Lot Essay
Another Fabergé jasper model of a rhinoceros is in the collection of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, USA. See The Fabergé Menagerie, London, 2003, p. 169, No. 103, illustrated.
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BY FABERGÉ, CIRCA 1900
Details
A Carved Jasper Model of a Rhinoceros
By Fabergé, circa 1900
Realistically modelled standing, with diamond eyes, in the original silk and velvet lined wood case stamped 'Fabergé St Petersburg Moscow London' beneath the Imperial warrant, apparently unmarked
4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) long
By Fabergé, circa 1900
Realistically modelled standing, with diamond eyes, in the original silk and velvet lined wood case stamped 'Fabergé St Petersburg Moscow London' beneath the Imperial warrant, apparently unmarked
4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) long
Provenance
Property of a Nobleman, sold Sotheby's, Geneva, May 27, 1993, lot 354. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Special Notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
Brought to you by
Alexis de Tiesenhausen
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