NEW ITEMS FOR MAY 2022
Included are items from Tibet, Nepal, China, India, Burma, Indonesia, Cambodia, Solomon Islands, New Zealand (Maori), Morocco, Bukhara, Palestine & Congo.
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Nepalese Gilded Ritual Lamp (Sukunda)
Nepal 18th century
height: 28.9cm, width: approximately 14.5cm, length: 26.5cm, weight: 2,293g
Provenance
UK art market
Unusual Colonial Parcel-Gilt Silver Filigree Box
India or the Dutch East Indies circa 1720
width: 10.7cm, depth: 10.3cm, height: 5.8cm, weight: 372g
Provenance
UK art market
Large Maori Greenstone Hei-Tiki Pendant
Maori people, New Zealand 1600-1850
height: 12.7cm, width: 8.5cm, depth: 1.5cm, weight: 272g
Provenance
with the same private collection, southern England, since the 1960s
Early Chola Bronze Ganesh
South India early Chola period, 9th-10th century
height: 7.4cm, width: 4.8cm, depth: 3.7cm, weight: 159g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Chinese Export Silver Enamel & Gilt Silver Filigree Zarfs for the Ottoman Market
southern China for the Ottoman Market circa 1860
height: 5.1cm, width: 4.6cm, combined weight: 127g
Provenance
UK art market
Moroccan Jewish Brass Shabbat Wall Lamp
Jewish Community, Northern Morocco 19th century
height: 35cm, width: 17.2cm, depth: 15cm, weight: 1,311g
Provenance
UK art market
Nepalese Gold & Gilt Amulet Box showing the Dhyani Buddha Amitabha, & set with Rubies & other Precious Stones
Nepal 19th-early 20th century
width: 8.2cm, length: 7.9cm, depth: 2cm, weight: 128g
Provenance
UK art market
Chinese Court Gold & Pearl Hat or Headdress Ornament
China 18th-19th century
height: 6.6cm, width: 5.5g, weight: 5.98g
Provenance
UK art market
Rare Bukharan Gilded Copper (Tombak) Hookah Base or Vase
Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Central Asia 18th century
height: 36.9cm, diameter (of base): 14.4cm, weight: 1,463g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Official’s Turquoise, Pearl & Gold Ear Pendant (Sochi)
Lhasa, Tibet 19th century
length: 11.5cm, weight: 12g
Assam Brass Waist Ornaments (Benyop)
Adi-Minyong people, Assam & Arunchal Pradesh, India 18th-19th century
length (of the largest piece): 11cm, width: 9.1cm, combined weight: 598g
Provenance
UK art market
Khmer Bronze Votive Mold of Hevajra
Khmer, Cambodia Bayon period, circa 12th century
length: 18.3cm, width: 9.8cm, weight: 425g
Provenance
Estate Collection of Tom White MBE, who served as a British diplomat in Southeast Asia in the 1960s and 1970s.
Tibetan Woman’s Ga’u Box with Silver, Gilt & Coral
Central Tibet, probably Lhasa 19th century
width: 7.7cm, height: 9.1cm, depth: 5.8cm, weight: 114g
Provenance
private collection, Canada
Indian Brass Virabhadra Plaque
India, probably Karnataka 18th-19th century
height: approx. 25cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Palestinian Woman’s Face Veil Burqa’
Bedouin People, Palestine 1880-mid-20th century
length (central line): 38.2cm, width: 29cm, weight: 744g
Provenance
UK art market
Nepali Inscribed Ritual Bronze Skull Cup Kapala
Nepal 16th-17th century
length: 21cm, width: 16.3cm, weight: 789g
Provenance
Art market, Belgium
Early Srivijaya Bronze Standing Buddha with Gupta Influence
Srivijaya kingdom, Sumatra, Indonesia early Srivijaya period, 7th-8th century
height (including stand): 25cm, width: 8cm, depth: 7cm, weight (including stand): 971g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Nepalese Gold & Gilt Amulet Box showing Tara, Vishnu & Garuda, & set with Precious Stones
Nepal 19th-early 20th century
width: 7.6cm, length: 7.6cm, depth: 2.6cm, weight: 117g
Provenance
UK art market
Burmese Silver Bowl with Battle Scenes
Burma circa 1880
width: approximately 23cm, height: 14.5cm, weight: 1,144g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Rare, Nepalese Inscribed & Gilded Copper Buddha’s Footprints Buddhapada Portable Mandala Plaque
Nepal 17th-18th century
diameter: approximately 27cm, weight: 669g
Provenance
UK art market
Well-Modelled Mangbetu Terracotta Vessel
Mangbetu People, Congo 19th century-early 20th century
