Asian & Islamic Works of Art
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FOUR CHINESE MOULDED WARES, SONG DYNASTY AND LATER, comprising: a cosmetic box and cover and a seal paste box and cover moulded with floral medallions and covered overall in a bluish-white glaze, the larger 10.5cm diameter; a small jar with peony scroll and greenish-white glaze, 8cm high; and a conical bowl moulded with six panels enclosing jardinières of flowers and covered in a cream glaze, 18.5cm diameter
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£300-400
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A LONGQUAN CELADON ‘LOTUS’ DISH, SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279), moulded to the underside with a ring of lotus leaves, covered in a sea-green glaze, rim foot glazed to centre, 16cm diameter
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£300-400
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A LONGQUAN CELADON ‘LOTUS’ BOWL, SONG DYNASTY (1127-1279), moulded to the exterior with a band of lotus petals, overall sea-green glaze, rim foot unglazed to underside, 16.5cm diameter
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£300-400
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A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH, LATE MING DYNASTY, with deep rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot, painted in rich cobalt-blue tones to the interior with a medallion enclosing a deer in a landscape, encircled at the well by flower-filled lotus lappet panels, 27.5cm diameter; together with an Annamese dish, 15th/16th Century, painted with a stylized leafy bouquet, 26cm diameter; and five blue and white dishes (7)
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£300-500
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A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘PEONY SCROLL’ BOWL, MING DYNASTY, the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot, painted in reverse around the exterior with a leafy peony scroll below a key-fret band at the rim, 22cm diameter; together with a small ‘lotus pond’ bowl, 14.2cm, diameter; and two shallow dishes (4)
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£100-200
A STUDY GROUP OF SEVEN CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS, MING DYNASTY, each of deep U-shape, variously painted with fish, flowers, a crane, cash diaper and lotus lappets, the largest 17cm diameter
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£70-100
A LARGE CHINESE LONGQUAN CELADON DISH, MING DYNASTY, the robustly potted body with deep curved sides rising from a short tapering foot to an everted lipped rim, carved to the interior with a diaper medallion encircled at the well with stylized lotus leaves, covered overall in a bluish-green glaze save for the base which has burnt orange in the firing, 31cm diameter, wood stand
Provenance: the Estate of Louisa Service OBE (19312021), sold by order of the executors.
£600-900
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PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR (Lots 8-31)
BLUE AND WHITE: PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR (Lots 8-31)
This collection was begun twenty-five years ago, to decorate the dining room of an 18th century house in Covent Garden (illustrated previous page). A mix of Chinese, Japanese and Delft blue & white, it was arrayed on open shelves and coral brackets over black lacquer and dark grey panelling, designed to reflect and absorb candlelight. Additional purchases of Kangxi porcelain in Islamic style were made around 2010 for the owner’s apartment in Paris.
Several of the pieces have historic provenance, notably from the Dukes of Westminster (England), the Earls of Gosford (Ireland), the Earls of Elgin and Kincardine (Scotland) and the Counts Raben (Denmark). A large set of Qianlong cups & saucers, part of the Nanking Cargo dispersed at Christie’s Amsterdam in 1986, later belonged to Jim Williams of ‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil’ fame.
Olympia Auctions sold a group of forty Islamic tiles from the same house on 18th November 2020; this sale comprises another part of the collection, including four tiles not previously presented (lots 74-77) and other pieces which were displayed around the collector’s house (lots 44, 52, 56, 58, 84, 104, 175, 233, 244, 246 &277). European works (to include the Delft blue and white) will be offered in these rooms on 24 May and pictures from the collection on 14 June.
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘KRAAK’ PORCELAIN VASE, WANLI PERIOD (1572-1620), the pear-shaped body rising from a short foot to a tall waisted neck, painted around the exterior with flower-filled moulded rectangular panels, the neck with ruyi bands, 29cm high, chip to rim
Provenance: Peter Kemp, London, 12 November 1996
£300-400
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASES, ‘GU’, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), each body with a central swelling section rising from a tall spreading foot to a tall trumpet neck, moulded around the exterior with bands of lotus lappet panels alternately painted with maidens and flowers divided by chevron bands and florets , the base with apocryphal six-character Jiajing mark, 43 and 44.5cm high
Provenance: Peter Kemp, London, 17 July 2000
£5,000-7,000
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PLATES, KANGXI PERIOD (16621722), each painted to the interior with a medallion enclosing a boy on a terrace, encircled in the well and flaring rim by flower-filled roundels, antiques and auspicious emblems, 22.5cm, diameter, rim chips
Provenance: Peter Kemp, London, 12 November 1996
£200-300
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TWO PAIRS OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PLATES, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), each painted to the interior with a basket of flowers, one pair encircled by alternating landscape and prunus panels, the other with flower-filled lotus lappets reserved on a prunus and cracked ice ground, 21cm diameter
Provenance: One pair Christie’s, South Kensington, 13 February 1997, lot 302; the other pair probably Peter Kemp, London, circa 1995
£300-400
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SIX SMALL MATCHED CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES. QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), each painted to the interior with a medallion enclosing a mother and child, encircled at the flaring rim by four fruit-filled oval panels reserved on a diaper band, the exterior with four ribbon-tied Buddhist emblems, 10.5cm diameter
Provenance: The Earls of Gosford, Gosford Castle, Ulster (according to a late 19th century label on one plate); Christie’s, South Kensington, 30 January 1997, lot 268 (part)
John Singer Sargent painted a famous portrait of the Acheson Sisters (daughters of the 4th Earl of Gosford), now at Chatsworth.
£500-700
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SIX SMALL MATCHED CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISHES, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), each painted to the interior with a medallion enclosing a mother and child, encircled at the flaring rim by the Bajixiang (Eight Buddhist Emblems), the exterior with four ribbon-tied Buddhist emblems, 10cm diameter; together with a pair of small dishes similarly painted, 10.7cm diameter (8)
Provenance: probably The Earls of Gosford, Gosford Castle, Ulster; (previously sold together with plates in preceding item) Christie’s, South Kensington, 30 January 1997, lot 268 (part)
£600-800 14
SIX CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE NANKING CARGO TEABOWLS AND SIX SAUCERS, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1750, each painted in rich cobalt-blue tones with a pine tree issuing from rockwork, saucer 10.3cm diameter
Provenance: Christie’s, ‘The Nanking Cargo’, Amsterdam, 28 April-2 May 1986; Jim Williams, Mercer House, Savannah GA, sold Sotheby’s, ‘Mercer House, Savannah’, New York, 20 October 2000, lot 27 (part)
When the Dutch East India Company vessel the ‘Geldermalsen’ (built in 1746) crashed into a reef and sank in the South China Sea on 3rd January 1752, it went down claiming eighty crew members and a huge and precious cargo of tea, textiles, gold, silk, lacquer and porcelain. The ‘VOC’ (as the Dutch East India Company is often known) spent weeks interrogating the few survivors who had made it to Batavia (Jakarta), in the hope of recovering something from the huge loss. Eventually only the cargo’s gold and porcelain made it back to the original destination, Amsterdam, 234 years late, following its salvage by Michael Hatcher. The meticulous contemporary notes of the VOC, instrumental in locating the wreck, also reveal that over 100,000 pieces of porcelain accounted for only 5% of the cargo’s original value; the tea in which it was packed as ballast represented the cargo’s real treasure for the VOC. In the mid 18th century, Chinese blue and white porcelain was advertised as Nanking China, hence Christie’s title for the sale: ‘The Nanking Cargo’. The size of the haul and its extraordinary story really caught the public imagination; the record breaking auction in Amsterdam was held over five days of frenzied bidding, raising a staggering total of $20 million. Jim Williams (1930-1990) ran a successful antiques business from his mansion Mercer House in the midst of Savannah’s Historic District. He was pre-eminent in the movement to preserve the district, but is perhaps better known for his acquittal, after four trials, of a murder which had occurred in his house. Williams was the subject of John Berendt’s book ‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil’, subsequently made into a film of the same name, directed and produced by Clint Eastwood.
£600-800
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SIXTEEN CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE NANKING CARGO SAUCERS, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1750, each painted to the interior with a diaper medallion enclosing a pine tree issuing from rockwork, 10cm diameter
Provenance: Christie’s, ‘The Nanking Cargo’, Amsterdam, 28 April – 2 May 1986; Jim Williams, Mercer House, Savannah GA, sold Sotheby’s, ‘Mercer House, Savannah’, New York, 20 October 2000, lot 27 (part)
See footnote to previous lot
£600-800
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SIXTEEN CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE NANKING CARGO SAUCERS, QIANLONG, CIRCA 1750, each painted to the interior with a diaper medallion enclosing a pine tree issuing from rockwork, 10cm diameter
Provenance: Christie’s, ‘The Nanking Cargo’, Amsterdam, 28 April – 2 May 1986; Jim Williams, Mercer House, Savannah GA, sold Sotheby’s, ‘Mercer House, Savannah’, New York, 20 October 2000, lot 27 (part)
See footnote to lot 14
£600-800
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), moulded around the exterior with lotus lappet panels alternately painted with flowers and landscapes, 24cm, high; together with a Chinese blue and white baluster vase, octagonally facetted, 18th Century, 20cm high (2)
Provenance: first vase Peter Kemp, London, 24 April 1997
£500-800
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A CHINESE ISLAMIC MARKET CENSER AND COVER, 17TH/18TH CENTURY, blue and white with gilt details, the pear shaped body on spreading foot, painted with peony sprays below a foliate and swag border, the domed cover with similar border hiding a band of pierced holes below a knopped finial, set with later gilt-bronze hanging chains, 23cm high, 67cm suspended
Provenance: Peter Kemp, London, 25 October 2011
£3,000-4,000
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CISTERN, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), the lobed pear-shaped body rising from a short straight foot to a surmount moulded with a pair of dolphins entwined around a shell, set at the lower body with a mask head spout, painted with flower-filled lotus lappet panels, the back flat and pierced for suspension, 38cm high, restoration to dolphin surmount and spout
Provenance: Peter Brandt-Jensen, Copenhagen, 1996
£1,200-1,800
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TWO CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘ASTER’ PATTERN DISHES, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), each painted to the interior with a medallion enclosing aster flower heads on a whorl ground, encircled in the well by moulded petal-shaped panels enclosing single aster stems, one with a six-character Kangxi mark, 15.5cm, diameter, together with a Fitzhugh pattern pierced dish, 19cm diameter (3)
Provenance: The Dukes of Westminster, sold Christie’s, ‘Two Ducal Collections’, Woburn Abbey 20-21 September 2004, lots 1111 (part)
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SMALL VASES, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), each ovoid body moulded with six lappet-shaped panels painted with flowers and fruit, all rising from a knopped flaring foot, 14.5cm high
Provenance: Phillips, Powderham Castle, Devon, 19 June 1996, lot 772
£400-600
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ROULEAU VASE, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), the cylindrical body rising from recessed base to a short waisted neck, the exterior painted in rich cobalt-blue tones with broad ruyi, chilong and chevron bands, the neck with stiff leaves, 27.5cm, high, damage to neck
£80-120
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASE, ‘GU’, 18TH CENTURY, the central swelling section of the body rising from a tall spreading foot to a tall trumpet neck, painted with a broad ruyi head and diaper band with stiff leaves above and below, 18.5cm. high
Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, 31 July 1996, lot 413 (part)
£400-600
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A GROUP OF SIX CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PLATES, 18TH CENTURY, one painted in rich cobalt-blue tones with a pair of maidens in a fenced garden, the others variously painted with flowers, the largest 23cm diameter
Provenance: Two plates Christie’s, South Kensington, 13 February 1997, lot 302 (part) and four probably Peter Kemp, London, circa 1995
£600-800
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A SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASE, ‘GU’, 18TH CENTURY, the central swelling section of the body rising from a tall spreading foot to a tall trumpet neck, painted with a broad ruyi head and diaper band with stiff leaves above and below, 18.5cm high
Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, 31 July 1996, lot 413 (part)
£400-600
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A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ARCHAISTIC BOTTLE VASES, 19TH CENTURY, each with pear-shaped body rising from a short spreading foot to a tall garlic neck, painted around the exterior with large ruyi-shaped panels enclosing taotie masks, the base with apocryphal six-character Kangxi mark, 26.5cm high
Provenance: Christie’s, South Kensington, 16 December 1996
£700-1,000
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS’ BOWL, 19TH CENTURY, painted around the exterior of the deep U-shaped body with a leafy lotus scroll, the interior with a medallion enclosing a bird perched on a fruiting bough, 15cm diameter
£70-100
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A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASE, ‘GU’, 19TH CENTURY, the central swelling section painted with a pair of taotie mask handles divided by ruyi pendants and all reserved on a dot diaper ground, the tall spreading foot and trumpet neck with stiff leaf bands, 26.5cm high
Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, 31 July 1996, lot 573
£400-600
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A JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE JUG, EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY, the pear-shaped body rising from a short spreading foot to a tall waisted neck, set to one side with a tall loop handle and to the other with a sparrow beak spout, painted around the exterior with figures in a garden below floral bands, 23cm high, crack
£100-200
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A PAIR OF JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE PLATES, EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY, scalloped, each painted with a roundel of Kinko and a carp within borders of various motifs, 22cm diameter
Provenance: Christie’s, South Kensington, 13 February 1997, lot 565 (part)
£300-400
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A PAIR OF JAPANESE IMARI TRUMPET VASES, EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY, underglaze blue, iron-red and gilt details, painted with a band of ho-o birds and foliage between a variety of borders and foliate panels, 40.5 and 41.5cm high
£800-1,200
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE NANKING CARGO PLATE, CIRCA 1750, painted to the interior with a peony, encircled at the well by four flower-filled oval panels on a diaper band, the flaring rim with peony sprays, 23cm diameter; together with a certificate of authenticity
Provenance: ‘Nanking to Knightsbridge’, Harrods Exhibition of Chinese Export Porcelain; Christie’s, Amsterdam, ‘The Nanking Cargo’, 28 April – 2 May 1986, lot 3670
£100-150
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SIX CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE DINNER PLATES, 18TH CENTURY, variously painted with medallions enclosing flowers and landscapes, the largest 24cm, diameter; together with another dinner plate, blue and white foliate rimmed, painted with a phoenix, 23.5cm diameter; and five small dishes, the largest 16.5cm (12)
£150-250
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TEN CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE DINNER PLATES, 18TH CENTURY, octagonal, variously painted with a medallion enclosing river landscapes, flowers and trees with a Fitzhughstyle border at the rim, 23cm diameter
£180-220
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A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE CHARGER, QING DYNASTRY, LATE 18TH CENTURY, painted to the interior with a river landscape medallion encircled by a spearhead band and a diaper-filled ruyi band at the rim, 54cm diameter
Provenance: Collection of the late Peter Millett (1925-2016)
£300-500
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A CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE-ROSE PART TEA SERVICE, 18TH CENTURY, each piece with a gilt monogram encircled by brightly enamelled floral sprays and within an iron-red and gilt spearhead band, comprising: a pair of teapots and covers, a sparrowbeak jug and cover, a bowl with flaring rim, a tea caddy and cover, a helmet-shaped milk jug, a sugar bowl and cover, three coffee cups, fifteen small dishes, nine tea bowls, and two small bowls (41)
£600-900
A CHINESE FLAMBE BOTTLE VASE, 20TH CENTURY, the globular body rising from a short straight foot to a tall waisted flaring neck, covered overall in a rich dark red glaze thinning to white around the rim, 34cm high
£200-400
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A CHINESE FAHUA FIGURE OF A DIGNITARY, LATE MING DYNASTY, seated wearing long flowing aubergine and turquoise-glazed robes and a tall peaked cap, his left hand resting on his knee, the right raised holding a scroll, 36.5cm high
£500-800
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A CHINESE DEHUA FIGURE OF A MAIDEN, PROBABLY KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), standing wearing a long robe and holding a parasol in her hands, covered overall in a creamy-white glaze, 11.5cm high
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£70-100
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A CHINESE SANCAI ‘MONKEY’ EWER, 19TH CENTURY, seated on a stylised tree trunk forming the spout and with a small monkey perched on its knees, the left arm forming the handle, the right hand holding a peach, brightly decorated with yellow, green and aubergine glazes, 16.5cm high
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent
£80-120
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A CHINESE SANCAI-GLAZED LION, 19TH CENTURY, the male figure seated with one paw resting on a ribbon-tied ball, the face with large bulbous eyes and jaws open revealing a set of sharp teeth, all supported on a stepped pedestal base and covered in green and ochre glazes, 20cm high
Provenance: the Estate of Louisa Service OBE (19312021), sold by order of the executors.
