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Mongolian Ear or Temporal Ornaments with Silver, Coral, Turquoise & Peking Glass
Ordos Mongols, South Inner Mongolia 19th century
length: approximately 39.5cm, width: 4.4cm, combined weight: 258g
Provenance
private collection, Germany.
Fine, Heavy Silver Belt (Kardhani)
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India 19th century
length: 85.8cm, width: 4.4cm, weight: 478g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Himalayan Shell Ear Ornaments
Tibetan Peoples, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan India 19th century
external diameter: approximately 4.5cm, combined weight: 32g
Provenance
private collection, Scotland
Rare Himalayan Brass Coil & Shell Pendant Necklace
Tibetan Peoples, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan India 19th century
length of pendant: 13.1cm, width of pendant: 5.1cm, circumference of chain: 70cm, weight: 119g
Provenance
private collection, Scotland
Large & Superb Himalayan Shell Hair Ornament (Dunkertsa)
Tibetan Peoples, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan India and Ladakh 19th century
length: 7.9cm, width: 9.7cm, depth: approximately 4.5cm, weight: 104g
Provenance
private collection, Scotland
Himalayan Shell Hair Ornament (Dunkertsa)
Tibetan Peoples, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan India and Ladakh 19th century
width: 7.4cm, length: 7.8cm, depth: approximately 3cm, weight: 97g
Provenance
Private collection, Scotland
Himalayan Shell Pendant or Hair Ornament
Tibetan Peoples, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan India 19th century
length: 8.8cm, width: 7.8cm, depth: approximately 3.5cm, weight: 77g
Provenance
Private collection, Scotland
Indian Partabargh Theva-Work Gold Bracelet
Partabargh, Rajasthan, and Delhi, India circa 1850
circumference: approximately 18cm, length of individual panels: 3.5cm, weight: 58g
Provenance
UK art market
Massive, Rare Berber ‘Front & Back’ Amber Necklace
Berber or Amazigh People, Ait Yazza Village and related groups, Draa Valley Region, South-eastern Morocco early 20th century
circumference: approximately 140cm, weight: 931g
Provenance
private collection, Germany; collected in the 1980s
Superb Tibetan Gold, Silver & Turquoise Woman’s Belt Ornament (Ghanjen or Gyenzen)
Lhasa, Tibet circa 18th century
width: 39.1cm, length: 24.6cm, weight: 413g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Swahili Coast Silver Necklace & Hirz Box set with Rare British East Africa Company Coins
Swahili Coast, East Africa, probably Mombasa late 19th century
width of amulet pendant: 8.3cm, circumference of chain: approximately 86cm, weight: 221g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Silver, Gilt & Turquoise Woman’s Belt Ornament & Matching Silver Chain (Ghanjen or Gyenzen)
Tibet 19th century
length: 46.7cm, width: 43cm, weight: 318g
Provenance
UK art market
Omani Silver, Gold & Trade Bead Chin Necklace (Shibgat) & Headdress Chains
Central Oman early 20th century
width of pendant: 19cm, weight: 322g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine Pair of Ersari Turkoman Engraved Silver Cuff Bracelets
Ersari Turkoman People, Turkmenistan, , Afghanistan & Pakistan early 20th century
width: 6.5cm, diameter: widest at 7.1cm (adjustable), combined weight: 207g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Yemen Silver Bracelets (Damlaj)
Saada, Yemen early 20th century
diameter: approximately 8cm, width: 3.8cm, combined weight: 253g
Provenance
UK art market
Omani Suite of Silver & Gold Bridal Jewellery
Oman early 20th century
length of hairband: 42cm, length of ear ornaments: 12.8cm, width of amulet pendant:9.8cm, combined weight: 586g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Pair of Sulawesi-Buton Upper-Arm Bridal Bracelets
Butonese People, Buton Island, Eastern Indonesia 19th-early 20th century
external diameter: 13.4cm, internal diameter: 10.3cm, combined weight: 106g
Provenance
private collection, Amsterdam, and acquired in the 1980s by the previous owner in the Netherlands
Libyan Coral and Silver Temporal
Libya early 20th century
width: 7.9cm, weight: 77g
Provenance
UK art market
Superb Moroccan Berber (Amazigh) Necklace
Amazigh or Berber People, Draa Valley, Southern Morocco latest stringing: mid-20th century from earlier elements
length: 99cm, width of amber: widest at 4cm, weight: 464g
Provenance
private collection, Germany; collected in the 1980s
Rare Sikkim Parcel-Gilt Silver Ga’u Box
Gangtok, Sikkim, Himalayan India 18th-19th century
height: 10cm, width: 9.7cm, depth: 5.1cm, weight: 335g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Rare Sikkim Parcel-Gilt Silver Ga’u Box
Gangtok, Sikkim, Himalayan India 18th-19th century
height: 10.2cm, width: 9.5cm, depth: 4.3cm, weight: 303g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Sikkim Parcel-Gilt Silver Octagonal Box
