1950
Nécessaire
Creation details
- Creation year 1950
- Stone Diamond
- Stone Jade
- Stone Pearl
- Material Enamel
- Material Gold
- Material Platinum
- Usage Minaudière
- Dimensions 97 × 45 × 30 mm
Notice
This nécessaire, created in the 1920s, is a loose interpretation of Far Eastern art in its typology, materials, and iconography. Its cylindrical form refers to Japanese inrō and its black enamel decoration bears a Chinese ideogram made of diamonds at its center. Its black casing, enhanced by a platinum border set with diamonds, contrasts with the sobriety of the carved white jade plant motifs that allow the red enamel background to show through at each end.
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