New Items for July-August 2019
(The next catalogue will not be published until September).
Included are items from India, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Nepal, Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, the Ottoman Empire, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Liberia, Angola & Nigeria.
All items are for sale.
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Maharaja’s Enamelled Heavy Gold Bracelet set with Rubies, Diamonds & an Emerald
India, probably Hyderabad circa 1750 or earlier
overall length: 17.5cm, dimensions of enamelled plaque: 4cm x 3.2cm, total weight: 137g, diameter as worn: approx. 6cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Large Silver & Gilt Filigree Bowl Presented to Prime Minister Harold Wilson by Emperor Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia circa 1968
diameter: 38.3cm, height: 9.2cm, weight: 2,229g
Provenance
Presented to Prime Minister Harold Wilson of the United Kingdom by Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia; from the estate of Lady Wilson, the former Prime Minister's wife.
Indian Silver Column Lamp with Hamsa Finial Presented & Inscribed to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
India 20th century
height: 43cm, diameter of base: 14.3cm, weight: 522g
Provenance
Given to Mr Barry Williams, police bodyguard to Prime Minister Thatcher by Dennis Thatcher, the Prime Minister's husband.
Katawaz Gilded Silver & Glass Trade Bead Ear Ornaments
Katawaz People, Katawaz Basin, Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Area 19th century
heights: 11.5cm, widths: 7.4cm, combined weight: 155g
Provenance
UK art market
Painting of Maharaja Bhim Singh of Jodphur
Jodphur. Rajasthan, northern India circa 1795
34.7cm x 25cm
Provenance
acquired in India in the 1920s by an English colonel in the Indian army; then by descent - London private collection
Tibetan Ritual Pendant Engraved Brass ‘Mirror’ (Melong)
Tibet circa 15th century
height including loop: 16cm, diameter of mirror: 14.4cm, weight: 188g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Nepalese Ceremonial Necklace Ornament set with Semi-Precious Stones
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal circa 18th century
length: 12cm, height: 7.8cm, weight: 76g
Provenance
UK art market
Nepalese Belt Clasp set with Semi-Precious Stones
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 18th-19th century
length: 17.3cm, height: 6.3cm, weight: 101g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Nepalese Ear Ornaments for a Religious Image set with Semi-Precious Stones
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 18th-19th century
each is 4.2cm x 4.2cm, combined weight: 54.8g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Buddhist Ivory, Human Bone, Turquoise & Agate Rosary Beads (Sin-‘phen)
Tibet 18th century
circumference of main bead strand: 62cm, weight: 145g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Massive, Silver-clad Indian Temple Image of Lord Venkateswara
Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India 1850-1920
height: 128cm, width: 88cm, thickness: 4.2cm
Provenance
private collection, England.
Pair of Yellow Satin Malay Wedding Bed Bolster Covers each with a Pair Bolster-End Tekat Panels with Gold Thread
Malay People, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia circa 1920
length of each bolster when filled: 100cm, diameter of each tekat panel: 15cm
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.
Chinese Cloisonne & Gilt Vase Decorated with Taotie Motifs
China 18th-early 19th century
height: 23.3cm, weight: 946g
Provenance
acquired by the previous owner's father at Christie's London in the 1990s
Rare Indian Brass Ritual Water Pot (Lota) Engraved with Christian Biblical Scenes
India 19th century
height: 15cm, diameter: 16.5cm, weight: 867g
Provenance
private London collection; acquired by the previous owner from Christie's London.
Rare Toma Mask with Articulated Jaw (Landai)
Toma People, Liberia & Guinea 19th-early 20th century
height: 43cm, width: 15.4cm, depth: 14cm
Provenance
private collection, Scotland
Three Indian Brass Kohl Containers
India 19th century
lengths: 7.5cm-14.6cm
Provenance
UK art market
Life-Sized Mandalay Gilded & Lacquered Wooden Standing Buddha
Mandalay, Northern Burma 19th century
height (without stand): 149.5cm, height (with stand): 169cm, width: 65cm, depth: 25cm
Provenance
UK art market
Cast Brass Shadow Puppet (Wayang) Theatre Lamp (Blencong)
Central or East Java, Indonesia late 18th-19th century
height: 54.5cm, depth: 42cm, width: 56.5cm
Provenance
private collection, Southern England
Three Indian Silver Pendant Amulet Containers
India 19th century
lengths: 4.5cm - 6cm, combined weight: 102g
Provenance
private collection, England.
Kashmiri Double-Sided, Gold-Sprinkled Page from the Shahnameh with Chapter Heading
Kashmir, India 16th century
28cm x 17cm
Provenance
private collection, London.
Five Pairs of Ottoman Knives & Forks Inscribed ‘Sarajevo 1880’
Sarajevo, Ottoman Balkans dated 1880
lengths of knives: 17.3cm, lengths of forks: 16.6cm
Provenance
UK art market
Unusually Tall Ottoman Woman’s Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Wooden Stilted Clogs (Qabqab)
Ottoman Turkey 19th or early 20th century
height to top of toe strap: 30cm, lengths: 22.8cm, widths: 18cm
Provenance
UK art market
Fine & Large Silver Filigree Tray or Platter
probably India 18th-early 19th century
diameter: 27.5cm, height: 4cm, weight: 573g
Provenance
UK art market
Ottoman Balkans or Armenian Gilded Belt Buckle set with Coral & Turquoise
Ottoman Balkans 18th-19th century
length: 21cm, height: 9cm, weight: 343g
Provenance
UK art market
Malaysian Silver & Gold Bowl Presented to Prime Minister Harold Wilson
Malaysia, probably Kelantan 1960s-early 1970s
diameter: 25.5cm, height: 13cm, weight: 493g
Provenance
Presented to Prime Minister Harold Wilson of the United Kingdom; from the estate of Lady Wilson, the former Prime Minister's wife.
