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Hermès Paris Chevaux à la Couverture Porcelain Equestrian Ashtray with Original Box - A Hermès porcelain ashtray, also functioning as a change tray, in the Chevaux à la Couverture pattern. The square porcelain vessel features a central polychrome decoration of a bay horse in profile wearing a striped stable blanket in shades of red, forest green, and navy blue, depicted walking across a green grass field. The upper rim is decorated with a repeating geometric border of alternating red and green triangles, accented by hand-painted gold gilding along the outer edges and the two integrated cigarette rests. The side of the porcelain body is marked in gold-toned lettering HERMÈS - PARIS. This lot includes the original orange Hermès presentation box, which features the brand's horse-drawn carriage logo and the address Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris on the interior lid.