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Important Gold Boxes from a Private European Family Collection

An amethystine quartz snuff box with gold mounts, German, mid-eighteenth century, in the manner of Heinrici

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May 16, 01:38 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 CHF

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Lot Details

Description

rectangular, the lid inlaid in burgau shell in different shades and gold with a figure of a seated buddha flanked by flower vases, the sides decorated with further inlaid exotic flower sprays, pagodas and rockery, on an amethystine ground, the wavy gold mounts with a slender scrollwork thumbpiece,


8 cm; 3 ⅛ in. wide