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λ FOUR EROTIC MINIATURES ON IVORY
North India, early 20th century
Opaque pigments on oval ivory medallions, portraying different erotic scenes of two lovers, all situated in a typical Indian interior with floral floor spread and colourful oval cushion, in a padded cream and blue velvet box, the largest 6cm x 5cm.
£150-£200
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HYPSICLES' KITAB ISQILAWUS FI MATALI': A TREATY ON MATHEMATICS AND GEOMETRY
India, 19th century
Arabic manuscript on paper, in black ink in an Indian form of shekasteh nasta'liq, 13ff., plus four fly-leaves, each folio with 21ll., catchwords, several geometrical diagrams, bound in blind-tooled brown calf, 25.2cm x 16.5cm.
£1,400-£1,600
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JALAL-ED-DIN RUMI'S FOURTH BOOK OF MATHNAWI
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Mughal India, text panels late 17th century, binding second half 19th century
Persian manuscript on paper, in nasta'liq script, 125ff., plus three fly-leaves, each folio with 17ll., catchwords, the chapter headings in gold ink, the opening bifolio borders elaborately illuminated with circular scrolls in gold with polychrome highlights, the opening's heading with an intricate gold and polychrome geometric design, a polychrome tendril against a cobalt blue column dividing the poetry lines, in blue, red, and gold rulings, re-set, and re-bound in glazed, tooled calf with floral motifs in central lobed medallion and curved corners; the text panel 18.8cm x 7.8cm, the folio 27.5cm x 16cm.
£1,800-£2,200
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A POLYCHROME LACQUERED KASHMIRI PEN CASE
Kashmir, North India, 19th century
Of stretched octagonal shape with opening, removable lid, polychrome painted and heightened with gold, the top and sides with vertical composition, the decoration consisting of two main interlocking tendrils, one red and the latter blue, arabesques and gold vegetal trellis as background, the composition framed by fretwork bands and polylobed cartouches of gold calligraphy on black ground, the underside with a golden arabesque triumph with stylised saz leaves and tufts of green on brown ground, the interior painted in green and splashed in black, 35cm x 7.5cm.
£600-£800
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A KASHMIRI LACQUERED POLYCHROME-PAINTED CASKET AND PEN TRAY
Kashmir, Northern India, late 19th - early 20th century
Comprising a rectangular casket divided in several long and thin rectangular compartments, possibly used to hold documents, the interior and base painted in cobalt blue heightened with gold decorative bands, the body and hinged lid a polychrome and gold-painted triumph of arabesque designs, paisley leaves, cusped medallions and vegetal tendrils, 23cm x 15.5cm; and a pen tray with similar decoration, 27.5cm long.
£300-£500
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TWO LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASES (QALAMDAN)
Kashmir and North India, late 19th - early 20th century
Comprising a Kashmiri lacquered pen case, polychrome painted and heightened with gold, with rounded ends and sliding tray, the top and sides painted with horizontal composition of boteh and polylobed medallions filled with floral triumph, gold trellis and floral tendrils filling the rest of the composition against either blue or gold ground, the internal tray and the underside with gold scrollwork and vegetal motifs on blue and green ground, 21cm long; and a Qajar-style lacquered pen case, polychrome painted and heightened with gold, the horizontal composition of top and sides with the typical gul-o-bulbul motif, the underside and internal tray with gold fretwork against brown ground, 22cm long.
£400-£600
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A LONG PRINTED SHAWL
Possibly Norwich, England, early 20th century
Of ivory wool, printed in bright colours to imitate a Kashmiri shawl, the large ivory field framed by a riotous design of scrolling palmettes and floral vignettes, the selvedges hand-stitched, the ends with knotted wool fringe, 336cm x 160cm.
£150-£180
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AN EMERALD AND CULTURED PEARLS NECKLACE WITH ENAMELLED MANGO PENDANT
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, 20th century
The necklace with three pliable strings of untested emerald and cultured pearls beads on each ide, secured with a Western-inspired clasp, the mango-shaped pendant set with faceted diamonds at the top and enamelled in red, green and white with a typical floral decoration from Jaipur, 27.5cm long.
