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Tabatière en or, péruvienne, début du XVIIIe siècle A rare early 18th Century Peruvian gold snuff box unmarked, circa 1725-1750 image 1
Tabatière en or, péruvienne, début du XVIIIe siècle A rare early 18th Century Peruvian gold snuff box unmarked, circa 1725-1750 image 2
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Tabatière en or, péruvienne, début du XVIIIe siècle

A rare early 18th Century Peruvian gold snuff box

unmarked, circa 1725-1750

30 – 31 October 2025, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche

Sold for €28,160 inc. premium

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Tabatière en or, péruvienne, début du XVIIIe siècle

A rare early 18th Century Peruvian gold snuff box


unmarked, circa 1725-1750


Rectangular, the domed lid with cast and engraved of Baroque stylised animals around a stylised scallop shell, each corner capped with cartouches with further stylised animals, the underside with an engraved scene of a Bird hunt, with hunter and fox, with a bird on a rope, with South American landscape behind with river and a town. , length 7.5 cm, weight 146.5gms.

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For two similar examples please see Plateria Del Peru Virreinal 1535-1825, Cristina Esteras Martin, Madrid/Lima 1997, pages 184-187

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