Lot Essay
This hardstone animal is a perfect example illustrating how the Fabergé stonecarver managed to use the stone to match the relative extremities of the subject.
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BY FABERGÉ, CIRCA 1890
Details
A marble model of a draft horse
by Fabergé, circa 1890
Realistically carved, with cabochon sapphires eyes, apparently unmarked
3.1/8in. (8cm.) high
by Fabergé, circa 1890
Realistically carved, with cabochon sapphires eyes, apparently unmarked
3.1/8in. (8cm.) high
Exhibited
San Francisco, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, Fabergé: Goldsmith to the Russian Imperial Court, (1964), no.2.
New York, Metropolitan Museum, Fabergé in America, (1996), no.29 illustrated.
New York, Metropolitan Museum, Fabergé in America, (1996), no.29 illustrated.