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A CARVED SAPPHIRE HINDU SAINT
Depicting a Hindu saint, carved sapphire of 37.82 carats, 1 1/8 in., 18th century
Depicting a Hindu saint, carved sapphire of 37.82 carats, 1 1/8 in., 18th century
Provenance
Rothschild Collection
Literature
González-Palacios 1981, pp. 296-97, no. 142
Spink 1988, pp. 64-65, no. 49
Spink 1988, pp. 64-65, no. 49
Exhibited
The Miho Museum, Koka 2016, p. 28, no. 5
Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p. 202, no. 152
The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, p. 86, no. 43
The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, p. 98, no. 44
Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p. 202, no. 152
The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, p. 86, no. 43
The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, p. 98, no. 44
Special Notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Sale Room Notice
Please note the following provenance for Lot 290: Maurice de Rothschild, Paris; on deposit at the Banque de Paris, from where it was confiscated by the Devisenschutz-Kommando following the Nazi occupation of Paris; Transferred to the Jeu de Paume (Einsatztab Reichsleiter Rosenberg no. R 2182), and from there to Lager Peter, Alt Aussee; Recovered by the Monuments, Fine Art and Archives Section; transferred to the Munich Central Collecting Point (MCCP no. 266/30), 20 June 1945; Repatriated to Paris, 25 June 1946, and restituted to the Rothschild collection.
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