Lot 297Y
A group of three Powder Horns Caucasus, 18th Century(5)
10 April 2008, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,080 inc. premium
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Caucasus, 18th Century
Caucasus, 18th Century
comprising a silver and niello powder horn with incised floral motifs and ivory neck; an ivory powder horn carved with trefoil motif, the steel mounts with gold damascening decoration; a steel powder horn with bands of gold floral decoration; this lot also includes A Syrian silver and brass inlaid Powder Horn, 19th Century of rounded pear-shape and A silver Powder Horn, Central Asia, 19th Century
17 cm. long max(5)
17 cm. long max(5)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Acquired from the private collection of General Sukhotine in Belgium, 1952. The General, then a Lieutenant in the Russian army, was involved with the murder of Rasputin on 19th November 1916. He was Jacques Desenfans' neighbour.
Please note the ivory powder horn is the only lot in this group that would require a CITES permit for export.