Sale 1290
Geneva
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14 November 2001
Price realised
CHF 15,275
Estimate
AN ART NOUVEAU ENAMEL AND MULTI-GEM CIGARETTE CASE, BY F. LORIÉ Designed as a rectangular case with an enamel panel depicting a winged female figure wearing a crown to the old mine-cut diamond, ruby and sapphire detail and cabochon sapphire push-piece, 1899-1908, 9.80 x 8.00 x 1.50 cm., with Russian assay marks for gold Signed F. Lorié in cyrillic
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Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
The library of the novelist included a translation by a brilliant young mathematician that foresaw the age of computing
Offered in the ONE sale on 10 July in New York, Annie epitomises the genre that made the artist one of the most celebrated of his generation