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Lot 287 Dα

A circular burrwood box with a portrait miniature

Auction 1130 - overview Cologne
16.05.2019, 16:00 - Jewellery
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.860 € (incl. premium)

A circular burrwood box with a portrait miniature

Burrwood box with tortoiseshell lining, inset with a gouache on ivory miniature. Round box inset to the lid with a portrait of a young lady in a white chemise framed in copper under glass (diameter 68 mm). Portrait signed to the lower right: "Pecheux". H 1.7 cm. Diameter 8.2 cm.
The miniature Gaetano Pecheux, Italy, circa 1810.

Provenance

Acquired in 1999 from Kunsthandel Anna Maria Wager, Munich.

Literature

For more on this artist cf.: Schidlof, Miniature in Europe, Graz 1964, vol. II, p. 620.