CARTIER ART DECO JADE, CORAL, DIAMOND, EMERALD AND ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE

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CARTIER ART DECO JADE, CORAL, DIAMOND, EMERALD AND ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE

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CARTIER ART DECO JADE, CORAL, DIAMOND, EMERALD AND ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
Jade plaques, coral panels, rose-cut diamonds, marquise-shaped emeralds, black enamel, 18k yellow (French mark), circa 1925, signed Cartier, Paris, Londres, New York, maker's mark (Gustave Renault), numbered

GGTL, 2026, report no. 26-B-8338: precious coral, Pleurocorallium Elatius, no indication of treatment

Size/Dimensions: 8.8 x 4.9 x 1.4 cm
Gross weight: 159.3 grams

Provenance

Christie's, Geneva, 21 May 1992, lot 738

Literature

Cf. Bachet, O., and Cartier, A., Cartier: Exceptional Objects, Vol. 2, Palais Royal, Paris, 2019, pp. 168 and 169
Cf. Niklès Van Osselt, È., Asia Imagined in the Baur and Cartier Collections, Fondation Baur, Musées des Arts d'Extrême-Orient, Genève, 2015, p. 121 for a similar model

Exhibited

Paris, Musée du Petit-Palais, L'Art de Cartier, 20 October - 28 January 1990

Further details

Please note that this lot incorporates material from endangered species which could result in export restrictions.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

THE SYMBOLISM OF THE RUYI CLOUD
Decorated with stylised ruyi clouds, the present cigarette case features one of the most auspicious motifs in Chinese decorative art.
Long associated with the hope that all may occur in accordance with one’s wishes, the ruyi cloud symbolises prosperity, good fortune and the fulfilment of aspirations.

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