NEW ITEMS FOR AUGUST 2024
Included are items from Morocco, China, Tibet, Nepal, India, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia/Singapore, Thailand, Georgia, Swahili Coast (Zanzibar), Burma, Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Iran (Persia), Libya/Tunisia, Yemen, Sri Lanka, and Senufo (West Africa).
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Pair of Silver-Clad Thai Dance Crowns for Rama & Sita, with Original Travel Case
Bangkok, Thailand 1950s
height: approximately 41cm and 41.5cm, width: approximately 23cm and 21cm, combined weight (crowns only): 1,404g (746g and 658g); travel case's height: approximately 52cm, width: 59cm, depth: 26cm
Provenance
UK 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
Exceptional, Large, Himalayan Silver Butter Lamp Overlaid with Gold
Bhutan or Tibet 18th century
height: 30cm, width: 18cm, weight: 1,201g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Rare Pair of Dayak Man’s Upper Ear Plugs
Kenyak and Kayan Dayak People, Sarawak (Borneo), Malaysia late 19th century
circumference: approximately 63cm and 65cm, length of tooth: 7.5cm and 7.2cm, combined weight: 73g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Rare & Important Early Japanese Calendar Scroll Painting of the Sanju Banjin
Japan, probably Kyoto Muromachi or Momoyama Period, 16th Century
width (without frame): 57.4cm, length: 120.5cm
Provenance
from the collection of an aristocratic Spanish family, purchased from Shreve, Crump & Low of Boston in the late 1970s or early 1980s
Straits Chinese Silver Betel Set by Da Xing & Lacquered Box
Straits Chinese (Baba-Nonya), Straits Settlements, Singapore & Malaysia circa 1920
height of lacquered box: 9.6cm, width: 26cm, depth: 13.5cm, combined weight of metal (silver etc): 458g, overall weight: 918g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Chinese Export Silver Rosewater Sprinkler, probably by Linchong
Guandong (Canton), China circa 1800-1825
height: 34.6cm, width: 8.6cm, weight: 587g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Colonial Indian Silver Goblet Chased with Banana Palms, by J. Boseck & Co. of Calcutta
Calcutta, India circa 1880
height: 21.5cm, diameter: 10.6cm, weight: 396g
Provenance
UK art market
Early Georgian Coconut Wine Ladle with Niello & Gilded Silver Mounts (Azarpeshi)
Georgia circa 17th century
length: 28.6cm, width: 9.3cm, depth: 5.1cm, weight: 120g
Provenance
UK 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
Zanzibar Gold & Silver Domed Betel (Tambuu) Box
Zanzibar, Swahili Coast, East Africa 19th century
height: 11cm, width: 10.3cm, weight: 275g
Provenance
UK art market
Pegu Cast Bronze of a Cheroot-Smoking Burmese Lady
Pegu, Burma circa 1920
height: 15.6cm, width: 12.8cm, depth: 9.8cm, weight: 905g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Spanish Colonial Philippines Silver Sweetmeats Dish
Spanish Colonial Philippines, probably Luzon early 19th century
height: 7cm, width: 31.2cm, depth: 19.4cm, weight: 496g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Cambodian Silver Spittoon Chased with Reamker Figures
Cambodia early 20th century
height: 11.9cm, width: 10.3cm, weight: 254g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Vietnamese Parcel-Gilt Silver Box
Vietnam, probably Hanoi early 20th century
height: 7.3cm, width: 12.6cm, depth: 8.6cm, weight: 243g
Provenance
Private Collection, London, UK
Islamic Engraved Brass ‘Magic’ Bowl
Northern India or Iran (Persia) 18th-19th century
diameter: 21.1cm, height: 7cm, weight: 788g
Indian Brass Seated Durga
Maharashtra or Karnataka, India 15th-16th century
height: 21.1cm, width: 12.5cm, depth: 9.6cm, weight: 1,143g
Provenance
UK art market
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
Pegu Cast Bronze of a Burmese Lady with a Parasol
Pegu, Burma circa 1920
height: 26cm, width: 18.8cm depth: 19cm, weight: 1,101g
Provenance
UK art market
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
Balinese Carved Wooden Rice Sheaf Paddle (Panaptapan)
Bali or Lombok, Indonesia 19th century
length: 37.9cm, width: 8.3cm, weight: 285; height including stand: approximately 43cm
Provenance
Art market, France
Thai Niello Silver (Thom Ngoen) Bowl with Singha Motifs
Thailand early 20th century
height: 6.6cm, diameter: 13.9cm, weight: 207g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Rare Senufo Poro Secret Society Dance Rattle
Senufo People, Ivory Coast, Mali & Burkina Faso probably 19th century
length: 41.1cm, width: 6.1cm, depth: 5.1cm, weight: 168g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Chinese Silver-Gilt Hairpins set with Malachite
Northern China 18th-19th century
length: approximately 15.5cm, combined weight: 26g
Provenance
UK art market
Thai Silver Gilt Pedestal Bowl & Cover (Thiap)
Thailand, and maybe Cambodia early 20th century
height: 16.5cm, width: 12.4cm, weight: 297g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Selected, Fine Items from Previous Catalogues
Dutch Colonial Chased, Oblong Silver Box
Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia 18th century
length: 14.3cm, width: 7.8cm, height: 3.8cm, weight: 228g
Provenance
UK art market
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
Early Indian Pink Sandstone Relief of a Male Deity with Female Attendants
Madhya Pradesh, India Chandella Dynasty, late 11th or 12th century
height: 58cm, width: 42.2cm
Provenance
private UK collection since circa 2000; prior to that in a private Anglo-Dutch collection since circa 1990. Most probably has been in the UK or Europe since colonial times.
Rare Balinese Double-Ikat Geringsing Wayang Kebo Cloth
Tenganan Pegeringsingan, South-East Bali, Indonesia 19th century
length: 210cm, width: 51.7cm
Provenance
private collection, UK; believed to have been collected in Bali in the 1920s
Large, Indian-Islamic Carved Wooden Koran Stand
Northern India 19th century
length (when flattened): 92cm, width: 31.3cm, weight: 4,894g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Indian Mewar Silver Belt Plaque
India, probably Udaipur (Mewar) 19th century
diameter: 5.8cm, thickness: 0.9cm, weight: 56g
Provenance
UK art market
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
Superb Tibetan Silver Image of Tsong Khapa
Tibet 18th century
height: 13.7cm, width: 9.8cm, depth: 7cm, weight: 606g
Provenance
private collection, England.
Saudi Arabian Beaded & Tasselled Head Covering (Qarqoosh)
Bani Malik Tribe or Bal Harith Tribe, Hijaz region, southern Saudi Arabia early 20th century
width (without tassels): approximately 63cm, length (without tassels): approximately 132cm, weight: 493g
Provenance
private UK collection, collected in Saudi Arabia in the 1970s
Lucknow Niello & Enamelled Perfume Flask
Lucknow, India circa 1780
length: 8.5cm, width: approximately 3.5cm, weight: 28g
Provenance
UK art market