Lot Essay
For similar, larger models of seals see Christie's Geneva, 16 November 1994, lots 460 and 463.
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BY FABERGÉ, CIRCA 1890
Details
A miniature obsidian model of a seal
by Fabergé, circa 1890
Realistically carved, lying on a rock crystal ice floe, apparently unmarked
.7/8in. (2.2cm.) long
by Fabergé, circa 1890
Realistically carved, lying on a rock crystal ice floe, apparently unmarked
.7/8in. (2.2cm.) long
Exhibited
New York, A la Vieille Russie, catalogue 428, (1983), illustrated p.29.
New York, Metropolitan Museum, Fabergé in America, (1996), no.31 illustrated.
New York, Metropolitan Museum, Fabergé in America, (1996), no.31 illustrated.