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Fine, South Indian Annapurna Bronze
South India, probably Tamil Nadu circa 17th century
height: 17.5cm, width: 11.7cm, depth: 6.9cm, weight: 859g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Gold & Pearl Earrings
North India 19th century
length: hung approximately 4.5cm, width: approximately 3.5cm, weight: 10g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine, Indian Mughal Brass Pandan
Mughal or Northern India 17th-18th century
height: 7.9cm, width: approximately 12.5cm, weight: 596g
Provenance
UK art market
Javanese Bronze Seated Bodhisattva Manjusri
Central Java, Indonesia Classical Java Period, 9th-10th century
height: 15.1cm, width: 8cm, depth: 5.6cm, weight: 715g
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Rare Form of Seated Sri Devi in Bronze
South India circa 15th century
height: 8.7cm, width: 5.1cm, depth: 5.3cm, weight: 249g
Provenance
UK art market
Karachi or Kutch Superb Three-Piece Indian Silver Tea Set
Kutch or Karachi, India circa 1900
height of teapot: 16.3cm, width of teapot: 22cm, weight of teapot: 684g, combined weight: 1,613g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Nomad’s Knife with Coral & Turquoise
Khampa, Eastern Tibet 19th century
length: approximately 19cm (without strap), weight: 181g
Provenance
UK art market
Northern Indian Silver Paan or Betel Box
Northern India late 19th-early 20th century
height: approximately 13.5cm, diameter: 18.9cm, weight: 898g
Provenance
from the collection of Sir Christopher Ondaatje, UK.
South Indian Bronze Image of Shiva & Parvati
South India 17th-18th century
height: 9.4cm, width: 5.6cm, depth: 3.6cm, weight: 234g
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.
Mongolian Silvered & Gilded Copper Incense Burner
Outer Mongolia circa 19th century
height: approximately 14.8cm, width: 23.6cm, depth: 8.6cm, weight: 503g
Provenance
private German collection
Unusual Silver Torque Neck Ring with Haj Associations
Northern India or Pakistan second half of the 20th century
width: 18.5cm, weight: 143g
Provenance
UK art market
Indian Carved Stone Musket Ball Mould
India circa 18th century
length: 6cm, width: 2.3cm, combined weight: 71g
Provenance
Roy Elvis Estate Collection of Indian Arms and Armour, UK
Acehnese Gilded Silver Siwaih (Dagger)
Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia 19th century
length: 32cm, width: 9.5cm, weight: 200g
Provenance
UK art market
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
Javanese Islamic Wooden Circumcision Chair
Java, Indonesia 18th-19th century
height: 61.5cm, width: 65cm, depth: 43cm
Trichinopoly Silver Tinder Tube for 1862 International Exhibition, London
Trichinopoly (Tiruchirappalli), South India dated 1862
length: 16cm, diameter: 4.2cm, width (across the arms): 6.2cm, weight: 126g
Provenance
UK art market
Ethiopian Wooden Hand Cross
Ethiopia circa 17th-18th century
length: 33.8cm, width: 17cm, depth: 2cm, weight: 249g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Presentation Box & Illuminated Scroll for Islamic Scholar & Scottish Colonial Administrator Sir William Muir
Northern India circa 1867-1876
height of box: 4cm, width of box: 28.2cm, depth of box: 7.5cm, overall weight: 321g
Provenance
UK art market
Ethiopian Wooden Hand Cross
Ethiopia circa 17th century
length: 32.7cm, width: 7.7cm, depth: 1.7cm, weight: 122g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Ethiopian Wooden Hand Cross
Ethiopia circa 17th century
length: 20.9cm, width: 8.8cm, depth: 1.3cm, weight: 62g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Nepalese Elaborate Ritual Lamp (Sukunda)
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 19th century
height: approximately 39cm, length (from lamp dish to handle): 36cm, width: approximately 18cm, weight: 3,646g
Provenance
UK art market
South Indian Bronze Image of Lakshmi-Narayana
South India, probably Tamil Nadu 17tth century
height: 11.4cm, width: 6.5cm, depth: 6.2cm, weight: 587g
Provenance
UK art market
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
Selected, Fine Items from Previous Catalogues
Pair of Yoruba Ceremonial Ogboni Staffs
Yoruba People, Ogboni Society, Nigeria early to mid-20th century
height: approximately (female) 44cm, (male) 45cm
Provenance
UK art market
Superb Pair of Mughal Silver Rosewater Sprinklers & Dishes
Mughal or Northern India 17th-18th century
overal height: approximately 30.5cm, diameter of dishes: 17cm, combined weight: 1,120g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Nepalese Bone Statue of Chakrasamvara Sakti in Yab-Yum
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 15th century
height: 14.4cm, width: 6.5cm, weight: 145g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Khmer-style Thai Silver Buddha
North-Eastern Thailand circa 16th century
height (without stand): 10.2cm, width: 7.4, weight (with stand): 302g
Provenance
UK art market
Indo-Portuguese Bezoar Stone with Silver Mounts & Chain
India, probably Goa, or Hormuz or Ottoman Turkey 16th-17th century
overall length: 10.1cm, width of stone: 2.9cm, weight: 11g
Provenance
UK art market
Gold, Enamelled Bazuband Pendant set Jade, Diamonds, Rubies & Emeralds
Hyderabad, India circa 1850
length: 8.8cm width: 3cm, weight: 26g
Provenance
UK art market
Fine Tibetan Lotus-form Silver & Coral Ga’u Box
Tibet 19th century or earlier
length: 10.8cm, diameter: 9cm, depth: 1.7cm, weight: 130g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Indian Lucknow Enamelled Silver & Leather Hookah Base
Lucknow, India 18th century
height: 20.2cm, diameter of base: 14.8cm, weight: 611g
Provenance
UK art market
Colonial Silver-Mounted Coconut Cup
probably Colonial Sri Lanka 18th century
height: 12cm, diameter: 11cm weight: 167g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare, Large Pair of Swahili Coast Silver Ear Plugs for Musk Perfume
Swahili Coast, probably Lamu & Pate Islands 19th-early 20th century
diameter: 6cm, thickness: 2.5cm, combined weight (of silver): 68g
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.
Woman’s Iron Pubic Cover (Cache Sexe)
Kirdi and Matakam People, North Cameroon 19th-early 20th century
length: 37.5cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Three Rare Tibetan Long Tobacco Pipes
Tibet circa 18th century
length: 31.9cm, 42.6cm and 50.5cm respectively, combined weight: 810g
Provenance
Trevor Barton Collection of Pipes, London, UK.