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BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
Details
A JEWELLED OBSIDIAN MODEL OF A MANDRILL
BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
Humoristically carved as a seated mandrill, scratching its back, with rose-cut diamond-set eyes, apparently unmarked
2 in. (5.1 cm.) high
BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
Humoristically carved as a seated mandrill, scratching its back, with rose-cut diamond-set eyes, apparently unmarked
2 in. (5.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Wartski, London, in July 1991.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé from Private Collections, London, 1992, no. 116 (illustrated).
A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé, Juwelier des Zarenhofes, Heidelberg, 1995, p. 62, no. 17 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 309, no. 830 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 55, no. 43 (illustrated).
A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé, Juwelier des Zarenhofes, Heidelberg, 1995, p. 62, no. 17 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 309, no. 830 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 55, no. 43 (illustrated).
Exhibited
London, Wartski, Fabergé from Private Collections, 2 - 15 December 1992, no. 116.
Hamburg, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Fabergé, Juweilier des Zarenhofes, 12 April - 25 June 1995, no. 17.
London, Spencer House, Fabergé from Private Collections - An exhibition on behalf of Music in Country Churches, 8 December 1998, no. 7.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 830.
London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 43.
Hamburg, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Fabergé, Juweilier des Zarenhofes, 12 April - 25 June 1995, no. 17.
London, Spencer House, Fabergé from Private Collections - An exhibition on behalf of Music in Country Churches, 8 December 1998, no. 7.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 830.
London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 43.
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Margo Oganesian
Head of Department, Fabergé and Russian Works of Art