£1,400-£1,600
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A SPINEL AND CULTURED PEARLS NECKLACE WITH NAVRATNA PENDANT
Northern India, 20th century
The necklace with four pliable strings of untested cultured pearls beads interspersed with untested spinel beads on each side, secured with a hook-shaped clasp, the pendant set with the navratna, the Nine Gems combination, the back enamelled in red, blue and green with lush floral spray, a rough spinel pendant hanging from the pendant, 25cm long.
£1,600-£1,800
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A PAIR OF ENAMELLED EARRINGS
Rajasthan, India, 20th century
The central component of polylobed shape, with a floral design encrusted with foiled and faceted glass, against a cobalt blue enamelled ground, with two oval untested kyanite pendants, the back enamelled in a red, blue, green and white floral composition, approximately 5.5cm long.
£400-£600
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A DIAMOND RING
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, late 19th - early 20th century
The ring set with a central faceted untested diamond, surrounded by a string of cultured pearls beads, the ring band and base enamelled in red, blue, green and white with floral motifs and a bird, 1.8cm diam, and 2.5cm long. Size L.
£600-£800
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TWO ENAMELLED RINGS
Northern India, end of 19th century
Comprising two gold rings, both with a central encrusted rosette, the ring bands and base of one of the two rings fully enamelled in green, red, blue and white with vegetal and floral motifs and a bird, 1.7cm and 1.9cm diameter each. Sizes J and N.
£600-£800
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A SAPPHIRE NECKLACE WITH ENAMELLED PENDANT
Northern India, pendant late 19th - early 20th century, beads and strings 21st century
The necklace with one pliable string of untested sapphire and cultured pearls beads on each side, secured with blue and silver cotton-woven clasp, the pendant set with faceted and foiled glass in floral composition against a blue ground, caparisoned with blue and white micro-beads, the back enamelled in red, blue, green and white with renversant and mirroring birds amidst lush floral bloom and vegetal spray, 23cm long and adjustable with extra string length.
£1,600-£1,800
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A SILVER BETEL NUT BOX
Malaysia, 19th century
Of rectangular shape, resting on four vegetal volutes as feet, the hinged lid and body chased in high relief with vegetal sprays interlocked with stylised lotus flowers and rosettes, 16cm x 7.3cm.
£400-£600
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FOUR BRONZE BUDDHA HEADS
Cambodia and Laos, 15th to 19th century
Each of different size and with varying stylistic features, all recognisable by the cranial protuberance (ushnisha) and the elongated earlobes, two with Gupta-inspired snail curl hair, one with typical Thai spiky headdress, the last one with double knot on the ushnisha, each mounted on a wooden square stand, the tallest 16.5cm high.
Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, 4 October 2011, lot 57.
£300-£500
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A MALAY SILVER FOOTED BOWL
Malaysia, 19th century
Of hemispherical shape, resting on a hemispherical foot with a splayed base, with everted flat rim, the body and foot chased in low relief with a stylised six-pointed star to the centre and vegetal sprays and bands of triangular geometric motifs to the exterior, 19.8cm diam, and 10.5cm high.
£200-£300
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A THAI REPOUSSÉ SILVER TRAY
Thailand, 19th century
Of elliptical shape, with everted flat rim, the two handles to the side worked as two monsters, the centre with mythical creatures in dancing poses, traditionally clad, with pointy headdresses, against a cloudy background, the rim with vegetal sprays, 32.5cm x 19.5cm.
£200-£300
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TWO SILVER TRAYS
Malaysia or Java, 19th century
Comprising two similar silver trays on plain base and with raised, everted rims, one elliptical, the latter with lobed perimeter, both presenting a similar decorative vocabulary with repoussé vegetal sprays, monsters, mythical creatures, floral tendrils and beaded bands, one pierced, the latter filled, the largest 35.3cm x 20.2cm.
