A nephrite model of a Kingfisher
A nephrite model of a Kingfisher

BY FABERGÉ, CIRCA 1890

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A nephrite model of a Kingfisher
by Fabergé, circa 1890
Of stylized form, the bird in perched alert stance, with rose-cut diamond eyes, apparently unmarked
21/8in. (5.2cm.) high

拍品專文

For a similar carved kingfisher see Christie's Geneva, 18 November 1980, lot 132, noting the two similar models in bowenite and in nephrite, the later with gold feet, in the collection of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II exhibited in London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Goldsmith to the Imperial Court of Russia: Fabergé 1846-1920 (1977), D52 & D53.