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Click here to subscribePair of late 19th century Chinese antique Hongmu side chairs with cutouts shaped like precious objects and filled with marble or another similar stone.Each, height: 36 in x width: 19 1/2 in x depth: 15 3/4 in. />Condition: Please contact us for a detailed condition report. Please note that the lack of a condition statement does not imply perfect condition. Email condition@revereauctions.com with any condition questions.
Chinese carved jade bi decorated in low relief on both sides with geometric forms. Carved of a pale yellow-green stone.Diameter: 2 in. Weight: 26.6 grams. />Condition: No major chips, cracks, or losses. Several extremely minute fleabite chips along the edges. Very light wear throughout. Please use the following link to view additional photos of this lot: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7de4ih206uzqo96/AADrqBgT4BejVso1bHzAXTcGa?dl=0
Chinese carved jade in the form of two geese. Each goose holds foliage in its beak. Carved of a semi-translucent bluish-green stone.Height: 1 in x width: 1 3/4 in x depth: 1 1/2 in. Weight: 36.9 g. />Condition: There is a loss to one of the geese's heads. No other chips or cracks. Light wear throughout including some dust collected in the recessed areas of the work. Please use the following link to view additional photos of this lot: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7de4ih206uzqo96/AADrqBgT4BejVso1bHzAXTcGa?dl=0
Small Chinese jade carving depicting a monkey holding foliage. Carved of a bluish-green stone.Height: 1/2 in x width: 3/4 in x depth: 1 1/2 in. Weight: 15.0 grams. />Condition: No chips, cracks, or losses. Light wear throughout including some dirt collected in the recessed areas of the carving. Please use the following link to view additional photos of this lot: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7de4ih206uzqo96/AADrqBgT4BejVso1bHzAXTcGa?dl=0
Chinese carved jade lotus flower. The petals are just beginning to open revealing the seeds within. Carved of a semi-translucent pale yellow-green stone.Length: 2 3/4 in x width: 1 1/8 in x depth: 3/4 in. Weight: 42.5 grams />Condition: No chips, cracks, or losses. Light wear throughout. Residual pigment in the recessed areas of the carving. Please use the following link to view additional photos of this lot: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7de4ih206uzqo96/AADrqBgT4BejVso1bHzAXTcGa?dl=0
Abraham Christopher Gregory Suriarachi Amarasekara (1883-1983)Portrait of Tagore signed 'A.C.G.S Amarasekara 1934' and Rabindranath by Rabindranath Tagore in Bengali upper leftoil on canvas, framed55.6 x 75.6cm (21 7/8 x 29 3/4in).Footnotes:ProvenanceProperty from a private collection, Florida.There is an inscription to reverse, 'painted by A.G.S. Amarasekara at Colombo when the Poet Tagore paid his second visit to Ceylon in 1934. The portrait is autographed by him in Bangali as Rabindranath...The Atelier Colombo, Ceylon.'1934 was Tagore's final visit to Sri Lanka and final overseas visit ever. During his life, Tagore had visited more than thirty countries worldwide including Sri Lanka. This visit in 1934 was particularly important because it was during these travels that he explained the ideal of Visva-Bharati (a university founded by Tagore in 1921 in Santiniketan), raised funds for its development and laid the foundation stone for Sri Palee, a university founded in Sri Lanka based on the principals of Tagore's university at Santineketan. On his arrival to Sri Lanka, Tagore stated: 'I know your island and her beauty. I have been here more than once. And this time I have a special mission. I have brought some part of our culture which Santiniketan represents. I hope I will be able to please you. I hope my mission will be fulfilled...I have brought something from India, some aspect of the culture, some delight of her arts and I hope you will realize that it is of eternal value. With politics I am not concerned. My mission is spiritual delights of art and beauty far and wide.' (Radha Chakravarty, Tagore and Sri Lanka: Rabindranath Tagore 150th Birth Anniversary Volume, Neo Graphics Pvt Ltd, 2013, p.32)As part of these travels, Tagore travelled extensively on the island and visited Jaffna, Kandy, Horana and Panadura. Portrait of Tagore was probably painted by Amarasekara during these travels to commemorate his trip and Tagore would have likely stopped by the Atelier, the first private art school in Sri Lanka that taught the western style of painting. Amarasekara founded the Atelier and is considered to be