Indian Ocean
A pair of Anglo-Indian 'Vizagapatam' pen-engraved bone-inlaid padouk side chairs
India, Visakhapatnam, mid-18th century
An Anglo-Indian 'vizagapatam' pen-engraved ivory chess set
India, Visakhapatnam, circa 1850
A gem-set silver-gilt Shiva Mukhalingam head
Maharashtra or Karnataka, 18th century
An Indian gem-set gold head of the Goddess Gauri
Possibly Maharashtra or Karnataka, early 19th century
An engraved English gilt-silver mounted Gujarat mother-of-pearl Communion cup
Gujarat, late 16th/early 17th century, the silver mounts English, circa 1625
A Dutch-colonial Sinhalese ivory casket with silver mounts and a trick lock
Sri Lanka, 2nd half 17th century
A Dutch-colonial cabinet on stand with marquetry depiction of Fort Almada in Portugal
Former Dutch East Indies, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) or Batavia (Jakarta), early 18th century
The Chief Merchant's Cabinet.
A Dutch colonial gilt-copper mounted ebony cabinet on stand
Coromandel Coast, the mounts Japanese, 2nd half 17th century
A Sinhalese oval openwork ivory box
Sri Lanka, probably Kingdom of Kandy, 2nd half 17th century
A fine Dutch-colonial pen-engraved bone inlaid ebony document box with silver mounts
India, Coromandel coast, Masulipatnam, circa 1730-1740
A Dutch-colonial amboyna and ebony collector's cabinet with silver mounts
Batavia (Jakarta) or Sri Lanka, late 17th/early 18th century
A Gujarat mother-of-pearl dish
Gujarat, late 16th/early 17th century
An Indo-Portuguese bone-inlaid ebony and teak writing box with gilt-brass mounts
India, Goa, 17th century
A colonial tortoiseshell veneered casket with silver mounts
Possibly Spanish colonial, 17th century
A large Dutch-colonial ebony money box with silver mounts
Batavia (Jakarta) or Sri Lanka, circa 1680
A colonial tortoiseshell veneered casket with silver mounts
Probably Portuguese colonial (Goa), possibly Spanish colonial (Manilla), 17th century
A large Indian mother-of-pearl bowl on foot
Gujarat, Indo-Portuguese, late 16th/early 17th century
A large sandalwood model of a South Indian temple gate or ‘Gopuram’
South India, Tamil Nadu, 2nd half 19th century
Quirijn Maurits Rudolph VerHuell (1787-1860)
”Coraal krabben van het Eiland Diego Garcia”
A large set of sixteen fine colonial ebony side chairs and an armchair
Coromandel coast, probably Masulipatnam, circa 1650- 1680
A Dutch colonial ebony box with silver mounts
Sri Lanka or Batavia (Jakarta), circa 1680-1720
A pair of Persian lacquer book covers
Persia (Iran), Qajar dynasty, 1st half 19th century
A highly refined Dutch-colonial inlaid box with silver mounts
Sri Lanka, Galle district, 18th century
A Dutch-colonial tortoiseshell bible box with silver mounts
Sri Lanka, mid to 2nd half 18th century
An exceptional Indo-Portuguese colonial mother-of-pearl veneered casket with silver mounts
India, Gujarat, 2nd half of the 16th century, the silver mounts Goa or probably Lisbon
A splendid Dutch-colonial Sinhalese ebony two-door cabinet with silver mounts
Sri Lanka, 2nd half 17th century
The Strawberry Hill Table.
