A BRASS-MOUNTED PARIS PORCELAIN JEWEL-BOX ON TIERED STAND

CIRCA 1880, SIGNED WITH AN NV MONOGRAM FOR N. VIVIEN

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A BRASS-MOUNTED PARIS PORCELAIN JEWEL-BOX ON TIERED STAND
CIRCA 1880, SIGNED WITH AN NV MONOGRAM FOR N. VIVIEN
The top as a jewel box finely painted with a nesting bird in landscape, the sides and two lower tiers with further birds, figures and windmills in landscape
36 in. (91.4 cm.) high, 20 ¼ in. (51.4 cm.) wide, 12 ½ in. (31.7 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

N. Vivien is recorded as a meticulous painter of birds often in association with platinum grounds. His work was exhibited at the Paris Universelle Exposition of 1878. A Narcisse Vivien, likely one in the same with the present artist, is recorded at 85 Boulevard Voltaire in 1883.

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