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Click here to subscribeAn 18ct gold two stone diamond crossover ring, set with modern round brilliant-cut diamonds, total diamond content approx 0.5ct, size K, 3.1gNo damage or repairs, diamonds bright white and fiery with a small internal cloud and feather inclusion, settings lightly abraded, hallmarks clear, stamped 750
An 18ct gold three stone diamond ring set with modern round brilliant-cut diamonds, total diamond content approx 0.15ct, setting height 4.78mm, size L, 2.6gNo damage or repairs, all stones present, diamonds bright white and fiery, settings are worn on both sides of bridge, mark clear, engraved 18ct
An early 20th century three stone ruby and diamond dress ring, unmarked gold settings with oval old-cut diamond, diamond measures: 3.86mm x 3.55mm x 2.76mm, size N, 2.1gNo damage, all stones present, diamond is bright and white with 1 chip on culet, rubies are a vivid dark pinkish red, settings slightly worn mainly on back of shank, unmarked
A mid-20th century 18ct gold three stone garnet and diamond half hoop ring, maker's marks HS, hallmarks Birmingham 1941, setting height 6.3mm, size O, 5.2gNo damage or repairs, all stones present, garnet has a large surface chip, diamonds bright white and fiery, settings slightly worn on shank, hallmarks rubbed, stamped 18
Thirty-three early and first-pressing 7" singles including the following titles from "The Rolling Stones"; two "Got Live! If You Want It", two "You Better Move On", "Highwire", three "Five By Five", "Time Is On My Side", "Start Me Up", two "Heart of Stone", and a collection of singles with no outer sleeves. Additionally comprising "Chuck Berry & Bo Diddley", "Elvis Presley- Love Me Tender", "Ready Steady Who", "The Who- See Me, Feel Me", "Jackie Wilson- Whispers", and "Gerry And The Pacemakers- How Do You Do It".
The Stonehenge Free Festival: a collection of twenty-five posters of varying ages comprising eleven "Stonehenge Solstice Ritual 1985" (printed in various sizes/colors), six "Stonehenge Free Festival 1984" (two in purple and four in red print- 51cm x 76cm), four"Stonehenge Free Festival 1984" advertising additional events such as the Windsor Free Festival and the Cantlin Stone Free Festival, by Roger Hutchinson (printed in various sizes/colors), five "Stonehenge: Rock n' Roll U.F.Os" advertising Summer and Winter Solstice events, one signed (printed in various sizes/colors), and a collage of flyers for the "Stonehenge Campaign".
Three original psychedelic posters comprising "The Putting Together of the Heads: Hyde Park Stone Free", signed "Sharpe '67" (glazed 50cm x 76cm), "Sex!" signed Martin Sharpe and King Kong, published by "Big O Posters" (glazed 50cm x 76cm), and "Buddha" signed David Vaughn, published by "Big O Posters" (gazed 50cm x 76cm).
San Francisco Poster Company: seventeen posters comprising four "Family Dog Presents: A Stone Facade at the Avalon Ballroom" (37cm x 51cm), "Michael McClure's The Beard" (35cm x 45cm), two "The Hells Angels present Big Brother and the Holding Company" (37cm x 50cm), "Earthquake: Bo Diddley at the Avalon Ball Room" (38cm x 56cm), "Band Service: Continental Ballroom" (37cm x 51cm), "This Is It: At The Regency Ballroom" (36cm x 51cm), "Big Brother & The Holding Company Oct. 7th at Avalon Ballroom" (36cm x 51cm) and seven "Keep California Green: At The Avalon Ballroom" (40cm x 56cm). additionally including various later unofficial reprints.
Five original posters comprising "Wear Your Dreams- Mindblown in the Palace, Crystal Palace" (40cm x 60cm), two pieces of psychedelic artwork by "The San Francisco Poster Company" (both 40cm x 60cm glazed), "Legalise Cannabis- The Putting Together Of The Heads- Hyde Park Stone Free" (50cm x 76cm), and a reprinted advertisement from The Times 1967 "The Law Against Marijuana is Imorralin Principle and Unworkable in Practice" (50cm x 60cm glazed).
