Fine Islamic, Indian & Chinese Art
Saturday, December 14th at 1:00 p.m. BST
Apollo Art Auctions is proud to announce the ‘Fine Islamic, Indian & Chinese Art’ Auction’ taking place on the 14th of December.
The auction will showcase a selection of exceptional Islamic, Indian, Chinese, Korean and Tibetan pieces dating between the 30th century BC to 19th century AD. It will be held at our central London showroom, 63 – 64 Margaret Street, W1W 8SW, and online via the Apollo Art Auctions platform at 1 p.m. GMT.
The sale is led by a selection of Islamic and Indian art with distinguished provenances such as Henri René d’Allemagne and Marquis de Ganay. Highlights include A Moulded Pottery Tile Panela, an exceptional moulded pottery tile wall panel of turquoise and cobalt, almost complete with one reference to be found of similar design in the book by Gonul, Oney, ‘CERAMIC TILES IN ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE’. A Seljuk Gilded Bronze Candlestick with Kufic inscriptions, and inlays, very fine condition.
The auction also features an array of Chinese works of art, with items coming from the collections of Phillip Allen and the Estate of Roslyn Willett. Noteworthy pieces include a Nepalese Licchavi Period Gilded Bronze Seated Bodhisattva, the piece from a period that built foundation for Himalayan Buddhist art and a Pair of Chinese Blue and White Square Porcelain Vases with Wooden Lids, considered to be a friendly beginner piece and a signature of the Ming dynasty.
All lots will be available to view at our showroom by appointment only from 2nd to the 13th of December, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. All items are professionally handled by our whitegloved team, who prepare them for in-house shipping. Contact us via email enquiries@apolloauctions.com or by calling (+44) 7424 994167.
All items are professionally handled by our white-gloved team, who prepare them for in-house shipping.
Don’t miss the chance to expand your collection - register now and join us for this remarkable auction!
Consultants:
Dr. Ivan Bonchev (General Antiquities) Dott. Alessandro Neri (General Antiquities) Carol. R. Andrews (Ancient Egypt) James Brenchley (Classical & Ancient Egypt) Clive Sawyer (Numismatics & General Antiquities)
Sami Fortune (Ancient Jewellery) Prof. Dr. Peter Van Der Veen (Ancient Cylinder Seals and Near Eastern) Ralf Kotalla (Glass and Terracotta) Raymond Bovè (Stone and Metal)
Day One
9A. SILVER INCENSE BURNER IN THE SHAPE OF AN ELEPHANT WITH A RIDER
Ca. AD 7th - 8th Century
Starting Price: £400000
A silver elephant shaped incense burner engraved with the master’s signature - “Fazil worked” or in Arabic “Faisal worked” to the back of the animals neck. The animal with rounded eyes standing foursquare with head held straight between pointed tusks, the body covered with a beaded harness and a saddle rug decorated with floral motifs, leading towards a openwork pyramid-shaped lid with an interlocking design. The rider, depicted wearing an ornate jacket with a high collar, and armed with a knife. The image of an elephant in Sogdian art is known from the paintings of the palace complex in Penjikent, the Red Hall, the palace in Varakhsh, in Uzbekistan, toward the end of the 7th - and the beginning of the 8th centuries, with the image of tigers attacking a warrior sitting atop a war elephant. Elephant images are also often found to be used within Sogdian fabrics of the 8th-9th centuries.
Provenance: Property of a European collector, formerly in possession of Mr. Nathan Axtel, sold by the latter in London to Mr. Adrew Bannister in 1979. Bought by the current owner in London in 2019.
Size: L:260mm x W:900mm, Weight: 563g
15. MOULDED POTTERY TILE PANEL
Ca. Early 14th Century AD
Starting Price: £20000
A wall panel of rectangular form painted with cobalt-blue and turquoise, the surface moulded with floral relief detailing, containing six central stellar cobalt-blue glazed sections for each formed square, surrounded by bands of glazed cobalt-blue as well as other greenish turquoise geometric shapes, all framed within an outer border of scrolling vine stucco with cusped foliage and cobalt background.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 1223mm x 870mm; Weight: 40.03kg
16. SELJUK GEOMETRIC STUCCO RELIEF TILE
Ca. AD 1100 - 1200
Starting Price: £1500
A rectangular stucco relief tile featuring an arabesque pattern detailing six hexagons surrounding a central six-pointed star containing a six-petalled flower within strapwork designs. The Seljuks, a Turkic dynasty from Central Asia, formed an empire in 1037 AD and made significant contributions to Islamic art and architecture.
Provenance: Previous property of an Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 320mm x 265mm; Weight: 4.54kg
18. IZNIK CERAMIC BORDER TILE
Ca. 16th Century AD
Starting Price: £700
A border tile of rectangular form decorated on a turquoise ground with two central palmettes tapering to an interlacing arabesque base encompassed with bands of bole-red above and below.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 190mm x 155mm; Weight: 830g
20. LATE 15TH CENTURY EGYPTIAN OR SYRIAN MAMLUK MANUSCRIPT - SURA AL A’RAF (7)
Ca. Late 15th Century AD
Starting Price: £3000
A manuscript - sura al a’araf. Arabic manuscript on paper, 24ff., each folio with 9ll. of black thuluth script, chapter heading in gold, catchwords, black diacritic marks, red vocalisation marks, gold rosette verse markers, fine gold interlinear rules, laid on later wove paper, within green, red, blue, gold, and black rules, in plain margins, green endpapers, in later dark brown calf binding, each folio 45cm x 31cm, the text panel 29 cm x 19.5cm.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 450mm x 310mm; Weight: 1.01kg
21. EARLY 19TH CENTURY INDIAN ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, DATED 1222AH (1807 AD) AD 1807 (1222AH)
Starting Price: £15000
A manuscript - sura al a’araf. Arabic manuscript on paper, 24ff., each folio with 9ll. of black thuluth script, chapter heading in gold, catchwords, black diacritic marks, red vocalisation marks, gold rosette verse markers, fine gold interlinear rules, laid on later wove paper, within green, red, blue, gold, and black rules, in plain margins, green endpapers, in later dark brown calf binding, each folio 45cm x 31cm, the text panel 29cm x 19.5cm.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 200mm x 130mm; Weight: 645g
22. ILLUMINATED QUR’AN, INDIA, POSSIBLY 18TH CENTURY KASHMIR, NORTH INDIA
Ca. 18th Century AD
Starting Price: £8000
An Arabic manuscript on paper, xxff., each folio with 14ll. of black thuluth script, plus five flyleaves, the opening bifolio with fine and elaborate gold and polychrome illumination, the subsequent folio heading with gold and polychrome illumination, the text within cloud bands reserved against gold, in gold and black rules, chapter headings, vocalisation and marginal marks in red, catchwords, in gold and black rules, blue and gold stellar marginal markers, library stamp marked 1011, blue ink marginal note dated 1298AH (1881), in more recent maroon blind-tooled binding, the folio 21.5m x 12cm., the text panel 16.5cm x 8.5cm.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 220mm x 130mm; Weight: 1.03kg
23. LAMIA AL-AJAM MANUSCRIPT
Ca. 8th Century AD
Starting Price: £8000
A manuscript written by Salah al-Din Khalil bin Aibak al-Safadi, who died in the year 764AH, detailing the poem by Lamia Al-Ajam, composed by the writer A-Hussein bin Ali Salem b (Al-Tughra’i.)
