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Fine Asian Art and Decorative Arts — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:752
Sale Title:Fine Asian Art and Decorative ArtsLots with images:747
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:524
Date:16-Nov-2009
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Freer Gallery of Art Washington
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Musee Guimet Paris
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16 assorted reference books on Chinese art
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Four reference books, including Chinese blue and white Ceramics, Yeo and Martin and Japanese pottery, Soame Jenyns
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A Tibetan polychrome wood cabinet 19th century. Painted with offerings
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A Tibetan iron sword handle 16th century. In the shape of a scorpion (associated with Begtse) 18 cm
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A Tibetan gilt-silver wood cup stand and cover 19th century. Wooden cup. Height 14 cm
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A long Tibetan fragmentary painted scroll (valence) 18th century or earlier. For a stupa. Width 14 cm x. Length 327 cm
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A rare Tibeto-Chinese painted scroll (valence 18th century or earlier. For a stupa. Height 21.5 cm x. Length 269 cm
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A Tibetan copper monks cap ewer with dragon handle and makara spout Tibet 18th century. 22 cm high
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A copper and silver covered stem bowl, circa 1900. Tibet
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A brass teapot circa 1900, Tibet. 22 cm high
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An Indian bronze Krishna 14th/15th century. Vijayanagara As the butter thief 8 cm
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Large copper and chased silver teapot Tibet 19th century. 40 cm
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A chased silver ivory chopstick and knife holder Derge, Tibet, 19th century. 33.5 cm
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A small Nepalese gilt-bronze figure 8th/9th century, of Buddha as a child 6 cm and flange
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A silver-gilt saddle Tibet, 17th century. Length 57 cm
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A Tibetan throne back rug 19th century. 41 x 69 cm, depicting a Lama riding on a deer
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A Tibetan tiger rug 19th century
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A Tibetan saddle rug, circa 1900. 59 x 78 cm
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A yellow amber pebble
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A Tibetan coral mala 19th century
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A Tibetan amber necklace with silver beads 19th century
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White shell mala with silver counters Tibet, 19th century
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A strand of tiny amber beads
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A Tibetan terracotta Tsa tsa 18th century. 10 x 10 cm. Depicting three Bodhisattvas, inscribed (mantra)
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A Chinese Ninghsia pillar rug, depicting a Lama with a conch, inscribed at top, This carpet was offered by Jamyang Palden to the Abbott Merkan,188 x 128 cm
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A Tibetan Chuba 18th century. Adapted from a Chinese yellow silk brocade robe, with phoenix decoration
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An Indian or Tibetan Terracotta Tara Pala period, 12th/13th Century. With inscription/mantra 6.5 cm
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A strand of round amber beads. With two large beads
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A Tibetan ceremonial knife 19th century. Silver and gold sheath, shagreen grip 36 cm reference: See arts of Asia, Sept/Oct 2009, pp30, Honeychurch Antiques, Hk, for a similar one
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Three strands of amber beads
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A Tibetan butter-stone mala with coral beads and fired zee stones 19th century
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A Tibetan ritual water bottle 18th century. 25 x 23 cm, with Chinese silk kesi cover, Ming dynasty
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A Baltic amber nugget
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Small Tibetan thanka of Heruka Buddha 19th century. 47 x 23 cm. Brocade mount 20 x 14 cm
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A Turkestan silver Turkomen amulet tube Central Asia, 19th century. 18 cm
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A Tibetan iron monastic key with brass and silver inlay 16th/18th century. 23 cm long; a Burmese iron betel nut cutter with silver and copper inlay, inscribed, 19th century 21 cm
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A carved wood and polychrome Mahakala mask Nepal/Tibet, 19th century. 35 x 25 cm; and a primitive carved wood mask, traces of colour, Nepal, 18th century, 19 cm
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A Burmese bronze elephant bell 19th century or earlier. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. Inscribed, metal stand
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Two Tibetan chased silver-mounted burlwood teabowls 19th century. 13.5 and 15.5 cm
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An Iron gilt yak tail whisk Tibet, 20th century
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A Mongolian banner 18th century. 7 x 42 cm. with coral bead work on silk
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Tibetan brass cymbals 19th century. 24 cm; together with a round brass mirror with incised design on one side, Tibet, 16th century, 16.5 cm Provenance: Ex collection of Dr. Alan Presencer
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A Sunga terracotta elephant head childs toy 2nd Century BCE. 11 cm; with a terracotta seated Kubera, Pala, 12 cm; and a terracotta round plate with turtle at centre, Pala, 12 cm, both 12th century
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A Tibetan eagle wing bone 19th century. brass mount, 29 cm Together with an Indian conch shell on stand 18th century, 10 cm
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Pair of Tibetan small wooden altar doors 18th century. 41 x 35 cm. painted red with the ten letter monogram in gold
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A Kirman wool tapestry weave shawl fragment. Framed
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A Tibeto-Chinese silk-embroidered double vajra 19th century. Mounted, with silk brocade 32 x 29 cmwWith a Tibeto-Chinese silk-embroidered Buddhist wheel on blue brocade, Ming Dynasty, Circa 16th century Framed and glazed 64 x 62 cm