£60-90
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A SET OF NINE CHINESE ZODIAC FIGURES, 20TH CENTURY, each animal standing on a square canted corner plinth, dressed in brightly glazed robes, the tallest 17cm, high; together with a similar figure on a rockwork base (10)
£60-90
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A CHINESE ‘DRAGON’ SNUFF BOTTLE, 19TH CENTURY, in iron-red and underglaze blue, the cylindrical body painted around the exterior with a ferocious iron-red fiveclawed scaly dragon chasing a flaming pearl, all amidst fire and cloud scrolls, 8cm high
£50-70
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A CHINESE OR KOREAN JADE TRANSVERSE FLUTE, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY, the plain cylinder with blow hole at the solid end, five evenly spaced apertures towards the open end and a futher aperture underneath, 37cm long
Provenance: Property of a European Collector (see page 4)
£200-400
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A CHINESE CORAL FEMALE FIGURE, 19TH CENTURY, carved standing wearing long robes and a celestial scarf falling around the shoulders down to the feet, holding a fly whisk aloft over the left shoulder, the coral of pinkish-red tone, 12cm high excluding glued wood stand
£100-200
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CHINESE SCHOOL, CIRCA 1900: YELLOW GROUND VASE WITH A SPRIG OF CORAL, painted in body colours on cloth, 180 x 86cm including black painted wood glazed frame
Provenance: the Estate of Louisa Service OBE (19312021), sold by order of the executors.
£300-500
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A SMALL CHINESE BRASS TEAPOT, TONGZHI MARK AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD (1862-1874), all over etched foliate design, lacking cover, handle probably a replacement, 15cm long
£70-100 48
A GROUP OF SEVEN JAPANESE SATSUMA SMALL OR MINIATURE WINE POTS AND COVERS, 19TH / 20TH CENTURY, of typical flattened form excepting one globular, three lacking handles, 10.5cm longest
£400-600
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A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE, SIGNED MASAYOSHI, NAGOYA, 19TH CENTURY, carved as a seated figure sharpening a blade, his movable head with conical cap, signed to underside of block, 4.5cm high
Provenance: the Estate of Louisa Service OBE (19312021), sold by order of the executors.
£60-100
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A JAPANESE SILVER MODEL OF A TORII (SHRINE GATEWAY), 20TH CENTURY, realistically modelled, underside with rubbed mark (probably Jungin mark), 8.5cm high
£60-100
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A CHINESE SILVER-MOUNTED NACRE AND TORTOISESHELL SNUFF BOX, PROBABLY CANTON, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, pointed oval, the hinged top of two engraved mother-of-pearl panels, reeded silver rim mounts, tortoiseshell sides and plain mother-of-pearl base with Chinese inscription (probably an artisan’s mark), 7.5cm long; together with a Chinese silver buckle, late 19th century, the two parts forming a boat with two standing oarsmen, each with artisan’s stamp, 9cm long (2)
£150-200
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A CHINESE SILVER LIBATION OR WINE CUP, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY, hexagonal, the shallow sides with panels of figures and plants each on a matted ground, angular handle, 8.5cm long
Provenance: Property of a European Collector (see page 4)
£200-300
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A CHINESE SILVER THREE-PIECE TEA SET, JIA JI WORKSHOP FOR WANG HING, CANTON AND HONG KONG,CIRCA 1890, of shaped square outline, the bulged sides chased with matted ground panels of bamboo, figures in landscapes or paying court, and prunus blossom, with handles simulating bamboo, milk jug and sugar bowl with gilt interiors, teapot with prunus chased lid below a bamboo finial, each with ‘佳記’ (Jia Ji), ‘WH’ and ‘90’ stamps to underside, teapot 21cm long, all in its fitted wood box; together with a pair of plain Chinese silver sugar tongs, also stamped ‘WH’ for Wang Hing and indecipherable workshop mark; 1176g including ivory insulators to pot (5)
£1,200-1,800
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A PARCEL-GILT-SILVER TEA SET, ATTRIBUTED TO P. ORR AND SONS, MADRAS (CHENNAI), INDIA, CIRCA 1905-10, comprising teapot, milk jug, sugar bowl and sugar tongs, each with chased and repousse decoration, the sides with temple and procession scenes in relief, with acanthus and beadwork borders above and below, the handles in the form of scrolling multi-headed snakes, each with a figure of the infant Krishna perched on its body, the teapot handle with ivory insulators, teapot: 17cm high, 28cm long; sugar-bowl: 9.5cm high, 23.5cm long; milk jug: 14.3cm high, 14.3cm long; tongs: 13.5cm long, weight: 2376g all in P. Orr and Sons was founded in 1846 in Madras, at first primarily as a clockmaker, but following the visit of the Prince of Wales to India in 1875-6, the company received a royal warrant for silver and jewellery produced in the ‘Swami’ style, decorated with Hindu deities and mythical animals, as well as musicians and religious processions. Orr’s sales catalogue of circa 1880 illustrates examples from this pattern, which continued to be produced well into the 20th century, often with minor variations of decorative detail. The firm exists to this day as a retailer of clocks and watches. See Wynyard Wilkinson, ‘Indian Silver, 1858-1947’, London 1999, pp.145-157. For a bachelor set of the same pattern, probably of earlier date, recently sold in London, see Chiswick Auctions, ‘The Stewart Collection’, 14 February 2023, lot 48.
£4,000-6,000
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A SILVER BOWL AND COVER, BURMA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, of bun shaped form, the sides with chased and repousse decoration depicting rural scenes including ploughing and fishing, amongst birds, trees and village houses, with lotus, diaper and scrolling foliate borders, 9cm high, 16.5cm diameter, weight: 458g
£250-350
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AN OTTOMAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER CASKET, ANATOLIA OR BALKANS, CIRCA 1600, the hinged lid with chamfered edges, on four bracket feet, engraved and gilded with arabesque medallions and floral and serrated borders, 6 x 7.3 x 5.5cm
Provenance: Property of a European Collector (see page 4) For two other closely related caskets, see Bonhams London,’Islamic and Indian Art’, 14 October 2004, lot 506 & Yanni Petsopoulos (ed.), ‘Tulips, Arabesques and Turbans’, London 1982, fig.9, p.29.
£700-900
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A TURQUOISE AND GOLD BROOCH, PERSIA, 20TH CENTURY, in the form of a crouching lion with engraved gilt details, the gold openwork mount set with further turquoise beads, 3.5 x 4.5cm approx.
£300-500
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AN ENGRAVED BRASS BOWL, EGYPT, 19TH CENTURY, of tapered form, the sides profusely decorated with a band of thuluth calligraphy, 9.5cm high, 12cm diam.
Provenance: Property of a European Collector (see page 4)
£200-300
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A LARGE ANNAMESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH, 15/16TH CENTURY, robustly potted, the rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a flaring rim, freely painted to the interior with a medallion enclosing a deer bending down to lick its rear hoof, all encircled by stylized floral sprays, 35cm diameter
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£100-200
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THREE CELADON BOWLS, SOUTH-EAST ASIA, 12TH CENTURY OR LATER, each with carved foliate decoration in low relief, five spur marks in the centre, 6.4cm high, 16.6cm diam., and smaller
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent
£100-150
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FOUR CELADON GLAZED STONEWARE OBJECTS, VIETNAM, 12TH/13THE CENTURY, comprising three bowls, two with carved underglaze relief decoration, and a lid with bud-shaped handle, 16.5cm diam. and smaller
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent
£300-400
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A LARGE GLAZED STONEWARE BASIN, LY-TRAN DYNASTY, THANH-HOA PROVINCE, VIETNAM, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY,, decorated with incised brown glazed leaf motifs within rectangular panels on cream ground, with overhanging lip, the interior with eleven spur marks, 12.5cm high, 33.5cm diam.
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent. For a Ly dynasty lidded jar with the same decoration in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. no. 1986299a, b, see https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37449
£600-800
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A GROUP OF SOUTH-EAST ASIAN POTTERY AND PORCELAIN VESSELS, 14TH CENTURY AND LATER, comprising four blue and white bowls, a blue and white jar, a blue and white lid and fragment in the form of a lion head, a small monochrome green glazed jar and a ‘famille rose’ dish, 19.5cm diam. (famille rose), 11cm high; 14cm diam (largest blue and white bowl)
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£250-350
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A GROUP OF CHINESE AND SOUTH EAST ASIAN POTTERY VESSELS, 12TH-16TH CENTURIES, each with celadon glaze, comprising a Khmer pot with cover, a small box and cover, a small twin handled bottle, and a Sawankhalok bowl with lotus leaf relief design, and two stoneware pots, 13cm diam. (largest bowl, and smaller)
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent
£250-350
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65
SIX MONOCHROME GLAZED BOWLS, VIETNAM,, 12TH-14TH CENTURY, each with carved or moulded underglaze decoration, 19cm diameter and smaller
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent. One bowl with old auction label: ‘Mallams, 44, 23/10/13.
£200-300
66
FOUR STONEWARE BOWLS, PROBABLY VIETNAM, 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER, each of shallow form, with brown and green glazed cloud and plant motifs, the underside with small ring foot, 5cm high; 15cm diam.
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£100-150
67
A CELADON GLAZED JAR, PROBABLY SAWANKHALOK, THAILAND, 14TH/15TH CENTURY , the shoulder with four suspension loops, 18.5cm high
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£200-300
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68
TWO PERSIAN POTTERY BOWLS, 10TH, 15TH CENTURY, the earlier one with sgraffito and splashware decoration, the other with blue and white underglaze painted foliate motifs, 5.5cm high, 20cm diam. (splashware bowl); 6cm high, 13cm diam.
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
£400-600
69
AN ABBASID CALLIGRAPHIC BOWL, MESOPOTAMIA, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY, with pale green splash decoration on cream ground, a line of manganese painted calligraphy running from lip to well, 6cm high, 20.5cm diam.
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
£400-600
70
A COLLECTION OF FRAGMENTARY ANCIENT AND ISLAMIC POTTERY, 14TH CENTURY AND EARLIER, comprising two possibly Minoan oil lamps and remnants of four Persian bowls, comprising a ‘Sultanabad’ type, a Kashan ‘radiating panel’ type, a low relief carved bowl with cobalt underglaze splashes and a Bamiyan(?) bowl with copper oxide radiating stripes, 10cm high; 19.5cm diam. and smaller
Provenance: The lamps were acquired at Sotheby’s, 26th July 1965, lot 172 and the Islamic pots about ten years later.
