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Lot 743
Silver Art Deco bracelet and a silver choker. A silver bangle, 813/000, Art Deco, with open round element set with a purple stone. Vasteras, Sweden, jl.:P7: 1917. Width 25 mm. ø 62x55mm. And a silver choker, 835/000, with floral decor and set with a pearl and garnet beads. 42 cm. equipped with a base spring eye. Total approx. 24.3 grams. In good condition.
Lot 1
Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen I (London circa 1593-1661 Utrecht)Portrait of a lady, said to be Lady Sidley, in a black dress slashed to reveal white, within a painted stone oval remains of initials and date 'C J/ ***' (lower right)bears early inscription '*ady Sidley/ *ainted by/ *anSsn.1624.' (on reverse)oil on panel76.2 x 60.8cm (30 x 23 15/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Collection of Pryse Loveden, Buscot Park, OxfordshireWith Henry Graves & Co., London, 1859Private Collection, UKThe identifying inscription on the reverse suggests that the present portrait depicts a Lady Sidley. In his notes on the work in 1859, Sir George Scharf suggests that she may be identified as Elizabeth Savile (born circa 1595) who married Sir John Sedley, 2nd Bart. (1597-1638) in 1613. He also notes that the work was dated 1624, as is confirmed by the early inscription on the reverse of the panel.We are grateful to Prof. Karen Hearn for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 21
Michel Basbous (Lebanon 1921-1981)Tête voilée (Veiled Head) bronze signed, dated and numbered '2/8', number 2 from an edition of 8, executed in 197735.5 x 8.5 x 5.5 cm Footnotes:Provenance:Property from the Artist's EstateBorn in 1921, in Rachana precisely. Michel Basbous, son of a priest of a tiny village in the north of Lebanon was amongst the first students to enroll at the newly founded 'Academie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts'(ALBA) in 1945 and one of its first graduates. Three years on, and after his first public success in the capital, he left to Paris in 1950 were he joined the atelier of Zadkine. His master there, Gaumont, asked him the purpose of his stay in Paris, and Basbous answered, deadpan, 'To learn sculpture'. Gaumont replied: 'Lebanon, the Mediterranean, Phoenicia, Assyria, Babel, Egypt... You have them all. What are you doing here? Go back to your country.' Ultimately, Basbous would obey this sage stricture. But not before having accomplished much in Paris. Upon his return in 1956, and after a short stay in Beirut, he took the surprising decision to move back to his native village Rachana. Back then, Rachana was not even accessible by asphalted roads. ' It was a new experience for me. As I did not have a workshop in the village, I placed my works on the side of the road and started working in the open air.'Michel spared no efforts to nurture a public interested in the arts, so he created the festival of Rachana in 1960, mixing theatre, music, poetry with sculpture and painting, in the hope of motivating people to interact with different kinds of cultural activities. He invited famous figures like César, Jack Lang, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Hasan Fathi and Adonis just to name a few. He fought fiercely to disseminate sculptures in public spaces, government buildings, municipal gardens... He spared no efforts to export his art to the world, multiplying trips to the USA, Japan, France and elsewhere. He experimented in different genres, styles, sizes, media from the classical marble, stone, wood, bronze, alloys to the more experimental fibre glass, resin, cement. He also believed that the world will discover him one day as a gifted painter as he was known as a talented sculptor. He was a charismatic man, larger than life. Michel Basbous, pioneer of modern sculpture, especially monumental in his country and the Arab world. His artworks are found at Oxford Museum in London, British Museum London, UENO Museum in Japan, the Modern Art Museum in France as well as in many other public places in Lebanon and abroad.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a reduced rate of 5.5% on the hammer price and the prevailing rate on buyer's premium if the item remains in EU. TVA sur les objets importés à un taux réduit de 5.5% sur le prix d'adjudication et un taux en vigueur sur la prime d'achat dans le cas où l'objet reste dans l'Union Européenne.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 22
