COFFRET EN BOIS DE PADOUK A MONTURE EN ARGENT, ECAILLE DE TORTUE ET INCRUSTATION DE NACRE
MEXIQUE OU PHILIPPINES ESPAGNOLES, FIN DU XVIIIe OU DEBUT DU XIXe SIECLE
Ouvrant sur un intérieur compartimenté
H.: 14 cm. (5.5 in.) ; L.: 33 cm. (12 in.)
COFFRET EN BOIS DE PADOUK A MONTURE EN ARGENT, ECAILLE DE TORTUE ET INCRUSTATION DE NACRE
MEXIQUE OU PHILIPPINES ESPAGNOLES, FIN DU XVIIIe OU DEBUT DU XIXe SIECLE
Ouvrant sur un intérieur compartimenté
H.: 14 cm. (5.5 in.) ; L.: 33 cm. (12 in.)
Sotheby's, New York, 18-19 novembre 2009, lot 65 ($20,000) ; Collection privée, Buenos Aires ; Collection privée, Rome.
A SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL, MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID AND PADOUK WOOD CASKET, MEXICAN OR HISPANO-PHILIPPINE, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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