£100-200
25
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71 (part)
EIGHT KASHAN TURQUOISE GLAZED POTTERY VESSELS, PERSIA, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY, comprising five small oil lamps, a jug, a small vase and fragments of a black painted bowl with kufic design, 13cm (jug); 10.5cm (largest lamp)
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
£500-800
72 (illustrated opposite)
SIX PERSIAN BOWLS, 10TH-13TH CENTURIES, comprising a Nishapur earthenware bowl with stylised leaf design, another with faux calligraphic decoration, two Kashan monochrome bowls with cobalt blue and green decoration, a Kashan pierced white ware bowl with cobalt blue strips and a small Kashan silhouette ware bowl, 7cm high; 15.5cm diam (pierced ware bowl), and smaller
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
£200-300
73 (illustrated opposite)
SEVEN PERSIAN POTTERY VESSELS, MOSTLY CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY, comprising a moulded unglazed fragmentary jar, three earthenware ewers, a slip painted ewer and cup, a brown monochrome glazed beaker
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
£200-300
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A KASHAN TURQUOISE GLAZED CALLIGRAPHIC TILE, PERSIA, 13TH CENTURY, the main band of moulded naskh calligraphy reading ‘[ri]dhwan’ (‘garden’) surmounted by a border of repeated palmette motifs, mounted, 26 x 29cm
Provenance: Private European collection (see page 4) acquired Sotheby’s London, 7 October 2015, lot 301. Previously collection of Xavier Guerrand-Hermès.
Exhibited: Calligraphies en terres d’Islam, Musée Champollion, Figeac, 6 April-3 June 2012
Published: Yves Porter and Richard Castinel, Calligraphies en terres d’Islam, Musée Champollion, Figeac, 2012, p.26
£4,000-6,000
28 74
KASHAN LUSTRE ‘STAR’ TILE, PERSIA, 13TH/14TH CENTURY, the eight pointed form with cobalt blue tendril design in the central panel, surrounded by a calligraphic band, 20cm maximum diameter
Provenance: Property of a European Collector (see page 4)
29 75
£700-1,000
A LARGE DAMASCUS ‘LOBED ROUNDEL’ TILE, OTTOMAN SYRIA, LATE 16TH CENTURY, underglaze painted fritware, the lobed medallion containing central flower head issuing spiralling tendrils with further flowers and terminating in saz leaves, on cobalt blue ground decorated with floral arabesques, mounted, 31.5 x 31cm
Provenance: Property of a European collector (see page 4). Acquired Christopher Gibbs, 26 March 2002.
Published: Arthur Millner, ‘Damascus Tiles’, London 2015, fig.6.68, p.273.
This design appears to have been modelled on an Iznik prototype, decorated in sealing wax red and emerald green, as seen in the Topkapi Palace and ‘Blue Mosque’ in Istanbul. A slight variation in the design here, however, is the way the strapwork around the roundel runs off the tile to link with adjacent tiles. For other versions of this pattern, see lots 79 & 80.
£1,000-1,500
30 76
A DAMASCUS ‘VINE WAVE’ TILE, OTTOMAN SYRIA, LATE 16TH CENTURY, underglaze painted fritware, of square form, decorated with pale blue twin tendrils sprouting composite floral forms in cobalt blue and ‘apple’ green, 30cm square
Provenance: Private European collection (see page 4) acquired Kevorkian Gallery, Paris, 22 January 2011. Formerly installed in a bathroom in a Paris house (before 1975).
Typical of the decorative inventiveness and whimsy of the Syrian craftsman is the treatment of the classic Ottoman scrolling vine: the grapes have morphed into a cluster of floating green florets and the vine leaves have become composite flowers with tulips at the centre. This tile is closely related to panels in the Darwishiyya Mosque, Damascus (1572-75), but using slightly different colours. See Arthur Millner, ‘Damascus Tiles’, London 2015, fig. 4.31, p.144. Other versions of this design, also with slightly different colour schemes can be seen in the GayerAnderson House, Cairo and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (inv. no. 662 to C-1897).
£2,500-3,500
31 77
TWO ‘DOME OF THE ROCK’ TILES, OTTOMAN PALESTINE OR SYRIA, 16TH CENTURY, fritware, with underglazepainted blue palmette design on white ground, 19.5cm square approx. each
This blue and white arabesque design which derives from Timurid prototypes was first seen on the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, tiled on the instructions of the Ottoman Sultan around 1545, but soon after this, similar tiles appeared on numerous public and private buildings in Aleppo. There are also near-identical tiles in the Ramanazoglu Mosque, Adana (Turkey). Old photographs also show tiles of this type in the courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.
£800-1,200
79 (illustrated opposite)
A DAMASCUS TILE, OTTOMAN SYRIA, LATE 16TH CENTURY, underglaze painted fritware, the design composed of lobed roundel containing a floral sprig with lotus, carnation and tulip motifs, surrounded by cintamani and tiger stripe motifs, quarter floral medallions in the centre, mounted, 26.5 x 27cm
Provenance: Private Collection England. Formerly installed in a fireplace in Garth House, Fortingall, Perthshire
For a closely related tile sold in these rooms, see 18 November 2020, lot 260, and for another in the Victoria and Albert Museum, see inv. no. 452-1901
£1,000-1,500
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80 (illustrated opposite)
A DAMASCUS TILE, OTTOMAN SYRIA, LATE 16TH CENTURY, underglaze painted fritware, the central lobed roundel containing scrolling floral motifs, surrounded by foliate arabesques on apple green ground, mounted, 27cm square
Provenance: Private collection, England. Acquired Bonhams London, 24 April 1997, lot 352
For a tile from the same series, formerly in the Barlow Collection, see Arthur Millner, ‘Damascus Tiles’, London 2015, fig.6.66, p.272.
£1,200-1,800
81 (illustrated opposite)
A DAMASCUS TILE FRAGMENT, OTTOMAN SYRIA, LATE 16TH CENTURY, underglaze painted fritware, with design of floral lobed medallion on apple green ground, mounted, 24.5 x 18.5cm
Provenance: Private collection, England. Formerly in the collection of the late Sir Howard Hodgkin. See footnote to the previous lot.
£400-600
82 (illustrated online)
A CHINESE PORCELAIN CHARGER, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, probably for the Central Asian Market, overglaze painted with polychrome floral decoration, the centre with Islamic inscription and date reading AH 1235/1820 AD, modern hanging bracket, 46.5cm diam.
Provenance: Collection of the late Peter Millett (1925-2016)
£60-80
83
A COLLECTION OF PORCELAIN, GARDNER FACTORY, MOSCOW, SECOND HALF OF 19TH CENTURY, produced for the Central Asian market, with polychrome and gold foliate decoration on crimson ground, comprising a bowl, two cups and three saucers from a different set, and six cups and saucers from a third set, the underside with royal crest and factory mark with St. George and the Dragon motif reading FABRIK GARDNER MOSKVI in Cyrillic, an Islamic inscription below, 8cm high, 16.5cm diam. (bowl), and smaller, (18)
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
The Gardner factory was established in the 18th century by Francis Gardner, a British banker, who helped bring the secret of porcelain production to Russia. During the from the mid-19th century, the output of this famous firm was popular in Central Asia, and this is one of the designs which was especially in demand. See Johannes Kalter, The Arts and Crafts of Turkestan, Thames and Hudson, London 1984, pl.41, p.60.
£250-350
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AN EGYPTIAN BEAD ‘MUMMY’ MASK, LATE DYNASTIC / PTOLEMAIC, CIRCA 7TH / 4TH CENTURY BC, the faience beads restrung on a black felt covered board, beading 16.5cm high
Provenance: Property of a European Collector (see page 4) For similar examples apparently dating to the 7th century BC see: a mask still attached over the mummy’s face, discovered by archaeologists headed by Professor Naguib Kanawati of Macquarie University at a dig near Saqqara in February 2005, now at the Imhotep Museum, Saqqara; one similarly attached, Liverpool Museum, Inv. No. 17.6.20.60; and one in Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum, Ägyptische Sammlung, Inv.No.10060
£150-250
A GANDHARA GREY SCHIST RELIEF DEPICTING THE FIRST SERMON, NORTH-WESTERN PAKISTAN, 3RD/4TH CENTURY, the Buddha with hands in abhaya mudra and holding a bowl(?), seated under the bodhi tree, his devotees gathered around him, 25 x 34 x 7cm
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
For a small panel from Jamalgarhi (Khyber Pakhtunkwa) with two versions of this scene in the British Museum, see inv. no. OA 1880-209
£1,000-1,500
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85
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
£1,000-1,500
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
£1,200-1,500
37 86
A GANDARA GREY SCHIST RELIEF PANEL, NORTH-WESTERN PAKISTAN, 3RD/4TH CENTURY, depicting the Buddha and his disciples within an architectural niche, the bearded figure of Vajrapani standing behind him, mounted, 12.4 x 24.5 x 4.5cm
87
A GANDHARA GREY SCHIST RELIEF PANEL, NORTH-WESTERN PAKISTAN, 3RD/4TH CENTURY, depicting Hariti with child and attendants, flanked by a pair of Corinthian columns, an acanthus frieze along the top, mounted, 18 x 26 x 5.5cm
A SMALL GANDHARA GREY SCHIST RELIEF FRAGMENT, NORTH-WESTERN PAKISTAN, 3RD/4TH CENTURY, depicting a maiden holding a mirror, standing within a caitya arch, mounted, 13.5 x 11 x 4cm
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
£300-400
A GANDHARA GREY SCHIST RELIEF DEPICTING HARITI AND PANCHIKA, NORTH-WESTERN PAKISTAN, 3RD/4TH CENTURY, the couple seated beside each other with their child behind, a further figure below the goddess, mounted, 16.5 x 15 x 7.5cm
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
This divine couple are an important part of Gandharan Buddhist iconography, with Hariti representing fertility and motherhood, while Panchika symbolises wealth. They are often depicted with evidence of their wealth and abundance, and the undulations beneath their feet may represent bags of money. Hariti is thought to have evolved from the Greek goddess of fortune, Tyche, who often carries a cornucopia like that depicted here in Hariti’s left hand. Amongst the best known representations of this subject from Gandhara is the example in the British Museum (inv. no.1950,0726.2), see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/ object/A_1950-0726-2
£800-1,200
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A GANDHARA GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF BUDDHA, NORTHWESTERN PAKISTAN, 3RD/4TH CENTURY, seated in padmasana, wearing voluminous robes, his hair gathered in a topknot, a fragmentary halo behind, 24cm high
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
£300-500
91
A GANDHARA STUCCO HEAD OF BUDDHA, NORTH-WESTERN PAKISTAN, 4TH/5TH CENTURY, his curled hair indicated with circular incisions, with benign expression, his lips with traces of red pigment, 18cm
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
£300-500
92
A GANDHARA STUCCO HEAD OF A DEVOTEE, NORTHWESTERN PAKISTAN, 4TH/5TH CENTURY, with Hellenistic features, wearing turban, his face with traces of pigment, 19cm
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
£600-900
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90
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A GANDARA STUCCO HEAD OF BUDDHA, NORTH-WESTERN PAKISTAN, 4TH/5TH CENTURY, with serene expression, his lips with traces of red pigment, 11cm
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
£250-350
94
A GANDHARA STUCCO HEAD OF A DEVOTEE, NORTHWESTERN PAKISTAN, 4TH/5TH CENTURY, his face turned to his right, wearing earrings (one remaining) and a headband, his hair falling in ringlets, 24cm
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
£600-800
95
A LIFESIZE FRAGMENTARY GANDHARA STUCCO BUDDHA HEAD, NORTH-WESTERN PAKISTAN 4TH/5TH CENTURY, with classical features, his lips with traces of red pigment, 29cm
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
£300-400
96 (illustrated online)
THREE GANDHARA GREY SCHIST FRAGMENTS, NORTHWESTERN PAKISTAN, 3RD/4TH CENTURY, comprising a Buddhist reliquary in the form of a lidded beaker, a lion finial and a relief with image of the Buddha, 25cm high (lion), and smaller
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
£200-300
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A GANDHARA GREY SCHIST RELIEF PANEL, NORTH-WESTERN PAKISTAN, 3RD/4TH CENTURY, depicting two putti supporting a leafy garland weighed down by fruit, 23 x 35 x 5cm
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
The Greco-Roman imagery is particularly evident in this sculpture, with the turban and ear ornaments amongst the few indications of Asian origin. For one of several similar friezes in the British Museum, see inv. no. OA 1940.7-13.1
£1,200-1,500
A GANDHARA GREY SCHIST RELIEF FRAGMENT, NORTH-WESTERN PAKISTAN, 3RD/4TH CENTURY, of rectangular form, the main panel depicting a procession of shaven-headed monks, part of a further scene above with smaller figures amongst columns, a scrolling floral border along the right edge, 21 x 21 x 5cm
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
For a fragment depicting part of a similar scene in the British Museum, see OA 1970.7-18.1
£400-600
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A GANDHARA GREY SCHIST BORDER FRIEZE SECTION, NORTH-WESTERN PAKISTAN, 3RD/4TH CENTURY, carved in relief, depicting warriors battling with dragons, 5.5 x 42.5cm
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
£250-350
100
A GANDHARA GREY SCHIST FRAGMENTARY FRIEZE SECTION, NORTH-WESTERN PAKISTAN, 3RD/4TH CENTURY, carved in relief, depicting a figure pouring water from a pot, and a bird perched on a jar amidst a scrolling leafy vines, a convex feathered border above, 17.5 x 29cm
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
£400-600
42 99
A GANDHARA GREY SCHIST BUST OF MAITREYA, NORTH-WESTERN PAKISTAN, 3RD/4TH CENTURY, with moustachioed face, wearing turban and earrings, his robes with multiple folds, 22cm high
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
£400-600
A GANDHARA GREY SCHIST BUST OF BUDDHA, NORTH-WESTERN PAKISTAN, 3RD/4TH CENTURY, his remaining right hand in abhaya mudra, his face with moustache, urna incised on his forehead, his hair gathered in a topknot, a circular halo behind, 26cm high
Provenance: Formerly property of a deceased British diplomat, thence by inheritance
£700-900
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101
102
A BUFF SANDSTONE FIGURE OF GANESHA, NORTHERN INDIA, 11TH/12TH CENTURY, the six-armed, elephant-headed, potbellied deity standing erect, his primary right hand in varada mudra, his left holding a bowl of sweets, his upper hands holding various attributes, mounted, 58cm high
£800-1,200
44 103
AN UMAYYAD LIMESTONE CAPITAL, SYRIA OR JORDAN, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY, of square section, carved in relief with stylised acanthus leaves, 21 x 22.5 x 22.5cm
Provenance: Property of a European Collector (see page 4). Formerly in the collection of a French diplomat, acquired in the 1960s; Sotheby’s London, 1st April 2009, lot 54.
