50,000 CHF
CHARLES POLUZZI MAGNIFICENT LARGE PAINTED ON ENAMEL ON GOLD LANDSCAPE PLAQUE AFTER RUBENS SET IN A SOLID GOLD TABLE BOX Charles Poluzzi, Geneva. Made circa 1950. Extremely fine and unique, large rectangular painted on enamel on gold landscape plaque after Sir Peter Paul Rubens' painting entitled "Castle Garden" of 1632-5, set in a solid and heavy 18K yellow gold table box. BOX: Two-body, hinged rectangular, engine-turned with "clous de Paris" pattern, sprung thumb-piece at the front, the top with fluted and polished border around the plaque. PLAQUE: Rectangular, very finely painted on enamel with a variation of Rubens' Castle Garden, depicting a castle by a river in a verdant landscape, by a rustic bridge a couple stand as onlookers while a boy chases three girls in the foreground, the translucent cloudy sky over sunray engine-turning on the gold ground. Enamel plaque signed "Poluzzi". DIM. 80 x 60.5 x 11 mm. Notes Overall WEIGHT 182 grams. In exceptional condition. This superb enamel plaque, painted on a plate of solid gold, is a wonderful example of 20th century enamelling. It appears to be the largest enamel by Poluzzi to be offered for sale publically. Set in a very heavy solid gold box, it is truly an objet de luxe for the connoisseur. The scene is a rich landscape quite visually striking with the figure of the boy running seeming to draw the eye into the scene. The composition is, with some artistic changes by Poluzzi, taken from the painting called "Cast Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2015-03-15
