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A GEM-SET SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
Lot 245 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION 

A GEM-SET SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE

MARK OF THE 11TH ARTEL, MOSCOW, 1908-1917

Closed3 June 2013

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GBP 15,000

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A GEM-SET SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE
MARK OF THE 11TH ARTEL, MOSCOW, 1908-1917
Rectangular with rounded corners, enamelled overall with varicoloured pan-Slavic, geometric and foliate motifs, the cover centring a stylised monster, the reverse enamelled with a bogatyr on a horse, with cabochon chrysoprase push-piece and silver thumb-piece on the side, gilt interior, marked inside cover and base
4¼ in. (11 cm.) wide

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 26 April 1978, lot 223.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.