Auction Closed
October 14, 05:38 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
A gold-mounted jewelled hardstone cane handle, l🌊ate 18th cent✨ury and later
the tau-shaped handle carved in carnelian-coloured hardstone, the gold mounts chased with rococo foliage and decorated with clasps of a uniform leading up to a carved agate portrait of an Ottoman wearing a jewelled gold turban, engraved gold collar, wood stick, apparently unmarked
length 4¾ in.; 12 cm.
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P꧃ommeau de c𓆉anne en or et agate, fin du XVIIIe siècle et après
le manche en forme de tau sculpté dans de la pierre dure, les montures en or ciselées de feuillage rococo, surmontées d'un portrait en agate sculptée d'un Ottoman portant un riche turban en or, apparemment non poinçonné
length 4¾ in.; 12 cm.
Christie's Paris, 5 November 2014, lot 111.
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Christie's Paris, 5 novembre 2014, lot 111.