Provenance:
The late Stanley Marcus of Neiman-Marcus Inc., Dallas, Texas
Sale: Sotheby’s New York, 16 November 2002, lot 83
A gold-mounted hardstone bonbonnière in the form of a parrot head carved realistically from brown and grey agate, with a hinged lid with a rose-cut diamond-set bezel; the eyes set with large rose-cut diamonds in gold collets.