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269-5057 Cigarette case: extremely rare Russian cigarette case, representation based on a design by Ilya Grigoryevich Chashnik, 1920-1925 Approx. 10.5 × 8.5 × 1.8 cm, approx. 170g, silver, Russian silver hallmark and master's mark AMJU5, gilt interior, the face with a representation of a man fighting with two tigers, with a later gift dedication on the back and inside. Another cigarette case with this representation is in the ‘Russian Museum’ in Leningrad. The design is by Ilja Grigorjewitsch Tschaschnik. Tschaschnik (Russian Илья Григорьевич Чашник, scientific Transliteration Il'ja Grigor'jevič Čašnik; * 12 Junijul. / 25 June 1902greg. in Ljuzin, Russian Empire; † 4 March 1929 in Leningrad)[1] was a Russian artist of the Russian avant-garde who primarily transferred the basic ideas of Suprematism into applied art. In 1919, he went to Moscow to study at the Free State Art Workshops, but returned to Vitebsk in the summer of 1919 and studied at the Art School in Vitebsk from 1919. His teachers were initially Marc Chagall and later Kazimir Malevich and El Lissitzky. He was a follower of Malevich and, with Nikolai Suetin, Lazar Khidekel and others, co-founded the UNOVIS group of artists in early 1920. Provenance: Christie's Geneva, May 1992. 500 € - 1.500 €

269-5293 Highly valuable vintage Cartier lighter, “Trinity”, 1980s Ca. 70 × 25 × 12.5 mm, ca. 98 g, 18K gold, tricolor, signed and numbered, used, good condition. 2.800 € - 4.000 €

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