Sale 1126
Geneva
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17 November 1992
Price realised
CHF 30,800
Estimate
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
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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.
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