Three original late 1960s / early 1970s American music posters, comprising: Jimi Hendrix; 'Purple Haze', 87.5 cm x 64 cm, 'Stone Henge', designed by Eugene Hawkins and featuring The Cream, 72 cm x 57 cm, and 'The Monkees', 1967 Personality Posters, 57 cm x 73.5 cm.Qty: 3Foxing line to lower section of the Stone Henge poster, creases and fold to Hendrix, with a small tear to one corner, otherwise good
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first large print edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 2001, hardback, full number line, '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1', internally very good, clean, bright, binding tight & square, boards bold & vibrant, a couple of faint scuffs to lower board, faint wear to extreme corners, bumped at headcaps with short split at top. Together with a second issue of the same in fine, unread condition; two first edition, first issue hardbacks of Chamber of Secrets, large print, 2002, bumping to top corners, otherwise near-fine; Prisoner of Azkaban, first issue hardback, large print, 2002, bump & short split at top of spine, otherwise near-fine (5)
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Collector's Edition, three first issue hardbacks, New York: Levine/Scholastic, November 2000, full first issue number line on each, leather bindings with mylar jackets, all edges gilt, internally fine/unread, corners bumped, mylar jackets worn, a couple of scratches to leather (3)
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, third issue, signed & inscribed by the author, 'To Emily who looks as I imagine Ginny Weasley looks (you will have to read book two!) J. K. Rowling, 17/3/98', London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback. Contents very good, clean, bright, usual toning to page edges, a few very small spots on edges of text-block just encroaching into margins/edges in a few places (most pronounced on half-title), very faint impression from a neat owner inscription in pencil at top corner of half-title, binding tight & square, some very faint creasing to covers, spine area faded, slight wear to extreme corners/edgesProvenance: J. K. Rowling visited Putney High Junior School where this book was signed for our vendor - then a pupil at the school
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 15th Anniversary Edition published exclusively for 15 competition winners [not released for sale], signed & dedicated by the author, London: Bloomsbury, [2012]. Octavo, full red crushed morocco, all edges gilt. Together with the original entry that successfully secured this book in Bloomsbury's competition. In 2012, Bloomsbury launched a nationwide competition to find the UK's 'biggest Harry Potter fan'. Fans were invited to write a letter of no more than 50 words explaining why they love Harry Potter and were encouraged to draw, doodle and make their letters as elaborate as possible. Fans could only enter by submitting their letters through specially-designed postboxes at participating bookshops and libraries. The winner of the competition received one of these exclusive books and a family holiday to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando Resort. The 14 runners-up each received one of these exclusive books. The entry included in this lot is an exquisitely designed and decorated letter in the form of a folding document, which was inspired by the magical Marauder's Map, successfully securing a runners-up prize. The book has been treasured and kept safe, and is therefore in fine, unread conditionProvenance: Vendor was one of the 14 runners-up of Bloomsbury's competition to find the UK's "biggest Harry Potter fan". The artwork included in this lot is her original successful entry
Henry Moore (1898-1986). Recorded interview on two reel-to-reel tapes, approximately 60 minutes in length, also converted to digital USB, tog. w/ photographs of Tittenhurst Park (where the recordings were discovered) taken during renovations in 1989, and architect plans/copies of drawings for a proposed home & recording studio for John Lennon on his private island, Dorinish Island, which appear Space Age and almost psychedelic in their design. The Henry Moore Foundation has very kindly identified the recording for us, which they say appears to have been made in 1967 in Moore’s home Hoglands. From their bibliography, the Foundation has identified the article the interview was made for, namely, The Venerable Henry Moore, an Oxford University magazine report of an interview with Moore, mainly on his choice of stone and method of work in Italy. In the recordings, Moore is very generous in his responses to the interviewer's questions, giving lengthy, considered answers that provide a valuable insight into his work. One can only guess why the recordings were abandoned at Tittenhurst Park or if they were ever owned or acquired by John Lennon during his residence there [1969-71]. The photographs in this archive include images of a Tudor building on the Tittenhurst estate, now sadly gone, which was described as 'the party house'; the interior walls