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PROPERTY OF LORD AND LADY HAMBLEDEN
A MEISSEN GOLD-MOUNTED RECTANGULAR SNUFF-BOX AND COVER
CIRCA 1740-45
细节
A MEISSEN GOLD-MOUNTED RECTANGULAR SNUFF-BOX AND COVER
CIRCA 1740-45
Of bombé form, the exterior painted with couples after Watteau in wooded landscapes and beside obelisks, within elaborate Gitterwerk cartouches flanked by gilt flowerheads, the underside of the cover with a lady at her toilette, the interior of the box richly-gilt (minute chip to box below mount, minute scratching to enamels at edge of base)
3.1/8 in. (8 cm.) wide overall
CIRCA 1740-45
Of bombé form, the exterior painted with couples after Watteau in wooded landscapes and beside obelisks, within elaborate Gitterwerk cartouches flanked by gilt flowerheads, the underside of the cover with a lady at her toilette, the interior of the box richly-gilt (minute chip to box below mount, minute scratching to enamels at edge of base)
3.1/8 in. (8 cm.) wide overall
来源
The Bernal Collection, according to manuscript note: 'Square Gold mounted Dresden box, 'painted' in 'subjects' after Watteau outside & at the sides', & a portrait of a lady inside. From the Bernal Collection.' Of the many gold-mounted 'Dresden, and other Porcelain Boxes' in the collection of Ralph Bernal, sold by Christie's on 5 March 1855, several are listed with Watteau subjects and figures in conversation (see lots 3652, 3671 and 3740).
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Emma Durkin
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