POSSIBLY DRESDEN, MID 18TH CENTURY

细节

A CARVED RECTANGULAR FRUITWOOD BOX
POSSIBLY DRESDEN, MID 18TH CENTURY
Elaborately carved overall with relief portraits of the kings of Poland in two registers around the sides and on the lid, culminating in a portrait of Augustus III; also with two coats of arms to each of the front and back
26 cm. high x 15.8 cm. wide x 11.1 cm. high

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拍品专文

This casket is carved with the names and images of generations of kings of Poland, terminating in the two large images on the lid, Augustus II (the Strong) of Saxony (who was elected king of Poland when the Vasa dynasty of Polish rulers became extinct in 1696) and Augustus III, who came to the throne in 1733. It was presumably executed before the succession of the final king of Poland, Stanislas August Poniatowski, in 1796.