A PAIR OF MEXICAN PARCEL-GILT BASINS AND A EWER
A PAIR OF MEXICAN PARCEL-GILT BASINS AND A EWER

MARK OF TANE ORFEBRES, MEXICO CITY, SECOND HALF 20TH CENTURY, WORKMASTERS MARK JMS, POSSIBLY FOR JOSE MARMOLEJO, RETAILED BY CHRISTIAN DIOR

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A PAIR OF MEXICAN PARCEL-GILT BASINS AND A EWER
MARK OF TANE ORFEBRES, MEXICO CITY, SECOND HALF 20TH CENTURY, WORKMASTERS MARK JMS, POSSIBLY FOR JOSE MARMOLEJO, RETAILED BY CHRISTIAN DIOR
The basins oval and on spreading foot, the lower body and foot with alternating gilt and un-gilt lobes, with cast demi-lion drop ring handles, the ewer with conforming lobes and on spreading foot, marked under rim
The basins 11 in. (28 cm.) wide
Provenance
Probably Christian Dior, Paris, where acquired, 10-13 May 1968.

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