CARTIER PARIS ART DECO JADE AND SILVER PAGE MARKER WITH THE CHINESE CHARACTER 'S…

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CARTIER PARIS ART DECO JADE AND SILVER PAGE MARKER WITH THE CHINESE CHARACTER 'SHOU', CIRCA 1938 Bookmark with tapering silver blade terminating at one end in a flat disc, and at the other end in a pierced antique Chinese green jade ball, carved with the Chinese 'shou' sign for longevity, surmounted by a red enamel cabochon, and suspended from a ringlet. Signed 'Cartier Paris' Numbered 'S 3599' Cartier Paris hallmark 'CSA' (active in 1929) and boar's head hallmark (silver) L. 29 cm D. jade ball : 2.3 cm Gross weight : 33 g With expertise letter by Alain Cartier dated 10 October 2023 First produced by Cartier in the 1930s, these bookmarks were inspired by cocktail party stirrers. The hedonistic Roaring Twenties gave rise to a "cocktail generation" of exuberant and joyful men and women, some of whom became stalwarts of the "café society". Members of this fun-loving generation brought ideas and stimulated the creativity of jewelers.

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Estim. 600 - 1 200 EUR

OSTERTAG Cigarette case with two compartments, made of chased silver with Art Deco geometric lines (scratches), the decorative gadrooned front panels in yellow gold enhanced with calibrated sapphires, the lid holding a mirror (pitted). Signed Circa 1930 L: 14.7 cm - W: 11.8 cm - H: 1.5 cm Pb: 321.90 g (Silver-800/1000) Object in the same style in the British Museum OSTERTAG In 1922, 39-year-old Arnold Ostertag moved to Paris, where he began his career as a jeweler. Other Ostertag boutiques followed over the years in Cannes, Le Touquet and New York. Ostertag also had a keen eye for jewelry accessories, such as toiletry cases, cigarette cases and compacts. Decorative hard stones including jade, lapis lazuli and agate were adorned with ruby and sapphire cabochons, enhanced with diamonds, making them small works of art. Arnold Ostertag married when he was 56. His wife, Verna, an American, was only 25. They married in Paris in August 1939 after a two-year courtship in Cannes. War was declared just over a month after they took their vows, and Verna immediately returned to the United States. Her husband followed a few months later, leaving the management of the company to an employee. Arnold Ostertag died in April 1940. The Paris store did not survive the Nazi occupation and closed in 1941. Verna married Paul Flato, another well-known New York jeweler. Although its history is brief, Ostertag's contributions during the 1920s and 1930s were significant; a legacy of exquisite style and uncompromising quality.

Estim. 1 500 - 3 000 EUR

YAMAGUCHI SHOJOSAI: AN UNUSUAL GOLD-LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO IN THE FORM OF AN OI (MONK’S BACKPACK) YAMAGUCHI SHOJOSAI: AN UNUSUAL GOLD-LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO IN THE FORM OF AN OI (MONK’S BACKPACK) By Yamaguchi Shojosai, signed Shojosai saku 松杖斎作 with kakihan Japan, mid-20 th century, Showa era (1926-1989) In the form of a mountain monk's backpack (oi) raised on four feet, the three-case inro bearing a lustrous gold kinji ground, finely decorated in iro-e hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, as well as hirame gold flakes, to simulate various features of an oi. The front mimicking the backpack’s wooden panel doors worked with a sublime mokume ground (simulated wood grain), locked together in place with a clasp, against the typical twill-plaited bamboo panels, the top and bottom registers decorated with a stylized foliate sprig and diapered geometric ground, this design is continued to the sides, the verso further decorated with two braided ropes which form the carrying straps. Signed to the underside SHOJOSAI saku [made by Shojosai] with the artist’s kakihan in red lacquer. The interior compartments of nashiji with gold fundame edges. With a gold lacquer ojime. HEIGHT 11.3 cm, WIDTH 8.3 cm, DEPTH 4.1 cm Condition: Excellent condition with only very minor wear. Provenance: Ex-collection Alan and Simone Hartman. Alan Hartman was born on 9 January 1930, the son of Hazel and Urban Hartman. Urban Hartman opened a shop dealing in Oriental art on Manhattan’s Upper West Side in 1927 and Hartman Rare Art was incorporated in 1945. Alan grew up surrounded by works of art; he purchased his first jade when he was a child – he was 12 – and from that moment until his passing, he continued to acquire antiques and works of art. For a while Alan worked with his brother, Roland, and when they split, he made the decision to run the business on his own. Hence the name Rare Art was to endure, and Alan owned substantial galleries on Madison Avenue in New York and at one point stores in Dallas and Palm Beach. Anyone who visited his New York stores will remember that it was easy to be overwhelmed by the sheer breadth of the stock – including Chinese from Neolithic to the 20th century, Japanese, silver, and jades and hardstones from all over the world. Privately, however, Alan and his second wife, the love of his life, Simone, purchased special pieces for their homes – fine Japanese works of art and objets de vertu, Impressionist paintings, magnificent jades, the best Tang and Ming ceramics, archaic Chinese bronzes, gold boxes, and an important collection of Huguenot silver. Parts of his collection have been donated to the Alan and Simone Hartman Galleries in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Brooklyn Museum, and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. With a wood tomobako inscribed to the cover, ‘Tsuta no hosomichi on-inro’ [inro with the Narrow Ivy Road] in allusion to a chapter in Ise monogatari (The Tales of Ise, tenth century), in which travelers pass through an ivy-covered mountain pass. Yamaguchi Shojosai was born Yamaguchi Shozaburo in Niigata; disabled by polio at an early age, he used crutches throughout his life and borrowed two characters from the Japanese word for crutches, matsubazue, to form his own art name. After a time spent lacquering mass-produced butsudan (household Buddhist altars) he joined the Tobe studio and began to manufacture inro and other maki-e items of superior quality, becoming an independent artist in 1928. He made fine inro both before and after World War II.

Estim. 300 - 500 EUR

Art Deco silver and enamels table clock France, 1920s - 1930s Height x width x depth: 11.6 x 9.4 x 3.6 cm. Weight: 189.6 g. Temple-shaped case with a jade base and columns, silver top with floral motifs, an arch and arrows set with marcasites and colored stones; the watch case in silver, white enamel dial with Roman numerals and gilded hour markers. On the back of the case "2170566 - FRANCE." Key-wound and time setting. Apparently unmarked; tested with acid and touchstone, guaranteed to be silver. Item condition grading: **** good. The case of the clock is in a good state of preservation with the normal wear and defects commensurate with its age and use over time; hairlines on the dial. The watch movement is currently working but may require a technical service.

Estim. 70 - 100 EUR

925/1000 sterling silver bracelet set with five jade cabochons. Adjustable length. PB approx: 7.61 g - Quotation on request (minimum 12€) : Postal delivery by registered colissimo with AR + compulsory insurance or Transfer to Paris, Deauville or Rouen

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