one of the most important Sri Lanka artists of the Ceylon Society of Arts of the mid 20th Century. He joined H.W. Cave and Company to study commercial art, and subsequently worked as a draughtsman for 6 years before joining the Ceylon Technical College, Maradana as a lecturer in Fine Arts. He founded the 'Atelier School of Art,' notable alumni of which include Harry Peiris and Justin Peiris Deraniyagala. Amarasekara was known for his portraits of Ceylonese leaders of the time, so it is unsurprising that he painted this portrait of Tagore. His works were exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in London, and he held the positions of Secretary, Vice President and President of the Ceylon Society of Arts. In 1949, he was bestowed with an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to the arts in Ceylon by King George VI.To see other works by the artist sold in these rooms see Bonhams, Travel & Exploration, London, 20th September 2022, lot 61 and Travel & Exploration, London, 26th February 2020, lot 114.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH)The Microcosm of London, 3 vol., wood-engraved pictorial titles, engraved dedication leaves with vignettes, 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson and Pugin (some watermarked 'J. Whatman 1831'), light off-setting onto text but clean, contemporary half morocco, spines titled in gilt, joints rubbed [Abbey Scenery 212; Tooley 7], 4to (345 x 285mm.), R. Ackermann, [1808-1810]Footnotes:'One of the great colour-plate books... [which] should form the corner stone of any collection of books on this subject' (Tooley), the plates in this copy unusually clean.Provenance: William Orme Foster (1814-1899), Apley Park bookplate. Foster, an iron master and Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire from 1857-1868, purchased the Apley Park estate near Bridgnorth in 1868; by descent to the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ROWLING (J.K.)[The Harry Potter Gift Set] Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, fourth printing, 1997; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, FIRST EDITION, seventh printing, 1998, EACH SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper, publisher's pictorial boards and dust-jackets, MINT COPIES, preserved in the original pictorial single slipcase, 8vo, Bloomsbury (2)Footnotes:MINT CONDITION SIGNED COPIES OF EARLY PRINTINGS OF THE FIRST TWO HARRY POTTER BOOKS.This 'Harry Potter Gift Set' (so titled such on the spine of the slipcase) was issued in 1998 prior to publication of The Prisoner of Azkaban and largely sold at signing sessions undertaken by Rowling that year. The present set is one of two bought by the vendor in late 1998 at the Deansgate, Manchester branch of Waterstones. The set was given by the vendor to his niece as a Christmas present that year. A letter from the vendor to this effect is included in the lot.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, Bloomsbury, 1997, reverse of title-page with the number sequence from 10 to 1, the author's name given as 'Joanne Rowling' and no space between 'Taylor' and '1997', p.53 with the duplication of '1 wand' on the equipment list, lower cover with misspelling 'philospher's' and 'Wizardry, and Witchcraft' reversed, with the usual light browning at the page edges, fine in publisher's pictorial boards, spine very slightly faded and bumped at ends [Errington A1(a)], 8vo, Bloomsbury, 1997Footnotes:A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST HARDBACK PRINTING OF THE FIRST HARRY POTTER NOVEL, GIVEN BY CHRISTOPHER LITTLE TO THE AUTHOR WHO HAD HELPED LAUNCH HIS CAREER AS A LITERARY AGENT - A TACIT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF A FRIENDSHIP WHICH ULTIMATELY LED TO LITTLE'S DISCOVERY OF J.K. ROWLING. Provenance: Presented by Christopher Little to the author Philip Nicholson (1940-2005), better known as A.J. Quinnell; sold on behalf of Nicholson's last wife, Elsebeth Egholm Nicholson, Danish journalist and author of crime fiction novels, including the Dicte stories on which the television series was based.After working all over the world for many years, the Yorkshire-born Christopher Little had come to London in 1974. Finding the employment world very challenging, he decided to open his own recruitment agency. According to a newspaper article in 2007, Little's 'switch to the literary world happened by accident in 1979. A schoolfriend and fellow Hong Kong trader, Philip Nicholson, had written a thriller and was seeking representation. Little agreed to take him on and the book, Man on Fire, was published under the pseudonym AJ Quinnell. It went on to sell 7.5 million copies worldwide and become a Hollywood film...' (David Smith, The Guardian, 15 July 2007).The Christopher Little Literary Agency gradually grew alongside the recruitment business, and had some twenty authors on its books in 1992 when the recruitment arm was sold. 