1,818,500 CHF
"Pendule Mystérieuse Portique No. 4", 18K yellow gold, rock crystal, mother-of-pearl and jade, diamond-set eight day going Art-Deco Portico Mystery Clock with hexagonal dial Paris, 1924 Notes No. 1, 1923 - In the Cartier,Collection since 1973 "Pendule Mystérieuse Portique No. 1", 18K yellow gold and enamel, rock crystal and onyx, diamondset eight day going Art Deco Portico Mystery Clock topped by a rock crystal Billiken, dodecagonal rock crystal dial and diamond-set bands, black enamelled gold bezel with applied rose-cut diamond-set Roman numerals. No. 2, 1924 - George and Frayda Lindemann Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut "Pendule Mystérieuse Portique No. 2", 18K yellow gold and enamel, rock crystal and onyx, diamondset eight day going Art Deco Portico Mystery Clock topped by a rock crystal Buddha, dodecagonal rock crystal dial and diamond-set hands, black enamelled gold bezel with applied rose-cut diamond-set Roman numerals. Detail of the decoralion on Nie comma above the base. The six Oriental-style Portico Mystery Clocks are designed to resemble a temple gate, featuring two lateral columns with a entablature crossing their tops from which a gong (the dial) hangs. These clocks are decorated with animais and carvings mostly of Chinese origin from the second half of the 19th Century. The third and fourth have square columns while ail the others have rounded columns. Portico Clock IV is the larges'', most expressive, and most Art Deco of the fmnily of six. This
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1996-11-19
