Sale 6674
London
|
11 April 2002
Price realised
GBP 8,460
Estimate
A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED JAPANESE LACQUER TRAVELLING INKWELL with the discharge mark of Julien Berthe, Paris 1750-1756 Rectangular box with convex sides, the irregularly raised lid and four sides of black Japanese hiramaki-e lacquer painted in gold and scattered with kirikane with landscapes and huts, the base with a gold and black hiramaki-e lacquer panel, the lid with swivelling gold cap engraved with flowers on a matted ground and fixed on the lacquer with a gold screw with handle sculpted and chased as a bundle of leaves, the gold mounts chased with leaves on a sablé ground 1½ in. (39 mm.) wide
Provenance
With J. Kugel Antiquaires, Paris, 1998, acquired by Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-228).
Contact Client Service
info@christies.com
New York +1 212 636 2000
London +44 (0)20 7839 9060
infoasia@christies.com
Asia +852 2760 1766
Special Notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
The jeweller Frédéric Boucheron opened his first shop in the arcades of the Palais Royal, Paris; more than 160 years later, the maison he founded is a world leader
The emergence of lyrical abstraction in postwar France, iIllustrated with key works by Georges Mathieu, Zao Wou-Ki and Chu Teh-Chun