A THREE-COLOURED 18K GOLD AND SAPPHIRE CIGARETTE CASE, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS

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A THREE-COLOURED 18K GOLD AND SAPPHIRE CIGARETTE CASE, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
The polished pink gold rectangular case with push-piece, the hinged white gold cover with rectangular-cut sapphire, pink and yellow gold bird motifs of Native American design to the stylised sun and geometric detail, engraved to one side "Josef von Sternberg Hollywood", 1928, 10.5 x 7.7 x 1.0 cm., gross weight 222 grams, in a blue suede pouch, with French assay marks
Signed by Van Cleef & Arpels, no. 31590

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Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992)

拍品专文

This cigarette case, created in 1928, was bought at Van Cleef & Arpels by the famous Austrian-American film director, Josef von Sternberg (1894-1969), in 1933. He offered it to the legendary German actress Marlene Dietrich with whom he collaborated on many films, the most well-known being "The Blue Angel" (1930).