NEW ITEMS FOR JULY 2024
Included are items from India, China, Tibet, Mongolia, Nepal, Dutch Colonial East Indies, Spanish Colonial Mexico, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, Malaysia, Yemen & Morocco.
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Exceptional Mongolian Married Woman’s Silver & Coral Headdress Ornaments or Temporals
Chahar Mongols, Efu Khalkar, Inner Central Mongolia 19th century
length: approximately 23.8cm, width: 4.2cm, depth: 2.2cm, weight: 331g
Provenance
private collection, Netherlands.
Rare Spanish Colonial Miniature Chair with Silver Mounts & Inlaid with Tortoiseshell & Bone, for an Infant Jesus Image
Spanish Colonial Mexico 17th century
height: 25.4cm, width: 20.7cm, depth: 15.8cm, weight: 731g
Provenance
UK art market
Japanese Export Blue & White Wayang Dish for the Javanese Market
Japan made for the Javanese Market 19th century
diameter: 24.3cm, weight: 570g
Provenance
UK art market
East Java Majapahit Bronze Ram
East Java, Indonesia East Java Period, 13th-15th century
height: 9.5cm, length: 11.9cm, width: 5.8cm, weight: 428g
Provenance
UK art market
Pair of Fine, East Java Majapahit Gold Ear Ornaments
Majapahit Kingdom, East Java, Indonesia 13th-14th century
length: 2.2cm, width: 1.3cm, depth: 1.9cm, combined weight: 11g
Provenance
private collection, London; acquired from Bonhams London in the 1990s
Bhutanese Chased Silver Betel Box
Bhutan-India Border area 18th-19th century
diameter: approximately 16cm, height: 10.8cm, weight: 335g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Himalayan Gilded Copper Deer Head
Tibet or Mongolia 17th-18th century
height: 19cm, length: 26.8cm, width: 8.9cm, weight: 637g
Provenance
UK art market
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
Fine Pair of Gilded Lucknow Flasks (Surai)
Lucknow, India circa 1870
height: 31.2cm, width: 15.1cm, combined weight: 1,176g
Provenance
Previously in the collection of the Pryce Family, Gunley Hall, Wales.
Moroccan Gold, Silver & Enamel ‘Moon & Sun’ Bracelet (Shems ou Khmer)
North-West Morocco mid-20th century
outer diameter: 8.2cm, inner diameter: 6.8cm, width: 3cm, weight: 78g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Very Fine Brass Krishna Ritual Puja Spoon (Uddharane or Utharini)
South India 19th century
length: 25.1cm, width: 5.9cm, depth (of bowl): 3.2cm, weight: 343g
Provenance
private collection, Netherlands
Fine Pair of Inscribed Lucknow Silver Wine Flasks (Surai)
Lucknow, India circa 1870
height: 17.8cm, diameter: 9.6cm, combined weight: 434g, height with stand: 23.5cm
Provenance
Previously in the collection of the Pryce Family, Gunley Hall, Wales.
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
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
Early Bronze Borneo Kettle Cast with Chinese Door Guardians (Menshen)
Borneo, Malaysia/Brunei/Indonesia 17th-18th century
height: approximately 36cm, diameter: approximately 29cm, weight: between 5 to 7kg
Provenance
UK art market
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
Tortoiseshell Comb Peineta for a Mantilla; made for Spanish Market
Southern China & possibly the Philippines first half of the 19th century
length: 14.9cm, width: 14cm, weight: 37g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine, Central Java Mataram Gold Ring in the Form of Mount Meru
Mataram Kingdom, Central Java, Indonesia 700AD-1000AD
width: 2.3cm, length: 2.5cm, weight: 5g, ring size: 5(US), J/K (UK)
Provenance
Estate Collection of Tom White MBE, a former UK diplomat who served in Southeast Asia in the 1960s & 1970s.
