拍品 7
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A GERMAN FOUR-COLOUR GOLD MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
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A GERMAN FOUR-COLOUR GOLD MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX

PROBABLY BERLIN, CIRCA 1760/1780

细节
A GERMAN FOUR-COLOUR GOLD MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
probably Berlin, circa 1760/1780
Oblong brown mauve mocha striated agate box with hinged slightly raised cover, the gold mounts engraved with a foliate ribbon-twist band, the slightly raised thumbpiece chased with flowers and foliage
3 1/8 in. (79 mm.) wide
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

拍品专文

For other Berlin snuff-boxes made of this rare stone, see Sotheby's, Geneva, 15 May 1986, lot 87, and Sotheby's, London, 27 November 2001, lot 19. A vase made of this stone, from the Peterhof Lapidary Workshop, 1777, is illustrated in G. Komelova, Treasures of Imperial Russia, Catherine the Great, London, 1990, no. 55.