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Lot 451 Dα

An opulent gilt bronze casket with allegories of love

Auction 1220 - overview Cologne
17.05.2023, 14:00 - Furniture Decorative Arts
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 4.536 € (incl. premium)
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An opulent gilt bronze casket with allegories of love

Cast bronze galvanised in gold and silver, porcelain, textile lining over wooden core. Casket with angled lid crowned by a cast bronze model of Cupid and Psyche and cornucopia appliques. The angles applied with putti as caryatids. Mounted à cage with eight porcelain panels painted with courtly couples in gardens. The frontmost cartouche engraved in Cyrillic "Whose victory?". A small piece broken out of the lid front, with an associated key. H 35, W 37, D 26.5 cm.
Attributed to France, designed for export to the Arabic region or to Russia, late 19th C.

Similar caskets with minor variations in the cast appliqués and with hinged handles on the lid were auctioned at Koller Zurich on 31st March 2011, lot 1330, for CHF 12,000 net, at Christie's London on 24th February 2000, lot 50, for GBP 7475 gross and on 6th March 2014, lot 162, for GBP 8,750 gross and Christie's New York on 15th October 2019, lot 93, for USD 8,125 gross.