are adorned with graffiti, with one daubing - a Samuel Johnson quotation - being signed 'Paul', and we can only speculate if this may have been Paul McCartney. A unique archive that was rescued from destructionProvenance: The vendor has kindly provided the following statement for inclusion in our catalogue: 'These lots were rescued in 1989 from a builder's skip on a major reinstatement project of Tittenhurst Park estate, nr Ascot, former residence of John Lennon. I was the senior site quantity surveyor acting on behalf of the new owner and they have been in safe storage ever since.'NB. Anyone seeking to commercially publish the material would need to have permission from both copyright holders prior to use, namely The Henry Moore Foundation, and Oxford Student Publications Ltd
Photography. John Benjamin Stone (1838-1914). Windsor Castle, The Green Drawing Room, Private Apartments, 1899, platinum print mounted on card with manuscript caption, signed l.r., 19.5cm by 24.5cm (mount window), unframed. NB: A similar example depicting the fireplace is in the collections of the V&A. Together with three collodion photographic portraits, glass plates, c. 1859, two of which depict a young John Benjamin Stone, and two Christmas cards by John Benjamin Stone: The River Abana at Damascus, 1909, and Broken Fountain at the Lefkeh Gate, Nicaea, 1911, mounted halftone prints with lithographic captions, protective tissue-guards, card covers with silk ties, 24cm by 27cm (3)Provenance: By descent of the family of John Benjamin Stone (1838-1914)
Photography. A collection of 53 loose 19th-century albumen prints, mostly UK & Ireland topographical & architectural views, including several hand-tinted views of Japan (Mount Fuji & temples), several views of Notre Dame, some with printed captions, some inscribed verso, various sizes, two bearing publisher's blind-stamp: Frith's Series and Pettitt of Keswick,. Loose/unmounted, generally very well-preserved, some folds and creases at edges (53)Provenance: By descent of the family of John Benjamin Stone (1838-1914)
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents generally good with usual toning around page edges, some pale spots & marks in places, light fold-lines to some page corners, pp.103-106 trimmed along margin but not affecting text (vendor is confident this was always the case and perhaps a fault from new), binding good & square, light creasing to covers, faded around spine, slight wear to corners/extremities, 6mm split to upper rear joint
dating: Second half of the 19th Century provenance: Indopersia, Single-edged blade in damask, the base with very fine engraved and gold-inlaid decorations with floral motifs. Elegant green jade grip with a small green cabochon stone on the pommel. Long iron scabbard almost-entirely covering the kard, completely gold inlaid with fine floral motifs, spherical, pointed chape with remains of gilding. length 20.7 cm.
dating: 17th/18th Century provenance: Ottoman Empire, A set consisting of a quiver containing three short javelins. The javelins have wooden shafts and are provided with a long iron cusp of square section and with hollow sides, the handles covered with silver with rings at the ends. Wooden scabbard covered with leather sewn with wire and with iron mounts. Two suspension rings, one band with restorations. A rare hunting and war arm used throughout the East for centuries, mainly for hunting. These little javelins were perfectly balanced and could be hurled with great precision. See 'A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armour' by George Cameron Stone, p. 319-320. Another very similar ensemble illustrated in 'Spendeur des Armes Orientales'by Richetts / Missillier, 1988, illustration n. 59 and text on page 165. length 89.5 cm.
dating: 1903-1914 provenance: State of the Vatican City, Beautiful, black cloth and velvet jacket, with white lace collar and cuffs. Complete with black velvet hat, decorated with black ostrich feathers and a pale blue, glass, cabochon stone, a pair of cuffs and a rosette decorated en suite, and belt. He wears the papal chamberlain's collar (complete with the case with Pope Pius X's gold coat of arms, inside, 'TANFANI & BERTARELLI ROMA' stamp with the Pope's coat of arms). A papal chamberlain's sword with round-tipped, edge-less blade, complete with scabbard. length sword 93 cm.
dating: Mid 19th Century provenance: Tibet, Straight, single-edged blade with curved tip made of fine welded steel. Iron hilt with rectangular quillon decorated with vertical grooves, pommel and ferrule richly pierced at the front, the pommel decorated with a red cabochon stone, wooden handle with silver frame and central stave. Leather-covered wooden scabbard with richly pierced and gilt iron mounts, the cap decorated with a turquoise stone, the base with a red cabochon stone. Smooth iron back with leather-lined opening. See a sword with similar decorations in 'Warriors of the Himalayas,' by Donald J. La Rocca, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2006, p. 159, no. 63, for the blade no. 62, p. 158. length 61.5 cm.
