CARTIER, vers 1925-1930 - Lot 116

Lot n° 116
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CARTIER, vers 1925-1930 - Lot 116
CARTIER, vers 1925-1930 Rectangular burrwood (Vavona?) cigar humidor, with a hinged lid, decorated with a celadon jade (nephrite) rectangular plate carved and openworked with a dragon among flowering scrolls, in a rectangular silver (min. 800) molded and lacquered black and red, with eight threaded rods, fixing, on the reverse. Cylindrical clasp in silver (800) black lacquered. Boar hallmark. CHINA, MING Dynasty (1368-1644) for the plate. Signed "CARTIER Made in France" on the rabbet on the left and numbered ?252 on the right. Plate : 9 x 5.7 cm. Mounting: Gross weight: 48.5 g - 10 x 6.7 cm. Cellar : 4.5 x 25 x 15.5 cm - Total H. : 5.8 cm. Small chips in the edges of the plate; some wear to the lacquer, including a cylinder of the clasp; threaded rods shortened, without nuts. Scratches and small cracks, accidents and lacks to the hinge of the cellar. Provenance: Purchased at public auction in France, 1930s-1940s. For a plate of similar design, also hollowed out at the back, see the mantel clock centered on a jade plate in a frame of onyx, coral and diamonds, made by the Couet workshop in 1926 for the Maison Cartier, reproduced in the book "Maîtres joailliers", edited by A. Kenneth Snowan, Denoël, Paris, 1990, p. 198 Vavona (Sequoia sempervirens) This pre-Convention specimen having undergone mechanical destructuration by cutting, polishing, or turning is not listed in the Appendices of the Washington Convention (CITES) and in Appendix B of the EC Regulation 338/97 of 09/12/1996. However, for a possible export, it will be up to the successful bidder to inquire - prior to any purchase of this lot - with the customs of the country concerned, particularly if it is the United States.
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