A superb colonial ebony side table formerly in the collection of Strawberry Hill House
Coromandel coast, probably Masulipatnam, circa 1630- 1650
An extremely rare, possibly unique, Sri Lankan ebony child's armchair
Probably Sri Lanka, 2nd half 17th century
A Dutch-colonial ebony two-door cabinet with silver mounts
Coromandel Coast, probably Masulipatnam, circa 1650-1680, the silver later
A pair of Dutch colonial Sri Lankan red lacquered high-back side chairs
Sri Lanka, 18th century
An Indian part-gilt silver-clad ceremonial sceptre or mace with a tiger’s head
Northern India or Deccan, late 19th-century
An engraving of ‘The Hooded Dodo, Raphus cucullatus’
From Encyclopedia Londinensis, published in 1802
An Anglo-Indian pen-engraved bone inlaid rosewood document box with silver mounts
Coromandel Coast, Vizagapatam, 1st half 18th-century
An Indo-Portuguese colonial tortoiseshell veneered wooden casket with silver mounts
India, probably made in Gujarat, late 17th/early 18th-century
A Bezoar stone with a silver mounted frame
Probably India, 17th-century
An Indian miniature painting depicting a prince stealing clothes from bathing women
Punjab, circa 1755
A Mughal silver and silver-gilt enamelled peacock feather fan, or morchal
India, probably Deccan, 2nd half 17th-century
A rare pair of Royal camel-guns or 'zamburak', formerly belonging to Maharaja Bahadur Singh of Ajmer (1857-1903)
Rajasthan, Ajmer, dated Samvat 1952 (1895 CE)
An Indian colonial tortoiseshell veneered teak portable two-door cabinet
Mughal India, Gujarat, 2nd half 17th-century
A rare Portuguese-Sinhalese openwork ivory and ebony casket with silver mounts
Sri Lanka, 1st half 17th century
An erotic Islamic Persian dagger with walrus ivory hilt
Persia, dated 1798
A Mughal painting of a ‘Lion at rest’
North India, early 19th century
A portrait of the Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great
North India, early 19th century
A fine Indo-Portuguese inlaid teak wood figure of Nagini
India, Goa, 17th century
A Persian export lacquer Chinoiserie box for the Dutch market depicting Leiden cloth-traders
Persia (Iran), Qajar, 19th century
An Anglo-Indian colonial envelope and
dressing box in the form of a miniature wardrobe
India, Hoshiapur, late 19th century
A Dutch-colonial Sri Lankan coromandel wood miniature chest of drawers with silver mounts
Sri Lanka, 18th century
A small Indian armorial palempore for the European market
Coromandel Coast, possibly Pulicat, 1st half 18th century
A Dutch-colonial Sri Lankan nedun wood and Indian padouk miniature chest of drawers with silver mounts
Sri Lanka, 18th century
A Dutch-colonial Sri Lankan coromandel wood document box with silver mounts
Probably Galle, 18th century
An Indo-Portuguese Colonial mother-of-pearl Gujarat casket
Goa, 16th century
An exceptional Indian diamond, emerald, beryl and ruby inlaid enamelled silver and gold shamshir
North-India, Rajasthan, 19th century
A large pen-engraved bone inlaid ebony document box
India, Masulipatnam, 1st half 18th century
A fine Dutch-colonial ebony box with silver mounts
Coromandel Coast, Masulipatnam, or Batavia (Jakarta), 2nd half 17th century
A pair of Sri Lankan Rococo coromandel wood side chairs
Galle, circa 1770-1780
An important bone inlaid ebony Anglo-Indian side chair
Coromandel Coast, 1650-1680
A Unique Anglo-Indian pen-engraved ivory-inlaid spill holder or spill vase
India, Vizagapatam, mid 18th century
A Unique Anglo-Indian pen-engraved ivory-inlaid spill holder or spill vase
India, Vizagapatam, mid 18th century
An extremely rare large colonial pen-engraved bone inlaid ebony 'Sichterman' document box with silver mounts
Coromandel Coast, Masulipatam, 1730-1750
Two Afghan mother-of-pearl inlaid flintlock guns or jezail
Afghanistan or North India, circa 1820-1840
A Portuguese-colonial tortoiseshell veneered document box with elaborate silver mounts