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 260mm x 190mm; Weight: 1.1kg
26. PAIR OF ZOOMORPHIC CURTAIN
HOLDERS
Ca. 11th Century AD
Starting Price: £4000
A pair of bronze curtain holders both of cylindrical form extending toward rounded segments and a zoomorphic finial on either side inlaid with turquoise eyes and each decorated with three bands of calligraphy.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 560-560mm x 250-250mm; Weight: 4.35kg
27. KHORASAN BRONZE OIL LAMP WITH STAND
Ca. AD 1200
Starting Price: £1300
An oil lamp with a rounded oil compartment, featuring an upturned spout and protruding knobs on the sides. At the back, a loop handle with a bird-shaped finial is attached, while the domed lid is topped with a smaller bird perched atop it. The lamp rests on a stand with curved short legs, a long stem, and a circular plate on top, providing a stable base for the lamp. For similar see: Christie’s Live Auction 5331, Islamic & Indian Works of Art & Textiles, 11 April 2008, Lot 305.
Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 200mm x 145mm; Weight: 470g
28. SAFAVID PROCESSIONAL STANDARD CALLED AN ‘ALAM’
Ca. AD 1600 - 1650
Starting Price: £1000
A processional standard called an ‘alam’. This standard has a body reminiscent of a figure-of-eight and is decorated with floral motifs and Arabic inscriptions. There is a tubular socket at the bottom for mounting and two stylized dragon heads attached to the top of the standard. For similar see: Christie’s, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, Live Auction 12241, Lot. 15. Size: 670mm x 220mm; Weight: 960g Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK / International art markets. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK / International art markets. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 670mm x 220mm; Weight: 960g
30. GHAZNAVID CANDLESTICK WITH STYLISED FLORAL MOTIFS
Ca. AD 1300 - 1500
A bronze candlestick with a traditional form, featuring a truncated conical base. The shoulder is designed with a depressed inner circle and a projecting rim, from which rises a short cylindrical neck at the centre. The solid, conical candle holder is decorated with an arabesque, while the neck is adorned with a vegetal motif over scrollwork. The concave area of the shoulder is decorated with a phytomorphic openwork frieze. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number 1980.114.
Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK / International art markets. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 260mm x 210mm; Weight: 1kg Starting Price:
31. A MAMLUK GILDED BRONZE CANDLESTICK
Ca. AD 1300 - 1400
A gilded bronze candlestick bell, decorated with Kufic inscription around the body and the neck. The bell shaped body is connected to a narrow neck. For similar see: L’eredità dell’Islam, 1993, fig. 180.
Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection formed in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 300mm x 290mm; Weight: 1.8kg
34. AN EARLY ISLAMIC BRONZE EWER
Ca. 8th - 9th Century AD
A bronze ewer of drop form with trough spout, each end of the scrolling handle terminating in the form of a gazelle’s head, the body with a broad band of bold stylised scrolling vines culminating at the belly with a large floral motif set with copper-inlaid roundels.
Provenance: Previous property of an Islamic art professional. Previously Christie’s sale, Indian & Islamic, 2020. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 320mm x 175mm; Weight: 2.06kg
38. ISLAMIC COPPER ALLOY
Ca. AD 1500 - 1700
An astrolabe consisting of two parts, the bottom, referred to as the mater, and a lid. Items like these served as a star chart and physical model of visible heavenly bodies, and could even be used for determining latitude on land or calm seas.
Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 220mm x 140mm; Weight: 1.01kg
41. PAIR OF QAJAR SILVER DISHES
Ca. Early 19th Century AD
Starting
A pair of silver dishes. One is decorated with an interior court scene with a seated Prince and a servant in two niches surrounded by numerous adult courtiers with children and musicians, and a peacock perched upon a zoomorphic bench, with a decorative outer band of floral panels with eight feline masks. The second with an outdoor pastoral scene with four horsemen and seven standing figures, accompanied by seven hunting dogs and one seated shepherd with two sheep, with a decorative outer band of floral arabesque.
Provenance: Previous property of an Islamic art professional. Previously aquired from Reza Attigechi, Tehran, 1978. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 26cm diameter; Weight: 782g
42. OTTOMAN OR MAMLUK CHAMFRON WITH NECKGUARD
Ca. AD 1500 - 1700
Starting Price: £2000
A steel chamfron engraved with symmetrical floral arabesque cartouches running vertically down the muzzle, and a band of engraved Naskh script to the forehead, with two rounded steel cheek plates attached to either side with short chain mail links.
Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK / International art markets. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 590-640mm x 230-450mm; Weight: 3.04kg
43. OTTOMAN OR MAMLUK CHAMFRON
Ca. AD 1500 - 1700
A steel chamfron boxed over each side of the muzzle and flanged around the eyes, the flat rectangular steel cheek plates attached to either side of the chamfron with short chain mail links, with integrated convex blinkers, featuring central cartouche designs to the bridge of the nose, and a central gold fixture to the centre of the forehead for holding a banner or plume. The chamfron, a type of armour designed to protect a horse’s head in battle, and shaped to fit over the horse’s forehead, extending down to cover the cheeks and nose.
Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK / International art markets. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 590mm x 330mm; Weight: 1.13kg
44. OTTOMAN OR MAMLUK STEEL CHAMFRON
Ca. 16th Century AD
A steel chamfron, or baraki, with eye guards, and mail links to the head of the plate. The piece is formed of a single piece of steel and tapers towards the bottom by the nose. The plate is flanged with shallow grooves on the plate which follow the contours of the eyes and ears and continues to the muzzle. At the top of the plate is a raised crest holder or plume socket, and beneath it appears the engraved Ottoman arsenal mark (tan_a) of St. Irene. This chamfron was designed for an Ottoman heavy cavalryman and would have covered the forehead of the horse. It was an essential piece of armour in battle. Some chamfrons of this kind were made from tombak (gilt copper) while others were made of steel. Those made of tombak were much lighter than steel ones and were used more often for parades and ceremonies. For similar see: The Arts of the Muslim Knight_: The Furusiyya Art Foundation Collection. Milano: New York: Skira, 2008. Many examples of chamfron, specifically see p. 342; Hales R.,. Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour: A Lifetime’s Passion. 2013. pp. 330-331; The Worcester Museum, Object no. 2014.28; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession no. 36.25.496, no. 21.102.4.
Provenance: Previous property of an Islamic art professional. Previously acquired by Ahuan U.K. Ltd. 19 February 1981 from E. Van Vleedenburgh. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 580mm x 260mm (widest points); Weight: 350g
45. IZNIK SAZ-LEAF TILE
Ca. 16th Century AD
A square framed pottery tile decorated with an underglaze of blue, green, bole-red and turquoise on a white ground, depicting a large double saz leaf to the centre enclosing a stylised rosette, flanked on each side by part-flower-filled serrated edged rosette medallions, linked by fine circular stems.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 330mm x 330mm; Weight: 2.64kg Starting Price: £3500
47. GLAZED KASHAN POTTERY BOWL
Ca. 12th Century AD
Starting Price: £2000
A bowl rising from a slightly spreading conical foot through to a rounded body to a widened collar. The vertical mouth with a slightly flaring rim and a short loop handle, painted with cobalt-blue and black details on a white ground with a broad band of flower heads flanked by foliate arabesques and rosettes, with a bordered band of swimming fish below.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 165mm x 120mm; Weight: 430g
48. MINA’I POTTERY BOWL DEPICTING BAHRAM GUR AND AZADA
Starting Price: £500
Ca. Late 12th - early 13th Century AD
A Mina’i ware pottery bowl of deep rounded form with slightly everted rim on a splayed foot, decorated with an overglaze painted in blue, green, and brown on an opaque white ground, overglaze detailing painted in black featuring a camel to the centre of the interior ridden by two archers, one drawing with a bow shooting a rabbit, with a hunting bird, possibly the sorry of Bhahram, the Sassanian King, and Gur and Azada.
