拍品 108
108
A MEISSEN COPPER-GILT MOUNTED SNUFF-BOX
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A MEISSEN COPPER-GILT MOUNTED SNUFF-BOX

CIRCA 1745, THE MOUNTS CONTEMPORARY

细节
A MEISSEN COPPER-GILT MOUNTED SNUFF-BOX
CIRCA 1745, THE MOUNTS CONTEMPORARY
Of ribbed tapering pannier form, the exterior painted after Watteau with figures in fine brightly coloured clothes, at various pursuits in wooded parklands painted en grisaille, the urns, pedestals and distance on the cover all enriched in subdued pale colours, the base with scrolls and husks about a central flowerhead, the interior of the cover stippled and painted with a lady holding a mask and with her hand resting on the shoulder of a child in the guise of Harlequin (exterior with slight scratches, minute wear, area of wear to gilt interior)
2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm.) long overall
来源
Anon., sale Sotheby's London, 12th June 1984, lot 116.
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拍品专文

The painting and stippling on the interior of this box are very similar to the interior of a box illustrated by Barbara Beaucamp-Markowsky, Boîtes en Porcelaine, des manufactures européennes au 18e siècle (Fribourg, 1985), p. 152, no. 113.