BY FABERGÉ, CIRCA 1900

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A JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED OBSIDIAN MODEL OF A PIGEON
BY FABERGÉ, CIRCA 1900
Realistically modelled, with diamond-set half-closed eyes, also with chased and engraved rose gold feet, unmarked
1½ in. (3.8 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Henrik Wigström's design book includes a drawing for a related model of a pigeon. See U. Tillander-Godenhielm, et al., Golden Years of Fabergé: Drawings and Objects from the Wigström Workshop, Paris, 2000, pl. 111. An obsidian model of a crow was sold Christie's, New York, 23 April 2010, lot 71.

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