Probably India, Gujarat, 2nd half 17th century
Indian Khanjar with a green jade handle with Damascus steel in the koftgari technique
The handle India, 18th century, the blade Iran, 19th century
A steel and Gujarat Indian mother of pearl Indian pesh-Kabz
Gujarat, 17th century
A banded agate Indian Pesh Kabz dagger
Northern India, 19th century
An Indian boy's Katar, a punch dagger or tiger knife
Mughal, late 18th century
A fine pen-engraved bone-inlaid ebony document box with silver mounts
Coromandel Coast, Masulipatnam, 1730-1740
A fine ebony Dutch-colonial document box with brass mounts
Coromandel Coast, or Batavia (Jakarta), late 17th century
An Indian miniature depicting a European couple in a love scene
Rajasthan, Kotah, 19th century
Woldemar Friedrich (1846-1910)
The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, Sri Lanka’ (1887-1888)
An Indian pigmented fabric pichwai painting
Rajasthan, Nathdvara, early 20th century
An exquisite Dutch-colonial satinwood, sono keeling, Macassar ebony, teak and bone-inlaid miniature bureau-cabinet
Batavia (Jakarta) or Sri Lanka, 18th century, with later added ‘historismus’ figures
An extremely rare ebony and ivory-inlaid Indo-Portuguese Contador with European subject decoration
India, Goa, Late 17th century
A very rare Indian Armorial Palempore Chintz for the Dutch Market
Coromandel coast, probably Sadraspatnam (Sadras), first half 18th century
Pair of Sri Lankan East-Indian walnut, or mãrã, high-back side chairs
Dutch colonial, mid 18th century
An Indian pink sandstone temple fragment
Central India/Madhya Pradesh-Khajurãho, 11th or 12th century
An Indian Kashmir silver-embroidered wool Choga, men's ceremonial coat
Kashmir, late 19th century
A rare complete Indian Sadeli inlaid work and writing box
British India, Bombay (present-day Mumbai), early 19th century
Hugo Vildred von Pedersen (1870-1959)
A portrait of a "Madras boy"
Hugo Vildred von Pedersen (1870-1959)
Portrait of a “Trommelslager 282”
A Vizagapatam pen-engraved bone inlaid rosewood box
India, Coromandel coast, Coromandel Coast, Vizagapatnam, mid 18th century
A Sri Lankan Ebony wall bracket by Don Andris Cabinet Makers, Colombo
Colombo, first half 19th century, stamped Don Andris, Cabinet Makers Colombo on shelf
An Indian ivory casket with carvings after European prints
East-India, Berhampur, circa 1870
An Indian silver rosewater sprinkler
Probably Mumbai, 18th century, with indistinct French(?) import silver mark
A Sri Lankan satinwood Burgomaster chair
Sri Lanka, Galle District, first half 18th century
A delicately carved ivory Portuguese Sri Lankan crucifix
Sri Lanka, circa 1600
A Sri Lankan openwork-carved ivory and mica covered wood box with trapezoid-shaped lid and silver mounts
Sri Lanka, second half 17th century
An important and rare large Indian 'company style' painting on ivory depicting a parade
North India, late 19th century
A large jackwood 'V.O.C.' chest with brass mounts
Dutch East-Indies, probably India, 1753
An extremely important ivory-inlaid ebony armchair
Coromandel coast, Madras, late 17th century
A Vizagapatam pen-engraved ivory veneered sandalwood portable writing desk with silver mounts
India, Coromandel coast, Visakhapatnam, circa 1875
An Indian-Portuguese wood and ivory sculpture of the Madonna seated on a throne, giving Jesus reading lessons
India, Goa, second half 18th century
An extraordinary pair of Indian ebony low chairs formerly owned by the Duke of Westminster
Coromandel coast, possibly Madras, 1680-1700
A Sri Lankan jackwood and ebony hexagonal shaped chest with brass mounts
Sri Lanka, late 18th century
An ivory sculpture of a seated Sri Lankan king
Sri Lanka, Kandy, late 18th/early 19th century
A Sri Lankan Tortoiseshell and Ivory veneered writing-box
Late 17th century
Hubert Vos (1855-1935)
Portrait of a Punjabi in British India, circa 1898
The bell of the VOC fortress in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, marked JAFFANAPATNAM Ao 1747 VOC