Indian Pair of Silver Vishnu’s Feet or Vishnupada
Western India, probably Rajasthan 19th century
length: 14.1cm, width: 7.5cm, height: 2.2cm, combined weight: 143g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Tibetan or Mongolian Leather Box Decorated with Pigment & Gold Leaf
Tibet or Mongolia 15th-16th century
height: 20.4cm, width: approximately 30cm, depth: approximately 18cm, weight: 960g
Provenance
private collection, UK
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
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.
Complete Chinese Opium Set with Silver Mounts & Rhinoceros Horn Opium Box
Southern China 19th century
length of tray: 25cm, length of pipe: 42.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Large, Northern Indian or Deccan Silver Platter (Thali), Inscribed & Dated 1756
Northern India or the Deccan 17th-18th century, with an inscription dated 1756
diameter: 34.9cm, weight: 1,243g
Provenance
UK art market
Konyak Naga Trade Bead, Brass Bell & Shell Necklace
Konyak Naga People, North-West India & Western Burma early 20th century
Provenance
private collection, US
Nepalese Copper & Silver Box Showing the Goddess Durga
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 18th century
height: 12cm, width: approximately 26cm, depth: 18.2cm, weight: 1,102g
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.
Collection of Ten Indian Cast Brass & Bronze Weights
India 18th-19th century
width: between 1.7cm and 4.2cm, combined weight: 581g
Provenance
UK art market
Exceptional Collection of 14 Tibetan Pema Raka Ritual Beads
Tibet circa 1500
length of beads: between 2 and 4.2cm, combined weight: 287g
Provenance
private collection, US
Small Dutch Colonial Silver Filigree Lidded Vase
Dutch East Indies 18th century
height: 7cm, diameter: 7.5cm, weight: 109g
Provenance
UK art market
Selected, Fine Items from Previous Catalogues
Pair of Mounted, Large, Gilded Silver Lucknow Fish Elements
India, probably Lucknow 18th-19th century
width (individually): approximately 45cm, height: approximately 28.5cm; display stand's width: 48cm, depth: 20cm, height: 44cm
Provenance
UK art market
Two Timorese Beaded Lime Containers
Atoni or Dawan people of West Timor, Indonesia early 20th century
lengths (without tassels): 10.5cm
Provenance
formerly in the collection of Henry Brownrigg, author of a book on the betel cutters in the Samuel Eilenberg Collection
Dutch Colonial Amboyna Wood & Red Lacquer Betel Box with Silver Mounts
Batavia, Dutch East Indies late 17th-early 18th century
height: 8.8cm, length: 20cm, depth: 14.5cm, weight: 794g
Provenance
collection of Paul Walter; Spink, London
Nias Headhunter’s Torque Necklace (Kalabubu)
South Nias, Indonesia early 20th century
inner diameter: widest at 23.2cm, widest disk: 4.8cm, weight: 572g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Solomon Islands Ceremonial Child’s Dance Wand or Staff (Napa)
Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands circa 1900
length: 75.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Swahili Coast Silver & Gold Pendant & Necklace
Lamu, (Kenya), Swahili Coast, East Africa 19th century
width of pendant: 13cm, weight: 145g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Gold & Diamond Pendant Necklace
India late 19th century
length (of pendant): 6.4cm, width: 2.5cm, weight (including cord): 32g
Provenance
UK art market
Carved Mughal Jade with Gold & Turquoise Mounts
Delhi, Northern India circa 1620 (Jade) & circa 1850 (Mounts)
width: 6.3cm, height: 5.4cm, thickness: 0.3cm, weight: 31.64g
Provenance
UK art market
Massive South American Silver Incense Burner (Sahumador) in the form of a Llama
Viceroyalty of Peru late 18th-19th century
height: 55.5cm, length: 39cm, width: 29cm, weight: 3,905g
Provenance
UK art market
Massive Indian Silver Flask (Surahi)
Rajasthan, India late 19th century
height: approximately 48cm, width: approximately 28cm, weight: 2,980g
Provenance
UK art market