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Lot 99 Dα

A gold "Greif" box

Auction 1139 - overview Cologne
14.11.2019, 16:00 - Jewellery & Boxes
Estimate: 3.500 € - 4.000 €
Result: 4.464 € (incl. premium)

A gold "Greif" box

18k and 21k gold box after a design from around 1903/04 in the Städtische Galerie, Munich. Round box with hinged lid with a finely granulated depiction of a griffin, set with twelve 8/8-cut diamonds (in total ca. 0.18 ct). Hallmarks: Fineness 900/750, maker's mark "MP", number 18/20, "Nach W. Kandinsky". H 1.5 cm. Diameter 6.5 cm. Weight 97.26 g.
Max Pollinger, Munich circa 1970, after a design by Wassily Kandinsky.

Provenance

From the goldsmith's estate.

Literature

Illus. in brochure: "Max Pollinger - Cornelia Röthel Goldschmiedearbeiten nach Entwürfen von Wassily Kandinsky", Munich 1970.