height: 28.5cm, width: approximately 12.5cm, weight: 1,096g
Provenance
UK art market
Solomon Islands Comb (Faa) & Original Palm Leaf Wrapping
Kwaio People, Malaita, Solomon Islands early 20th century
length: 18.5cm, width: 7cm, combined weight: 23g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Solomon Islands Small Pectoral Pendant (Tafi or Dafe)
Solomon Islands early 20th century
length: 9.3cm, weight: 25g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Superb Solomon Islands Pierced Shell Ear Plug (Ulawa)
Solomon Islands early 20th century
diameter: 4.8cm, depth: 0.8cm, weight: 19g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Solomon Islands Gold Lipped Pearl Shell Pendant with attached Shell Currency Strands
Solomon Islands early 20th century
length (of shell): 7cm, width: 6.7cm, weight: 26g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Solomon Islands Shell Necklace with Tafi or Dafe Pendant & Shell Currency Strands
Solomon Islands early 20th century
length (of shell): 9.8cm, length (of shell currency strand): approximately 85cm, weight: 77g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Solomon Islands Engraved Shell Pendants with Shell Currency Strands
Solomon Islands early 20th century
length (of the largest shell pendant): 5.8cm, weight: 92g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Solomon Islands Carved Clam Shell & Seed Necklace
Solomon Islands early 20th century
width (of shell pendant): 8.5cm, weight: 99g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Large Solomon Islands Pectoral Pendant (Tafi or Dafe)
Solomon Islands early 20th century
length: 19cm, weight: 112g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Solomon Islands Engraved Shell Pendants with Shell Currency Strands
Solomon Islands early 20th century
length (of the largest pendant): 6.6cm, weight: 98g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Solomon Islands Large Pectoral Pendant (Tafi or Dafe)
Solomon Islands early 20th century
length: 20.7cm, weight: 190g
Provenance
from the estate collection of a former London museum curator
Indian Cast & Pierced Bronze Gajalakshmi Lamp
Tamil Nadu, South India late 18th century
height: 17.5cm, depth: 13.5cm, weight: 1,072g
Provenance
UK art market
Tibetan Woman’s Ga’u Box with Silver, Gold & Coral
Central Tibet, probably Lhasa 19th century
length: 8.3cm, width: 5.6cm, depth: 4.1cm, weight: 86g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Selected Fine Items from Past Catalogues
Unusual Bedouin Saudi Silver Collar Necklace
Bedouin people, Saudi Arabia and possibly Yemen, early 20th century
diameter of collar: 11cm, length of pendants: 12.3cm, weight: 516g
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
Fine & Large Silver Filigree Tray or Platter
probably India 18th-early 19th century
diameter: 27.5cm, height: 4cm, weight: 573g
Provenance
UK art market
Complete, Berber Carved Stone Musket Ball Mould
Berber People, Anti-Atlas, Morocco 18th-19th century
length: 6.6cm, width: 5.3cm, height: 4.2cm, weight: 334g
Provenance
private collection, London
Burmese Lacquered Food Offering Vessel (Ok-Kwet)
Burma early to mid-20th century
height: 35cm, diameter: 36cm
Provenance
UK art market
Nepalese Pair of Woman’s Gold Earrings (Chepti Sun)
Nepal mid-19th century
diameters: 6cm, combined weight: 22.7g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Fine, Persian Painted & Lacquered Mirror Case
Persia (Iran) Zand Dynasty, circa 1780
height: 21.8cm, width: 15.2cm, thickness: 1cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Balinese Silver-Mounted Death Ritual (Suddha-Mala) Knife
Bali, Indonesia 19th-early 20th century
length: 28cm, width of blade at widest point: 3.8cm, weight: 162g
Provenance
UK art market
Chinese Export Silver Bowl by Yok Sang
Maker: Yok Sang, China circa 1895
diameter: 22cm, height: 11cm, weight: 828g
Provenance
private collection, UK
Parcel-Gilt Copper Shrine of Padmapani Lokeswara Shrine set with Coral
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal circa 1850
height: 38cm, width: 28.4cm, depth: 14cm
Provenance
UK art market