This column capital demonstrates the way Greco-Roman and Byzantine decorative motifs endured and evolved after the arrival of Islam; the acanthus motifs of the Corinthian capital have become increasingly abstract and more reminiscent of palm fronds.
£3,000-5,000
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A SMALL BRONZE FIGURE OF A HINDU GODDESS, EASTERN DECCAN, 17TH/18TH CENTURY, standing erect, her hands outstretched, wearing large hoop earrings, her hair gathered in a bun, modern granite stand, 11.5cm high
£250-350
106
A BRONZE FIGURE OF A HINDU GODDESS, SOUTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY, standing on a raised square plinth, with prominent breasts and hands by her side, her hair tied at the back, 18.5cm high
£500-800
107
A BRONZE FIGURE OF SRIDEVI, TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA, 16TH/17TH CENTURY, standing in tribhanga on a raised lotus base, her left hand raised, holding a padma, wearing kuchabhandha over her breasts and large disc earrings, her tall headdress with bud finial, 20cm
£500-700
108 (illustrated online)
THREE BRONZE OBJECTS, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY, comprising a Saivite ritual bowl and two bronze finials, 7.6cm; 9.6cm
Provenance: Private collection, England, thence by descent.
£80-120
46
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109
A SMALL BRONZE OIL LAMP, DECCAN, SOUTHERN INDIA, 16TH/17TH CENTURY, in the form of Dipalakshmi riding an elephant holding five oil reservoirs, a cobra canopy above with seven-joss stick holders, a scrolling handle behind, indistinct incised inscription on the base, 12.7cm high
£250-350
110
A BRONZE FIGURE OF DURGA SLAYING THE BUFFALO DEMON, TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA, 17TH/18TH CENTURY, the eight armed goddess wielding various weapons, stepping on the buffalo and stabbing it with her trident as the demon emerges from its mouth, the slender figure of her vahana, the lion standing behind, 11.5cm high
Two unusual details on this bronze are the curious depiction of the lion as a slender, almost deer-like creature, and the depiction of the demon emerging from the buffalo’s mouth, rather than, as is more usually seen, from its decapitated body.
£400-600
111
A BRONZE FIGURE OF SIVA, NORTHERN INDIA, CIRCA 1900, the four armed deity holding staff, moon, bowl and citron, a lingam and cobra in his headdress, in unrelated Vaishnavite shrine with elaborate scrolling makaratorana flanked by a pair of parakeets, a figure of Garuda on the base, 30cm high (together)
£150-200
47
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112
A BASTAR BRONZE DANCE TROUPE, EASTERN INDIA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY, in the form of a ring of male musicians and female dancers, holding arms, the men wearing elaborate headdress, 18cm; 23.5cm diam.
£300-400
113 (illustrated opposite)
A LARGE KONDH BRONZE DEPICTION OF THE KARAM FESTIVAL, CHHATTISGARH, INDIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, in two sections, in the form of a tree with twenty-three male and female figures sitting and standing on the branches or climbing up the trunk, four further figures at the base comprising two male musicians and two female companions, 86cm high
The Karam (or Karma) festival is celebrated by young men and women of the Kondh tribe at harvest time, and is known as a time when many fall in love while dancing to music around the branch of the Karam tree (Nauclea Parvifolia) which is set up in an open space. For a smaller version of the same subject in the National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi, inv. no. 88/J/D, see Jyotindra Jain and Aarti Aggarwala, ‘National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum’ Ahmedabad/ Middletown NJ 1989, p.32.
£2,000-3,000
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114 (illustrated opposite)
A BRONZE FIGURE OF SIVA CHANDRASHEKARA, TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY, standing on a raised lotus base, with loops below for carrying in processions, the four armed deity with primary hands in abhaya and varada mudra, his tall conical headdress with crescent moon and small head, the domed top with bud finial, 47.5cm high
£2,000-3,000
115
A BRONZE FIGURE OF DIPALAKSHI, DECCAN, SOUTHERN INDIA, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY, in two sections, the goddess standing on a raised turned pedestal, her hands held in front, wearing large disc earrings, her hair arranged in a long pigtail, 40cm high
£800-1,200
116
A SILVER VOTIVE PLAQUE DEPICTING
UCHCHAIHSHRAVAS, NORTHERN INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, of rectangular form, the seven headed repousse relief horse depicted in profile with eleven lines of devanagari script inscribed to the left, within a border of boteh motifs, 10.5 x 16cm
Uchchaihshravas, the vehicle of Indra, is described in several Hindu epics including the Mahabharata, in which he emerges from the churning of the ocean of milk.
£300-500
51
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TWO HINDU BRONZE IMAGES, SOUTH INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, depicting Siva and Parvati, and Vishnu and Lakshmi respectively, each god holding his consort on his knee, 7, 7.5cm
£200-300
118
TWO SMALL BRONZE IMAGES, SOUTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY, one depicting Vishnu, the other Garuda, the winged vahana of Vishnu, each standing on square base, wearing tall headdress with bud finial, 8.3, 9.5cm
£200-300
119
A BRONZE FIGURE OF A HINDU GOD, PROBABLY SKANDA, DECCAN, SOUTHERN INDIA, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY, standing on a square base, the four-armed figure holding a lotus in each upper hand, and a citron(?) in his lower left, his right hand in abhaya mudra, 10.5cm high
£250-350
120
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE FIGURE OF VISHNU, DECCAN, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, standing on a circular lotus base, his upper hands holding cakra and sankha, his lower hands in varada mudra and resting on his hip, wearing elaborate robes and garlands, 14cm high
£200-300
52
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF SIVA AS A WANDERING ASCETIC, WESTERN DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 19TH CENTURY, the four-armed deity carrying staff and bowl, standing on rectangular base with a diminutive figure of Nandi at his feet, surrounded by an arch with sun and moon emblems with stylised kalasa at the apex, 14cm
£300-400
122
A BRONZE FIGURE OF VITHOBA IN A SHRINE, WESTERN DECCAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY , in three parts, the god standing with his hands on his hips, holding a conch shell and discus, sheltered by a five headed cobra and framed by a makaratorana with kirtimukha finial, 18.5cm
Vithoba is a form of Krishna worshipped particularly in the western Deccan. The brick, here shown as the square paving tile the deity is standing on, along with his distinctive static posture, is a reference to a story in the life of Krishna, when he was told by Pundalika to wait on a brick while Pundalika attended to his aged parents.
£350-450
123
A BRONZE FIGURE OF SKANDA, TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY, the six armed deity seated in lalitasana, his primary hands in abhaya and varada mudra, his other hands holding various weapons, riding on his vahana, the peacock, a diminutive yali underneath, 13.5cm high
£350-450
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF BHAIRAVA, NORTHERN INDIA, 19TH CENTURY, accompanied by his dog, standing on rectangular base, holding a club in his right hand, his long hair gathered in a conical spiral, 12.7cm high
£200-300
125
A BRONZE LAMP IN THE FORM OF THE MONKEY GOD HANUMAN, NEPAL, 19TH CENTURY, the slender figure standing on a rectangular base, holding an oil tray with figure of Ganesha, 21cm
£400-600
126
A BRONZE FIGURE OF NANDI, WESTERN DECCAN, 16TH/17TH CENTURY, the bull vahana of Siva crouching on raised plinth with small sivalingam projecting in front, 9.8cm
£200-300
54
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A BRASS HANUMAN SHRINE, WESTERN DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY, in three sections, the monkeyheaded god standing with hands in anjali mudra on pyramidal base, openwork prabha behind, 27.7cm high
£350-450
128
KHANDOBA AND MHALSA ON THEIR HORSE, WESTERN DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 17TH CENTURY, the divine couple seated together on a separately-cast rearing horse, the god’s hand raised holding a sword (now missing), on rectangular openwork base, 26cm high
Khandoba or Khanderao, worshipped mostly in Maharashtra and Karnataka, is most commonly depicted on horseback, accompanied by his consort, Mhalsa or Bhairavi. He is thought to be a local folk deity who became increasingly assimilated with Siva and Bhairava with whose attributes and companions he is usually seen.
£1,500-2,000
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF NANDI, DECCAN, SOUTHERN INDIA, 17TH/18TH CENTURY, crouching on a rectangular base, sheltered by a separately cast seven headed cobra, a small lingam in front, 19.5cm high
£500-700
130
A BRASS SIVALINGAM COVER, WESTERN DECCAN, INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, in the form of a domed column, the face of Siva with waving moustache and headband around his forehead, 13.5cm high
£300-400
131
A BRASS SIVALINGAM SHRINE, WESTERN DECCAN, INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, in three sections, the lingam in the form of a head of Siva, resting on the coils of a cobra with a small figure of Nandi in front, the stand on four splayed feet, sheltered by the flared cobra canopy above, 25.5cm
£550-650
56
129 130 131
A JAIN BRASS SHRINE PROBABLY DEPICTING SUMATINATHA, GUJARAT, INDIA, DATED SAMVAT 1520/1463 AD, inlaid with silver and copper, seated in padmasana on a lion throne engraved with indistinct emblem, flanked by pairs of jinas, and above a parasol lustrated by a pair of elephants surmounted by kalasa finial, devanagari inscription including date on the reverse, 19cm high £1,800-2,200
57 132
133
A SMALL BRONZE FIGURE OF GANESHA, WESTERN DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 17TH CENTURY, the fourarmed elephant headed deity seated within an arched shrine raised on bracket feet, the aureole with kalasa finial, 7cm
£300-400
134
A BRONZE FIGURE OF ANNAPURNA, DECCAN, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY, seated with legs loosely crossed on a low stool resting on raised platform, holding her ladle, with flowing hair and pointed headdress, 8.2cm high Annapurna is the Hindu goddess of nourishment, especially worshipped in Varanasi (Benares). She uses her large ladle to serve food to her devotees.