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A rare Indonesian gold box Moluccas, 19th century. Hinged cover, finely worked
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An Indian stone head Kushan, 2nd Century Ace. Wearing a Scythian hat 13.5 cm
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An Indian stone Nagini head Pala, 10th century. 22 cm
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A Pre-Khymer stone Vishnu head Cambodia Mon, Circa 8th/9th Century. 31 cm high
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A rare Tibetan rtual Lamas canopy 19th century. 180 x 180 cm. Made from Chinese silk brocades, the center piece, 17th century
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A Chinese silk textile fragment pre-Ming Dynasty
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Two Thai Mon terracotta votive plaques. one of the Buddha, both 9th Century 10.5 cm and 16 cm With a terracotta votive plaque of a crowned Buddha, Pala, 9-12th Century 11 cm; and a stucco head of fasting Buddha, Gandhara, 2-4th Century, 10 cm
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An Islamic textile fragment, silk and silver mount 16th/17th century. inscribed Mubarak (congratulations), Damascus or Aleppo
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A Tibetan silk applique altar cover 13th-18th century. 69 x 123 cm, with Chinese Yuan Dynasty elements
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A Khmer polished sandstone torso of Uma Baphoun period, 11th century. Finely sculpted, good patina 50 cm
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A Tibeto-Chinese silk embroidered temple banner Ming Dynasty, 16th century. 23 x 76 cm. Mounted
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A Tibeto-Chinese ivory seal 19th century. Four other early ivory objects; a vajra, thumb ring etc
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A large Tibetan prayer wheel 18th/19th century. Leather with wood handle. Length 64 cm
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A copper and turquoise gau Tibet, 19th century. 10.5 x 11 cm
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A Tibetan polychrome terracotta tsa tsa of Parnasavarai 16th century. 11 x 10 cm
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A Tibetan repousse silver and copper amulet box (gau), 19th century or earlier. 10 x 7 cm
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Two Burmese terracotta Buddhist votive plaques 12th Century. inscribed Pagan 13 cm
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A Tibetan ritual copper spouted vessel with chased silver mounts. together with a ritual copper bowl, chased silver mounts, both 18th Century 9 x 15 cm and 7 x 27 cm
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A Mongolia marble bowl 19th century. 16 x 19 cm. with silvered copper repousse cover and foot set with coral and turquoise
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A Tibetan wood bowl and cover 19th century. 14 x 18 cm; together with a Tibetan bowl holder of copper and silver, 17 cm
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A, Japanese tobacco pouch 19th century. Leather with silver and ivory mounts
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A Tibetan brass box with bone Narashimha, 19th century. 10 x 3.5 x 4.5 cm.
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A Chinese foot massager 18th/19th century. With 5 semi-precious stones, jade handle 22 cm
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A Tibetan wood dough mould for torma offerings 19th century. 24 cm
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A rootwood bowl and cover Bhutan 19th century. 11 x 24 cm; together with a turned wooden terraza (stem bowl) Tibet, 19th century 15 x 58 cm
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A Tibeto-Chinese hardstone vajra finial. and a jadeite axe
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A Terracotta male face Gupta, 6th Century. 15 cm
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A Tibetan bronze seal; 3 silver seals; and an iron seal 19th century
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A Tibetan lidded bowl holder 18th century. 10 x 12 cm. Silver repousse and gilt
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An Indian red sandstone head Gupta, 5th century. 4 cm
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A gilt-bronze fragment Burma, 16th century
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A large Tibetan silver spoon with coral 19th century. 22 cm
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A Northern Thai coppery-bronze seated Buddha Lamphun, 14th century. 0 cm
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An early Dynastic Egyptian polychrome stone relief
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A Stone grain grinder Central Java, Circa 16th century
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A Shaivite brass ladle. South India 59 cm long
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A Gandharan schist fragment of Buddhas footprint 2nd Century Ace. 18 cm
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Coco de mer water container India, 19th century
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A Tibetan silver parcel-gilt teapot 18th/19th century. Height 17 cm
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A large Tibetan silver stem bowl 18th century. 15 x 19 cm, with finely detailed applied gilt decoration
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A silver and gilt offering cup Tibet, 19th century. 18 cm
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A rare Tibetan round silver and gold inlaid iron box (gau 16th century or earlier. 7 cm
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A shallow Tibetan red and black lacquer dish 19th century. With an inscription This object was offered to the residence of Lhundup Tagtse by the steward 21.5 cm diameter, together with a Papier mache octagonal covered box, Kashmir, India, 19th century
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A Tibetan gilt-bronze vajra-Makara chopper 18th century. With iron blade, 14 cm. Together with a five-pronged bronze vajra, 18th century 12 cm
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A Tibetan turquoise matrix pebble. 8 x 7 cm
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A rare large blue amber specimen
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A translucent yellow amber pebble, pouch
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Fragment of a stone panel with attendant offering bowl Kushan 2nd Century. 14 x 19 cm
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A small Chinese geomancers compass 19th century. 9 cm
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Gilt leather lacquered meditation cushion Tibet, 19th century. 44 cm
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An Tibetan iron covered bowl-holder (derge) 16-17th Century. 10 x 18 cm. gilt and silver
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