A PATINATED BRONZE ASHTRAY

ARMAND ALBERT RATEAU, CIRCA 1930

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A PATINATED BRONZE ASHTRAY
Armand Albert Rateau, circa 1930
the flattened rim in low relief with stylized butterfly pattern and with four cigarette rests cast as butterflies alight, the entire bowl supported by four stylized cats
4in. (10.2cm.) high, 8in. (20.3cm.) diameter
stamped A.A. RATEAU INVR 1901 5396, the cats stamped 45, 46, 47, and 48

Lot Essay

cf. The Delorenzo Gallery, AA Rateau (exh. cat.), 1990, p. 68 for period illustrations of the ashtray model and p. 69 for another illustration of the model; Frank Olivier-Vial and Franois Rateau, Armand Albert Rateau, 1992, pp. 180-181 for a period photograph of the salon at 17, quai de Conti, that depicts the ashtray model in situ, and p. 183 for an illustration of the model in gilt-bronze.

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