Provenance: Previous property of an Islamic art professional. Previously Acquired by Ahuan Islamic Art from David Khalili. Tehran, 1976. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 190mm in diameter; Weight: 530g
51. GLAZED SASANIAN POTTERY JUG
Starting Price: £2500
A rounded storage jug of rounded form with a turquoise-blue glaze, decorated with an incised linear design around the body and bands around the neck, with two shallow sloping handles at either side.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 170mm x 110mm; Weight: 460g
54. FRAGMENT OF RED VOIDED VELVET
A fragment of rectangular shape, featuring a central panel of red velvet relief depicting reoccurring abstract motifs encompassed with a gold-thread border.
Provenance: Previous property of an Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 650mm x 490mm (framed dimensions); Weight: 1.4kg Starting
56. OTTOMAN TURKISH TALISMANIC TUNIC
Ca. 18th Century AD
Starting Price: £2000
The kaftan of typical form, formed of panels of red lampas originally for use in one of the Holy Kabaa, made from panels of calligraphic silk.
Provenance: Previous property of an Islamic art professional. Previously purchased from Aysegul Nadir, 10 November 2009. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 200-235mm x 80-180mm; Weight: 1.93kg
62. OTTOMAN TURKISH TALISMANIC TUNIC
Ca. 19th Century AD
Starting Price: £2000
The kaftan of typical form, formed of panels of green lampas originally for use in one of the Holy Kabaa, made from panels of calligraphic silk.
Provenance: Previous property of an Islamic art professional. Previously purchased from The Mansour Gallery, 18 April 2011. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 770mm x 990mm; Weight; 450g
63. GREEN KAABA KISWA
Ca. 19th - 20th Century AD
Starting Price: £1000
A fragment of a hanging panel of the inner kiswa with an inscribed weave in cream colour over a light green silk ground. Embellished with a prominent inscription within a broad border in the thuluth script.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 920mm x 725mm; Weight: 2.2kg
Starting Price: £1000
Ca. 20th Century AD
A talismanic shirt, or Jama, with Arabic inscriptions on both front and back in Naskh/Thuluth script, surrounded by geometric motifs. This type of garment was believed to offer the wearer luck and protection and was another way of wearing a talisman on one’s body, providing guidance and protection to the wearer against the evil eye and providing protection in battle. ‘Jama’ Shirts like this were worn by soldiers underneath battle attire providing a spiritual shield when engaging the enemy.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 1215mm x 890mm; Weight: 465g
Starting Price: £1500
A carved corner stone carved on two sides. The main rectangular face encloses strapwork and four octagonal stars with central dots surrounding a cruciform knot with half a geometric mihrab form.
Provenance: Previous property of an Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 160mm x 160mm; Weight: 3.2kg
65. OTTOMAN TALISMANIC SHIRT
66. CARVED CORNER STONE
67. PANEL OF SEVEN CALLIGRAPHIC TILES
Ca. Late 16th - 17th Century AD
Starting Price: £2000
A large framed basalt inscriptional tile panel, likely a verse from the Qur’an that is commonly used on such dedicatory panels. This example using basalt, a type of stone found in the eastern Deccan that was used for decorative purposes in many types of buildings. Ceramic tiles, and epigraphic friezes executed in ceramic tile were integral to the decorative program of interiors in both Morocco and Spain. They were situated near eye-level, between a dado of tile mosaic and upper-wall decoration of carved stucco.
Provenance: Previous property of an Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 1070mm x 195mm; Weight: 7.64kg
68. QAJAR PORTRAIT OF A DANCING LADY
Ca. Late 18th - 19th Century AD
Starting Price: £800
An oil on canvas painting depicting a lady dancing in front of an open arched window, elegantly dressed, wearing a full skirt adorned with a gem set diadem and necklace, in an interior, her right hand raised above her head, her left arm extended in an open position adorned with a pearl bracelet, her hair long and flowing down beside her skirt. For similar see: The Victoria and Albert Museum, Museum number P.22-1933.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 1100mm x 800mm; Weight: 4.96kg
70. FRAMED ALHAMBRA ARCHITECTURAL MODEL
Ca. 18th - 19th Century AD
Starting Price: £900
An architectural model depicting a facade with a triple mihrab and four windows above, decorated in gilt and polychrome with Nasrid style decoration and inscriptions, with a mirror behind, mounted in a marquetry wood frame with inscription cartouches, glazed.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 420mm x 410mm; Weight: 3.31kg
Starting Price: £1000
Ca. 14th Century AD
A gold plaquette of rectangular shape with slightly rounded corners. These plaquettes were produced by squeezing two thin sheets of gold between a positive and a negative die. The impression will be very accurate because the sheets of gold are pure, thin and soft, which resulted in a precise ‘squeeze’.
Provenance: Previous property of an Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 100mm x 100mm (framed dimensions); Weight: 175g
72. HEXAGONAL ABBASID WOOD PLAQUE
Ca. 9th Century AD
Starting Price: £1000
A carved hexagonal wooden plaque with a flowering vine pattern and Kufic calligraphy painted in black, red, and yellow around its sides.
Provenance: Previous property of an Islamic art professional. Prior apart of the Henri René d’Allemagne Collection, Paris and Derek Hill Collection London. Acquired by Ahuan U.K Ltd. from M. Roderick d’Allemagne, grandson of Henri René d’Allemagne. (1836 - 1950). 4 June 1976. Sold by Ahuan U.K. to Derek Hill (1916 - 2000) on 22 December 1976. Repurchased from Derek Hill by Ahuan U.K. 1990. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 70mm in diameter; Weight: 25g
73. UMAYYAD PAIR OF BONE ITEMS
Ca. AD 661 - 750
Starting Price: £1500
A pair of carved bone items, including a bone decorated with scrolling vines, and a hard stone carved pipe mouthpiece, the ‘cup’ decorated with an engraved lion chasing a spotted buck above a ‘ring’ decorated with foliate arabesque.
Provenance: Previous property of an Islamic art professional. Formerly Comtesse de Beague, and Marquis de Ganay Collections, Paris. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 120-200mm, 30mm-90mm (framed dimensions); Weight: 190g
74. MAMLUK REVIVAL SILVER AND BRASS INCENSE BURNER
Ca. Late 19th - 20th century AD.
Starting Price: £2500
A brass incense burner of a wide tubular body richly decorated with silver inlays, resting on three feet with stylised floral and vegetal motifs. The pierced domed lid with a knob shaped as a flower bud is engraved with interlocking patterns and calligraphic cartouches. Inside there is an open-work holder with a central star motif to place the incense on. To learn more about Islamic incense burners see Mehmet Aga-Oglu, “About a Type of Islamic Incense Burner” The Art Bulletin Vol. 27, No. 1 (Mar. 1945), pp. 28-45 (22 pages).
Provenance: Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: L: 415mm / W: 253mm; 3.5Kg
80. SELJUK BRONZE TRIPOD OIL LAMP WITH THREE SPOUTS
Ca. AD 1100 - 1200.
Starting Price: £400
A bronze oil lamp of rectangular form, featuring three elongated channels of zoomorphic design at the front of the lamp, with an elongated handle with a bud-shaped finial with a scalloped/floral border, atop four legs of zoomorphic style.
Provenance: Property of a London Islamic art specialist collector; previously in a collection formed since the 1980s.
Size: L:180mm / W:200mm ; 800g
87. HISPANO-MORESQUE LUSTRE CHARGER
Ca. 16th Century AD
Starting Price: £600
A lustre dish painted in blue and brown on a creamy-white background depicting a central image of a bird, the reverse decorated with bands of brown encircling the base. For similar see: The Hispanic Society of America, Accession Number: LE2231.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 255mm x 35mm; Weight: 695g
89. CARVED EARTHENWARE TILE FRAGMENT
Starting Price: £1500
A geometric earthenware tile panel of square form, consisting of an interlocking star-shaped geometric design carved in deep relief with a central eight-pointed star-shape medallion containing a shell-like motif within a geometric interlace enclosing stylised leaves and flower heads, set within a wooden frame.
