AN OBSIDIAN AND ROCK CRYSTAL GROUP MODEL OF TWO PENGUINS
AN OBSIDIAN AND ROCK CRYSTAL GROUP MODEL OF TWO PENGUINS

BY FABERGÉ, CIRCA 1900

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AN OBSIDIAN AND ROCK CRYSTAL GROUP MODEL OF TWO PENGUINS
BY FABERGÉ, CIRCA 1900
Realistically carved, with diamond-set eyes, standing on a carved rock crystal ice floe, unmarked
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high, including base

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Lot Essay

For a comparable obsidian and rock crystal group model of two seals, see exhibition catalogue, The Fabergé Menagerie, Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 2003, pp. 182-183, no. 115. A related chalcedony model of a penguin also forms part of the Royal Collection, see C. de Guitaut, Fabergé in the Royal Collection, London, pp. 88-89, no. 88 (RCIN 40285).

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