Mario Buatta: Prince of Interiors
Mario Buatta: Prince of Interiors
A CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN SHELL-FORM TUREEN AND COVER, MID-19TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
January 25, 03:59 AM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
Lot Details
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Sold Without Reserve
A CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN SHELL-FORM TUREEN AND COVER, MID-19TH CENTURY
probably Jacob-Petit, naturalistically modeled as a conch shell, affixed with encrusted moss, smaller shells and a salamander, incised numeral 1468
height 8 ¾ in.
22.3 cm
An example of this form marked for Jacob Petit was in the Collection of Countess Mona Bismarck, sold at Sotheby's Florence, 6 April 1987, lot 591 and subsequently sold at Sotheby's Milan, 20 May 1992, lot 603. A further example bearing the same incised numeral as the present lot was sold at Sotheby's New York, 21 October 1993, lot 70