Provenance: Previous property of an Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 530mm x 530mm; Weight: 10.09kg
91. GILT-DECORATED AND PAINTED GESSO ALHAMBRA PLAQUE
Ca. 19th Century AD
Starting Price: £800
A painted gesso architectural model of the Alhambra, Granada, of rectangular form, depicting a mihrab decorated in gilt and polychrome in the Nasrid style, the decoration typically Nasrid with lobed cartouches filled with pseudo-thuluth calligraphy with arabesques and interlocking vegetal tendrils, within a walnut wooden frame inlaid with various geometrical marquetry woodwork motives and ebony including a very little percentage of small thin cut pieces of bone inlay.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 520mm x 390mm; Weight: 3.31kg
92. 19TH CENTURY MOTHER OF PEARL INLAY BOX
Ca. 19th Century AD
Starting Price: £500
A mother of pearl inlay box featuring a drawer with three compartments and keyhole lock, without key.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 230mm x 140mm; Weight: 940g
93. 17TH - 18TH CENTURY MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID MIRROR BOX
Ca. 17th - 18th Century AD
Starting Price: £1300
A large ornately inlaid wooden box featuring a pull-out drawer and integrated mirror under a lifting lid. This exquisite box, crafted from wood, showcases the beauty of Islamic decorative techniques. The exterior is adorned with intricate mother-of-pearl inlay, forming a captivating design of geometric patterns and floral motifs. The lustrous inlay creates a delightful contrast with the warm tones of the aged wood. Lifting the lid reveals a green felt interior and an integrated mirror designed to prop up at an angle.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 280mm x 120mm; Weight: 1.21kg
99. SASSANID OR EARLY ISLAMIC INSCRIBED BOWL
Ca. 7th Century AD
Starting Price: £1700
A deep hemispherical bronze bowl with thick walls and flat rim, on a flat plain base featuring eleven lines of Kufic Arabic to the interior running around the rim and tapering off toward the centre.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 140mm x 45mm; Weight: 290g
100. SIGNED MAMLUK BRONZE BOWL
Ca. 14th Century AD
Starting Price: £1800
A rounded bowl with inward sloping sides and a vertical rim. The sides are decorated with four roundels enclosing Arabic inscriptions in thuluth script, interrupted by nine roundels and cartouches containing geometric designs. Beneath is a band of Arabesque and crescents, engraved, ‘made for Al-Hajj Mo’men Ibn Al-Muqadem ibn Al-Badr Hasan’.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 195mm x 95mm; Weight: 680g
101. GROUP OF METALWORK
Ca. 11th - 13th Century AD
Starting Price: £500
A group of metalwork comprising a bucket-shaped bronze mortar, decorated with four frontal bird figures, possibly hawks, and two opposing ridges with handles, one of which is pierced. Included in the group is a large Ghaznavid brass magic bowl, high in zinc and copper content, adorned with twelve portrait heads in roundels, connected by crescent panels, each featuring incised Arabic calligraphy below. Also featured is a Ghaznavid brass shallow bowl, centrally engraved with a war elephant carrying an armed rider with banners, surrounded by the twelve zodiac signs, each inscribed with its Arabic or Farsi name around the circumference. Finally, a Khorassan brass ewer of typical form is included, decorated with engraved images and calligraphy, notably without any silver or copper inlay.
Provenance: Purchased by Riaz Babar, 1990. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 50mm-390mm, 160mm-340mm; Weight: 7.4kg
113. PERSIAN BRONZE EWER
Possibly Ca. 13th - 14th Century AD
Starting Price: £700
A bronze ewer with a pear-shaped body and loop handle surmounted by a bust finial, with a fine scrolling loop handle.
Provenance: Previous property of an Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 250mm x 105mm; Weight: 800g
120. ABBASID GLASS UNGUENTARIUM WITH WAVE DECORATION
Ca. AD 600 - 700
Starting Price: £500
A glass unguentarium with a discoid foot connected to a pear-shaped body and short, narrow neck. The body is embellished with intricate threads of blue glass in a wave shapes and in concentrical lines. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: x.21.210.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Bakhtar Art. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 70mm x 45mm; Weight: 21g
121. ABBASID RIBBED GLASS JUG
Ca. AD 800 - 1000
Starting Price: £300
A green glass jug with pear-shaped body and a narrow, short neck that is connected to a short, flared rim. The body is embellished with a ribbed pattern. The jug has a tubular handle between the rim and the shoulders of the vessel, upon the top of the handle is a spherical thumb rest.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Thierry De Maigret, 17 April 2010, Lot 39.
Size: 95mm x 60mm; Weight: 100g
122.
ABBASID ANIMAL-SHAPED GLASS UNGUENTARIUM
Ca. AD 600 - 800
Starting Price: £1500
A glass flask in the shape of a camel. It stands on four legs and has a long neck surmounted by a round muzzle. On the back of the camel are two tall vessels adorned with glass threads. It has a short handle that connects the shoulder of the vessel to the vertical rim. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 1999.145.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Bonhams, Sale 17823, 15 April 2010, Lot 148. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 95mm x 90mm; Weight: 107g
123. UMAYYADS GLASS UNGUENTARIUM
Ca. AD 600 - 900
Starting Price: £200
A glass flask crafted in the shape of a fish using a mould. The vessel’s exterior is adorned with blue glass decorations. The production of such flasks remained unique throughout history and were reserved for the upper classes in Islamic medieval society. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum Accession Number: 69.153.
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Jean-David Cahn Auktionen.
Size: 40mm x 75mm; Weight: 14.4g
131. SAMANID SLIP-PAINTED POTTERY BOWL
Ca. 10th Century AD
Starting Price: £1000
A Samanid slip-painted pottery bowl of conical form on a short foot, decorated in manganese on a cream ground with one line of inscription around the well and a triangular pattern, painted in black, around the rim.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 305mm x 90mm; Weight: 960g
133. SELJUK COPPER INLAID BRASS DISH
Ca. AD 1100 - 1200
Starting
A copper inlaid plate of circular form with a flat base and flaring rim, adorned with a fine calligraphic section, possibly a blessing or benedictory text, featuring a central geometric design filled with further inscriptions.
Provenance: Private London collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: L:25mm x W:185mm ; 630g
135. TIMURID COPPER BOWL WITH INSCRIPTION
Ca. 16th Century AD
Starting Price: £1000
A copper bowl of shallow form, the upper body decorated around the rim with a large panel of thuluth inscription.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 215mm x 55mm; Weight: 615g
139. LATE MOGUL IMPERIAL METAL THREAD TENT ROPE
Ca. 18th Century AD
Starting Price: £1500
A metal thread tent rope featuring alternating bands of gold and silver wire thread over cotton strands with cotton ties to three sides.
Provenance: Previous property of an Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 385mm x 300mm; Weight: 2.1kg
145. EMERALD AND RUBY INLAID MUGHAL PENDANT WITH GUL-U-BUL-BUL
Ca. 20th Century AD
Starting Price: £1200
An emerald and diamond inlaid red enamel pendant necklace, with a pod-shaped body of red Jaipur enamel and floral decoration, suspending a cultured pearl fringe drop around the bottom. To the reverse, a cream body with gul-u-bul-bul sat amongst an extending foliate design of red and green enamel.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 55mm x 35mm; Weight: 30g
146. SILVER-INLAY SPOUTED BOWL
Ca. 14th - 15th Century AD
Starting Price: £800
A finely engraved tinned copper spouted bowl with fine calligraphy inlaid in silver around the body.
