
Lot Closed
May 20, 02:44 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
TWO GOLD, GILT AND ENAMELLED OPENWORK ZARFS, SWITZERLAND FOR THE OTTOMAN MARKET, 19TH CENTURY
one with three painted festoons on filigree ground applied with chased gold vine leaves and pearl-set grapes, seed-pearl border, enamelled rose diamond-set base; the other with foot, base and wavy rim enamelled in white and pale blue 'taille d'epergne' with husks and flowers, enclosing shaped oval panels enamelled 'en plein' with a lakeside view, amourous trophies and flowers against an opalescent ground within beaded filigree
(2)
5.9cm; 5.5cm. height
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Christie's Geneva, 14 May 1980, lot 391.
Sotheby's Zurich, 6 May 1980, lot 36.