£250-350
135
A BRONZE FIGURE OF HANUMAN, SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY, the monkey-headed god-hero standing on raised lotus base, his hands clasped in anjali mudra, his long tail forming an arch over his head, 7.7cm high
£200-300
58
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136
A BRONZE FIGURE OF GANESHA, WESTERN DECCAN, INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, on raised lotus throne, the four-armed elephant headed deity seated with legs loosely crossed under a five-headed cobra canopy, his vahana, the rat, at his feet, his upper hands holding goad and axe, his lower hands holding his broken tusk and a bowl of sweets, 9.5cm high
£450-550
137
A BRONZE FIGURE OF DURGA SLAYING THE BUFFALO DEMON, DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY, the goddess wielding various weapons in her eight hands, spearing the demon as he emerges from the buffalo body, while her diminutive vahana, the lion, attacks him from the other side, on raised lotus base, 11.3cm high
£450-550
138
A BRONZE FIGURE OF GARUDA, DECCAN, SOUTHERN INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, standing erect on a lotus base, the winged deity with hands clasped in anjali mudra, wearing earrings and conical headdress, 9cm high
£300-400
59
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139
A BRONZE FIGURE OF NARASIMHA, TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, the four-armed lion-headed avatar of Vishnu seated in lalitasana on a lotus throne with his consort on his knee, his primary right hand in abhaya mudra, wearing tall conical headdress with bud finial, 11.5cm high
£700-900
140
A BRONZE FIGURE OF GANESHA, TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 17TH CENTURY, the ten-armed elephant headed deity with pot-belly, his consort seated on his knee, his various attributes in his multiple hands, wearing tall headdress with bulbous finial, his vahana, the rat, below his raised throne, 11cm high
£1,000-1,500
141
A SMALL BRONZE FIGURE OF GANESHA, HIMACHAL PRADESH, NORTHERN INDIA, 17TH/18TH CENTURY, the four-armed, elephant headed deity seated eating sweets from his primary right hand, wearing crown and tall headdress with bud finial, 5.5cm
£300-400
60
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61 142
A BRONZE FIGURE OF DURGA, DECCAN, SOUTHERN INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, seated in lalitasana, holding citron(?), bowl, trident and axe in her four hands, wearing tall headdress with five-headed cobra canopy above, 11cm high £650-750
143 (illustrated online)
A GROUP OF METAL AND WOOD OBJECTS, INDIA, 19TH / 20TH CENTURY, comprising a lid in the form of a peacock and a stopper in the form of a chhatri, both mounted, part of a pipe(?) of horizontal cylindrical form with bird head finials, and a ladle, with diagonally protruding shaft, mounted, and a bronze idli pan, 36cm diam. and smaller
£50-80
144
A BRONZE FIGURE OF NANDI BULL SHELTERED BY A COBRA, WESTERN DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY, crouching on a raised plinth, a diminutive lingam in front, wearing bells and trappings, his head with prominent horns, 12.5cm high
Provenance: Collection of the late Peter Millett (1925-2016)
£80-120
145
A BRONZE FIGURE OF KRISHNA VENUGOPALA, BENGAL, EASTERN INDIA, 19TH CENTURY, standing with his ankles crossed, his hands raised playing the flute (now missing), a bracelet on each wrist, traces of black and red lac, 20.5cm high
Provenance: Collection of the late Peter Millett (1925-2016)
£150-200
146
A SMALL BRONZE FIGURE OF KRISHNA KALIYADAMANA, SOUTH INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, the young Hindu deity dancing on the snake’s body while holding a butter ball in his left hand, on raised lotus base, 7cm high
Provenance: Collection of the late Peter Millett (1925-2016)
£80-120
62
145 146
144
147
A BRONZE FIGURE OF RAMANUJA, TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY, the Vaisnava saint seated in padmasana on a cushioned plinth, his hands in anjali mudra, a staff tucked in his right arm, 7.5cm high
Provenance: Collection of the late Peter Millett (1925-2016)
£80-120
148
THREE BRONZE FIGURES OF BALAKRISHNA, BENGAL, ORISSA AND TAMIL NADU, INDIA, 17TH-19TH CENTURIES, each depicting the infant deity crawling and holding a butter ball, 7.5, 6, 6.5cm
Provenance: Collection of the late Peter Millett (1925-2016)
£120-180
150
149
VISHNU WITH BHU DEVI AND SRI DEVI, TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, each standing on lotus bases, the four armed god with primary hands in varada mudra and resting on his mace (now missing), his consorts each holding the stem of a padma, 9cm, 8cm, 8cm (3)
Provenance: Collection of the late Peter Millett (1925-2016)
£150-200
A ‘GANGAJUMNA’ FIGURE OF VISHNU, TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA, 18TH CENTURY, bronze, with details highlighted in brass overlay, the four armed deity with primary hands in varada mudra and resting on his mace (now missing), wearing earrings and tall conical headdress with bud finial, 9.8cm high
Provenance: Collection of the late Peter Millett (1925-2016)
£80-120
147 148 149 150
63
151 (illustrated online)
FIVE INDIAN BRONZES, 19TH CENTURY, comprising three small images of deities and two naga shrines, 28.5cm and smaller
Provenance: Collection of the late Peter Millett (1925-2016)
£60-80
152
A BRONZE FIGURE OF VITHOBA, DECCAN, SOUTHERN INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, standing on a lotus base, holding a pouch in his right hand, a conch shell in his left, 10.5cm
Provenance: Collection of the late Peter Millett (1925-2016)
£120-180
153
A BRASS SIVA MASK, WESTERN DECCAN, INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, in the form of a moustachioed face of Siva, his headdress with bud-shaped finial, wearing necklace with lozenge shaped pendant, 25.5cm high
Provenance: Collection of the late Peter Millett (1925-2016)
For a closely related mask in the Museum of Folk and Tribal Art, Gurgaon, see Subashini Aryan, ‘Masterpieces of Indian Folk and Tribal Art, Gurgaon 2005, p.63, No.113.
£250-350
154
TWO BRONZE SIVA MASKS, WESTERN DECCAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY, each in the form of a moustachioed face of Siva, with flared headdress and earrings, 18.5, 13.5cm high
Provenance: Collection of the late Peter Millett (1925-2016)
See footnote to the previous lot.
152 154
64
£200-300 153
155
A BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ELEPHANT, WESTERN DECCAN, INDIA, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY, wearing blanket and trappings, with scrolling trunk, 6.5cm high, 8.5cm long
Provenance: the estate of the late Louisa Service, London, sold by order of the executors.
£150-200
156
A FOLK BRONZE FIGURE OF DURGA SLAYING THE BUFFALO DEMON, WESTERN DECCAN, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY, the eight armed goddess wielding various weapons standing on the decapitated buffalo while stabbing the demon which emerges, on raised, separately cast base, 17cm high
Provenance: Private collection, England, thence by descent.
£100-150
157
TWO BRONZE FIGURES, 19TH / 20TH CENTURY, comprising a Nepalese figure of a female trumpeter, and a small South Indian bronze figure of Vishnu, 13.5cm; 9.5cm high
Provenance: Private collection, England, thence by descent.
£80-120
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A FRAGMENTARY BRONZE FIGURE OF DURGA, PROBABLY KARNATAKA, WESTERN DECCAN, 19TH CENTURY, the eightarmed goddess with remaining hand holding her trident, with protruding fangs, and tall flaming headdress, her necklace with floral pendant, 21.5cm
Provenance: Private collection, England, thence by descent.
£100-150
159
TWO SAIVITE BRONZES, WESTERN DECCAN, INDIA, 16TH/17TH CENTURY, comprising a figure of Nandi Bull and a ritual bracelet with lingam emblem, 9.5cm approx. each
£80-120
160
A BRONZE FIGURE OF RAMA, TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA, 15TH/16TH CENTURY, standing with body flexed on a raised lotus base, his left arm holding his bow (now missing), wearing tall domed headdress, 9cm high
Provenance: Private collection, Western England
£150-200
161
A BRONZE FIGURE OF GANESHA, WESTERN DECCAN, INDIA, 16TH/17TH CENTURY, the four-armed, elephant headed deity seated on a lotus stool, his vehicle the rat at his feet, holding axe, lotus stem, his broken tusk and a bowl of sweets, 8cm high
Provenance: Private collection, Western England
£200-300
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF NANDI BULL, WESTERN DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 17TH CENTURY, the vehicle of Siva crouching on a raised plinth, with long tapered horns, wearing a necklace fringed with bells, 7.5cm high Provenance: Collection of the late Joost Slingerland, Yorkshire, acquired Sebastiano Barbagallo, London, 14 June 2002. The original receipt is sold with this lot.
£100-150
163
A BRONZE FIGURE OF BHU-DEVI, TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY, the consort of Vishnu standing in tribhanga on a lotus base, her right hand raised, holding the stem of a padma, her tall headdress with bud finial, 10.5cm
Provenance: Collection of the late Joost Slingerland, Yorkshire.
£200-300
164
A BRONZE GROUP DEPICTING SIVA AND PARVATI, SOUTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY, the god seated in lalitasana on a lotus throne holding various attributes, his consort on his left knee, 9.5cm
Provenance: Collection of the late Joost Slingerland, Yorkshire.
£200-300
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A SINHALESE BRONZE STUPA, SRI LANKA, 19TH CENTURY, of bell-shaped form, in two sections, the base decorated with tiers of lotus registers, a compartment inside, the domed lid with tapering tower surmounted by conical finial, 27cm high
£450-550
166
A GREY STONE FIGURE OF NANDI BULL, NORTHERN INDIA, CIRCA 1890, realistically carved, depicted reclining on an oval base, wearing necklace of bells, his back with pronounced hump, 10cm high, 15cm long
£200-300
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A SMALL BLACK STONE CARVING DEPICTING RANJIT SINGH, NORTHERN INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY, realistically carved, the figure seated on a throne with his right foot resting on a stool, wearing turban and long beard, his remaining sighted eye inlaid with mother of pearl, 13 x 11 x 6.5cm
Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780–1839), “Lion of Punjab”, is revered amongst Sikhs for uniting them as a people and establishing a powerful and prosperous state. He suffered smallpox as a child and lost the sight in his left eye, as indicated in this image.
£600-900
69
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A CARVED WOOD FIGURE OF SKANDA, SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 1900, the four-armed deity painted gold, riding on his vahana, the peacock, his primary hands in abhaya and varada mudra, his upper hands holding sakti and utpala, 14.5cm high
£300-400
169
A CARVED WOOD ARCHITECTURAL BRACKET, TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY, in the form of a mythical lion, in rearing pose, with bulging eyes and long scrolling tongue, mounted, 55cm
£150-250
170
A CARVED WOOD ARCHITECTURAL BRACKET, TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY, in the form of a mythical lion (yali), with long trunk-like snout, bulging eyes and bared fangs, rearing on a scrolling branch, mounted, 51cm
£200-300 168
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71 171
A PAINTED AND CARVED WOOD TOY ELEPHANT, INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY, on wheeled base, a domed howdah on its back, carrying a princely figure, 49cm high
£300-400
172
A BIDRI HUQQA BASE, BENGAL, EASTERN INDIA, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, zinc alloy inlaid with silver wire, of bell-shaped form, the sides decorated with stylised lotus flower motif, 20.5cm high
£400-600
173
A BIDRI BOTTLE (SURAHI), BIDAR, DECCAN, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, zinc alloy, inlaid with silver, the bulbous body on rim foot, surmounted by gently flaring neck, sparingly decorated with registers of stylised leaf design, 26cm high
£300-400
72
174
A BRONZE INCENSE BURNER, DECCAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER, in the form of a hamsa, on square base, the pierced body attached with makara hinge supporting a cobra, the rear foot joined to a further scrolling makara, 24 x 24 x 7cm
£200-300
175
A BRASS BOTTLE (SURAHI), KERALA, SOUTH INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, the body decorated with spiral fluting, the gentle flared neck with faceting, standing on flared rim foot, 33.5cm high
Provenance: Property of a European Collector (see page 4).
£300-400
73
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TWO BRASS VESSELS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY, comprising a Sumatran bowl with stylised floral relief decoration, and an Indian jar decorated in relief with repeated oval medallions depicting Krishna Venugopala, bowl: 9cm high, 17cm diam, jar: 16cm high
£100-150
177
TWO SILVER AND METAL BOXES, INDIA, CIRCA 1900, one in the form of a book, with silver applique and niello decoration, with Krishna flanked by musicians on either side, and a snuff box with scrolling foliate repousse decoration, 10.8 x 6.4 x 2.5cm and smaller
£120-180
178
TWO BRONZE RITUAL OBJECTS, DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY, comprising an incense stick holder in the form of a seven-headed cobra and an oil lamp in the form of a lotus, each with scrolling shaft leading to support foot, 13cm long approx. each
Provenance: Collection of the late Peter Millett (19252016)
£50-80
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A BRASS TORC, PROBABLY RAJASTHAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY, spiral openwork brass, with hooked terminals, a coloured glass inlaid medallion on each side, 16.5cm max. diam.
Provenance: Private collection, Western England
£60-80
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A BRONZE HANGING LAMP, SOUTHERN INDIA, 19TH CENTURY, the circular base surmounted by reservoir with seven projecting wick holders, the heavy chain with peacock link in the middle and scrolling hook at the top, 71cm high £120-180
181
A BRONZE HANGING LAMP, SOUTHERN INDIA, 19TH CENTURY, the circular base surmounted by reservoir with seven projecting wick holders, the heavy chain with peacock link in the middle and scrolling hook at the top, 78cm high
£120-180
182
A BRONZE HANGING LAMP, SOUTHERN INDIA, 19TH CENTURY, the circular base surmounted by reservoir with seven projecting wick holders and domed cover, the heavy chain with peacock link in the middle and scrolling hook at the top, 71cm high
£120-180
75
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183 (illustrated online)
TWO INDIAN PAINTINGS, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY, gouache on paper, one depicting a maiden seated in a verdant landscape, the other depicting Sri Nath Ji in a shrine flanked by two male devotees, 15 x 10cm; 20 x 17cm approx. (image)
Provenance: Private collection, Northern England
£80-120
184
FOUR PAINTINGS DEPICTING HINDU DEITIES, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY, gouache with silver on paper, depicting Narasimha with Hiranyakasipu, Vishnu with Lakshmi on the serpent raft, Parashurama and Lava(?), son of Rama, each mounted on card and inscribed in devanagari on the reverse, 16 x 12.5cm and smaller (image)
Provenance: Private collection, Northern England
£150-250
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TWO PAINTINGS OF GANESHA, RAJASTHAN, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY, ink and watercolour on paper, comprising a Ganapati pataka, inscribed with mantras and yantras, and a coloured image of the elephant headed god flanked by attendants, laid on card, 33.5 x 24.5cm; 21 x 17.5cm
£100-150
76
185 (part)
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A THANGKA DEPICTING SAMVARA, TIBET, 19TH CENTURY, pigment on cloth, the multi-armed Buddhist deity depicted standing on a lotus in yabyum with his consort, surrounded by a ring of fire, small figures of Buddha in each corner, framed, 60 x 40cm
£150-200
187
A REVERSE GLASS PAINTING DEPICTING TWO WARRIORS AND A LADY ON HORSEBACK, PERSIA, CIRCA 1900, the two men depicted fighting with swords in a town, watched by the woman, framed, 43 x 78cm
The scene is probably the tragic battle between Rostam and Sohrab, witnessed by Tahmina, Sohrab’s mother. Father and son find themselves on opposing sides in the war between Turan and Zabolistan, yet do not recognise each other because the boy grew up away from his father. He is mortally wounded in the duel and only when he vows that his father will avenge his death do the two men realise the terrible truth.
