Pierre CIOR (Paris, 1769 - 1840) Woman seated at a mahogany secretary with columns, surmounted by a vase with a bronze frame, pointing to a letter addressed to Guadeloupe, one can read: "Basse-Terre / my Friend, ....." Fine rectangular miniature on ivory*. Signed lower right: Cior Size: at sight 7 x 7 cm Posterior frame in garnet velvet with gilded brass visor, 14,5 x 13,5 cm. Gross weight : 89,5 gr Painter in miniature, active from one end to the other of Europe during a good forty years to paint many crowned heads, and who exposed at the Salon in 1796 and 1799, then in 1831 and 1837. It is one of the most accomplished female miniatures of the artist. In accordance with the regulation that came into force on January 19, 2022, intra-European Union trade in ivory is subject to obtaining a CIC certificate. Re-exportation outside the European Union is prohibited.