#165

French Porcelain Art Deco Powder Box "Venetian Carnival Lady" with Artist Signature
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8" (20 cm.) h. 6"w. Two-piece porcelain powder box depicts a masked lady with voluminous skirt which separates below the hips for access to the hollow center,her highly- stylized modeling and painting designed to depict a costumed lady at a Venetian costume ball,the costume in magenta and black with rich gilt accents on jewelry and fan. Excellent condition except chip on inside skirt rim. Marked _M.Fres Limoges Made in France" and with partial original paper label and artist signature _Printernion" (partly indecipherable). French,circa 1920. From the Vicki Lee Little Collection.