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BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
Details
A JEWELLED AVENTURINE QUARTZ MODEL OF A PIG
BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
Humoristically carved as a pig, with inclined head, the mottled matt surface imitating the animal's skin, with ruby-set eyes, apparently unmarked
2 in. (5 cm.) long
BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
Humoristically carved as a pig, with inclined head, the mottled matt surface imitating the animal's skin, with ruby-set eyes, apparently unmarked
2 in. (5 cm.) long
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 11 December 1996, lot 491.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé - A Private Collection, Helsinki, 1997, p. 18, no. 17 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 311, no. 846 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 311, no. 846 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Lahti, Lahti Art Museum, Fabergé - A Private Collection, 14 March - 4 May 1997, no. 17.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 846.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 846.
Brought to you by
Margo Oganesian
Head of Department, Fabergé and Russian Works of Art