Erotica - Curiosa - - Gottfried (Pseud.: Archibald Smith) Sieben. Balkangreuel. Mit einer Einleitung von H. Stone. Mit 12 Tafeln in Licht- u. Kupferdruck nach Originalen von Archibald Smith. Wien, Privatdruck der Ges. österr. Bibliophilen, 1909. 7 Seiten, 12 Tafeln. Gr.-4°. Halbleder d. Zt. mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel (beschabt). Eins von 550 nummerierten Exemplaren. - Hayn-G. VII, 721 - Sieben war Schüler der Wiener Akademie. - Bilder-Lex. II, 808: Während einer Russland-, Balkan- und Kaukasusreise entstanden diese "hocherotischen, ziemlich sadistischen, aber ganz unpersönlichen Zeichnungen" - drastische Darstellungen von Gewaltakten durch türkische Soldaten. - Vorgebunden ist ein achtseitiges Typoskript (französische Übersetzung des Vorworts). - Teils leicht gebräunt bzw. etwas fingerfleckig, Seidenhemdchen (mit Tafelbezeichnung) teils etwas knitterig, gelegentlich mit kl. Randläsuren oder lose, Titelbl. mit kleinem Randeinriß, insgesamt aber gutes Exemplar der seltenen Ausgabe. One of 550 numbered copies. - Hayn-G. VII, 721 - Sieben was a pupil of the Vienna Academy. - Bilder-Lex. II, 808: During a trip to Russia, the Balkans and the Caucasus, he created these "highly erotic, rather sadistic, but quite impersonal drawings" - drastic depictions of acts of violence by Turkish soldiers.
China - - Oskar Freiherr von Seckendorff. Privatdruck Album "Deutscher Posten Langfang. Deutscher Fleiß, Deutsche Arbeit, Deutsche Kraft gebeiten der Welt Achtung. Erbaut 1901-1902 vom II. Batl. 3. ostas. Inft. Regts. Major Auwärter und 7. Kompagnie 2. ostasiat. Inft. Regts. Hauptmann Beyer, beiden gewidmet Freiherr von Seckendorff, Lt. Langfang 1902." Mit farbigem lithographierten Titel, 1 farbigen lithographierten Plan des Lagers und 46 Tafeln mit Abbildungen nach photographischen Aufnahmen, diese tls. handkoloriert. Gera, Gerth und Oppenrieder, 1902. 47 unnummerierte Bll. Quer 4°. OLwd mit farbig gepr. Deckelillustration (leicht berieben u. bestoßen, die Bindung etw. gelockert). Im Vorsatz mit hs. Widmung: "Meinem verehrten Hauptmann und damaligen Kompagnie-Chef Herrn Beyer gewidmet in alter Anhänglichkeit Freiherr von Seckendorf, Leutnant im 7. Thüringischen Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 96, Kommandiert zur Dienstleistung beim großen Generalstab, Wenigenlupnitz bei Eisenach 1905." - Die tls. betitelten Abbildungen dekorativ umrahmt von Wiedergaben traditioneller chinesischer Holzschnitte. Gezeigt wird: Bahnhof "Langfang" mit chinesischer Bahnhofswache - Denkmal für den bei Langfang gefallenen Matrosen Batz - Platte im Denkmal (gefallen den 18. Juni 1900) - Ansicht vom Lager - Das Kaiser-Tor - Das Kommandeurs-Haus nach Fertigstellung - Denkstein (zur Erbauung des Lagers) - Küchengebäude links Wasserküche - Küche, davor Chinesen-Kantine - Stabs-Gebäude, links Wache mit Arrest-Haus - Stabsgebäude - Wache-Post / Geläut für die Lager-Uhr - Mannschafts-Baracke mit Sonnendach - Mannschafts-Baracke im Winter - Ponnie-Reiter der Komp. / Kompagnie-Park-Wagen / Wagen-Remise / Wirtschafts-Gebäude / Kompagnie-Wagen - Larazett-Baracke - Theater / Offizier-Kasino / Revierstube - Offiziere der Kompagnie - Gesellschaftsraum im Offizier-Kasino - Speisezimmer - Besuch italienischer Offiziere vom Nachbar-Posten - Chinesische Kavallerie (2 x) / "Frühstückspause" / Chinesische Mädchen / mit Italienern und Engländern / Ein chinesischer Junge - Ein Fest in Langfang - Chinesische Reiter / Chinesischer General Go-Tu-Chai / Chinesische Reiter / Rittmeister / Chinesische Unteroffiziere / Chinesische