CARTIER Art Deco Letter Opener with Buddha Shakyamuni

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3.000 € - 5.000 €

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Description:

Cartier, London, 1920ies
L. 22 cm
Finely carved ivory, partially openworked. Filigree mounting of yellow gold. The handle is an Asian relief with the seated Buddha Shakyamuni made of gilt bronze, yellow-green glass (pâte-de-verre) and coloured and glass stones. Original leather case from Cartier. Weight 31,5g. Comes with EU sales permit for ivory objects.
South German private collection, acquired in London in the 1980s.
The House of Cartier often used original Asian works in their goldsmith's work in the 1920s.
Lit:
S. Nadelhoffer, Cartier, Jewelers Extraordinary, London 1984, see p. 280.
Etude Tajan: catalogue The Magical Art of Cartier, Geneva 1996. On the type and the use of original Asian parts in Cartier's work, see from p. 286. A comparable letter opener without the Asian decoration under no. 430

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