Provenance: Property of a London Islamic art specialist collector; previously in a collection formed since the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 310mm x 210mm; Weight: 1.58kg
Ca. 18th Century AD
Starting Price: £10000
A double-edged steel blade with pronounced central ridge on either side and swollen tip, decorated with a green-enameled hilt with a rounded pommel and inlaid with bezel-set rubies and white diamonds.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 315mm x 65mm; Weight: 420g
148. DIAMOND AND RUBY INLAID MUGHAL DAGGER, OR KHANJAR
149. CARVED AMETHYST MUGHAL AMATIS
Ca. Late 19th - early 20th Century AD
Starting Price: £2000
A hand-carved amethyst flask, or perfume bottle with topper and a central cylindrical tube within, decorated with a stylised foliate design.
Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional, prior Sotheby’s Islamic & Indian art sale. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 55mm x 30mm; Weight: 35g
150. TIBETAN ROCK CRYSTAL PRAYER WHEEL DRUM WITH INSCRIPTIONS
Ca. 18th - 19th Century AD.
Starting Price: £800
A rock crystal prayer wheel drum carved with inscriptions. The silver gilt top crusted with paste jewels.
Provenance: Previous property of an Islamic art professional. Previously purchased from Brimo de Laroussilhe, 8 December 1976. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 60mm x 50mm (diameter); Weight: 170g
155. SINO-TIBETAN SEATED BUDDHA
Qing Dynasty, Ca. AD 1644 - 1912
Starting Price: £800
A bronze Bodhisattva, adorned with an elaborate crown and armlets, the serene figure is seated upon a finely reticulated pedestal of square form.
Provenance: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 170mm x 110mm; Weight: 1.15kg
Ca. 9th - 10th Century AD
Starting Price: £20000
An exceptional gilded bronze bodhisattva. Seated in the padmasana lotus position, the figure is shown wearing a crown adorned with delicate details; the excellent metalwork displayed through necklaces, armlets and earrings. This is an outstanding example of early Nepalese Buddhist sculpture. Buddhist art during the Licchavi period displays strong Gupta style, with works made mainly in bronze and stone, displaying advanced metal casting techniques. The influence of this period marks a significant era for the development of Himalayan Buddhist art.
Provenance: Private UK collection, purchased in 2024 from Kensington Church Street gentleman collection who acquired the piece from Beijing in the early 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 220mm x 155mm; Weight: 3.63kg
156. NEPALESE LICCHAVI PERIOD GILDED BRONZE SEATED BODHISATTVA
157.
GANDHARAN SCHIST SEATED MAITREYA
Ca. AD 200 - 300
Starting Price: £2000
A Gandharan schist, depicting the seated figure of Maitreya, exuding an aura of profound spirituality and grace. The figure assumes a tranquil posture, with hands placed in the dhyana mudra. In his lap, he holds a delicately shaped, pear-like flask. Maitreya sits in the lotus position atop a clothed plinth with two enigmatic beasts, each positioned on opposing corners, serving as emblematic guardians. Behind his head, a halo emanates. For similar see, Christie’s LIVE AUCTION 1265 INDIAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART, lot 15.
Provenance: From the collection of a London gentleman; formerly acquired in the early 2000s in France; previously in 1970s European collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 470mm x 350mm; Weight: 23.45kg
158. GANDHARAN SCHIST RELIEF TRIAD OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI WITH BODHISATTVAS
Ca. AD 200 - 300
Starting Price: £800
A schist relief panel with the seated Buddha attended by Brahma and Indra, as well as two Bodhisattvas. The harmonious composition and the delicate balance of forms evoke a sense of awe and reverence, inviting contemplation and deepening one’s connection to the Buddhist teachings. This triad stands as a testament to the enduring influence of Buddhism and the remarkable artistic legacy it has left behind
Provenance: From the collection of a London gentleman; formerly acquired in early 2000s in Japan; previously in 1970s Japanese collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 580mm x 540mm; Weight: 78.35kg
159. CHINESE STONE HEAD OF BUDDHA
Tang Dynasty, Ca. AD 618 - 907
Starting Price: £1000
A head of Buddha. The wide face has a serene expression with an urna on the forehead, elongated ears, and is finished with hair arranged in an Ushnisha knot.
Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection of F. N., Ontario, formed in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 240mm x 160mm; Weight: 7.93kg
160. GANDHARAN SCHIST HEAD OF BODHISATTVA
Ca. AD 200 - 600
Starting Price: £1000
A schist head of Bodhisattva with an elaborately decorated ushnisha knot. The face depicts a serene expression, with deep set eyes, long nose, lobed ears and a gentle smile.
Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection of F. N., Ontario, formed in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 200mm x 170mm; Weight: 4.95kg
161. CHINESE STONE HEAD
Tang Dynasty, Ca. AD 618 - 907
Starting Price: £1000
A head of Buddha. The wide face has a serene expression, elongated ears, and is finished with hair arranged in an Ushnisha knot.
Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection of F. N., Ontario, formed in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 285mm x 170mm; Weight: 11.77kg
162. GANDHARAN STUCCO HEAD OF
BUDDHA
Ca. AD 200 - 400 or later
Starting Price: £1000
A finely moulded stucco head of Buddha. The serene face has an urna on the forehead, framed with elongated ears, and is finished with hair tied in a Ushnisha knot. For similar see: The Victoria and Albert Museum, Accession Number IM.3-1931.
Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection of F. N., Ontario, formed in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 330mm x 195mm; Weight: 7.67kg
163. GANDHARAN SCHIST HEAD OF BODHISATTVA
Ca. AD 200 - 400
Starting Price: £800
A head of bodhisattva. The wide face has a serene expression with an urna on the forehead, elongated ears, and is finished with hair arranged in an Ushnisha knot.
Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection of F. N., Ontario, formed in the 1980s.
Size: 330mm x 180mm; Weight: 17kg
Ca. 1100 - 1000 BC
Starting Price: £8000
A carved sandstone antefix depicting a five-headed rearing Naga serpent. The central serpent is shown to be clasping a jewelled garland in its mouth as an offering. The antefix is mounted on a modern black base. For similar see: Norton Simon Museum, accession number F.1983.23.S.
Provenance: Property of an American collector, acquired on the US art market prior to 2000; Ex. Estate of an American gentleman.This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 890mm x 590mm; Weight: 54kg
164. KHMER SANDSTONE ANTEFIX WITH FIVE HEADED NAGA SERPENT
165. CHINESE SANDSTONE SCULPTURE OF BUDDHA
Northern Qi Dynasty, Ca. AD 550 - 577
Starting Price: £8000
A sandstone sculpture of a standing Buddha. The serence face shows a gentle smile, downcast eyes and long-lobed ears, with a robe draped elegantly against the slim figure.
Provenance: UK private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 1100mm x 290mm; Weight: 50+kg
166. CHINESE NORTHERN WEI
DYNASTY STONE STATUE OF GUANYIN
Starting Price: £5000
Northern Wei Dynasty, Ca. AD 386 - 534
A stone carved bodhisattva. Well-proportioned, the slender figure has a serene and compassionate expression with a rounded face. A crown adorns the head, with ornaments to each shoulder. Although the forearms are missing, a long necklace is layered around the neck, along with an elegant draped cloth and jeweled garlands. The bodhisattva is dressed in a long, pleated skirt that reaches the ground, cinched at the waist with a knotted belt. For similar see: Guanfu Museum.