Large, Impressive, Early Indian Copper Water Pot
Northern India circa 16th century
height: 41cm, diameter: 26cm, weight: 3,837g
Provenance
UK art market
Heavy Indian Silver Bowl
Lucknow, India circa 1910
diameter: 23cm, height: 17.4cm, height: weight: 1,548g
Provenance
UK art market
Tang Dynasty Parcel-Gilt Silver Plaque in Early French Frame
China Tang Dynasty, circa 8th century
length of silver: 16.4cm, width of silver: 3.7cm, length of frame: 41cm, height of frame: 26cm
Provenance
UK art market; and marked as having been acquired in 'Pekin' (Beijing) in 1901.
Solid Silver Plate from the Dinner Service of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie
Ethiopia or Europe 1930s-1960s
diameter: 21,5cm, weight: 408g
Provenance
UK art market
Shan Burmese Colonial Silver Goblet
Shan people, Burma circa 1860
height: 20.6cm, diameter: 10cm, weight: 401g
Provenance
UK art market
Lacquered, Gilded Offering Vessel (Hsun-ok)
Southern Shan States, Burma circa 1920
height: 63.5cm, diameter: 29.8cm
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Woman’s Kibla Compass Shaped as a Silver Niello Mango Pendant
South India first half of the 19th century
length: 2.2cm, weight: 3.87g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Silver Coin Necklace
India early 20th century (coins dated 1878 and 1915)
length: 50cm, weight: 85g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Bhuta Cow Figures (Nandigona)
Karnataka, India 19th century
lengths; 21cm, heights: 11.6cm, combined weights: 2,244g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Enamelled Gold Earrings with Diamonds, Rubies, Emeralds & Pearls
India circa 1850
lengths: 5.5cm, combined weights: 12,53g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Ottoman Engraved Stamp for Talismanic Printing
Ottoman Balkans or Turkey circa 18th century
height: 18.4cm, width: 14.5cm, weight: 705g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Rare Ottoman Engraved Stamp for Talismanic Printing, possibly of the Bektashi Order
Ottoman Balkans or Turkey circa 18th century
diameter: 16cm, weight: 465g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Rare Ottoman Engraved Stamp for Talismanic Printing
Ottoman Balkans or Turkey circa 18th century
13.1cm x 11cm, weight: 533g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Rare Ottoman Engraved Stamp for Talismanic Printing
Ottoman Balkans or Turkey circa 18th century
length: 17.6cm, width 13.6cm, weight: 188g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK.
Burmese Cast Brass Statue of a Courtly Dancer, signed by Maung Yai
Mandalay, Burma early 20th century
height: 18cm width: 1ocm, weight: 587g
Provenance
UK art market
Burmese Lacquered & Carved Stone Buddha
Amarapura, northern Burma 18th century
height: 51cm, width: 30.5cm, depth: 18cm
Provenance
from the estate of Sir David Tang, founder of the luxury fashion house Shanghai Tang
Eleven Indian Ivory Panels carved with Erotic Scenes
Rajasthan, India late 19th century
each is approx. 7cm x 10cm to 8cm x 9.8cm
Provenance
acquired in India in the 1920s by an English colonel in the Indian army; thence by descent - London private collection
Large Silver Ga’u Box set with Turquoise & Coral
Eastern Tibet, probably Labrang area early 20th century
length: 15cm, height: 15.3cm, thickness: 2.8cm, weight: 254g
Provenance
UK art market
Unusual South Indian Inscribed Bronze Ewer
South India, probably Andhra Pradesh 17th-18th century
height: 34.3cm, width: 25cm, depth: 14.5cm, weight: 2,623g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Pair of Ibibio Nigerian Carved Wooden Masks
Ibibio People, southern Nigeria early 20th century
heights: 28cm & 26cm
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Yoruba Opele Oracle Chain
Yoruba People, Nigeria circa early 20th century
approximately 118cm
Provenance
Estate of Seward Kennedy, London
Ovimbundu Carved Wooden Sceptre
Ovimbundu People, Angola 19th century
height: 54cm
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Brass Lime Box for Betel
India 19th century
length: 8.5cm, width: 4.5c,. height: 4.3cm, weight: 177g
Provenance
UK art market; Henry Brownrigg Collection
Fine, Selected Items still Available from Past Catalogues
Ottoman Silver Khanjar with Watered Steel Blade
Ottoman Turkey 18th century
length: 55cm, weight: 622g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Silver Tea Set
Tibet, probably Lhasa area early 20th century
height with teacup: 20.2cm, diameter of base: 13.6cm, weight of silver: 406g
Provenance
UK art market
Sulawesi Badek with Engraved Silver Mounts
Sulawesi, Indonesia early 20th century
length: 28.5cm, weight: 290g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Lampung Woman’s Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis Jung Sarat)
Abung or Pubian Peoples, Lampung, South Sumatra, Indonesia circa 1920
length: 115cm, width: 63cm (these are the dimensions for one side of the double-sided skirt)
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 Indonesian textiles and other ethnographica.
Sri Lankan Brass Model of a Kandyan Noble
Kandy, Sri Lanka 19th century
height: 26cm, weight: 1,364g
Provenance
UK art market
Indo-Portuguese Solid Ivory Our Lady of the Conception
Goa, India 17th-18th century
height: 18cm (without stand); height: 21cm (with stand)
Provenance
from a European private collection
Terracotta Makara Roof Tile Finial Fragment
Thailand Sukhothai Period, 14th-15th century
height: 32cm, length: 18cm, width: width: 15.4cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
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.