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Lot 90: JEAN ANDRÉ ROUQUET (SWISS, 1701-1758)

Est: £6,000 GBP - £8,000 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomJuly 06, 2005

Item Overview

Description

A fine enamel miniature of a gentleman, in green velvet coat with gold lacing and ermine-bordered red cloak draped over left shoulder, powdered wig en queue
enamel on copper
oval, 1 5/8 in. (42 mm.) high, superb gold frame with outer pierced border, enamelled pink and white blue and white flowers, green leaves, and pink and white ribbon surmount

Artist or Maker

Provenance

Fontainebleau, Hôtel des Ventes, 8 December 1990, lot 66.

Notes

For an enamel miniature by Zincke in a similar original enamelled gold frame, see S. Coffin/B. Hofstetter, The Gilbert Collection - Portrait Miniatures in Enamel, London, 2000, p. 118, no. 70.

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Auction Details

Important Portrait Miniatures and Objects of Vertu

by
Christie's
July 06, 2005, 12:00 AM EST

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK