The Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection

length 27.3 cm. (10¾in.)ProvenanceBen Janssens Oriental Art, London, 12 March 2008Catalogue noteExcavations from the elite tombs of the Shang dyna...

length 22.8 cm. (9 in.)Catalogue noteThe ancient Chinese character of 'father' depicted a hand holding an axe, representing a leader of a family o...

length 14.2cm. (5 ⅝ in.)ProvenanceJ.J. Lally & Co., New York, 8 May 1996Catalogue noteWhile collectively termed 'axe' in English, jade axes have v...

length 13cm. (5⅛ in.)Catalogue noteCompare a ceremonial dagger axe modelled with a sinous dragon, included in the exhibition Ancient Chinese and O...

length 15.5cm. (6⅛ in.)Catalogue noteThe present bronze halberd blade was likely from the Wu state during the Spring and Autumn period. This attri...

length 9.3cm. (3 ⅝in.)Catalogue noteDepicted with two recumbent rams below a row of interlinked ram heads, this plaque exemplifies the cross-cultu...

Length 22 cm, 8¾ in.Catalogue noteModelled with a ferocious tiger and tapering to a narrow end, this elaborately decorated fitting was made to cap...

length 19.8cm. (7 ¾in.)ProvenanceC.T. Loo, New York, 7 October 1954ExhibitedPomona College, Claremont, 1947American Federation of Arts, Washington...

diameter 14cm. (5 ½in.)Catalogue noteBronze tripod food vessels were among the most significant ritual objects associated with authority and supre...

ink, gouache and gold on paper, text written in nasta'liq script in black ink above and below miniature, text area ruled in gold, wide margins, th...

gouache on cloth, reverse blank26.8 by 18.4cm. (10 9/16 by 7 ¼ in.)with border: 27.5 by 19cm. (10 ¹³⁄₁₆ by 7 ½ in.)ProvenanceAcquired by Cary Welc...

A large red sandstone architectural element, India, Mughal, late 16th centurysandstone carved with a floral palmette and half-medallion, two small...

ink with use of colours and gold on paper, mounted on an album page above a small drawing of two wrestlers, inner borders of blue and marbled pape...

the double-edged blade with tapering ridges and shallow triangular grooves, smaller abstract grooves on either side of the ridges, the hilt with a...

gouache with gold on paper, borders of pale green and cream paper flecked with gold, verso with composite horse and rider, with similar bordersrec...

A magnificent and important zoomorphic gilt-copper dagger set with rubies and emeralds, India, Deccan, Bijapur or Golconda, late 16th centurywith ...

each in the form of a pair of entwined fish, with two rectangular metal loops on the reverse4cm. (1 9/16in.) max. width(6)S.C. Welch, India, The M...

silk and silver and silver-gilt thread, fringe of silver-gilt thread256.5 by 49.5cm. (101 by 19 ½ in.)ProvenanceAcquired by Cary Welch by 1980-81L...

the hilt of mottled and streaked nephrite jade ranging in tone from dark grey to pale grey, finely carved and abraded in the form of a horse’s hea...

gouache and gold on paper, plain buff paper borders, reverse with an inscription in Devanagari '100/ kimati 35 asa...'miniature: 22.2 by 15cm. (8 ...

cut into two equal halves from a single block of crystal and carved and polished in the form of a mango fruit, with a single bore hole forming an ...

gouache and gold on paper, signed at lower edge "raqam-i bandieh be ikhlas nadir al-zaman” ('work of the sincerest slave the wonder of the age'), ...

decorated in the cuerda seca technique with green, yellow, orange, white and blue glazes, the reverse with old exhibition label 'Fogg Art Museum /...

of circular form, the body with straight sides, domed lid, the exterior of the body and lid decorated with elegant scrolling floral vines inlaid w...

gouache on paper, visible pounce marks around the outline of the flower, the reverse with several inscriptions in Devanagari script and a faint in...

length 11.7cm. (4 ⅝ in.)ProvenanceJ.J. Lally & Co., New YorkCatalogue noteCompare a gold cup of similar form in the collection of Christian Holmes...

diameter 6.7cm. (2 ⅝ in.)ProvenanceJ.J. Lally & Co., New York, 20 December 2002 ...[more]

Length 15 cm, 5 ⅞ in.ProvenanceGisele Croes Oriental Art, Brussels, 23rd September 2004.Catalogue noteElongated lobed cups of this type with chase...

diameter 29cm. (11⅜ in.)Catalogue noteCompare a slightly smaller mirror in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Masterpieces of Chin...