£300-500
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TWO PAINTINGS OF SRINATHJI, NATHDWARA, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY, gouache with gold on paper, the larger depicting the deity with right hand raised, holding a cup in his left, a female devotee at his side, the other playing the flute at night, surrounded by devotees, with Indra and Airavata in the foreground, 35 x 25cm; 32 x 23cm
£150-200
189 (illustrated opposite)
A LARGE FRAGMENTARY THANG-KA DEPICTING THE WHITE TARA, TIBET, CIRCA 1900, pigment on cloth, of rectangular form, the goddess depicted seated in a cave in a rocky landscape, flanked by two diminutive figures of Buddha, a larger seated figure of Buddha and various arhats in the clouds above, two bodhisattvas amongst trees in the foreground, old label on the reverse reading: ‘La Tara Blanche Thibet XVIIIe siecle [...] Grunwedel Mythologie Bouddhisme, Fig 117, page 146’, 151 x 80cm
The volume referred to on the label is Albert Gruenwedel, ‘Mythologie des Buddhismus in Tibet und der Mongolei. Führer durch die lamaistische Sammlung des Fürsten E.Uchtomskij’, Leipzig 1900.
£400-600
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TWO SHEETS OF PAHARI DRAWINGS, PUNJAB, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY, ink and wash on paper, comprising preparatory studies of various deities within ruled panels, including Durga and Siva, 26 x 26cm approx. each
£150-200
191
SIX PAINTINGS OF HINDU DEITIES, JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY, gouache with gold and silver on paper, with blue and orange borders, depicting Varaha, a Sivalingam, Narasimha, Krishna, Ganga and another goddess riding on a dog, 15 x 10.5cm approx. each
£300-500
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A GROUP OF MANUSCRIPT FOLIOS, WESTERN INDIA, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY, ink with watercolour on paper, comprising twelve small illustrated pages depicting animals birds and deities, each inscribed and with four lines of devanagari script on the reverse, and two larger, horizontal folios, one depicting Ganesha, the other a ruler on a multi-headed horse, 6 x 9.7cm (group of 12); 12 x 26.5cm and smaller (14)
£100-150
193
TWO SCENES FROM HINDU EPICS, RAJASTHAN, PROBABLY JAIPUR, LATE 19TH CENTURY, gouache with gold on paper, both depicting scenes at a palace, one showing two episodes with the infant Krishna, the other with devotees at a Jain shrine, each with yellow, blue and red borders and inscribed, 25 x 35cm (image)
£500-700
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192 (part)
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PORTRAIT OF A RULER, MEWAR, RAJASTHAN, 18TH CENTURY, gouache on paper, the portly haloed figure wearing turban and diaphanous robe, standing with his hands resting on a staff, mounted, 22.5 x 16cm
£300-400
195 (illustrated online)
THE MOON GOD CHANDRA ON HIS CHARIOT, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, gouache on paper, mounted, 17 x 12.5cm inside mount
£60-80
196
A FOLIO FROM A DISPERSED EDITION OF THE BHAGAVATA PURANA, RAJASTHAN INDIA, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY, ink and gouache on paper, laid on modern paper, the horizontal scene depicting Krishna watching a dance performance with musician and attendants, six lines of devanagari script in a panel above, 13 x 25cm (inside margin)
£120-180
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A RULER PAYS RESPECTS TO SARASWATI, BUNDI OR KOTAH, RAJASTHAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, gouache with gold on paper, laid on board, the goddess standing on a footstool under a tree in a hilly landscape, the ruler seated on the ground, accompanied by his horse and five attendants, red border, 20 x 26cm
£150-200
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A MAIDEN AT A WINDOW, RAJASTHAN, PROBABLY KOTAH, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, gouache with gold and gesso on paper, inscription in devanagari at the top, 35.5 x 24.5cm (folio)
Provenance: Bonhams, London, 5 July 2006, lot 231.
£300-500
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A FRAGMENTARY ILLUSTRATED FOLIO DEPICTING GANESHA, RAJASTHAN, 19TH CENTURY, gouache and ink on paper, laid on modern card, the four-armed elephant headed seated in an arched niche, surmounted by a pair of peacocks, his diminutive vehicle, the rat at his feet, a line of devanagari script at the bottom, 25.5 x 15.5cm
£120-180
200 (illustrated opposite)
TWO SCENES FROM HINDU EPICS, RAJASTHAN, PROBABLY JAIPUR, LATE 19TH CENTURY, gouache with gold on paper, each depicting Balarama, Krishna and Radha paying respects to a pair of naked sadhus, surrounded by triple coloured borders, 23 x 34.5cm, 25.5 x 35cm (images)
£300-500
201 (illustrated opposite)
A MOTHER WITH HER BABY, RAJASTHAN, PROBABLY JAIPUR, LATE 19TH CENTURY, gouache with gold on paper, the woman depicted lying on her bed with her child, surrounded by six female attendants in a carpeted and panelled bedchamber, framed by red, yellow and green borders, 22.5 x 34cm
£300-400
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85 200 201
NARASIMHA DISEMBOWELLING HIRANYAKASHIPU, DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1800, gouache with gold on paper, the lion avatar seated in front of the broken pillar attacking the prostrate king, while his son, Prahlada, looks on, a line of devanagari script on the reverse, 18 x 14.5cm (image)
Hiranyakashipu, personifying ignorance, hated Vishnu, even though his son, Prahlada, was a devotee. Prahlada told him that Vishnu was everwhere, even in the nearby pillar. The father kicked the pillar and Vishnu burst out, taking the form of Narasimha, and ripped out his innards.
£200-300
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A LADY WITH ATTENDANTS IN A MOONLIT LAKESIDE PAVILION, PAHARI, INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY, gouache with gold on paper, mounted, 22.3 X 14.2cm (inside mount)
Provenance: Bonhams, London, 5th July 2006
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£500-800 203
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A MUSLIM SCHOLAR, PROBABLY HYDERABAD, LATE 19TH CENTURY, gouache with gold on paper, laid on ochre painted card, framed by aubergine and ochre borders, 16.5 x 11.2cm (image)
£200-300
205
DURBAR OF AKBAR II, NORTHERN INDIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, gouache on paper, framed, the emperor depicted on his raised canopied throne, flanked by two groups of courtiers, 25 x 33cm Emperor Akbar II ruled between 1806-1837 and there are several versions of this scene, painted both during and after his reign.
£200-300
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TWO LADIES SEATED ON A TERRACE, HYDERABAD, 18TH CENTURY, gouache with gold on paper, one woman smoking a huqqa, the other playing the veena, framed by coloured borders painted in gold with scrolling foliage, 19.5 x 12cm (image)
£500-700
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SIVA AND PARVATI WITH THEIR VAHANAS, RAJASTHAN, MID-19TH CENTURY, gouache with gold and silver on paper, the long haired god with blue complexion, kneeling on a rug, his consort in devotion by his side, their vehicles, Nandi and the lion in the foreground, 20.5 x 13.2cm (folio)
£200-300
208
A RULER ON HORSEBACK, JODHPUR, INDIA, CIRCA 1800, gouache with silver and gold on paper, laid on card mount, the rider smoking a huqqa, accompanied by three guards, a syce and a huqqa bearer, 25.5 x 21cm
£300-400
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A ‘DUTCH BENGAL SCHOOL’ PAINTING DEPICTING KALI, BENGAL, INDIA, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, oil on canvas, the fiercesome blue-skinned goddess, with four arms, with bloodied hands, protruding fangs and tongue, standing on a prostrate figure of Siva, surrounded by numerous severed heads, yellow and black painted borders, 44 x 33cm
Oil painting was introduced to India by European artists and, in Bengal, a new style emerged in the late 18th century, which combined indigenous subject matter with European influenced technique and composition. These paintings are popularly described as ‘Dutch Bengal School’, although French and English influences are probably just as relevant as Dutch. In any case, the result is uniquely Bengali, and we can see the origins of Kalighat painting which emerged later in the century. For a larger example sold recently at auction in Mumbai, see Todywalla and Co, ‘Classical Indian Art 2’, 24 February 2023, lot 73
£600-800
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JAMINI ROY (INDIAN, 1887-1972): UNTITLED (A MAIDEN), gouache on paper, signed in Bengali lower right, 1950s framer’s label on the reverse (Chas. H. West Ltd. of Swiss Cottage, London), 68 x 32.5cm excluding frame
Provenance: the Estate of Louisa Service OBE (1931-2021), sold by order of the executors.
£2,500-3,500
90
211
JAMINI ROY (INDIAN, 1887-1972): BALAKRISHNA, gouache on paper, signed by the artist in Bengali lower right, 1950s framer’s label on the reverse (Chas. H. West Ltd. of Swiss Cottage, London), 31 x 43cm excluding frame
Provenance: the Estate of Louisa Service OBE (1931-2021), sold by order of the executors.
£2,000-3,000
91
212
MAQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN, INDIAN, (19132011), ‘GAJA GAMINI-IN THE KERALA
JUNGLE’, limited edition print, signed by the artist, numbered 115/300, 52 x 35.5cm
Provenance: Private collection, Western England
£300-400
213
A COMPANY SCHOOL PAINTING DEPICTING THE MUHARRAM FESTIVAL, PATNA, INDIA, MID-19TH CENTURY, gouache on mica, 15 x 23cm excluding frame
Provenance: the Estate of Louisa Service OBE (1931-2021), sold by order of the executors.
£300-500
92
212 213
214
A COMPANY SCHOOL PAINTING OF A NILGAI, BENGAL, INDIA, CIRCA 1800, watercolour on paper, 16.5 x 27.5cm
The nilgai is a type of antelope, native to the Indian subcontinent, characterised by its sturdy build, white fur on the underside of the neck and short horns. The bluish colour, somewhat exaggerated here, is typical on adult males.
£500-800 215
THE TOMB OF AKBAR, SIKANDRA, COMPANY SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, two watercolour paintings on paper, each depicting the interior with a view of the tomb and screen, black ruled border, inscribed in English on the reverse, 17 x 9.5cm approx. each
Akbar’s Tomb at Sikandra, outside Agra, was completed in the reign of his son, Jehangir, in 1613.
£300-500
93
215
214
216
A MADHUBHANI PAINTING DEPICTING DURGA, BIHAR, MID-20TH CENTURY, ink and watercolour on paper, laid on card, the eight-armed goddess holding two decapitated heads and two lotuses, standing on a pair of grappling lions, 58 x 45cm
£250-350
FOUR SMALL MADHUBANI PAINTINGS, BIHAR, NORTHERN INDIA, MID-20TH CENTURY, ink on paper, one with watercolour, depicting a woman, a fish, a bird and a lotus respectively, mounted, 21 x 17cm approx. each (excluding mount)
Provenance: Private collection, Western England
Three inscribed ‘Veena Devi, Dariyakrata, Jitwarpur’. Jitwarpur is a small village in Bihar which has become famous for its characteristic folk paintings, known as Madhubhani or Mithila.
£120-180
94
217 (part)
217
A LARGE MADHUBHANI PAINTING, BIHAR, EASTERN INDIA, MID-20TH CENTURY , ink and watercolour on paper, depicting Radha and Krishna, standing amidst a profusion of stylised plants and birds, within painted borders, 68 x 46cm (image)
Madhubhani paintings are a celebrated craft centred on the town of Mithila in Bihar. Originally mural paintings executed by the womenfolk, during the 20th century they were increasingly painted on paper and cloth
£400-600
95
218
JANGARH SINGH SHYAM, INDIAN, DATED 1996, drawing of a tree with birds and animals, black ink on paper, 56 x 35.5cm
Provenance: Private collection, Western England
Jangarh Singh Shyam is from a tribal community in the forested region of Central India. He was discovered by the well known artist J. Swaminathan in the 1980s while looking for works of art for his museum of rural and urban art. Despite at first struggling with the transition from rural to urban life, Jangarh was tempted to move to Bhopal, where materials, facilities and money enabled him to explore his creativity. For two other drawings by this artist sold in these rooms, see 9th November 2022, lot 138. See also Sheikh 1998, pp. 16-33, for a detailed discussion of his work.
£400-600
96 219
JANGARH SINGH SHYAM, INDIAN, DATED 1996, drawing of two trees with birds flying and perched on the branches, black ink on paper, 35.5 x 56cm
Provenance: Private collection, Western England
See footnote to the previous lot.
£400-600
97
220
221
AFTER JOHAN ZOFFANY, R.A. COLONEL MORDAUNT’S COCK MATCH, mezzotint with later hand colouring, caption beneath the image reading: ‘At Lucknow in the Province of Oude, in the year 1786, at which were present several High and Distinguished Personages; J. Zoffany pinxt.; R Earlom sculp. London’, mounted and framed, main image: 39 x 57cm
£800-1,200
222 (illustrated online)
A FRAGMENTARY BLUEPRINT PLAN OF PART OF SOUTH DELHI, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, primarily showing the district of Hauz Khas, with individual land plots, inscribed in Urdu and English, 72 x 50.5cm
£80-120
98
223
ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS DANIELL (1749-1840), FOUR SKETCHES OF INDIAN RIVER VIEWS, pencil and ink with watercolour on paper, laid on paper mount, framed as a group, one inscribed with comments by the artist, 11.5 x 9.5cm; 15.5 x 10.3cm; 16.5 x 10.5cm; 6 x 11cm
Provenance: According to pencil inscriptions on the back, Sotheby’s, lot 55, 9th May 1962; Collection of the late Peter Millett (1925-2016)
£300-500
223 (part)
224
AN OTTOMAN DIPLOMATIC FIRMAN, TURKEY, DATED 1853, on cream paper, the earlier folio with four lines of black diwani script beneath the gold tughra of Sultan Abdulmejid I (r. 1839-1861), the text conferring the third class Order of the Medjidie on the French diplomat, Amédée Outrey in Constantinople (Istanbul, dated 1 Rabi ul Awwal 1270 AH (2 December 1853), mounted
Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington, 3 May 2001, lot 389 (part)
£1,200-1,500
99
225
A REVERSE GLASS PAINTING OF THE OTTOMAN COAT OF ARMS, JAVA, INDONESIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, the crest depicted in polychrome and gold, the central shield flanked by flags, various weapons and the tughra above, a bench flanked by flower vases below, framed, 60 x 42cm
Provenance: Collection of a late diplomat, thence by descent.
