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US$20,000-25,000
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AN IMPORTANT ART DECO ROSE QUARTZ, TURQUOISE AND ENAMEL CIGARETTE BOX, BY CARTIER
The rose quartz and enamel Buddhistic lion with nephrite eyes, rose-cut diamond teeth and tongue, perched on the hinged ebony lid with central mother-of-pearl Persian motif panel, to the rectanugular box with rose quartz sides enhanced with turquoise borders, circa 1925, 19.0 x 9.0 x 8.0 cm. (three panels cracked)
By Cartier, no. 01791
The rose quartz and enamel Buddhistic lion with nephrite eyes, rose-cut diamond teeth and tongue, perched on the hinged ebony lid with central mother-of-pearl Persian motif panel, to the rectanugular box with rose quartz sides enhanced with turquoise borders, circa 1925, 19.0 x 9.0 x 8.0 cm. (three panels cracked)
By Cartier, no. 01791
Provenance
Mrs Clarence Smithiser
Christie's Geneva, "H. Robert Green Collection of Art Deco",
November 16, 1978, Lot 511
Christie's Geneva, "H. Robert Green Collection of Art Deco",
November 16, 1978, Lot 511