IN THE STYLE OF FABERGE, 20TH CENTURY

Details

A GOLD AND DIAMOND-MOUNTED AGATE ANGEL FISH
IN THE STYLE OF FABERGE, 20TH CENTURY
The fish carved of milky agate with reddish brown highlights and set with diamond eyes, the gold base in the form of floating seaweed, apparently unmarked
4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm.) long

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 6 December 1994, lot 239.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

This agate angel fish sat proudly within the glass fishbowl suspended from the Empire chandelier by the Galle workshop in Ann and Gordon Getty's dining room, being offered as lot 32 in the Evening Sale of this collection. Though the fishbowl was originally designed to hold living goldfish for the entertainment of guests, this hardstone fish provided a low maintenance, yet equally impactful alternative.

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