Cast in Jaffna or Colombo, 1747
A Sri Lankan satinwood occacional tripod table
18th century
A pair of ivory veneered Vizagapatam Tea-caddies
Vizagapatam, second half 19th century
A gilt-silver Sri Lankan document scroll container
18th century
A Very Fine Sri Lankan Ivory And Silver Bible Box
18th century
An Indian Palempore Chintz for the European market
Coromandel Coast, first quarter 18th century
A very fine Sri Lankan ivory and gold bible box
18th century
A small Sri Lankan Amboyna Burr, ebony and rosewood occasional table with brass mounts
Early 19th century
A fine Sri Lankan mãrã or East Indian walnut ‘Burgomaster’ chair
Galle district, late 18th or early 19th century
A rare Pakistani inlaid lacquer and bone Puja box
Punjab provinces, Dera Ismail Khan, 19th century
A small Indian silver oval box
19th century, apparently unmarked
Hermann Reichsfreiherr von Konigsbrunn (1823-1907)
Mönche unter einem Bodhi Baum” (Monks under a sacred bodhi tree)
A rare two-door low-relief carved ebony and ivory cabinet with gilt-brass mounts
Sri Lanka, late 17th century
A rare pair of large Indian silver filigree rosewater sprinklers
Early 18th century, probably India, Karimnagar, apparently unmarked
An Indian bezoar stone with silver and silver filigree mounts
Probably India, late 17th/early 18th century, marked with a Dutch warranty mark used between 1814 and 1953 for small and foreign silver works
A Vizagapatam ebony and pen-engraved ivory inlaid rosewood document box on later European stand
The box, mid 18th century, the oak and partly ebonized stand, late 18th/early 19th century
A Dutch Colonial ebony, teak, sandalwood, rosewood and oak document box
Coromandel Coast or Sri Lanka, 1740
A fine Sri Lankan openwork ivory box
Sri Lanka, late 17th century
A North-Indian Hoshiapur brass-inlaid shisham wood folding chair
Late 19th century
An extremely rare Sri Lankan or South Indian ivory armrest
17th century
An Indian white marble sculpture of 'Ambika', the Great Goddess
India/Rajasthan, 12th century
A sandstone sculpture of two celestial beauties looking into a mirror
Central India, 10th-11th century
An Indian rosewood sheet-silvered part-gilt footstool for a throne
Baudh, Orissa, circa 1900
A Sri Lankan ebony and satinwood-inlaid amboyna-burr document chest with brass mounts
18th century
An extremely rare, possibly unique, Sri Lankan ebony child's armchair
Probably Sri Lanka, late 17th/early 18th century
A large Sri Lankan Suriya-Mara or Ceylonese rosewood (Albizia odorotissima) and cane armchair
19th century
A Sri Lankan jackwood and ebony chest
Late 17th century
A Sri Lankan ivory comb
Kotte, late 16th century
(sold)
Three Cambodian pumpkin-shaped silver boxes
Late 19th-early 20th century, one unmarked; one with mark AUN900 under a crown; and one marked MOL
Three fine wood bible boxes
Sri Lanka or possibly India, 18th century
An Indian rosewood and ebony brass mounted box for the Islamic market
Malabar Coast, 18th century
A Dutch-colonial Indian carved ebony box with silver mounts
Coromandel Coast, late 17th century
Marius Bauer (1867-1932)
Arriving at the Palitana temples, Gujarat, India (circa 1898)
A pair of seldomly seen French Indian Colonial teak wood consoles
French India, Pondicherry, late 19th century
An Indian-Portuguese sculpture of the Holy Virgin holding the child Jesus on her arm, giving him reading lessons
India, Goa, second half 18th century
A highly refined Indian partly-gilt silver filigree casket, possibly a reliquary box
Possibly Goa, late 17th century
French romantic school, 19th century
“Indian Beauties”
Bombay-Presidency Carved Table
Mumbai, circa 1870
A Sri Lankan coromandel wood and ebony torchère
Late 18th/early 19th century
Pascaert van ‘t Eylandt Ceylon, voordesen Taprobana, by de inwoonders genaemt Lankaun, by Joannes van Keulen, met privilegie voor 15 Jaar.
