BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900

Details

A JEWELLED KALGAN JASPER MODEL OF AN ELEPHANT
BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
Humorously carved as an elephant in acrobatic pose, resting on its legs and curled trunk, with rose-cut diamond-set eyes, apparently unmarked; in the original fitted Fabergé wooden case
2 3⁄8 in. (6 cm.) long

Provenance

Princess Galitzine (probably Irene Galitzine (1916-2006)).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Zurich, 19 November 1976, lot 244.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 27 May 2004, lot 200.

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