Catherine the Great. Lacquer box.

Catherine the Great. Lacquer box. The lid adorned with a large walrus ivory cameo cutout, lattice border on a gold and brown field, outer gilt border all under glass. 94 mm diameter. Lacquered wood.

Lid edge chipped at 12:00-1:00, strip separated at bottom.

Ex Sotheby’s ‘Property of the Collection of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman: The London Residence’, New York, NY, April 28, 2010, lot 142