Provenance: UK private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 1300mm x 420mm; Weight: 70+kg
167. CHINESE NORTHERN WEI
MARBLE
SCULPTURE OF BUDDHA
Starting Price: £2000
Northern Wei Dynasty, Ca. AD 386 - 534
A marble sculpture of Buddha, with detailed carved drapery.
Provenance: UK private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 800mm x 260mm; Weight: 42kg
173. NEOLITHIC RED POTTERY HEAD
Ca. 3300 - 2000 BC
Starting Price: £400
A pottery head. The face features deep-set, almond-shaped eyes, a prominent nose, and slightly opened mouth.
Provenance: Collection of Phillip Allen, council member of Oriental Ceramics Society. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 45mm x 40mm; Weight: 45g
175. CHINESE MAJIAYAO POTTERY JAR
Machang phase, Ca. 2300 - 2000 BC
Starting Price: £150
A painted pottery jar. The globular body has a narrow neck rising to a flared rim, with a tapering lower body and two handles placed on each side. Painted with geometric patterns using dark pigments against a red-coloured background, leaving the lower half bare. The Machang phase is a later period in Majiayao culture, in which notable decorative motifs include geometric and curvilinear patterns. The finish is not as careful as in previous periods but displays the close relationship between nature, rituals and daily life. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1992.165.8.
Provenance: JJapanese private collection since 1990s.
Size: 390mm x 300mm; Weight: 4.09kg
176. CHINESE NEOLITHIC LONGSHAN POTTERY GUI JAR
Ca. 3000 - 1900 BC
Starting Price: £500
A Chinese Longshan culture pottery Gui. The tripod legs are in large sack forms, each individually moulded, with the mouth tall and upright. This is a fine example of signature Longshan pottery. For similar see: The Palace Museum, _00110564.
Provenance: Private German collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 310mm x 180mm; Weight: 1.18kg
177. CHINESE SEAL MUD
Starting Price: £500
Warring States period, Ca. 475 - 221 BC or Han Dynasty, Ca.
A collection of seal mud. Such items were used during the Warring States period and Han dynasty as a medium to imprint seals onto documents or valuable item packaging. Its role is similar to signatures as legal proof, and became widespread in administrative practices to maintain an organised bureaucracy. For similar see: Tokyo National Museum. Chinese Seal Muds. Tokyo: Nigensha Publishing, 1998, ISBN: 9784544013740.
Provenance: Japanese private collection since 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 24-30mm x 20-30mm; Weight: 320g
178. CHINESE TERRACOTTA WARRIOR - TL TESTED
Han Dynasty, Ca. 202 BC - AD 220
Starting Price: £1000
A terracotta warrior, dressed in long robes, loose trousers and military boots. His hands are poised below the chest, appearing to have been holding something, possibly weapons.
Provenance: UK private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 520mm x 160mm; Weight: 3.66kg
179. CHINESE TERRACOTTA RAM - TL TESTED
Han Dynasty, Ca. 202 BC - AD 220
Starting Price:
A terracotta ram figure. Standing upright, support by slender legs, with delicately outlined hooves. The animal features a long neck, raised tail, and carved head details. The horns are gently spiraled and crown its head.
Provenance: UK private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 430mm x 445mm; Weight: 5.93kg
180. CHINESE TERRACOTTA RABBIT - TL TESTED
Han Dynasty, Ca. 202 BC - AD 220
Starting Price: £1000
A terracotta rabbit modelled crouched on all fours, with its head looking downwards and ears perked up. Its forelimbs are slightly extended forward, supporting the weight of its upper body, with hind legs also stood up. The pelt of the rabbit is painted in a dark brown pigment while the eyes and ears are picked out in pinkish-red. Carved details can be seen on the ears and paw.
Provenance: UK private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 200mm x 290mm; Weight: 3.53kg
183. CHINESE DYNASTY TERRACOTTA BULL - TL TESTED
Northern Wei Dynasty, Ca. AD 386 - 534
Starting Price: £2000
A terracotta ox. Standing on a rectangular plinth, the animal is depicted with its head tilted upwards, flaring nostrils, slightly opened mouth, eye wide open and gently curved horns.
Provenance: UK private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 400mm x 470mm; Weight: 5.86kg
184. CHINESE FANG HU VASE
Han Dynasty, Ca. BC 202 - AD 220
Starting Price: £700
A terracotta Fang Hu vase. This ceremonial wine vessel was used as a burial object. The hu-formed body is painted with brown and black pigments, decorating the piece with floral motifs, geometrical patterns and two mythical beasts, possibly chilongs.
Provenance: Property of an American collector, acquired from the US estate collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 340mm x 170mm; Weight: 2.3kg
185. CHINESE TERRACOTTA CAMEL - TL TESTED
Tang Dynasty, Ca. AD 618 - 907
Starting Price: £3000
An exceptional terracotta camel. The vibrant animal is shown standing with its head stretched up high, in mid-bellow, with a small monkey sat on the saddle. Elaborate carved details can be seen on the mane and multiple layered saddle. The lively monkey sits atop the cushioned saddle, looking curiously at the surroundings.
Provenance: UK private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 640mm x 560mm; Weight: 12.4kg
186. CHINESE TERRACOTTA HORSE - TL TESTED
Tang Dynasty, Ca. AD 618 - 907
Starting Price: £2000
A terracotta horse. The standing figure is painted with red pigments, with the mane kept white. Carved details can be seen on the saddle blanket.
Provenance: UK private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 640mm x 680mm; Weight: 18.9kg
187. CHINESE TERRACOTTA RIDER - TL TESTED
Tang Dynasty, Ca. AD 618 - 907
Starting Price: £1000
An exceptional Chinese terracotta horse and rider. The horse is portrayed in a dynamic pose, with all four legs extended in a flying gallop, capturing a sense of movement and energy characteristic of Tang equestrian art. The female rider wearing traditional riding robes, is seated firmly on a saddle, both hands in a poised posture, possibly previously holding polo playing gear.
Provenance: UK private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 440mm x 340mm; Weight: 3.51kg
188. CHINESE TERRACOTTA COURT LADYTL TESTED
Tang Dynasty, Ca. AD 618 - 907
Starting Price: £1000
A terracotta court lady, depicted standing upright, wearing a long red dress with a flowing black collar and green long undersleeve,with her hair arranged in a Wei Do knot. Her left hand is held in front of her chest, with the sleeves overflowing, while the left hand is held down.
Provenance: UK private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 505mm x 190mm; Weight: 4.15kg
189. CHINESE TERRACOTTA FOREIGNERTL TESTED
Tang Dynasty, Ca. AD 618 - 907
A terracotta foreigner figure. The figure is depicted in a dynamic pose, standing on a shallow pedestal. He might be in the process of a performance, hence the body posture of exhibiting his muscles. His face is moulded with a textured beard, passionate expression, with muscular details on his body. He wears a loose-fitting robe hiked around the waist with a belt, leaving the right upper body bare, accompanied with blue pants and a pair of tall black boots and a cloth cap tied around his hair.
Provenance: UK private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 590mm x 250mm; Weight: 6.43kg
190. CHINESE TERRACOTTA COURT LADYTL TESTED
Tang Dynasty, Ca. AD 618 - 907
Starting Price: £1000
A terracotta court lady. She is depicted standing upright, wearing a short-sleeved long dress with red long undersleeves, and a blue shawl draped from her shoulders to the waist, with her hair arranged in a Wei Do knot. Her right hand is held in front of her chest, with the sleeves overflowing, while the left hand is held down.