diameter 12.2cm. (4 ¾ in.)Please log in ...[more]

length 7.8cm. (3 ⅛ in.)(2)ProvenanceJ.J. Lally, New York, October 2008Catalogue noteAlthough birds in pairs and lotus petals might have suggested ...

length 13.2cm. (5 ⅜ in.)ProvenanceJ.J. Lally & Co., New York. ...[more]

height 21.5cm. (8½ in.)ProvenanceChristie's New York, 21st March 2000, lot 187Catalogue noteCompare a very similar bronze vessel with elephant-hea...

diameter 4.5cm. (1¾ in.)(2)Please log in ...[more]

diameter 11.2cm. (4 ⅜in.)ProvenanceBen Janssens Oriental Art, London, 12 March 2008 ...[more]

diameter 11cm. (4 ⅜ in.)Please log in ...[more]

length 33.3cm. (13 in.)Please log in ...[more]

Measurement of larger 83.7 by 163 by 50.3 cm, 32 ⅞ by 64¾ by 19¾in.(2)ProvenanceEstate of Mary and Jay Carlisle, East Slip, New York.Catalogue not...

each panel inlaid with black, red, orange and green hardstones127 by 30cm. (50 by 11 ¾in.); 125 by 29cm. (49 ¼ by 11 ⅜in.)(2)M. Fraser, Selected W...

gouache and gold on paper29 by 42cm. (11⅜by 16½in.)ProvenanceAcquired by Cary Welch before 1978Sotheby's, London, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection...

gouache on paper, reverse with stamp of Kumar Sangram Singh of Nawalgarh painting no.AJ.39, and inscribed '43', '20618.9' (a Harvard Museums numbe...

gouache and gold on paper, narrow inner black border rule, outer border of silver-sprinkled cream paper, inscription of identification on reverse ...

gouache and gold on paper, yellow text panel at top with Hindi number '15' and inscribed in Devanagari 'todi ragini', narrow inner gold border, wi...

the deity adorned with a jewelled head dress, multiple necklaces, a snake tied around his torso, his trunk curved to the left53 by 28cm. (20 15/16...

ink and gouache on paper, the reverse with a sketch of two entwined wrestlers and other vignettescoloured sketch: 15.4 by 21.4cm. (6 1/16 by 8 7/1...

glass, gold and pigmentheight: 6cm. (2 6/16 in.)diameter: 12cm. (4¾in.)ProvenanceFrancesca Galloway, London, 2006LiteratureW. Dalrymple and Y. Sha...

gouache with gold on paper33 by 46.3cm. (13 by 18⅛in.)ProvenanceAcquired by Cary Welch before 1980LiteratureA. Topsfield, 'Ketelaar’s embassy and ...

of typical form, finely cast with two bands of stylised lotus leaves terminating at each end in four prongs length 10cm. (4 in.)Please log in ......

carved from cypress wood, the standing figure with detailed drapery falling in folds, remnants of gold pigment and lacquer height 19.5cm. (7¾ in.)...

of typical form with two bands of stylised lotus leaves, terminating at each end in three prongs length 16cm. (5½ in.)  Please log in ...[more]

hanging scroll: ink on paper, depicting a portrait of the Buddhist monk and poet Jien beneath kana calligraphic inscription, silk brocade border; ...

of typical form terminating at each end in four prongs, accompanied with an associated iron case length 28cm. (11 in.)Please log in ...[more]

of typical form with two bands of stylised lotus leaves, terminating at each end in four prongs length 18cm. (7 in.)Please log in ...[more]

of typical form, carved, chased and engraved and decorated in giltwidth 14.2cm. (5½ in.)Catalogue noteAlong with the ritual bell known as ghanta, ...

gouache on paper, numerous inscriptions on painted surface identifying parts of the tomb complex, blue borders, inscribed in upper border in Persi...

chalk and watercolour on paper watermarked ‘John Dickinson & Co 1810’, inscribed in brown ink in lower border: “Taj Garden at Agra//Taj at Agra & ...

of rectangular form, composed of a case and a stand, the case comprising a plain top with gadrooned border and two drawers to the front with knob ...

each of ebony, the open back with pierced and carved decoration, the crest rail with a central winged female head flanked on either side with a nu...

mordant and resist-dyed white cotton, the main field decorated with a large flowering tree, the wide border with a meandering floral scroll, the r...

of rectangular form, the front with two hinged doors opening to reveal 13 drawers of various sizes, the wooden surface profusely carved in half re...