Offiziere / Hauptmann Beyer auf einer Parade chinesischer Truppen - Die Besatzung einer Paradeaufstellung - Die Kompagnie im Schützenfeuer - Bau von Sonnen-Dächern - Mannschaftspferde in der Koppel - Wirtschaftshof - Vieh-Hof - Ein Zug rückt zu einer Erkundung aus (im Hintergrund das ehemalige Dorf Langfang) / Die von uns erbaute Villa "Weidmanns-Lust" / Meine erste Wohnung in Langfang - Die Villa mit Sonnendach / Die Villa im Bau - Wohnhaus der chinesischen Angestellten / Telegraphenhaus / Telephonhaus - Auf dem Schießstand - Unteroffiziere beim Tennis - Korporalschaften (3 Bilder) - Italienische Unteroffiziere beim Besuch - Brücke bei Langfang - Eingefallene Pagode bei Langfang - Kot-Sammler / Barbier / Droschke / Der kleine Kuli / Arbeits-Wagen / aus der Revier-Stube - eingefallene Brücke / der Augenarzt behandelt Augen-Kranke / chinesiches Denkmal / Chinesische Kinder - der Affe des Leutnant v. Seckendorff. - Die Seidenhemdchen zart gebräunt u. tls mit kl. Einrissen. Insgesamt ein äußerst spannendes Zeitdokument in wohlerhaltenem Zustand. Privately printed album. With coloured lithographed title, 1 coloured lithographed plan of the camp and 46 plates with illustrations after photographs, these partly hand-coloured. Original red cloth with coloured cover illustration (slightly rubbed and bumped, the binding somewhat loose). - With a handwritten dedication. - The partly titled illustrations decoratively framed by reproductions of traditional Chinese woodcuts. Depicted is: Station "Langfang" with Chinese station guard - Monument to sailor Batz killed at Langfang - Plate in monument (killed 18 June 1900) - View of camp - The Emperor's Gate - The Commander's House after completion - Monument stone (to the construction of the camp) - Kitchen building - Kitchen, in front Chinese people - canteen - Staff building. Left guardhouse with detention house - Staff building - Guard post / bell for camp clock - Crew barrack with sun roof - Crew barrack in winter - Ponnie riders of the Komp. / Company park wagon / Wagon remise / Economy building / Company wagon - Larazett barrack - Theatre / Officers' mess / Station room - Company officers - Social room in officers' mess - Dining room - Visiting Italian officers from neighbouring post - Chinese cavalry (2 x) / "Breakfast break" / Chinese girls / with Italians and English / A Chinese boy - A festival in Langfang - Chinese horsemen / Chinese general Go-Tu-Chai / Chinese horsemen / cavalry captains / Chinese non-commissioned officers / Chinese officers / Captain Beyer on a parade of Chinese troops - The crew of a parade formation - The company in rifle fire - Construction of sun-roofs - Crew horses in the paddock - Farmyard - Cattle yard - A platoon moves out on a reconnaissance (in the background the former village of Langfang) / The villa "Weidmanns-Lust" built by us / My first home in Langfang - The villa with sun-roof / The villa under construction - Chinese employees' home / Telegraph house / Telephone house - On the shooting range - Non-commissioned officers playing tennis - Corporals (3 pictures) - Italian non-commissioned officers visiting - Bridge at Langfang - Collapsed pagoda at Langfang - Manure collector / Barber / Droshke / The little pen / Working trolley / From the station house - Collapsed bridge / The ophthalmologist treating eye-sick people / Chinese monument / Chinese children - Lieutenant v. Seckendorff. - The silk chemises delicately browned and partly with small tears. Altogether an interesting document of the time in well-preserved condition.