Provenance: UK private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 470mm x 145mm; Weight: 4kg
191. CHINESE TERRACOTTA
LADY
HOLDING A PUPPY - TL TESTED
Tang Dynasty, Ca. AD 618 - 907
Starting Price: £2000
A terracotta lady holding a puppy. The elegant figure stands on a flat base, with the head turned slightly to the side and her hands are held up carrying the puppy, its head resting against her chest. She is wearing red and brownish long court robes and an e-ji hairstyle, popular amongst noble ladies. Her face is framed by an elaborate coiffure drawn up into a loose central topknot.
Provenance: UK private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 510mm x 200mm; Weight: 4.36kg
192. CHINESE TERRACOTTA COURT LADYTL TESTED
Tang Dynasty, Ca. AD 618 - 907
Starting Price: £1500
An exceptional terracotta lady. Dressed in a red and black painted long robe, the figure elegantly stands with her left arm held up against the chest, and her right arm mid-raised. Her face is framed with the fashionable Tang hair style, with rouge cheeks enhancing her complexion.
Provenance: UK private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 490mm x 270mm; Weight: 3.53kg
201. CHINESE QINGBAI VASE
Song Dynasty, Ca. AD 960 - 1279.
Starting Price: £800
A Qingbai vase in baluster form. The globular body rises to a tall, narrow neck, flaring into a scalloped rim. The thin layer of glaze gathers towards the base, with a faint green hue.
Provenance: Hong Kong private collection since 2000s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 110mm x 70mm; Weight: 160g
210. CHINESE GREEN-GLAZED STONEWARE PILLOW WITH INCISED PEONIES - TL TESTED
Jin Dynasty, Ca. AD 1115 - 1234
Starting Price: £1000
A green glazed stoneware pillow. The incised peonies are accentuated as the green glaze gathers at the carved areas. This was considered a luxury during ancient China, serving practical and decorative purposes, as well as in burial practices.
Provenance: Private UK collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 320mm x 100mm; Weight: 2.52kg
210A. CHINESE YAOZHOU LION FIGURETL TESTED
Jin Dynasty, Ca. AD 1115 - 1234
Starting Price: £2500
A Yaozhou green-glazed lion. The figure is crouched down and looks back up, playing with a ball, with its front left paw holding down the object.
Provenance: Private HK collection, acquired during 1990s. This piece has been precisely dated using a thermoluminescence analysis carried out by C-Link Research & Development Limited. A scan of the report will accompany the lot.
Size: 140mm x 85mm; Weight: 475g
212. CHINESE JUN BOWL
Yuan Dynasty, Ca. AD 1271 - 1368
Starting Price: £800
A Jun bowl. The round bowl sits on a short splayed foot, covered in lavender-blue glaze with flambé splashes, with the foot unglazed, revealing the original clay body. Junware is a distinctive Chinese stoneware. The unpredictability of the glaze makes each piece unique, where the resulting colours vary depending on the firing process. For similar see: The Palace Museum.
Provenance: Hong Kong private collection since 2000s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 170mm x 75mm; Weight: 500g
213. CHINESE YUAN/MING DYNASTY
CELADON MALLET VASE
Ca. AD 1279 - 1644
Starting Price: £1500
A celadon mallet vase with two dragon-fish handles, made during the Yuan to Ming dynasty according to the Song Longquan celadon type. Celadon production arguably reached its peak during the Song dynasty, which future generations attempted to recreate. For similar Song types see: The Fitzwilliam Museum, Object 77753. For similar Yuan celadon glaze see: The Victoria and Albert Museum, Accession Number FE.187-1974
Provenance: Private Japanese collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 280mm x 140mm; Weight: 1.8kg
217. CHINESE MING DYNASTY BLUE AND WHITE JAR, XUANDE MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Starting Price: £3000
Xuande period, Ming Dynasty, Ca. AD 1426 - 1435
An outstanding blue and white jar featuring a gently tapered globular body decorated with floral designs, showcasing the intricate craftsmanship of the era. The base bears a six-character Xuande mark and is of the period. For similar see: The Palace Museum, _00109501.
Provenance: Hong Kong private collection since 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 290mm x 260mm; Weight: 4.47kg
218. CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL PLATE
Late Ming Dynasty, Ca. AD 1368 - 1644
A cloisonne enamel plate decorated with foliate scrolls
Starting Price: £5000
Provenance: Important UK private collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 197mm x 40mm; Weight: 510g
219. CHINESE JADE AXE
Late Ming Dynasty, Ca. AD 1368 - 1644
An archaistic jade axe with a mythical beast finial.
Starting Price: £800
Provenance: UK private collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 125mm x 50mm; Weight: 190g
220. CHINESE MING DYNASTY LONGQUAN CELADON JAR
Ming Dynasty, Ca. AD 1368 - 1644
Starting Price: £800
A celadon vase of mallet form with handles and fixated suspended rings.
Provenance: Japanese private collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 150mm x 60mm; Weight: 310g
231. CHINESE BRONZE “ELEPHANT” TRIPOD CENSER WITH EUROPEAN MAN
Ca. 18th Century AD
Starting Price: £1000
A bronze elephant tripod censer and cover. The body is casted in the form of an inverted bell supported by three elephant-head feet, each with tusks and harnesses, with lotus scrolls decorating the body. The cover is cast metalwork, also with lotus scrolls around the cast and a recumbent elephant resting, topped with a pointing European man.
Provenance: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 255mm x 135mm; Weight: 2.28kg
232. CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PRUNUS GINGER JAR
Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty, Ca. AD 1662 - 1722
Starting Price: £1500
A blue and white ginger jar and cover, decorated with prunus blossoms on blue crackle ice ground.
Provenance: UK private collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 150mm x 105mm; Weight: 625g
234. PAIR OF CHINESE PORCELAIN FLAMBÉ-GLAZED VASES
Qing Dynasty, Ca. 19th Century AD
Starting Price: £1000
A pair of porcelain flambé-glazed vases. The cylindrical form is covered overall in a characteristic glaze of rich cherry-red tone, suffused with lavender and blue striations. The glaze thins into a lighter shade with minor striations below the mouth rim.
Provenance: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 570mm x 240mm; Weight: 14.7kg
235. CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE AND IRON-RED PLATE
Starting Price: £1500
Qianlong period, Qing Dynasty, Ca. AD 1735 - 1796
A famille rose porcelain plate depicting a scene of two immortals, a crane in the clouds and a feline animal
Provenance: UK private collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 270mm x 45mm; Weight: 625g
236. CHINESE CARVED JADE IMMORTAL BOY
Starting Price: £800
Qianlong period, Qing Dynasty, Ca. AD 1735 - 1796 or possibly earlier
A fine jade of an immortal boy, carved from pale celadon jade, the figure is depicted with a large leaf over his shoulder and holding a string ornament of Taoist emblems in his right hand. An auspicious piece often intended to bring good fortune and protection to the owner.
Provenance: London private collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 65mm x 35mm; Weight: 85g
237. PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE PORCELAIN VASES WITH WOODEN LIDS
Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty, Ca. AD 1662 - 1722.
Starting Price: £1500
A pair of blue and white square vases with wooden lids. Each side of the body is decorated with prunus blossoms and rockwork, framed with a keyfret band, and covered with a carved wooden lid.
Provenance: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 240mm x 100mm; Weight: 2.6kg
240. CHINESE QING DYNASTY BLUE AND WHITE CUP
Kangxi period, Qing Dynasty, Ca. AD 1661 - 1722
Starting Price: £2000
A delicately crafted underglaze blue and white cup with a thin walled body, depicting a scene from a Tang dynasty poem Song of Eight Drinking Immortals by the famous poet Du Fu. The scene shows the Chancellor Shizhi Zhuo, whose capacity for liquor was described to be immense.