Anachar Basbous (Lebanon, born 1969)TOTEM corten steel, uniqueexecuted in 2022250 x 50 x 50cm Footnotes:Provenance:Property from a private collection, ParisAcquired directly from the Artist by the aboveAnachar Basbous was born in Rachana (Lebanon) in 1969. His first name is also the anagram of this city. From birth, he was immersed in art. His mother, Thérèse Aouad Basbous, was a poet and novelist; his father, the sculptor Michel Basbous, is one of the major Lebanese artists of the 20th century. His childhood, in the artists' house founded by his parents, was marked by creation, the aesthetic importance given to forms. Precocious, he made his first sculpture at the age of ten. Two years later, the disappearance of his father left him with a deep wound. Perhaps this is why he chose, after his schooling, to study, not sculpture, but architecture at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts. Then he followed, in Paris, the courses of the National School of Arts and Crafts, in another specialty: architectural mosaic. Returning to Lebanon in 1992, he produced many wall decorations. However, he quickly decided to devote himself exclusively to sculpture. Stone, wood, bronze, steel would constitute his universe.If he himself admits to having been influenced in his career by his parents, it is just as much in his father's library that he draws the resources to educate his eyes. If Giacometti and Henry Moore fed him, like Michel Basbous, with figurative forms, no doubt he was also interested in Brancusi, Jean Arp or Max Bill. It is difficult, in the art world, to make a name for yourself; it is even more so, in the case of a dynasty of creators, to make a first name. Anachar Basbous succeeded in doing so, by not seeking to extend or imitate the paternal plastic, but by creating his own aesthetic. His sculptures, sometimes of monumental dimensions, favour refined forms whose complexity appears in the associations he chooses; they sometimes suggest a precarious balance and are imbued with spirituality. Their inscription in space strikes the viewer whose eye must tame before the curves, the edges, a whole geometry offered to the light, whose beauty and harmony are the culmination.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * W* VAT on imported items at a reduced rate of 5.5% on the hammer price and the prevailing rate on buyer's premium if the item remains in EU. TVA sur les objets importés à un taux réduit de 5.5% sur le prix d'adjudication et un taux en vigueur sur la prime d'achat dans le cas où l'objet reste dans l'Union Européenne.W Lot is located in the Bonhams Warehouse and will only be available for collection from this location.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 27
Mahjoub Ben Bella (Algeria, born 1946)Untitled oil on canvas, framedsigned and dated (lower right), executed in 1989100 x 81cm (39 3/8 x 31 7/8in).Footnotes:Provenance:Property from a private collection, ParisMahjoub Ben Bella was born in 1946, in the Western part of Algeria, in Maghnia. He did his artistic training first at the School of Fine Arts of Oran, then in Tourcoing and finally in Paris, and settled in France. Ben Bella is a multifaceted artist, producing monumental artworks, painting ceramics, objects, in addition to large and small paintings on canvas, on paper, panel or even on stone, as well as performances and monumental compositions for public spaces. His works have been exhibited in many solo and group shows in museums, art foundations and galleries across Europe and the Middle East. Besides having his works featured in prominent private collections across the globe, Ben Bella's oeuvre is also present in the collections of twenty museums and public collections.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 66
Frederic James Shields (British, 1833-1911)The invention of Artsigned and dated 'F.J.Shields/1898' (lower right) oil on canvas 55.9 x 66.4cm (22 x 26 1/8in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Pitt & Scott Ltd, London.With The Stone Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.Private collection, UK. Purchased from the above in 1973.According to the Greek mythology, Art was invented by a potter of Sicyon called Butades. His daughter was in love with a young man, about to depart on a long journey. She outlined the shadow of his profile lit by a lamp on a wall. Butades filled the outline of the face with clay, creating the first portrait.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 166
Geology & Palaeontology.- Lyell (Sir Charles) The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man..., third edition, Sir John Lubbock's copy with his signature and bookplate, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end (foxed), occasional foxing to text, 1863 § Smith (Worthington G.) Man the Primeval Savage, first edition, small ownership stamp to title, 1894 § Johnson (Walter) & William Wright. Neolithic Man in North-East Surrey...with a chapter on Flint..., first edition, 1903, maps and illustrations, original cloth, the first two pictorial gilt, a little rubbed but good copies; and another, 8vo (4)⁂ Sir John Lubbock (1834-1913), banker, politician, and scientist who assisted in establishing archaeology as a scientific discipline. He introduced the terms "Paleolithic" and "Neolithic" to denote the Old and New Stone Ages, and contributed to the debates concerning evolutionary theory.
