A CONTINENTAL ORIENTALIST SILVER-PLATED AND ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
A CONTINENTAL ORIENTALIST SILVER-PLATED AND ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE

MARKED "ALPACCA", CIRCA 1900

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A CONTINENTAL ORIENTALIST SILVER-PLATED AND ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
MARKED "ALPACCA", CIRCA 1900
Enamelled with two naked courtesans in a harem, one reclining on a leopardskin rug, a tambourine and yataghan beside her, the other with her back to the viewer, wearing a multi-coloured bandana and playing a musical insrument, an Ottoman ewer and basin between her and her companion, gilt interior
3½ in. wide (9 cm.)

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