'In his only press interview, in 2003, Little recalled: 'The literary agency was really a hobby which started through an accident. I was helping an old friend in his writing career. I had been running as a full-time business for about six years when Harry Potter arrived'' (David Smith, op cit).And so it was that in 1995 Little received in the post three chapters of a manuscript from an unknown author named Joanne Rowling, who had apparently chosen the agency at random because the name sounded like a character in a children's story. And the rest, as we know, is publishing history.Meanwhile Little and Nicholson remained firm friends until the latter's death in 2005, and Little would remain close friends with Elsebeth Egholm until his own death in 2021.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, UNCORRECTED PROOF OF THE FIRST EDITION, with 'J.A. Rowling' on the title-page and number sequence 10 to 1 on verso, foxing to half-title, occasional single spots elsewhere, publisher's plain white and yellow wrappers, some scattered light spotting [Errington AA1(a)], 8vo, Bloomsbury, [1997]Footnotes:HARRY POTTER'S VERY FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. Of this proof 'an unconfirmed print-run of 200 copies is generally accepted' which 'is also the figure noted by Bloomsbury' (Errington). The author's name is misprinted 'J.A. Rowling' on the title-page.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A white metal tanzanite dress ring, featuring an oval tanzanite in a four-claw setting, with four round white stones grain set in each shoulder, tanzanite dimensions approx 12.45 x 10.55 x 5.4mm, weight estimated as 5.30 carats, white stone diameters each approx 1.5mm, size O, gross weight 4.2g, stamped 18k, tested as a plated base metal
An 18ct yellow and white gold diamond four-stone ring, comprising four graduated Old European cut diamonds in claw settings, diamond dimensions between approx 3.3 x 1.95mm and 4.2 x 2.55mm, total weight estimated as 0.85 carats, assessed mounted collectively colour J to K and clarity I1 to I2, size M, gross weight 3.6g, hallmarked 18ct, London 1990, sponsor SEM
Two rings, being an 18ct white gold diamond solitaire, featuring a round brilliant cut diamond in a semi-bezel setting with curved bar detail to the shoulders, diamond dimensions stated as 5.18 x 5.23 x 3.07mm, weight stated as 0.51 carats, colour and clarity stated as E VS1, size L½, gross weight 5.1g, accompanied by a GIA diamond report No. 14712646 dated 24th April 2006, hallmarked 18ct, Birmingham, no date, sponsor HM; the other being an 18ct white gold 2.31mm diamond set court shaped band, having eight round brilliant cut diamonds in flush settings, diamond diameters each approx 2.25mm, total weight estimated as 0.32 carats, assessed mounted collectively colour G to H and clarity SI1 to SI2, size L, gross weight 3.3g, hallmarked 18ct, Edinburgh 2006, sponsor worn (2)One stone is fractured on the girdle.
A yellow metal blue topaz suite comprising a pair of blue topaz stud earrings, each with a rectangular cut blue topaz in a four-claw setting, with scroll backs, blue topaz dimensions between approx 9.9 x 7.95 x 5.2mm and 10 x 7.18 x 5.4mm, total weight estimated as 8.17 carats, gross weight 6.2g, stamped and tested as 14ct, a blue topaz double bar pendant with a square cut blue topaz and attached to a yellow metal ropetwist chain with bolt ring clasp, blue topaz dimensions approx 8.05 x 5.88mm, weight estimated as 3.43 carats, pendent length 15mm, chain length 380mm, width 1.2mm, gross weight 6.3g, pendant stamped and tested as 14ct, chain stamped and tested as 18ct, and a blue topaz single stone ring, featuring a rectangular cut blue topaz in a horizontal claw setting with bifurcated shoulders, blue topaz dimensions approx 9 x 5 x 5mm, weight estimated as 3.12 carats, size O½, gross weight 4.1g, stamped and tested as 14ct
A yellow metal blue topaz heavy dress ring, featuring an approx 10.5 x 8.6mm octagonal cut blue topaz in a bezel setting with bead detail to the shoulders and a triple banded shank, size approx O, gross weight 10.1g, stamped and tested as 14ctWear to facet edges on topaz.Closed back setting prevents accurate stone measurement and identification.
