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AN ART DECO JADE, RUBY AND ENAMEL POWDER BOX, BY CARTIER
Lot 125

AN ART DECO JADE, RUBY AND ENAMEL POWDER BOX, BY CARTIER

Closed8 June 2011

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GBP 16,250

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AN ART DECO JADE, RUBY AND ENAMEL POWDER BOX, BY CARTIER
Of circular form, the lid inset with a jadeite plaque engraved with Chinese characters to the central carved ruby cabochon accented by a black enamel border to the similarly inset jadeite reverse, with enamelled surround of geometric fret motif with sugarloaf ruby push piece, circa 1925, with French assay marks for gold, in original red leather Cartier case, diameter 5.0cm
Signed Cartier Paris Londres New York, Made in France, number indistinct

Specialist note

Cartier's use of Chinese and Japanese motifs and designs were synonymous with the aesthetic tastes of the 1920's, with the use of jade forming part of this. Cartier incorporated actual Chinese or Japanese elements of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries into boxes and vanity cases, and combined them with enamel to form one of Cartier's characteristic colour combinations.