A GOLD AND ENAMEL MOUNTED CARVED HARDSTONE FIGURE OF AN OWL
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A GOLD AND ENAMEL MOUNTED CARVED HARDSTONE FIGURE OF AN OWL
IN THE STYLE OF FABERGE
The stylised figure with gold-mounted emerald eyes and gold claws perched on an ivory stand tipped with nephrite, and with pink guilloché and white enamel bands near the rectangular nephrite base
8 cm (3 1/8 in) high
Lot Essay
For a similar owl in rose-quartz, by Cartier, see Christie's Geneva, 27th May 1993, Jewellery sale, lot 817