Lot Essay
For a similar obsidian sea lion in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen of England, see A. Kenneth Snowman, Carl Fabergé Goldsmith to the Imperial Court of Russia (London, 1983) p.71, no.3 (illus.)
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A JEWELLED CARVED OBSIDIAN AND ROCK-CRYSTAL MODEL OF A SEA LION
by Fabergé, circa 1890
Realistically carved, the raised head with rose-diamond set eyes on a slab of rock-crystal simulating ice -- the rock-crystal base 14 cm long
by Fabergé, circa 1890
Realistically carved, the raised head with rose-diamond set eyes on a slab of rock-crystal simulating ice -- the rock-crystal base 14 cm long