£120-180
226
FRANZ COLOMBARI (SMYRNA 1813-PARIS 1879), ‘UN SUEDOIS ET UN AMERICAIN DE PASSAGE A TEHERAN’, watercolour and pencil on paper, mounted, old handwritten title pasted on the reverse of mount, 16.5 x 11.5cm
Provenance: Galerie Soustiel, Paris, 1985; Etienne Mercier, Paris: ‘Le Colonel F. Colombari et autres voyageurs de l’Orient du XIXe au debut du XXe siècle’, Salle Drouot, 19 June 1981
While Colombari himself did not identify the sitters in his inscription, they have since been identified as the Swedish physician Dr Conrad Gustav Fagergren and the American missionary Joseph Gallup Cochran, which suggests the double portrait was executed in late 1847 when both of them had just arrived in Tehran. Conrad Gustav Fagergren was a physician who after various adventures ended up in Persia, first working in Tehran for the Shah and then in Shiraz for the local governor. Joseph Gallup Cochran was a Presbyterian minister, sent as a missionary to Persia. Both men remained in the country for the rest of their lives. Franz Colombari was born to Austrian parents in Smyrna and after a military career, which he managed to combine with his artistic interests and friendships, he eventually moved to Paris where he spent the last decades of his life.
£400-600
100
A PORTRAIT OF NASIR AL-DIN, SHAH OF PERSIA, MAISON LEFEVRE FRERES, PARIS, CIRCA 1873, albumen print, laid on card, 8 x 5cm
Provenance: David Loman, London, 1988
Numerous such portraits were produced in the wake of the Shah’s tour of Europe in 1873, with the same images bring printed and distributed by various photographic studios. The Shah is shown wearing full royal uniform with three honorary orders (one Persian, one Austrian, one French) and jewellery in his headgear.
£80-120
A GROUP OF SEVEN PHOTOGRAPHS MOSTLY RELATING TO BRITISH INDIA, EARLY 20TH
CENTURY, including two portraits from The Indian Art Studio, Bombay, a portrait of six young men from Mela Ram and Sons, Peshawar and Cherat, 19 x 13.5cm and smaller
£100-150
101 227
228
228 (part)
AFTER DAVID ROBERTS, BRITISH (1796-1864), JERICHO AND GAZA, two lithographs from ‘The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia’ with later hand colouring, published F. G. Moon, 1842, 1843, mounted, image 34 x 49.8cm each
£200-300
A PORTRAIT OF MORTEZA KHAN MOMTAZ AL-MOLK, BY ABDULLAH
MIRZA QAJAR, TEHRAN, CIRCA 1895, photographic print, laid on board, signed by the photographer at the bottom, mounted, 13.5 x 9cm
Provenance: Former collection of the art historian Yahya Zoka, acquired in 1999.
For a group of photographs by Abdullah Mirza Qajar sold at Bonhams, London, see 23 October 2018, lot 86.
Morteza Khan Momtaz al-Molk (1865-1925) served in a number of important government roles during the late Qajar period. He founded the National Museum of Iran in 1917. Abdullah Mirza Qajar (1849-1908), grandson of Fath’Ali Shah Qajar, studied and later taught photography in Tehran. From 1883 he was employed at the court, travelling all over Persia, documenting the towns, landscapes and aspects of daily life, and he accompanied the Shah on his European trips in 1900 and 1903. He was the most famous photographer of the Nasir al-Din Shah period.
£400-600
102
229
230
230
229
231
A PUNJAB PHULKARI, NORTHERN INDIA, 20TH CENTURY, woven cotton embroidered with floss silk, of rectangular form, with bold repeated polychrome geometric designs in vermilion, orange, purple and white, 200 x 116cm
£120-180
232
TWO ISLAMIC TEXTILE PANELS, 19TH CENTURY, comprising an Ottoman silk and metal thread towel end, with stylised floral design and a woven silk and metal thread faux ikat, probably Morocco, both framed,35 x 26cm; 65 x 33cm
£120-180
103
231
232 (part)
233
A FRAGMENT FROM A ‘STAR’ USHAK CARPET, WESTERN ANATOLIA, 16TH CENTURY, woven wool, with geometric and floral motifs forming part of a medallion with border, framed, 88 x 23cm approx.
£300-500
234 (illustrated opposite)
AN OTTOMAN SILK VELVET (CATMA) PANEL, BURSA, ANATOLIA, CIRCA 1600, with repeated design of stylised carnations, growing from tulip shaped receptacle flanked by paired saz leaves, interspersed with pomegranate and hyacinth medallions, on pink velvet ground, framed and mounted, 54 x 57cm
For a closely related panel in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, see inv. no. 96-1878 (https:// collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O93545/silk-velvetunknown/)
Provenance: Property of a European Collector (see page 4)
£2,500-3,500
104
233
105 234
235
TWO TURKMEN SILK COATS (CHAPAN) AND A MONGOLIAN HAT, CENTRAL ASIA, 20TH CENTURY, the woven silk coats with brightly coloured stripe design with ikat trim, the hat of black velvet, with applique gilt thread decoration, gilt finial and thick fur rim, coats: 160cm long approx. each, hat: 37 x 40cm approx.
£250-350
106
236
A HEREKE SILK AND SILVER THREAD PRAYER RUG, WEST ANATOLIA, LATER 20TH CENTURY, woven in salmon and flesh tones, the mihrab and inscribed cartouches with silver ground, 115 x 71cm
£400-600
237
AN EMBROIDERED NICHE ‘SUSANI’, BOKHARA OR SHAKHRISYABZ, CENTRAL ASIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY, silk embroidered cotton, of rectangular form, the border on three sides decorated with repeated stylised polychrome flower and leaf medallions on cream ground, the spandrels decorated with similar motifs, the inside of the arch undecorated, lined, 246 x 160cm
£500-800
107
236 237
A TASHKENT SUSANI, UZBEKISTAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY, silk embroidered cotton, of rectangular form, the decoration composed of six large crimson roundels each containing a stylised floral star, surrounded by a border of small serrated floral medallions, later linen lining, 253 x 193cm £700-900
108
238
239
A SAMARKAND SUSANI, UZBEKISTAN, FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY, polychrome silk embroidered cotton on russet ground, the design composed of a central floral roundel with a rectangular border, surrounded by registers of further floral roundels surrounded by a border of alternating medallions and stylised cloud motifs, lined in printed Russian cotton, 281 x 233cm
£600-800
109
240 (illustrated online)
A LENGTH OF SILK IKAT CLOTH, YAZD, PERSIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, of long double rectangular form, divided by tassels, with polychrome stylised tree and medallion design, 350 x 120cm
£60-80
241
TWO SILK TEXTILE FRAGMENTS, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY, comprising a long patola border, Patan, Gujarat and a woven silk brocade border section, probably Kanchipuram, 19 x 400cm approx. (patola), 9 x 58cm (brocade)
£80-120
242 (illustrated online)
A GROUP OF TEN TEXTILES, MOSTLY SOUTH EAST ASIA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY, including a silk ikat shoulder cloth, a woven silk shawl, and a panel from a tampan, 266 x 156 and smaller
£250-350
243
A WOMAN’S SARONG (TAPIS), KAUER PEOPLE, LAMPUNG, SUMATRA, INDONESIA, 19TH CENTURY, woven and embroidered silk, with gilt thread and silver gilt applique, of square form, the decoration comprising a series of stripes, some plain, others with stylised leaf and abstract motifs, mounted on stretcher, 114 x 124cm approx. (cloth); 118 x 128cm (stretcher)
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£600-800
110
241 (detail)
243 (detail)
244
A MOTHER OF PEARL BOTTLE (SURAHI), NORTHERN INDIA, 20TH CENTURY, composed of assembled pieces fixed with brass rivets and mounts, the bulbous body on flared foot surmounted by slender neck, 28.5cm
Provenance: Property of a European Collector (see page 4)
£400-600
245
A MOTHER OF PEARL DISH, WESTERN INDIA, 20TH CENTURY OR EARLIER, of circular form, composed of shaped pieces fixed with brass rivets, the centre with floral roundel, 15.8cm diam.
Provenance: Property of a European Collector (see page 4)
£400-600
111
246
A SANDALWOOD PEN BOX, MYSORE, SOUTHERN INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY, of long rectangular form, with convex hinged lid, profusely carved in relief with figures of Saraswati and mythical animals amidst densely scrolling vegetation, 9 x 26.5 x 10cm.
£300-500
247
A TURNED WOOD DOWRY BOX, KERALA, SOUTH INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY, of bun-shaped form, decorated with concentric polychrome-painted stripes, the brass mounts with incised foliate decoration 17cm high; 41cm max diam.
Provenance: Previously sold in these rooms, 11 November 2015, lot 327. Formerly private collection Germany, acquired 1960-66 in India by the former vendor while working in development assistance
£100-150
248 (illustrated online)
SEVEN PORCELAIN FIGURES OF DEITIES, PROBABLY GERMANY FOR THE INDIAN MARKET, 20TH CENTURY, the three larger overglaze painted, depicting Durga, Saraswati and Christ, the Good Shepherd, the other four painted directly on the ceramic, two depicting Krishna and two depicting Durga, 22.5cm high and smaller
Provenance: Collection of the late Peter Millett (1925-2016)
£70-90
112
246 247
249
A BOMBAY SCHOOL OF ART VASE ON STAND, INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY, turquoise glazed earthenware, underglaze painted with stylised foliate designs in manganese, the shoulder with four loop handles surmounted by flared neck, the ring stand on four lion feet, the underside with devanagari and arabic initials, 50.5cm high
Provenance: Collection of the late Peter Millett (1925-2016)
£150-250
250
TWO JAIPUR BLUE AND WHITE VESSELS, INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY, underglazepainted glazed fritware, the larger with twin handles and tulip-shaped mouth, moulded relief decoration on each side depicting Ganesha, the smaller with a series of floral panels on the sides, the shoulder and neck with alternating bands of lotus and acanthus motifs, 30cm, 10.5cm high
Provenance: Collection of the late Peter Millett (1925-2016)
£80-120
251
AN UNUSUAL BOMBAY SCHOOL OF ART VASE, INDIA, CIRCA 1880-1890, slip painted and sgraffitoed earthenware, four leopard-spot painted loop handles linking shoulder and neck, the sides painted with stylised lotuses, the base inscribed ‘Shri’, 19.5cm high
Provenance: Collection of the late Peter Millett (19252016)
£100-150
252
TWO MULTAN DISHES, PUNJAB, INDIA (NOW PAKISTAN), CIRCA 1900, underglaze painted earthenware, each of shallow concave circular form on ring foot, painted with central inscribed cartouche surrounded by scrolling floral designs, 39cm, 31cm diam.
£250-350
113
249 250 251 252
253 (illustrated online)
A LUTE (GAMBUS), NORTH SULAWESI, INDONESIA, MID-20TH CENTURY, the bulbous wood body with hide face, tapering into the hollow neck, the scrolling headstock in the form of a fish, the tailpiece (buntut) inscribed with date, reading 1.7.1955, 87cm long
The gambus is derived from the South Arabian qanbus. This example is one of two types, the gambus Melayu which has a hide resonator unlike the gambus Hadhramaut, made of wood. For a photograph of the instrument being played in Bolaang Mondondow, accompanied by a drum, see Kunst 1994, p.176.
£80-120
254 (illustrated online)
FOUR CERAMIC HEADS, CHINA AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA, comprising a terracotta fragmentary head, probably Sri Lanka, 1st Millenium AD, a small Mahapahit head of a woman, Java, circa 14th century, a Chinese porcelain head and a South-East Asian stoneware head, 12cm high and smaller
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£100-150
255
FIVE SOUTH-EAST ASIAN TERRACOTTA
FRAGMENTARY FIGURES, 8TH-15TH CENTURIES, comprising a kneeling figure of a devotee, probably Pyu, Burma, 8th century, a Pegu glazed relief fragment, Burma, circa 15th century, and three Majapahit fragmentary figures, Java, Indonesia, circa 14th century, 14 x 20.5cm (Pegu fragment, and smaller)
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£150-200
256
FIVE MAJAPAHIT TERRACOTTA VESSELS, JAVA, INDONESIA, CIRCA 14TH CENTURY, comprising two kendis, each with projecting spout and overhanging rim, and three bowls, 14cm (height of larger kendi, and smaller)
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomatic, thence by descent
£150-250
114
256
255
257
FOUR MAJAPAHIT TERRACOTTA FRAGMENTS, JAVA, INDONESIA, CIRCA 14TH CENTURY, each modelled and fired red earthenware, comprising two figures of birds, the head of a horse and the face of a mythical beast, 16.5cm high and smaller
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
For similar, larger clay figures of birds in the Walter-Grounds Collection, see Pratapatitya Pal, ‘Icons of Piety, Images of Whimsy’, Los Angeles 1987, nos.58 & 60, pp.93, 95 & 96.