Gangtok, Sikkim, Himalayan India 18th-19th century
height: 7.7cm, width: 11.6cm, weight: 420g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Moroccan Gold & Silver ‘Moon & Sun’ Bracelet (Shems ou Khmer)
North-West Morocco early 20th century
external diameter: 7cm, internal diameter: 6.1cm, width: 2.5cm, weight: 116g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Indian Silver ‘Corrugated’ Bracelet
Maharashtra or Gujarat, India early 20th century
widest internal diameter: 6cm, width: 8.6cm, weight: 116g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Large Minangkabau Gilt & Carved Wooden Waist Buckle & Sash
Minangkabau People, West Sumatra, Indonesia early 20th century, possibly earlier
length of buckle: 37cm, length of sash: 136cm, overall weight: 182g
Provenance
private collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tibetan Hair Bead with Turquoise and Coral
Central Tibet 18th-19th century
length: 9cm, width: 5.5cm, depth: 1.6cm, weight: 71g
Provenance
private collection, Netherlands
Large, Elaborate Tibetan Hair Bead with Silver, Gilt & Multiple Turquoise
Central Tibet 18th century
length: 10cm, width: 4.6cm, depth: 2.7cm, weight: 81g
Provenance
private collection, Netherlands
Thai Gold Pendant set with Black Diamonds
Bangkok, Thailand early 20th century
length: 3.6cm, width: 2cm, weight: 3.93g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Tibetan Woman’s Silver & Gold Head Ornament with Coral (Melong Pongu or Metok)
Derge and Chamdo, Eastern Tibet 19th-early 20th century
diameter: 4.9cm, depth: 2.2cm, weight: 28g
Provenance
private collection, Netherlands
Indonesian Peranakan Chinese Gold Wedding Buckle
Peranakan Chinese Community, Makassar, Sulawesi, Eastern Indonesia 19th century
width: 15.9cm, height: 6.7cm, weight: 116g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Large Libyan or Tunisian Silver Fibula with Libyan Assay & Maker’s Marks (Hlal or Khellal)
Bedouin People, Libya & Tunisia late 19th-early 20th century
width: 17.6cm across, weight: 170g
Provenance
UK art market
Yemen Silver & Natural Coral Bead Hirz Necklace
Yemen, possibly Haraz early 20th century
circumference: 79cm, length of main pendant: 13.9cm, weight: 473g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Silver Necklace with Large Madalio Pendant
Bhuj, Kutch area, Gujarat, India late 19th-early 20th century
circumference: 71.5cm, length of main pendant: 12.8cm, weight: 234g
Provenance
UK art market
Sri Lankan Necklace of Gilded-Silver Beads
Sri Lanka 19th century
circumference: 49.6cm, weight: 49g
Provenance
European art market
Moroccan Berber Necklace of Large Antique Amber Beads
Berber People, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco. 18th-19th century
circumference: approximately 65cm, length of beads: between 2.5 and 6.2cm, overall weight: 622g
Provenance
private collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nepalese Gem-Inset Gilded Silver Breast Plate (Suta or Konchi)
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 18th-19th century
width: 17.5cm across, weight: 249g
Provenance
Scottish art market
South Indian Parcel-Gilt, Silver Panelled Waist Belt (Araipatti)
Tamil Nadu, South India 19th century
circumference: 69.1cm, width: approximately 3.1cm, weight: 515g
Provenance
UK art market
East Java Majapahit Gold Conch Ear Ornament
Majapahit Kingdom, East Java, Indonesia 14th-15th century
length: 2.6cm, width: 2.3cm, depth: 1.4cm, weight: 5g
Provenance
Estate Collection of Tom White MBE, a former UK diplomat who served in Southeast Asia in the 1960s & 1970s.
Konyak Naga Trade Bead, Brass Bell & Shell Necklace
Konyak Naga People, North-West India & Western Burma early 20th century
Provenance
private collection, US
Fine, Indian Gold, Flexible Necklace
Kerala, India 20th century
circumference: 76cm maximum, length (of individual gold component): 2.5cm, weight: 31g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Yemen Silver & Carnelian Wedding Headdress (Ma’saba)
Juba, Marib Governorate, Northern Yemen & Southern Saudi Arabia early 20th century
circumference: approximately 54cm, width (of main band): 5cm, length of fringe: 4.5cm, weight: 605g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Silver, Gold & Copper Ga’u Box with Enclosed Tsa-Tsa
Kham Province, Derge, Tibet late 18th-early 19th century
height: 18.1cm, width: 16cm, depth: 6.6cm, weight: 616g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Unusually Large, Naga Trade Bead & Bone Belt or Girdle
Konyak Naga People, North-West India & Western Burma early 20th century and possibly earlier
length: 82cm, width: 13.5cm
Provenance
private collection, US
Large, Naga Trade Bead Necklace
Konyak Naga People, North-West India & Western Burma early 20th century
circumference: approximately 73cm, weight: 417g
Provenance
private collection, US.