STATUETTE DE VISHVARUPA EN LAITONNÉPAL, XIXE SIÈCLEHimalayan Art Resources item no. 205061 20.5 cm (8 1/8 in.) highFootnotes:A BRASS FIGURE OF VISHVARUPA NEPAL, 19TH CENTURY 尼泊爾 十九世紀 維斯瓦鲁帕銅像This brass figure likely represents the cosmic, universal form of Vishnu as Vishvarupa, accompanied here by his female consort. During the Late Malla period, representations of Hindu and Buddhist deities with a multitude of arms and heads served as visual aids for teachers who sought to clarify the complex systems of esoteric meditational practices to their disciples. See a stone figure bearing similar attributes but without a consort, published in Grewenig and Rist, eds., Buddha - 2000 Years of Buddhist Art: 232 Masterpieces, Völklingen, 2016, pp. 346-7, no. 146, as well as a figure of Chakrasamvara as Vishvarupa Mahasamvara, published in Huntington and Bangdel, The Circle of Bliss, 2003, pp. 282-3, no. 77.Provenance:Alain Presencer, UK, 2000sFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TÊTE DE TRIDENT RITUEL EN FER ARGENTÉ ET LAITONTIBET ORIENTAL, VERS XVE SIÈCLEHimalayan Art Resources item no. 205013 78 cm (30 3/4 in.) highFootnotes:A SILVERED IRON AND BRASS RITUAL TRIDENT HEAD EASTERN TIBET, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY 藏東 約十五世紀 鐵鎏銀飾銅三叉戟 The trident, or three-pronged spear, was one of the earliest ritual implements to be adopted into Buddhism, indicated by its depiction on the stone gateways leading up to the Great Stupa of Sanchi in Central India. Originally one of the many attributes associated with the Hindu god Shiva, the trident was reinterpreted to symbolize the Three Jewels: the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. As a tantric weapon, the three blade points represent the destruction of the three poisons consisting of passion, aggression, and ignorance. At the center of the shaft is a highly unusual element of a knot modelled with three brass heads; a skull which sits over the symbol A, a wrathful face which sits over a visvavajra, and a bodhisattva who sits over a kalasha. Showing a similar curled design at the base of the prongs is a trishula illustrated in Henss, Buddhist Ritual Art of Tibet, Stuttgart, 2020, fig. 221. Published:Deborah Ashencaen and Gennady Leonov, Visions of Perfect Worlds: Buddhist Art from the Himalayas, Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1999, p. 71, no. 40.Ramon Prats, et.al., Monasterios y lamas del Tibet, Madrid, Fundación 'La Caixa', 2000, p. 99, no. 8.Natalie Bazin, Rituels tibétains: Visions secrètes du Vème Dalaï Lama, Paris, 2002, p. 144, no. 103.Exhibited:Monasterios y lamas del Tibet, Fundación 'La Caixa', Madrid, November 2000-January 2001.Rituels tibétains: Visions secrètes du Vème Dalaï Lama, Musée Guimet, Paris, 6 November 2002 - 24 February 2003.Provenance:Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1999For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ÉPÉE RITUELLE ET FOURREAU EN ARGENT ET OR AVEC INCRUSTATION DE PIERRESMONGOLIE, XIXE SIÈCLE Inset with turquoise, coral and lapis lazuli; Himalayan Art Resources item no. 205018 54 cm (21 1/4 in.) highFootnotes:A SILVER GILT AND INLAID STONE RITUAL SWORD AND SCABBARD MONGOLIA, 19TH CENTURY 蒙古 十九世紀 金銀嵌寶法劍及鞘 Assembled from silver and a generous number of inset stones, this ornate sword reflects the tastes and fashions of wealthy Mongolian patrons between the 18th and 19th centuries. Based on its well-preserved gilding, as noted by the crisp modelling of the guard and the front-facing dragon at the scabbard's tip, this sword was most likely shown sparingly during ritual or ceremonial events. An identical sword, possible the matching pair to the present lot, is located in the Essen Collection (published in Essen and Thingo, Die Gotter des Himalaya, 1989, p. 292, no. I-194. Also see a similarly worked ceremonial sword in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.84.31.513a-b).Provenance:Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1990sFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A lot of four rings, comprised of a large oval purplish pink claw set stone mounted in white metal with yellow metal shank, 4 grams, ring size K. A large blue emerald claw set stone mounted in white metal, 7.67 grams, ring size N. A 9 carat gold and paste ring featuring an emerald cut green paste stone to the centre with an ornate foliate paste surround, 5.28 grams, ring size K 1/2. A silver and green stone ring, the green cabochon stone is set in a foliate plaque mount with carving to each shoulder depicting two female figures and a shooting star, 1.88 grams, ring size J.
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