Round lacquer box circled in yellow gold, the lid set with a - Lot 217

Round lacquer box circled in yellow gold, the lid set with a miniature. Master goldsmith: illegible, Paris, 1782-1783, the miniature signed lower right ROUVIER, dated 1781, the portrait on ivory (Elephantidae spp*) depicting a woman wearing a pink dress, her powdered hair adorned with blue ribbons, the other side adorned with a gold monogram applied to a cloth; the box lined with horn (Bovidae), (missing, accidents, traces of restoration, strapping to be refixed). Diameter: 77.5 mm. Gross weight: 109.5 g. A similar miniature snuffbox by Pierre Rouvier, depicting Madame de Bailly, is in the collection of the MET in New York (38.50.7a, b). *Ivory specimen of Elephantidae spp (I/A) pre-Convention, prior to July 1, 1947 and therefore compliant with EC regulation 338/97 of 09/12/1996 art.2-W SCE and SPMC, and prior to July 1, 1975 and therefore compliant with the French decrees of May 4, 2017 and January 2022. A CITES re-export permit is required for export from the European Union. This lot is accompanied by a CIC issued on 18/12/2025.