Sea chart of Ceylon, previously called Taprobana and by its inhabitors Lankaun, by Johannes van Keulen with privilege for 15 years.
Published in 1682
A splendid large Indian mother-of-pearl covered buffalo horn (?) and ivory powder-flawsk
North-West India or Gujarat, 18th century
A Sri Lankan or Indonesian rosewood and ebony armchair
Sri Lanka or Jakarta (Batavia), 18th century
A fine ruby inlaid iron, steel, silver, brass, gold Sinhalese Kasthane
Kingdom of Kandy, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), the blade marked VOC Amsterdam and dated 1776, the hilt late 18th century
A black coral, silver and gold Sinhalese piha-kaetta dagger
Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Kingdom of Kandy, mid-18th century
A high-relief carved ebony table cabinet
Sri Lanka (or Batavia), late 17th-early 18th century
A pair of Sri Lankan ebony and cane easy chairs
Sri Lanka, Galle District, mid 19th century
A Dutch-colonial five-foot amboyna wood VOC chest with brass mounts
Batavia (Jakarta) or Sri Lanka, 18th century
An extremely rare Dutch-colonial ebony cradle
Coromandel Coast, or Batavia (Jakarta), late 17th/early 18th century
A black Leopard skin prayer-math by Van Ingen & Van Ingen, Mysore
Early 20th century
An anonymous British watercolour showing the grave of American missionary Ann Hasseltine Judson (1789-1826) at Kyaikkhami, Southeast Myanmar (Burma)
Circa 1827
A pair of extremely rare taxidermy tiger heads by Van Ingen&VanIngen, Mysore
India, 1935, shot by Prince of Teck, the Duke of Athlone
A large Indian rosewood VOC chest with brass mounts
Sri Lanka, 18th century
A charming satin and rosewood, ebony and teak collectors’ table-cabinet with ivory knobs
Sri Lanka, second half 18th century
A fine coromandel wood miniature cupboard
Sri Lanka, 18th century
A large 'shikar’ tiger skin (Panthera tigris tigris) prayer- mat by VanIngen & VanIngen, Mysore
India, circa 25/11/1942, taken by Mr. M.P.M. Halal
A magnificent coromandel cabinet on stand
Sri Lanka, mid 18th century
The highly important and unique ebony and pen-engraved marriage cabinet of governor-general Diederik Durven (1676-1740) of the former Dutch East-Indies
Sri Lanka, circa 1724
A rare Vizagapatam pen-engraved ivory inlaid ebony document box with silver mounts
Coromandel coast, Marsulipatnam, circa 1740
A collection of four Sri Lankan ivory bible boxes
18th century
Two Sri Lankan tortoiseshell bible boxes with silver mounts
Sri Lanka or possibly India, 18th century
A fine Sri Lankan satinwood and leather 'burgomaster' chair
Sri Lanka, third-quarter 18th century
An Indian punch-dagger katar, and scabbard
Mughal, late 18th century
A Sri Lankan Rococo coromandel wood miniature cabinet
Galle district, 1750-1775
An Indian ebony side chair
South-India/Coromandel coast, 1680-1700
An unusual Indian half-relief carved ebony armchair
Coromandel coast, 1680-1700
A Dutch-colonial ebony table with stone top
Probably Coromandel coast, possibly Jakarta (Batavia)
An Indian silver filigree casket
Early 17th century
An Indian ivory box with a depiction of the myth of the four clever boys and the lion who killed them
19th century
An Indo-Portuguese altarpiece (Retablo) with Christ on the cross
Goa (?) 17th/18th century
An Indian bone and ebony inlaid Vizagapatam teak document chest
Vizagapatam, early 18th century
A Vizagapatam engraved-ivory-inlaid teak writing chest with silver mounts
Vizagapatnam, first half 18th century
A Sri Lankan coromandel wood cabinet on stand
Second half 18th century
A rare set of twelve Burmese knives with intricately carved ivory handles
Ivory handles Burma, early 20th century