Lot 5110 ♣ - ibid145 Furniture - online only - Tuesday, 25. June 2024, 03.30 PM
LOT OF THREE EROTIC MINIATURE MEDALLIONS
End of the 19th century.
1. oval, gold-stamped leather case, opening onto a miniature painting depicting an intimate shave. Bottom with old label Sotheby's 17.5.94.
2. oval brass medallion with chased lid, opening onto an enamel miniature depicting a lustful man looking under the blanket of a sleeping woman.
3. oval brass pillbox. The lid with a miniature painting depicting an allegory of love; the inner lid with a depiction of Susanna bathing. The bottom with a brass monogram inlaid in tortoiseshell.
2. oval brass medallion with chased lid, opening onto an enamel miniature depicting a lustful man looking under the blanket of a sleeping woman.
3. oval brass pillbox. The lid with a miniature painting depicting an allegory of love; the inner lid with a depiction of Susanna bathing. The bottom with a brass monogram inlaid in tortoiseshell.
1. Leather case: L 9.2 cm
2. Brass medallion: H 7 cm
3. Pill box: L 8.2 cm
2. Brass medallion: H 7 cm
3. Pill box: L 8.2 cm
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Due to the use of protected materials, this object cannot be exported from Switzerland to other countries.
Provenance: Small private collection of erotica, Geneva.
Provenance: Small private collection of erotica, Geneva.
CHF 500 / 800 | (€ 520 / 820)
Sold for CHF 1 700 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.