£400-£600
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A POLYCHROME ENAMELLED GOLD-PLATED HAIRPIN (KIB)
Thailand, late 18th - early 19th century
Of traditional shape, the upper end worked as a blooming lotus flower topped with a three-tiered South East Asian crown-like headdress (mongkut), each petal and level champlevé enamelled in green, red and blue, the several holes on the surface once filled with gems and pearls, the lower end a tapered spike, the pin mounted on the spike a later addition, the hairpin plated in high carat gold and the pin in lower carat, 12cm long.
Given its lavish decoration, this hairpin was probably once used in the royal entourage by one of the king's concubines, and showcases the Thai goldsmiths' talent and their impeccable attention to details. The upper end is worked to imitate mongkut headdresses, key accessories in traditional Thai dances. It is likely that hairpins similar to this would have been used by royal lakhon dancers. Unlike the well-known kohn style of Thai dance, lakhon dances are traditionally performed by women, who, instead of having individual roles in a performance, work together and perform as a group. The costumes and stage settings are usually much more lavish in lakhon than in some of the other forms of Thai dance. Indeed, the colour or the material gold is the primary used and usually dancers wear anap phlao (calf length trousers); richly ornate cloth strips such as hoi na (hanging from the front) and hoi khang (hanging from the side); the sangwan (jewels sashes), thap suag (dropping pendants), krong kho (an embroidered collar) and a soet / mongkut (a pointed crown-like headdress).
£1,000-£1,500
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A BURMESE REPOUSSÉ SILVER CHARGER
Burma (Myanmar), 19th century
Of circular shape, on plain base chased in high relief, with a wide splayed rim, the central roundel with an interior courtly scene with a prince and a knelt visitor in front of him, the scene surrounded by six lobed cartouches filled with mythical warriors, two with bows and arrows, one with sword and shield, the remaining three without arms, clad in typical Burmese dresses, on a maritime landscape ground, on the rim scenes from myths and folk stories, possibly the Jataka Tales, birds near the rim interspersed with lush landscapes, the back with a mounting hook and an inventory sticker from 'Preziosi e Oggetti d'Arte, P.L. Beldi, Torino' dated 1991, 44.5cm diam.
£1,000-£1,500
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A SILVER FILIGREE CARD HOLDER AND A REPOUSSE CONTAINER
Karimnagar, India and Sri Lanka, 18th - 19th century
The card holder of oblong form, the top and bottom filigreed with scrolling forms, the sides with open-work Mughal-style scales, hidden side hinge, 10.2cm x 6cm x 1.3cm; and the round-edged cigarette case chased in high relief with an Indo-Portuguese inspired design of an elaborate scrolling cross, the hinged opening to the side, 13.5cm x 9.5cm x 1.5cm
£400-£600
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A LARGE SILVER BASIN
Thailand, 19th century
Of large polylobed shape with six recesses, on a flat base, the decoration chased in high relief and consisting of six square cartouches filled with bodhisattvas emerging from a lotus, surrounded by birds, monkeys and squirrels against a floral and vegetal spray, the upper band below the rim a continuous scroll of rosettes, lotus flowers and vegetal tendrils, the base marked with Thai letters and a central medallion with a three-headed elephant holding a parasol, 33cm diam.
£800-£1,200
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A LARGE BURMESE REPOUSSÉ BOWL (THABEIK)
Possibly Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar), c.1900
Of compressed globular shape, on flat plain base, with reinforced rim, the fine and high quality repoussé decoration consisting of a central band narrating episodes from Buddhist tales, possibly the Vessantara Jataka, every scene with multiple human characters and dense with action and pathos, the main cartouches interspersed with smaller polylobed cartouches with seated courtiers raising their arms, the background filled with interlocking vegetal tendrils, above the central band more trellis and fretwork, below it next to the base a band with repoussé Zodiac signs and mythical creatures, the base signed Kyu, 33cm diam.
£1,800-£2,200
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