Object Details
- Description
- rectangular with rounded angles, the gold body mounted with mother-of-pearl panels on front and back, the lid bordered by black enamel and small, natural pearls, the center with black enamel decorated with the figure of a dragon set within four sets of rose-cut diamonds, the ends with two corals carved with a Ruyi centered by cabochon emeralds, the sides enamelled in black with gold dragon designs centered by a coral thumbpiece, the interior with fitted mirror and powder compartment.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Producer
- Cartier, French, founded 1847
- Probably
- Vladimir Makovsky, French, born Russia (1884-1966)
- Date
- ca. 1924
- Credit Line
- Lent by Private Collection
- Medium
- Enamel, mother-of-pearl, natural pearls, shell, rose-cut diamonds, carved coral, cabochon emeralds, mirrored plate glass, gold
- Dimensions
- L x W x D: 5.9 × 4.3 × 1.4 cm (2 5/16 × 1 11/16 × 9/16 in.)
- Type
- containers
- Exhibitions
- Object Name
- Compact
- Type
- Compact
