LOT 1001 Chinese silver and enamel butterfly box
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Chinese silver and enamel butterfly box, Qing Dynasty or later (19th/20th c.), polychrome enamel on silver (purity unknown), the shaped box with repousse and enamel decorated lid depicting a butterfly with expanded wings, and flowering plants, the box sides engraved with infinity design and enamel auspicious objects, opening to compartmentalized interior, marked in Chinese to underside, 1"h x 3.5"l x 2.75"w Provenance: Furnishings from the Estate of Barbara Allen de Kwiatkowski, a Parish-Hadley Commission Notes/Literature: Model, socialite, and Andy Warhol protege, Barbara Allen de Kwiatkowski, made her name as a young editor at Interview Magazine and as a popular subject of the Society pages. Later marrying German industrialist and polo champion Henryk de Kwiatkowski, they built a Connecticut country estate and stables, designed by architect Alan Wanzenberg and decorated by legendary interior designers Sister Parish and Albert Haley
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