£150-250
258
A BRONZE PRIEST’S BELL, EASTERN JAVA, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY, the domed form with twin rectangular projections, the slender handle with decorated with grooves and surmounted by a simha with paws raised, his eyes and chest srivatsa with traces of gilding, 18.5cm high
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
For another Eastern Javanese priest’s bell with aggressive lion finial in the Linden Museum, Stuttgart, see J. E. Lohuizen de Leeuw, ‘Indo-Javanese Metalwork’, Stuttgart 1984, p.109, no.75.
£250-350
259
FOUR BRONZE TEMPLE BELLS, EASTERN JAVA, 11TH/12TH CENTURY, each of domed form with flared foot, two with suspension loop, 10.3cm high and smaller
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent
£150-200
115
257 258 259 (part)
A PRIEST’S OFFERING TRAY (TALAM), CENTRAL JAVA, CIRCA CIRCA 10TH CENTURY, of circular form, with raised, slightly turned-in rim, engraved with central scrolling lotus medallion surrounded by a serrated and stippled border, 48cm diam
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£250-350
A PRIEST’S OFFERING TRAY (TALAM), CENTRAL JAVA, CIRCA 10TH CENTURY, of circular form, with raised, slightly turned-in rim, engraved with central lotus medallion surrounded by a serrated border, 49.5cm diam.
Collection of a late diplomat, thence by descent.
£200-300
116
260
261
261
260
262
A BRONZE SLIT BELL, JAVA, INDONESIA, CIRCA 14TH CENTURY, of slightly bulbous cylindrical form, a long rectangular opening on one side, splayed handle at the top, 16cm high
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent
This type of bronze bell or drum is thought to have been based on traditional wooden versions, on a larger scale, seen widely throughout the Indonesian archipelago.
£120-180
263
A BRONZE HANGING LAMP, JAVA, INDONESIA, CIRCA 14TH CENTURY, in the form of a pavilion set in the centre of a square pond, with a projecting wick holder in each corner, the roof with suspension loop on the apex, 11cm high
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£100-150
264
A BRONZE HANGING LAMP, JAVA, INDONESIA, CIRCA 14TH CENTURY, the circular flared base surmounted by circular reservoir with four projecting wick holders, a chain attached to the central column with hook at the top, 50cm high (including extended chain)
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£80-120
265
THIRTEEN BRONZE RINGS, JAVA AND CAMBODIA, 9TH-12TH CENTURIES, comprising four earrings, one gilt, another set with rock crystal, and nine finger rings, 4cm diam. and smaller
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£80-120
117
262
263
(part)
264 265
266
A JAVANESE BRONZE OFFERING TRAY, INDONESIA, 10TH-14TH CENTURY, with raised sides and overhanging lip, standing on flared rim foot, traces of engraved decoration in the centre, 6.5cm high; 29cm diam.
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£80-120
267
A BRONZE JAR, SOUTH-EAST ASIA, PROBABLY THAILAND, 16TH CENTURY, on flared ring foot, the sides with reticulated scale design, 18.5cm high; 22.5cm diam.
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£120-180
268
THREE JAVANESE METAL VESSELS, INDONESIA, 12TH-14TH CENTURY, comprising a silver bowl, a copper round box with flower motif on the lid and a small bowl, 5cm high; 17cm diam. (silver bowl), 10.5cm high; 22cm diam. (box), 7.5cm high; 10cm diam. (small bowl)
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent. For a closely related bronze box formerly in the Samuel Eilenberg Collection, see John Guy, Ceramic Traditions of South-East Asia, Singapore 1989, pl.26, p.31
£120-180
118
266 267 268
269
TEN JAVANESE BOWLS, 10TH-14TH CENTURIES, two of silver, the others of bronze, 18cm diam. and smaller
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent
For bowls of similar form in the Linden Museum, Stuttgart, see J. E. Lohuizen de Leeuw, ‘Indo-Javanese Metalwork’, Stuttgart 1984, pp.189-194.
£250-350
270
A COLLECTION OF ANCIENT JAVANESE BRONZE FRAGMENTS, INDONESIA, MOSTLY 9TH-14TH CENTURY, comprising four mirror handles, a vajra finial, probably from a bell, a cresaped ear ornament, a lion-head finial, two handles from a large vessel, a shaft, probably from a lamp, a pellet bell, a loop handle, a lotus base from a Buddhist image, and four fragmentary ritual ladles, two fused together, 19cm long and smaller (16)
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent
For a series of closely related mirror handles from Eastern Java in the Linden Museum, Stuttgart, see J. E. Lohuizen de Leeuw, ‘Indo-Javanese Metalwork’, Stuttgart 1984, pp.145-147.
£300-500
119
271
AN AYUTHIA BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, THAILAND, 16TH/17TH CENTURY, seated in sattvasana on a raised throne, with hands in bhumisparsa and dhyana mudra, with elongated earlobes, wearing flared crown and tapered headdress with bud finial, 19cm high
£800-1,200
272
A FRAGMENTARY HEAD OF BUDDHA, BURMA, 19TH CENTURY, gilt dry lacquer (man-hpaya), with mother-ofpearl inlaid eyes and hair in miniscule pointed curls, with elongated earlobes, 34cm
According to Sylvia Fraser-Lu, the dry lacquer technique was used to produce large yet light images which could be carried with ease, in contrast to bronze and wood Buddha images. Although quite fragile, it could be repaired and restored by craftsmen. The distinctive spiky hair curls are sometimes referred to as ‘Shwebo thorns’. (Sylvia Fraser-Lu and Donald Stadtner, ‘Buddhist Art of Myanmar’, New York 2015, p.174, no. 44).
£800-1,200
120
271
272
273
FOUR BOWLS FOR THE BURMESE MARKET, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, CIRCA 1900, transfer printed pottery, comprising three rice bowls, two in ‘Akyab’ pattern one by J & M. P. Bell of Glasgow the other by Bullock, and one in ‘Rangoon’ pattern by Dunlop and Co. and a soup bowl in ‘Pegu’ pattern, also by Bell of Glasgow, 10.5 x 28cm (height and diameter of Dunlop rice bowl) and smaller
Provenance: Collection of a late diplomat, thence by descent. This type of pottery made by a number of Glasgow firms was exclusively exported to colonial South-East Asia, and mostly shipped via Rangoon. Similar examples can be seen in Sri Lanka, Singpore, Malaysia, and Indonesia, but most recorded examples found in Scotland have been reimported in more recent times. Bell of Glasgow ceased production in 1912.
£60-80
274
SET OF SIX OPIUM WEIGHTS, BURMA, 20TH CENTURY, of ascending size, each in the form of a hamsa on flared hexagonal base, 7cm and smaller
£120-180
275
A SMALL BRONZE BETEL POT, SUMATRA, INDONESIA, 19TH CENTURY, the faceted sides engraved with lozenge shaped medallions alternating with floral and ‘endless knot’ motifs, 6.3cm high, 7.5cm max. diam.
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent
For a similar, larger bowl from Sumatra sold in these rooms, see 14 July 202, lot 153
£60-80
121
273
275
274
276
A KRIS HILT, JAVA, INDONESIA, 19TH CENTURY, wood, covered with sheet silver in the form of a mythical demon seated on a leafy orb, with pointed bird like beak and hunched shoulders, 11cm long
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent
£150-180
277
A PARCEL GILT AND NIELLO-WORK SILVER DISH, THAILAND, 19TH CENTURY, the lotiform rim with raised edge, decorated with engraved gilt and niello lotus motifs, standing on four short fluted feet, 5cm high, 35cm diameter, weight: 1238g Parcel gilt silver combined with niello work is one of the most characterist crafts of Thailand. For other examples, see William Warren and Luca Invernizzi Tetoni, Arts and Crafts of Thailand, London 1994, pp.26-27.
Provenance: Property of a European Collector (see page 4)
£1,000-1,500
122
278
A GOLD ORNAMENT, POSSIBLY SUMBA, INDONESIAN ARCHIPELAGO, 2ND CENTURY B.C. OR LATER, of irregular form with embossed and pierced decoration and serrated edges, 7 by 6.3cm, weight: 12g
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£700-900
279
FOUR ANCIENT JAVANESE GOLD JEWELLERY ELEMENTS, INDONESIA, 10TH-14TH CENTURY, comprising a large melon-shaped bead, a ‘tiger claw’ pendant and two cube shaped beads, 6cm (length of pendant) and smaller, weight: 30g excluding tiger claw pendant
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent
£800-1,200
280
A SMALL GOLD BRACELET, JAVA, INDONESIA, 8TH10TH CENTURY, with twisted gold wire decoration, 4.3cm diam., weight: 12g
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
For a near identical bracelet from the Eilenberg-Rosen Collection, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, see inv. no. 1998.544.20 (https://www. metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/49680?what=Gold&ft=eilenberg&offset=200&rpp=40&pos=211)
£700-900
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A GOLD ORNAMENT, PROBABLY FOR HAIR, JAVA, INDONESIA, 10TH-12TH CENTURY, of petal-shaped form the applique lotus and flower decoration with vestiges of inlay, 5 x 5.5cm approx., weight: 25.5g
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£2,000-3,000
282
A GOLD AND CORAL NECKLACE, JAVA, INDONESIA, CIRCA 14TH CENTURY WITH EARLIER AND LATER ELEMENTS, with three main spherical coral beads in the middle interspersed with smaller coral and gold beads, the latter faceted or with granulated decoration, later spring hook at the end, 40cm long when extended
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent
£800-1,200
283
A GOLD NECKLACE, JAVA, INDONESIA, MOSTLY CIRCA 10TH CENTURY, strung with beads of various forms, including melon, cylinder, spiral and lozenge shapes, 19cm diam. approx., weight: 45g
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£2,000-3,000
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TWO GOLD RINGS, JAVA, INDONESIA, CIRCA 10TH CENTURY, each with gem-set bezel flanked by foliate relief decoration, 2cm diam. each, weight: 8.3g
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£700-1,000
285
A COLLECTION OF GOLD JEWELLERY AND ORNAMENTS, JAVA, INDONESIA, 10TH-14TH CENTURIES, comprising an earring in the form of a serpent, a gem-set pendent earring, an ear-clip with relief decoration, three elements from hair ornaments and two small circular ear ornaments, 3cm long and smaller, weight: 46.5g all in
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£1,500-2,500
286
TWO GOLD ORNAMENTS, JAVA, INDONESIA, 10TH15TH CENTURY, comprising a weighted sheet gold bead with lotus design and a hair ornament(?) with repousse relief decoration, 2.2, 4.2cm diam.
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£700-900
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287
FIVE SILVER ALLOY EAR ORNAMENTS, INDONESIA, 19TH CENTURY, each with earplug faced with repousse roundel decorated with lotus and conch motif, a domed pendant fringed with beads suspended below each from a hook, 5cm long each
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£80-120
288
FOUR SILVER ITEMS, INDIA AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA, 20TH CENTURY, comprising a belt with openwork floral links and convex buckle engraved with lion design, a bracelet composed of interlaced wire elements with chain and drops below, a silver-gilt bracelet, and a ropework silver chain, 86.5cm long (belt) and smaller; weight of bracelet: 27g
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£80-120
288 (part)
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AN ASSORTED GROUP OF SEVEN GOLD EARRINGS, JAVA, INDONESIA, PROBABLY 10TH-14TH CENTURIES, comprising a pair of crescent shape with hinged opening and gem inlay, a pair of octagonal shape with repousse lotus design and three other single pieces, 3.3cm max diam. and smaller, weight 20gr all in
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£600-800
290
A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF GOLD OBJECTS, JAVA, INDONESIA, MOSTLY CIRCA 14TH CENTURY, comprising six assorted beads, two repousse buckles, a repousse pendant, two ornaments set with crystal, a finial, a small earring and a flat pendant, 3.8cm long and smaller, 52gr all in (14)
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£1,500-2,000
291 (illustrated online)
A GOLD WIRE TORC, JAVA, INDONESIA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY, of circular form, with hook clasp, one side with textured decoration, 13cm diam. approx., weight: 10.7g
£250-350
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292
THREE BETEL BOXES, BURMA (MYANMAR), EARLY 20TH CENTURY, lacquered cane with sgraffito decoration, the largest with domed lid decorated with chequerboard designs, the other two each of cylindrical form, the larger in four sections with two removable trays, the smaller with single tray, 17, 15, 6cm high Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£120-180
293
FOUR LACQUER TRAYS, BURMA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, red lacquered cane, each of wide circular form, the largest standing on four short feet, the other three with plain convex bases, 46cm diam. (largest), 24cm diam. (smallest)
£200-300
128
A DUTCH COLONIAL EBONISED GLAZED CABINET (LEMARI), JAVA, INDONESIA, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY, on cabriole legs, the lower case with large drawer below and fall-front opening above with smaller drawers, the glazed upper case surmounted by openwork parapet with central crest and rosebud finials, with gold and red painted details, 164cm high
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
£1,500-2,500search/49680?what=Gold&ft=eilenberg&offset=200&rpp=40&pos=211)
End of Sale
Next Sale November 2023
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