A TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE BOX by Fabergé, workmaster Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, 1899-1903
Rectangular, mounted en cage with five nephrite panels and a gold plaque at the bottom, within chased two-colour gold laurel leaf border with rosettes at each corner, on four fluted bun feet. 10.4 x 6.8 x 5.3 cm
Lot Essay
For a very similar gold-mounted nephrite box see Christie's, London, The Robert Strauss Collection of Works of Art by Carl Fabergé, March 9, 1976, lot 16.