Chinese Warring States Gold and Turquoise-Inlaid Bronze Garment Hook
Northern China Warring States period or Han Dynasty, 3rd or 2nd century BC
height: 8.4cm, width: 1.1cm, weight: 96g (not including display stand)
Provenance
private collection, London, UK; Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London, 2019
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
Outstanding Early Javanese Gold ‘Surya’ Pendant & Chain
East Java, Indonesia Majapahit Period, 14th century
circumference: 59cm, width of pendant: 6.2cm, width of chain: 4.5cm, weight: 137g
Provenance
private collection, UK; and previously a private German collection
Ladakh Twelve-Strand Coral, Turquoise & Silver Bead Necklace (Ultik)
Ladakh, Himalayan India 19th century
circumference: 57cm, length of central band: 6.2cm, weight: 314g
Provenance
UK art market
Early Javanese Silver & Gold Ring
Central Java, Indonesia circa 14th century
US ring size: 5.25; UK ring size: K, weight: 9.6g
Provenance
Estate Collection of Tom White MBE, a former UK diplomat who served in Southeast Asia in the 1960s & 1970s.
Mongolian Unusual Coral & Silver Double-Band Bracelet
Mongolia 19th century
outer diameter: 7.2cm, inner diameter: 6.2cm, weight: 28g
Provenance
private collection, US.
Batak Copper-Inlaid Cast Brass Singa Ornament
Batak people, Lake Toba region, North Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century or earlier
width: 10cm, length: 7.9cm, weight: 90g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Wearable Silver & Amber Bead Necklace
India 19th century
circumference: 70cm, width of main bead: approximately 2.8cm, weight: 47g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Selection of Silver & Gilded Silver Trade Beads
India, Sri Lanka, Central Asia, Indonesia, Morocco 19th century
length of strand: 56.5cm, weight: 119g
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Thai Courtly Gold Pendant or Brooch set with Rubies
Bangkok, Thailand 19th century
length: 4.7cm, width: 3.5cm, weight: 10g
Provenance
private collection
Unusually Large & Fine Pair of Yao Large Silver Ear Ornaments
Im Mien or Dao/Yao People, Laos/Northern Thailand/Southern China late 19th century-early 20th century
length: approximately 15.6cm, width: approximately 9.3cm, combined weight: 296g
Provenance
French art market
Silver Yao Celestial Headdress & Matched Pin
Kim Mun Lantien Sha of the Dao/Yao People, Laos/Northern Thailand/Southern China early 20th century
diameter of disc: 16.4cm, length of hair pin: 22.1cm, overall weight: 234g
Provenance
French art market
Large, Tibetan Silver & Turquoise Hair Bead Pendant (with Display Stand)
Central Tibet 18th-19th century
length: 13.5cm, width: 6.8cm, thickness: 2.9cm, weight: 133g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Rare Dogon Brass Talismanic Pendant Showing Five Ancestor Figures
Burkina Faso or Mali circa 19th century
height: 7.3cm, width: 10.8cm, weight: 153g
Provenance
UK art market
Large Tibetan Silver Ga’u set with Turquoise & Coral (with Display Stand)
Western Tibet 19th century
length: 12.4cm, width: 9.2cm, depth: 2.5cm, weight: 158g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Indian Silver Gajredar Bracelet
Rajasthan, India 19th–early 20th century
internal diameter: approximately 4.5cm, thickness: 2.2cm, weight: 341g
Provenance
private collection, US
Indian Cast Silver ‘Rope’ Anklet or Bracelet
Gujarat, India early 20th century
internal diameter: approximately 5.5cm, thickness: 4.8cm, weight: 300g
Provenance
private collection, US
Moroccan Silver Niello Cuff Bracelet with ‘Frog’ Motifs
Berber people, Central Anti-Atlas, Southern Morocco, possibly the Irherm region 19th century
internal diameter: approximately 5.3cm, weight: 65g
Provenance
private collection, US
Naga Necklace with Dark-Blue Trade Beads
Naga People, Western Burma & North-eastern India early 20th century
circumference: approximately 66cm, weight: 287g
Provenance
private collection, US
Moroccan Niello & Enamel Silver Bracelet
Berber people, Central Anti-Atlas, Southern Morocco, possibly the Tagmout region circa 1930
internal diameter: approximately 6cm, weight: 70g
Provenance
private collection, US
Ottoman Syrian Silver & Coral Cuff Bracelet
Ottoman Syria or Anatolia, Turkey 19th century
