26th Jan, 2022 15:00

Erotica. Objects of Desire

 
  Lot 1041
 

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY AUSTRIAN 900 STANDARD SILVER AND ENAMEL EROTIC CIGARETTE CASE, VIENNA CIRCA 1910 BY GEORG LIPPA

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY AUSTRIAN 900 STANDARD SILVER AND ENAMEL EROTIC CIGARETTE CASE, VIENNA CIRCA 1910 BY GEORG LIPPA

Of rectangular form with rounded corners, push button release. The lid painted with a scene of the “slave trader” depicting two nude women, one reclining on silk the other standing being disrobed by her master, an Arabic man in a turban, all reserved with opaque blue enamel. Gilt interior. Marked to interior each side, makers mark GL, and stamped 271.

Length – 11 cm / 4.25 inches

Weight – 167 grams / 5.37 ozt

Sold for £1,875

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