Live Auction 16719The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: English & European Furniture, Ceramics and Decorations, Part I
A MEXICAN SILVER ICE PAIL
Lot 188

A MEXICAN SILVER ICE PAIL

MARK OF TANE, MEXICO CITY, CIRCA 1995

Closed9 May 2018

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A MEXICAN SILVER ICE PAIL
MARK OF TANE, MEXICO CITY, CIRCA 1995
Formed as a monkey, the side engraved DAVID ROCKEFELLER JUNE 12-1995; together with a pair of silver-plate ice tongs, pail marked on underside
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) high; 41 oz 16 dwt. (1,300 gr.) weighable silver

Specialist note

The present lot was presented to David Rockefeller on the occasion of his 80th birthday. The form relates to a Mexican onyx vessel of the 10th-13th centuries, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1979.206.1156). The onyx vessel similarly depicts a monkey holding his tail above his head. It was gifted to the museum in 1979 by Nelson Rockefeller, part of the Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection.