Sold for:
6,875 CHF
6,875 CHF
SILVER & ENAMEL SEMI-EROTIC CIGARETTE CASE - 'EASTERN PROMISE' Continental. Made circa 1900. Fine, silver and painted on enamel cigarette case. Two-body, curved, polished, hinged front decorated with a painted on enamel semi-erotic scene of a nude young lady reclining on a leopard skin rug in an eastern interior, a sword and tambourine beside her, another nude lady playing the sitar sits close by, gold paillon highlights, engraved foliate border. Notes DIM. 94 x 81 x 11 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-11-10
