A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED JAPANESE LACQUER POCKET CALENDAR
A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED JAPANESE LACQUER POCKET CALENDAR
PROBABLY BY JOSEPH VITET (FL 1757-1779), MARKED, PARIS, 1758/1759, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE OF ELOY BRICHARD 1756-1762
Rectangular, the hinged front and back covers set with Japanese Maki-e lacquer panels decorated with gold stylised chrysanthemums and eucalypsus branches on a black ground, the gold spine and mounts engraved with wavescroll bands, the inside lined with blue silk containing a printed calendar for 1787, with original shagreen case
1 7/8 in. (47 mm.) high
Provenance
Anymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 May 2004, lot 50.
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A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED JAPANESE LACQUER POCKET CALENDAR
PROBABLY BY JOSEPH VITET (FL 1757-1779), MARKED, PARIS, 1758/1759, WITH THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE OF ELOY BRICHARD 1756-1762
Rectangular, the hinged front and back covers set with Japanese Maki-e lacquer panels decorated with gold stylised chrysanthemums and eucalypsus branches on a black ground, the gold spine and mounts engraved with wavescroll bands, the inside lined with blue silk containing a printed calendar for 1787, with original shagreen case
1 7/8 in. (47 mm.) high
Provenance
Anymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 May 2004, lot 50.
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