Two yellow metal bar brooches, one with two pear cut 7.6 x 5mm orange paste stones, a 6.15 x 6.35mm rectangular pink paste stone, four 1.9mm turquoise and six 1.75 to 2.4mm seed pearls, in cut-down grain settings, length 30mm, gross weight 3g, not marked but tested as 9ct, the other brooch featuring a centre four petal flower motif, length 45mm, gross weight 1.5g, not marked but tested as 15ct (2)
A yellow and white metal diamond three-stone ring, featuring three graduated old cut diamonds in claw settings, diamond dimensions between approx 4.85 x 3.85 x 3.2mm and 5.5 x 5.4 x 3.62mm, total weight estimated as 1.60 carats, assessed mounted collectively colour K to L and clarity I2 to I3, gross weight 3.4g, stamped and tested as 18ctCentre and one outer stone are fractured.
A yellow and white metal diamond three-stone ring, featuring three graduated round brilliant cut diamonds in claw settings, diamond dimensions between approx 2.5 x 1.3mm and 3.35 x 2.05mm, total weight estimated as 0.24 carats, assessed mounted collectively colour H to I and clarity VS1 to VS2, size L½, gross weight 2.5g, stamped and tested as 18ct gold and platinum
An 18ct yellow and white gold, pink tourmaline and diamond three-stone ring, featuring a round pink tourmaline with a round brilliant cut diamond to either side, all in claw settings, tourmaline dimensions approx 4.9 x 2.8mm, weight estimated as 0.43 carats, diamond dimensions each approx 3.9 x 2.25mm, total weight estimated as 0.40 carats, assessed mounted collectively colour H to I and clarity I1 to I2, size L, gross weight 3.5g, hallmarked 18ct, Lodon 1976Tourmaline is cracked.
Three diamond half hoop eternity rings, in rose, white and yellow gold, each grain set with 16 round brilliant cut diamonds, stone diameters each between approx 1.4 and 1.5mm, total weight estimated as 0.48 carats, size N, gross weight 8.4g, ring widths between 2.6 and 3mm, stamped and tested as 18ct
A lady's steel and rose Omega Constellation quartz wristwatch, having a round mother of pearl dial set with 12 single cut white stone and outer bezel with engraved Roman numerals, attached to an integral bar link bracelet with deployment clasp, case diameter 26mm, overall length 175mm, bracelet w.16 to 12mm, case reference 92380997, clasp reference 6541/968, gross weight 67.2g, case stamped Steel/Au750, with three spare links, box, guarantee and stone certificateNot working.
A pair of 18ct yellow and white gold diamond single stone stud earrings, each with a round brilliant cut diamond in a claw setting, with post and scroll fittings, diamond diameters each approx 2.65mm, total weight estimated as 0.12 carats, gross weight 1g, partial hallmark for 18ct Birmingham, odd backs
A white metal diamond three-stone ring, comprising three princess cut diamonds in square settings, diamond dimensions each approx 3 x 2.35mm, total weight estimated as 0.51 carats, assessed mounted collectively colour H to I and clarity VS1 to VS2, size L, gross weight 9.8g, not marked but tested as 18ct
An 18ct yellow and white gold diamond three-stone ring, featuring three round brilliant cut diamonds in claw settings, diamond dimensions between approx 3.1 x 1.95mm and 3.4 x 2mm, total weight estimated as 0.37 carats, assessed mounted collectively colour H to I and clarity VS2 to SI1, size M, gross weight 3.9g, hallmarked 18ct, London 1977, sponsor EJCentre stone is fractured.
An assortment of various yellow metal mourning brooches, comprising a cushion shaped cluster with ten round and one cushion shaped red paste stones, and eighteen 1.2mm seed pearls, engraved on back Jessie Sleaf Jan 11th 1902, length 20mm; a navette shaped cluster brooch with sixteen round red paste stones surrounding a centre leaf shaped panel, length 33mm; an oval brooch with an entwined snake set with forty-six 1.4 to 2.8mm seed pearls (four deficient) and one green stone, engraved on back PAH aged 79, length 30mm; an oblong mourning brooch with woven hair detail and engraved border, length 20mm; a rectangular scrollwork brooch with painted central panel, length 38mm; and an octagonal hardstone cameo brooch depicting sheep grazing under a tree, length 30mm, gross weight 26.2g, no hallmarks, brooches test between 9 and 18ct goldOctagonal hardstone cameo is reverse painted on glass.