Lot 243
Edwardian 18ct gold turquoise and rose diamond five stone ring, Chester 1904, size L, gross weight approx. 2.1g; also a 9ct gold initialled signet ring 'WJH', size K, weight approx. 1.8g (2) (NB: Condition is NOT noted in catalogue descriptions. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view please request a condition report, which will be provided in writing).
Lot 249
Unusual hand made South African tiger's eye dress ring, cabochon stone set within a deep mount pierced with hunters and Springbok, size M, gross weight approx. 9.7g (NB: Condition is NOT noted in catalogue descriptions. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view please request a condition report, which will be provided in writing).
Lot 253
9ct gold peridot and pearl pendant necklace in 9ct gold, the large oval cut stone 23mm x 19mm, bordered with a pearls set on a rope twist frame, suspended from a 9ct gold belcher chain necklace, pendant drop 30mm, chain length 41cm (with an additional 11.5cm length of chain), gross weight approx. 23g (NB: Condition is NOT noted in catalogue descriptions. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view please request a condition report, which will be provided in writing).
Lot 257
Citrine and pearl brooch, the oval stone 18mm x 10mm, in a millegrain collet mount, bordered with pearls, mounted in 9ct gold, with safety chain, length 19mm, gross weight approx. 3.8g (NB: Condition is NOT noted in catalogue descriptions. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view please request a condition report, which will be provided in writing).
Lot 272
Topaz dress ring, the oval cut stone approx. 14mm x 12mm, in yellow metal wirework mounts and ring, unmarked, size L, gross weight approx. 4.9g (NB: Condition is NOT noted in catalogue descriptions. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view please request a condition report, which will be provided in writing).
Lot 287
Diamond solitaire ring, brilliant cut stone with GIA certificate number 13946051 stating the weight as 0.91ct, H in colour, SI1 clarity, in a four claw mount, the shoulders channel set with smaller round cut diamonds totalling approx. 0.18ct, all set in platinum, size J, gross weight approx. 5.4g (GIA Certificate not available) (NB: Condition is NOT noted in catalogue descriptions. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view please request a condition report, which will be provided in writing).
Lot 294
Pair of diamond ear studs, set with a round brilliant cut stone, each of approx. 0.25ct, in a white gold four claw mount with post, unmarked, gross weight approx. 1g; also a pair of cinnamon diamond ear studs, the stone of approx. 0.05ct each, set in a white metal collet mount with post, gross weight approx. 0.6g (4) (NB: Condition is NOT noted in catalogue descriptions. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view please request a condition report, which will be provided in writing).
Lot 303
Diamond solitaire ring, the old round cut stone approx. 0.1ct, illusion set in a gypsy style mount in 18ct gold, size R, gross weight approx. 4.2g; also a diamond and enamelled ring, the small round cut stone of approx. 0.1ct, illusion set within blue enamel with white flowerheads, set in 18ct gold, size P, gross weight approx. 4.2g (2) (NB: Condition is NOT noted in catalogue descriptions. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view please request a condition report, which will be provided in writing).
Lot 304
Victorian diamond and black enamelled five stone ring, Chester 1898, old round cut stones set within star and lozenge mounts against black enamel, with a small locket back opposing the centre stone, size O, gross weight approx. 4.1g (NB: Condition is NOT noted in catalogue descriptions. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view please request a condition report, which will be provided in writing).
Lot 309
Victorian diamond cannetille bar brooch, in 15ct gold, set with a central old cushion cut stone of approx. 0.1ct in a flowerhead setting and with two further tiny diamonds to each end forming a further flowerhead, beaded edge, marked 15ct, 40mm, gross weight approx. 3.6g; also a further Victorian bar brooch, in Grecian Revival style, set with a line of seed pearls with target terminals, centred with a round cabochon lapis lazuli, all in unmarked yellow gold, 45mm, gross weight approx. 5.6g (2) (NB: Condition is NOT noted in catalogue descriptions. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view please request a condition report, which will be provided in writing).
