A SILVER-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN PUCE-MOSAÏK SNUFFBOX AND COVER

CIRCA 1760

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A SILVER-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN PUCE-MOSAÏK SNUFFBOX AND COVER
CIRCA 1760
Shell-shape, painted with Watteaumalerei figures in park landscapes within colored rococo C-scroll cartouches, the interior of the cover with a Commedia dell'Arte scene with Harlequin spying on an amorous couple seated on a monument
3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) wide

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 14 November 1988, lot 46.

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Lot Essay

For similar examples, see Barbara Beaucamp-Markowsky, Boîtes en Porcelaine, no. 89, and another example sold Christie's, Geneva, 9 November 1987, lot 68; also the rectangular example sold Sotheby's, London, 8 June 1999, lot 126.

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