19th century
length: 45cm, width: 5.1cm, weight: 500g
Indian Fine, Silver-Inlaid Betel Cutter
North-West India, probably Rajasthan 19th century
length: 16.4cm, width: 5.7cm, weight: 121g
Provenance
UK art market
Sino-Tibetan Conch Shell Trumpet with Gilded Copper Mounts
Sino-Tibetan 18th century - most probably Qianlong period (1736-1795)
length: 22.2cm, width: approximately 13.5cm, weight: 1,129g
Provenance
Derek Wright (1927-2022) collection, Fritham Grange, Hampshire., UK. Acquired by the previous owner from Gerard Hawthorn Ltd Oriental Art, London, June 2004.
Maori Greenstone Pendant in the form of a Native Bat (Pekapeka)
Maori people, New Zealand 19th century
width: 7.2cm, length: 4.8cm, weight: 38g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Tibet Fire Offering (Homa) Ladles of Iron Overlaid with Gold & Silver
Derge, Tibet 15th-16th century
length: 78.2 and 86.2cm, combined weight: 1,983g
Provenance
UK art market
Javanese Islamic Wooden Circumcision Chair
Java, Indonesia 18th-19th century
height: 61.5cm, width: 65cm, depth: 43cm
Vietnamese Ceremonial Trident (Dinh-ba)
Vietnam Nguyen Dynasty, 19th century
length: 46.3cm, width: 23.8cm, weight: 571g
Provenance
French art market
Ottoman Woman’s Embossed, Silver-Clad Hammam Clogs (Qabqab)
Ottoman Turkey 19th century
length: 22.8cm, width: 8.3cm, height (including strap): 11.3cm, combined weight: 643g
Provenance
UK art market
African Dogon Cast Brass Pendant of a Seated, Bound Female Slave
Dogon People, Mali 19th century or earlier
height: 6.7cm, weight: 134g
Provenance
UK art market
Mongo Currency Anklet
Mongo People, central Congo 19th-early 20th century
width: approximately 14.2cm, height: 11.7cm, weight: 4,038g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare, Inscribed, Shaivite 22-Spout Water Vessel or Lota
South India 18th-19th century
height: approximately 27.5cm, width: approximately 33cm, weight: 2,503g
Provenance
private collection, England.
Indian Cast Brass Finials to Decorate the Horns of a Bullock
Central or Southern India 18th-19th century
height: 10.6cm, width: 3.7cm, combined weight: 314g
Provenance
UK art market; private UK collection.
Balinese Double-Ikat Geringsing Cawat Ding Ding Si Gading Cloth
Tenganan Pegeringsingan, South-East Bali, Indonesia 19th century
folded length: 105cm (full length: 210cm), width: 42.5cm
Provenance
private collection, UK; believed to have been collected in Bali in the 1920s
Hittite Silver Model of a Long-Horned Bull
Hittite people, (likely) Anatolia, Central Turkey 1750-1200 BC
height: 8.5cm, length: 8.5cm, width: 3.5cm, weight: 136g
Provenance
UK art market
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
Andaman Islands Man’s Dance Regalia
Andaman Islands, possibly from the Jarawa Tribe, South Andaman circa 1900
indicative length of headdress (band & tassels): 49cm
Provenance
private collection, London. UK; previously, Charles Wilfred Hext (b.1880-1919)
Fine, Dayak Brass Helmet Ornament
Dayak People, Borneo, Malaysia/Indonesia 19th century
width: 10.6cm, height: approximately 17.5cm, weight: 93g
Provenance
UK art market
Qajar Bird Hunting Whistle & Carved Wooden Gem-Set Case
Persia (Iran) 19th century
length: 16.5cm, weight: 58g
Provenance
Oliver Hoare, London; Christie's, London, Indian and Islamic Works of Art, 20 Apr 2007.
Qajar Bird Hunting Whistle & Carved Ebony Gem-Set Case
Persia (Iran) 19th century
length: 14.8cm, weight: 71g
Provenance
Oliver Hoare, London; Christie's, London, Indian and Islamic Works of Art, 20 Apr 2007.
Early Indian Terracotta Mother Goddess
Mathura District, Uttar Pradesh, Northern India 200-300BC
height: 18.2cm, width: 8.6cm, weight: 420g
Provenance
UK art market
Mongo Woman’s Woven Buttock Shield (Bakonga)
Mongo People, Congo early 20th century
length: approximately 88cm, width: 8.3cm, weight: 157g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Parsi Ritual Silver Ses or Sace Cone (Soparo)
Northern India dated 1933
diameter: 17.3cm, height: 34.5cm, weight: 787g
Provenance
UK art market
Exceptional Collection of 18 Aztec Black-Clay, Tubular, Ear Plugs or Spools
Aztec Civilisation, Capilco, Mexico 14th-15th century
diameter: 2.1cm (smallest), 3.1cm (biggest)
Provenance
UK art market, prior to that Madrid, Spain from before 1974
Mongo Woman’s Beaded & Woven Buttock Shield (Bakonga)
Mongo People, Congo early 20th century
length: approximately 98cm, width of pompom: 12cm, weight: 292g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Burmese Bronze Rice-Noodle Maker
Burma 19th century
height: 15.4cm, width: 22.5cm, depth: 11.4cm, weight: 2,410g
Provenance
European art market
Burmese Royal Silk Achiek Cloth Sutra Cover
Burma (Myanmar) 19th century
70cm x 78cm
Colonial Spanish Powder Flask (Yesquero)
Colonial Spanish, Argentina 19th century
length: 7cm (not taking into account the curve), weight: 27.59g
Provenance
UK art market
English Tavern or Publican House Willow Nine-Pin Skittles Set
West Country, England 19th century
heights (approx.) 30cm each, and 40cm for the king pin
Provenance
UK private collection
Rare, Brass Toad-Shaped Flask
Tibet 18th century and perhaps earlier
height (with stopper): 37cm
Provenance
UK art market
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.
Rare Indian Coco-de-Mer Ewer
India Circa 17th century
height: 45cm, width: 25cm, thickness: 18cm, weight: 3,070g
Provenance
UK art market
Eshu Dance Wrist Pendant
Yoruba People, Southern Egbado, Nigeria 19th century
height: 10.2cm
Provenance
private collection, London.
Woman’s Iron Pubic Cover (Cache Sexe)
Kirdi and Matakam People, North Cameroon 19th-early 20th century
length: 37.5cm
Provenance
private collection, UK