Provenance: British local private collection collection since 2000s, sold by Plakas Auction. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 65mm x 45mm; Weight: 40g
243. PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PLATES
Kangxi period, Qing Dynasty, Ca. AD 1661 - 1722
Starting Price: £1500
A pair of porcelain plates, decorated with floral medallions.
Provenance: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 375-390mm x 50-60mm; Weight: 3.08kg
245. CHINESE FLAMBÉ-GLAZED “OXBLOOD” PORCELAIN VASE
Qing Dynasty, Ca. 18th Century AD
Starting Price: £800
A flambé-glazed porcelain vase. The glazed has a strong oxblood tone suffused with delicate lavender-blue streaks on the globular body and raising up to a cylindrical neck. The vessel is finished with a flared opening.
Provenance: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 390mm x 240mm; Weight: 4.86kg
247. CHINESE QING DYNASTY BLUE AND WHITE CUP WITH EROTIC SCENE
Kangxi period, Qing Dynasty, Ca. AD 1661-1722.
Starting Price: £500
An elegantly shaped underglaze blue and white cup, featuring a flared rim, depicting an erotic scene. Such scenes may sometimes derive from classical literature, poetry and folklore, providing a dual purpose as both a functional and conversational piece.
Provenance: American private collection since 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 70mm x 40mm; Weight: 40g
249. PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN DISHES AND TEACUP DEPICTING LADY AND DEER
Starting Price: £1500
Yongzheng period, Qing Dynasty, Ca. AD 1722 - 1735
A pair of famille rose porcelain dishes and teacup, depicting a scene with a lady and a deer, a longstanding motif in Chinese art symbolising longevity and harmony with nature.
Provenance: Property of a London gallery; Ex. Freeman collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 65-105mm x 20-35mm; Weight: 125g
255. CHINESE PUNCHBOWL ON FRENCH MOUNTS
Qing Dynasty, Ca. AD 1644 - 1912
Starting Price: £800
A porcelain punchbowl, decorated with colourful enamelled figural scenes set within seperate cartouches running around the centre of the body. This was a popular type of export porcelain for the European market, and very often metal mounts would be added by European traders to match the local taste.
Provenance: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 330mm x 420mm; Weight: 5kg
262. CHINESE ZHANGZHOU KILN SANCAI DUCK EWER
Qing Dynasty, Ca. AD 1644 - 1912
Starting Price: £800
A sancai duck ewer. It is also known as Jiaozhi ware. The duck is modelled with a hollow beak serving as a spout, the back with a glazed filling funnel, and the wings and body moulded and incised with feather details. The Zhangzhou kilns were the main production site for export ware during the Ming and Qing dynasties, with Jiaozhi wares being one of its significant genres.
Provenance: Japanese Private Collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 210mm x 145mm; Weight: 600g
263. CHINESE QING DYNASTY CLOISONNE ENAMEL BIRDS
Qing Dynasty, Ca. AD 1644 - 1912
Starting Price: £800
A pair of cloisonne enamel birds, with blue, dark blue, red white, green and yellow enamels, stood upon a square metal mount
Provenance: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 165-165mm x 105-115mm; Weight: 675g
263B. PAIR OF CHINESE MYTHICAL TOADS
Ca. Late 19th - early 20th Century
A pair of green glazed three-legged toads, symbolising wealth and prosperity.
Provenance: Private French collection.
Size: 210-210mm x 170-170mm; Weight: 2.37kg
264. CHINESE YELLOW-GLAZED IMPERIAL PORCELAIN BOWL WITH INCISED DRAGON
Guangxu period, Qing Dynasty, Ca. AD 1875 - 1908
Starting Price: £800
Starting Price: £1000
An imperial porcelain bowl in yellow glaze. The lustrous glaze is historically associated with the emperor, symbolising wealth and prosperity. The incised five claw dragon is an artistic expression that can only be exclusively used by the emperor. For similar see: The Palace Museum, _00163619-10/458.
Provenance: British local private collection since 2000s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 120mm x 55mm; Weight: 140g
266A. CHINESE COPPER-RED GLAZED ROULEAU VASE
Ca. 19-20th Century AD.
A rouleau porcelain vase, decorated with dragons in copper red glaze.
Provenance: Private French collection; previously acquired on the UK art market.
Size: 450mm x 185mm; Weight: 3.49kg
268. MONUMENTAL PAIR OF JAPANESE SATSUMA VASES
Meiji Period, Ca. AD 1868 - 1912
Starting Price: £500
Starting Price: £2000
A large pair of Satsuma vases. The body has classical gilded motif decorations, depicting scenes of courtiers, scholars, and attendants.
Provenance: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 950-970mm x 350-360mm; Weight: 42.5kg
274. CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN JAR AND COVER
Ca. 18th - 19th Century AD
Starting Price: £800
A large baluster-shaped famille verte jar and lid. The body has panels of peony and insect paintings against a red ground with chrysanthemum and foliage scrolls. The cover is painted in the same manner, with repeating plants decorating the neck, conjoining the two parts.
Provenance: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 570mm x 300mm; Weight: 8.5kg
275. PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BALUSTER JARS AND LIDS
Ca. 19th Century AD
Starting Price: £800
A pair of famille rose baluster jars and lids. Each body is decorated with the “Hundred Antiques” pattern, with a foliage scroll band on the base, shoulder and lid.
The “Hundred Antiques” is a decorative pattern that can be commonly found in Qing dynasty art. The pattern is a depiction of multiple antique objects that can include ceramics, bronze, scholar pieces and hardstone, often which conveys the theme of prosperity. Real-life examples of what would be depicted in this pattern can be found in this sale.
Provenance: This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 430mm x 270mm; Weight: 7kg
283. CHINESE SMALL CLAIR-DE-LUNE PORCELAIN VASE
Ca. 19th Century AD
Starting Price: £800
A small clair-de-lune vase. The name refers to moonlight, suggesting the soft, gentleness of the light-blue hue.
Provenance: Collection of Kensington dealer, since 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 125mm x 50mm; Weight: 95g
284. CHINESE SANG DE BOEUF JAR
Ca. 19th Century AD
A large sang-de-boeuf jar in oviform.
Provenance: Property of London Gallery, Ex. Radcliffe collection.
Size: 285mm x 180mm; Weight: 2.47kg
286. CHINESE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE IN TOAD FORM
Ca. 19th Century AD
Starting Price: £400
Starting Price: £700
A pebble jade snuff bottle, carved in the form of a three legged lucky toad, often associated with wealth and prosperity. The celadon jade colour has natural brown striations.
Provenance: Collection of Kensington dealer, since 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 80mm x 45mm; Weight: 95g
287. CHINESE WHITE GROUND RED OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE DEPICTING SQUIRRELS AND GRAPES
Ca. 19th Century AD
Starting Price: £700
A white ground red overlay glass snuff bottle, with squirrels and grapes. The squirrels symbolize fertility, while the grapes suggest abundance and prosperity in Chinese art.
Provenance: Collection of Kensington dealer, since 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 90mm x 50mm; Weight: 120g
294.
COLLECTION OF MINIATURE CHINESE MONOCHROME VASES
Ca. 17th - 19th Century AD
Starting Price: £700
A collection of miniature monochrome vases, in glazes of teadust green, light peach pink, light celadon, black with gold gilding, blue and sang-de-boeuf.
Provenance: Private UK collection, 1990s.
Size: 50-70mm x 25-55mm; Weight: 280g
314. CHINESE GREEN-GLAZED PARROT PERCHED ON ROCKWORK
Ca. 19th Century AD
Starting Price: £600
A green-glazed porcelain parrot perched on a light-green-glazed rockwork base, a fine example of Chinese export porcelain.
Provenance: Collection of Kensington dealer, since 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Size: 310mm x 190mm; Weight: 1.54kg