length: 7.8cm, diameter: approximately 7cm, weight: 192g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Turkoman High-Grade Silver Bracelets
Turkoman people, Northern Afghanistan 19th century
length: 7.8cm, internal diameter (widest): approximately 6.5cm, combined weight: 236g
Provenance
UK art market
Gujurat-Omani-Zanzibar Part-Gilt Silver Necklace & Talismanic Pendant
Western India, Zanzibar or Oman circa 1900
width of pendant: 11.6cm, length of chain: 97cm, overall weight: 419g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Large Round Silver Ga’u set with Turquoise
Western Tibet 19th century
diameter: approximately 12cm, depth: 3.7cm, weight: 250g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Tibetan Large Silver Ga’u with Turquoise (& Display Stand)
Western Tibet 19th-early 20th century
height: 15.6cm, width: 10.4cm, depth: 3.6cm, weight: 277g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Nepalese Long Silver Necklace (Jantar)
Tamang people, Nepal 19th century
circumference: approximately 84cm, length of pendant: 10.6cm, weight: 537g
Provenance
private collection, US
Fine, Madras Silver Makara Bracelet
Madras, South India circa 1870
internal diameter (widest): 5.7cm, weight: 64g
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
Fine & Rare African Senufo Brass Ancestor Pendant
Senufo or Dan People, Ivory Coast or Liberia circa 1930
width: 13.5cm, height: 6.2cm, weight: 198g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Naga Necklace with Turquoise-coloured Trade Beads
Naga People, Burma/India early 20th century
circumference: approximately 83cm, weight: 328g
Provenance
private collection, US
Yemen Silver Necklace
Jewish community, Hadramaut region, Yemen early 20th century
circumference: approximately 72cm, length of central pendant bead: 6.4cm, weight: 279g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Rare Central Asian Boy’s ‘Bow & Arrow’ Silver Amulet for the Back
Central Asia or Afghanistan, probably Turkoman/Turkmen People 19th century
circumference of chain: approximately 52cm, width of amulet: 13.8cm, weight: 105g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare, Unusually Large Silver Yemeni Wedding Chest Ornament Necklace
Zabid, Southern Tihama, western coastal plain, Yemen early 20th century
length of pendant (from loop to the lowest bell): approximately 25.5cm, circumference of necklace component: approximately 54cm, overall weight: 493g
Provenance
private collection, UK; acquired in Saudi Arabia in the 1970s
Bedouin Silver Rattle Anklet with Bells (Halhal)
Bedouin people, Abha, 'Asir Region, Southern Saudi Arabia 19th-early 20th century
inner diameter: approximately 7.1cm, weight: 232g
Provenance
private collection, UK. Collected in the 1970s from Saudi Arabia.
Large & Early Kina Shell Pectoral Pendant with Stone-Drilled Holes
Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea late 18th-19th century
width: approximately 19cm, weight: 183g
Provenance
Julian Harding Collection, London
Central Asian Parcel-Gilt Silver Comb inset with Turquoise
Uzbek people, Central Asia 19th century
length: 14.4cm, width: 7.5cm, weight: 173g
Provenance
private collection, Germany
Unusually Ample & Long Indian Glass Trade Bead & Brass Bead Necklace
Andhra Pradesh, India 19th century
circumference: 128cm, weight: 820g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Two Tibetan Zodiac Tokchas & One Other
Tibet circa 17th century
length: 5.2cm, 6.7cm and 7.1cm, combined weight: 176g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Deity Tokcha, probably Padmapani
Tibet circa 12th-13th century
height: 6cm, width: 5.3cm, weight: 65g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Dayak Solid Brass Pendant Ear Pendants
Kenyah/Kayan Dayak People, Borneo, Malaysia & Indonesia early 20th century
length: 6.6cm, width: 3cm, combined weight: 266g
Provenance
private Dutch collection
Palestinian Head Ornament with Spanish Silver Real Coins
Palestine 18th-19th century
length (of pendant with its elements): 14.1cm, circumference (of chain): 85cm, weight: 313g
Provenance
UK art market
Thai Courtly Gold Pendant set with an Emerald & Rubies
Bangkok, Thailand 19th century
length: 5.7cm, width: 3.9cm, weight: 16g
Provenance
private collection