A gold-mounted Japanese lacquer snuff box, Paris, 1732-1738
Auction Closed
November 6, 07:36 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
of unusual carosse shape, the lid and base formed of curved dark lacquer panels representing a rooster and a hen picking seeds and two birds perched on a branch with a Japanese plum tree to the left, finely-reeded gold mounts with a slender bow-shaped thumbpiece and chased columns to corners, the flat sides decorated with a cane pattern, maker's mark, charge mark and date letter illegible, discharge mark of Hubert Louvet (1732-1738), later French import mark,
6,2 cm; 2 3/5 in. wide
overall weight 67 gr, 2,15 oz
The Gardner Family, New Jersey;
Christie's New York, 22 May 2008, lot 1
Among the most original and desirable of Paris gold
boxes are those which incorporate original panels of
Japanese or Chinese lacquerwork. The Livre Journal of
Lazare Duvaux lists several boxes with lacquer panels
mounted by Jean Ducrollay for illustrious clients such as
Madame de Pompadour. Some bijoutiers chose to cut
the lacquer to fit currently fashionable forms whereas
others preferred to change the form to fit the shape of the lacquer, as in the case of the present very early example. For another gold-mounted lacquer box of the same shape and same date, see Christie's Paris, Collection Bayreuth, 22 November 2023, lot 22.
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