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AN ART DECO DIAMOND, AVENTURINE QUARTZ, ONYX AND ENAMEL VANITY CASE, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
The mauve and green enamel rectangular case of Oriental design, with ribbed aventurine quartz and onyx sides, to the rose-cut diamond borders enhanced by baguette-cut diamond detail and thumb-piece, opening to the side to reveal a fitted mirror, powder compartment and lipstick holder (one diamond deficient), 1928, 8.0 x 4.0 x 1.4 cm., with French assay marks for gold, in its original Van Cleef & Arpels grey leather fitted case
Signed Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris, no. 31389
The mauve and green enamel rectangular case of Oriental design, with ribbed aventurine quartz and onyx sides, to the rose-cut diamond borders enhanced by baguette-cut diamond detail and thumb-piece, opening to the side to reveal a fitted mirror, powder compartment and lipstick holder (one diamond deficient), 1928, 8.0 x 4.0 x 1.4 cm., with French assay marks for gold, in its original Van Cleef & Arpels grey leather fitted case
Signed Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris, no. 31389
Exhibited
Palais Galleria, "Van Cleef & Arpels", Diffusion Paris-Musées, Paris, 1992, page 151
Sale room notice
Please note that the ribbed sides of this vanity case are enamel and not aventurine quartz