Lot 318
Garnet five stone ring, in 18ct gold, size Q, gross weight approx. 4.3g; also a lozenge cut garnet ring centred with a tiny diamond in unmarked yellow gold, size O, gross weight approx. 2.5g; a Victorian 18ct gold and pearl dress ring, London 1881, size O, gross weight approx. 3.2g; 9ct gold aquamarine dress ring, the stone 11mm x 8mm, size O, gross weight approx. 3.4g; and a 9ct gold and carved jade dress ring, detailed with fruits, size N, gross weight approx. 2.9g (5) (NB: Condition is NOT noted in catalogue descriptions. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view please request a condition report, which will be provided in writing).
Lot 202
Blue zircon solitaire dress ring, the round cut stone of approx. 5cts, claw mounted in unmarked white gold, size K, gross weight approx. 4.7g (NB: Condition is NOT noted in catalogue descriptions. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view please request a condition report, which will be provided in writing).
Lot 10
TWO CHINESE JADE CONG PENDANT FRAGMENTS, LIANGZHU CULTURE, 3300 – 2300 BC Each carved from the corner of a cong and pierced for suspension, the stone of cream colour with russet and grey inclusionsLength: 2.6cmWidth: 2.2cmProvenance: Bluett Oriental Arts Ltd, 28th May 1987, copy of invoice availableCondition ReportEach fragment with incised detail, finely polished. In good condition.
Lot 11
A CHINESE JADE RING, HUAN, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 10,000 – 2,200 BCOf slightly irregular circular shape, pierced to the centre with a large aperture, the stone of yellowish-green tone flecked with russet and darker green inclusionsWidth: 9cmProvenance: Luen Chai, Kong Kong, 16th September 1986. Bluett Oriental Arts Ltd, 14th January 1987, copy of invoice availableFor a similar ring, see, Sotheby’s London, Important Chinese Art, 6th November 2019, lot 207Condition ReportUV light inspected. One prominent natural flaw to one Side. See marked up natural light photographs.
Lot 1014
Postcards, a selection of 9 RPs of shipwrecks off the Cornish Coast, road transport and aviation inc. wreck of 'Suevic' off The Lizard, S.S Ville du Temple' on Rundle Stone nr Lands End, 'Flying Enterprise' off Falmouth, wreck of 'Suevic' the bow portion, wreck of 'S.S Wimborne' Lands End, wreck of 'S.S Jebba', Cornwall Aviation Co Avro 540k, Porthscatho Percuil Express (coach & horses), and new steamer 'Princess Victoria' at Falmouth (mainly gd)
Lot 1374
Photographs, Cabinet Cards, 60+ images showing portraits, babies, children, native pulled carriage, a ward in The Royal Edinburgh Hospital For Sick Children etc. photographers include Organ of London, Sharples of Blackburn, Hinchcliffes of Liverpool, Davison of Kilburn, Hinton of London, Klier of Rangoon, Carposio of Vienna, Stone of Gloucester, Moffat of Edinburgh, Williams and Williams of Hereford, Batten of Ilfracombe etc. (gen gd)
Lot 1392
Photographs, 2 albums dating from the 1920s to the 1940s UK and abroad, containing a selection of photos to include agriculture, Quetta Motor Club outings, stone wall building, pets, Port Said 1930, RAF troops coming ashore etc. together with an album of tourist shots from Egypt in 1942 (approx. 250 images both laid down and in corner mounts) (gd)
Lot 1434
Documents, a George II vellum document dated 1724 (mentions Bexley in Kent) (gd), 100+ late 19th and early 20thC bill heads, letters, plans, invoices and certificates to include an 1879 invitation from Vintners Hall to the Swan Voyage (a long weekend of eating and drinking), a 1933 dated Volunteer Fire Brigade citation, 1915 birth certificate for a daughter born to a Gents Hosier, stone masons, builders, stationers, Assurance Co. invoices etc. (gd)
Lot 591
Postcards, Kent, an RP selection of approx. 33 cards of Kent villages and street scenes inc. Shoreham, Church and pond Otford, High St Sevenoaks (2), Baths Corner Sevenoaks, The Vine Sevenoaks, Stone St, The Street Kemsing, Kemsing Village (3), New Hall Kemsing, Trosley P.O, Riverhead, Dymchurch and river, top of River Hill Sevenoaks, The Strand Walmer, Oast House Otford, Ightham Village, Seal Village, Puddle Dock Lane Toys Hill, Coronation Square Lydd, Dartford East Hill etc (mainly gd/vg)
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