A yellow metal synthetic ruby single stone ring, comprising a round faceted synthetic ruby claw set within a scrollwork mount, stone dimensions approx 10.1 x 10.15 x 5mm, weight estimated as 4.30 carats, size L½, gross weight 4.5g, not hallmarked but tests as 18ctSeveral minor abrasions to stone.
An 18ct yellow and white gold, sapphire and diamond three-stone ring, featuring a centre oval sapphire with a round brilliant cut diamond to either side, all in claw settings, sapphire dimensions approx 6.25 x 4.5 x 2.25mm, weight estimated as 0.59 carats, diamond dimensions each approx 3.45 x 2mm, total weight estimated as 0.28 carats, assessed mounted collectively colour H to I and clarity VS1 to VS2, size N, gross weight 3g, hallmarked 18ct, London 1986, sponsor H Ltd
Three assorted pendants to include a yellow and white metal heart shaped pendant with reddish brown enamel detail and a centre oval cluster incorporating a 5.3 by 4.15mm oval cultured pearl surrounded by 10 simulated turquoise cabochons with 3 further simulated turquoise in the bale, length 32mm, gross weight 8.9g. Tested as silver gilt. A yellow and white metal entwined snake pendant set with 4 oval moonstone cabochons measuring between between 3.7 by 2.7 by 2.35 and 7.6 by 5.35 by 3.1mm, approximately 2.0 to 2.2mm garnet cabochons for the eyes, 38 1.2 to 1.7mm simulated turquoise and 31.4mm paste stones. Pendant length 40mm, gross weight 3.6g, not marked, tested as silver and silver gilt. A yellow and white metal pendant comprising a 14.95 by 9.3 by 5.5mm pear shaped garnet cabochon surmounted by a crown set with 11 1.4mm white paste stones and 2 2.1mm red stone cabochons, length 28mm, gross weight 2.9g, tested as silver and silver gilt.Lead solder present on all three. Several sotnes chipped.
An 18ct yellow and white gold, synthetic ruby and diamond three-stone ring, comprising an oval synthetic ruby with a round brilliant cut diamond to either side, all in claw settings, synthetic ruby dimensions approx 7 x 5.05 x 3.55mm, weight estimated as 1.20 carats, diamond diameters each approx 2.3mm, total weight estimated as 0.08 carats, assessed mounted collectively colour H to I and clarity SI2 to I1, size M, gross weight 2.3g, hallmarked 18ct, London import 1975, sponsor TOD
A yellow metal sardonyx dress ring - the 10.2 by 9.1mm oval sardonyx featuring an intaglio of a flower and mounted in a bezel setting with biforcated shoulders. Finger size O½, gross weight 3.0g, not marked, tested as 9ctWear to surface of stone, some lead solder and porosity in the shoulders
A yellow and white metal diamond solitaire ring, featuring an old cushion cut diamond in a bezel setting, diamond dimensions approx 5.3 x 5.2 x 3.05mm, weight estimated as 0.54 carats, assessed mounted colour I to J and clarity SI1 to SI2, size N, gross weight 3.2g, stamped and tested as 18ct and platinumStone good, no chips or fractures.Setting and band good.Would benefit rom a clean.
A late Victorian yellow metal fleur de lis tie-pin, set with two small rubies and a green stone, unmarked but tests as approx 14ct gold; together with a yellow metal tie-pin set with a cabochon emerald, tests as approx 14ct gold, gross weight 3.8g; and two other yellow metal tie-pins, one as a seed pearl and garnet set flower head, the other as a single seed pearl flanked to either side with twin amethysts, both test as approx 9ct, 1.6g (4)
CHESELDEN, W. A Treatise on the high operation for the stone. Lond., J. Osborn, 1723. (2), xi, 180 pp. W. 17 engr. plates. 19th c. vellum, gilt. dec. back w. red label, sides blindstamped & ruled, w. speckled edges. (Slight waterstaining about halfway, otherwise quite clean & bright, a very handsome copy). NOTE: Plate XIII bound in twice. - G-M 4282; Waller 1939; Wellcome II, p. 335.
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