A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED BURGAU, MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND LACQUER TABLE SNUFF-BOX

Lot 268
23.10.2024 18:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
£ 5 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 268 | A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED BURGAU, MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND LACQUER TABLE SNUFF-BOX
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
Oval, the cover, sides and base in laque burgautée decorated with Japanese-style gold lacquer motifs featuring on the cover Fukurokuju, The God of Longevity, seating underneath a chrysanthemum tree holding an amber staff and a mother-of-pearl peach, the rim with spray of flowers, the sides decorated with various dress apparels and the underside with child picking a mother-of-pearl peach, the gold-mounts chased with geometrical motifs, marked on flange: charge, date-letter (R), maker's mark and décharge, with later purple velvet fitted case
35/8 (9.2 cm.) long
gross weight 4 oz. 11 dwt. (142 gr.)
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
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