AN ITALIAN IMPERIAL PORPHYRY MORTAR

Maria 'Sao' Schlumberger (1929-2007), was a celebrated artistic figure in Europe who combined close friendships with Andy Warhol, Cy Twombly, Man Ray, Max Ernst, Yves Klein, François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne alongside the Rothschild and the Kennedys. A great philanthropist, she served on the boards of both the Pompidou Centre and MoMa. Her home, the hôtel de Luzy, decorated by Valerian Rybar, was published in C. Fregnac and W. Andrews, The Great Houses of Paris, London, 1979.