A Faberge Ruby and Diamond-Set Gold Mounted Chinese Jade Lotos Dish
Princess Zinaida Yusupova: A Fabergé Ruby and Diamond-Set Gold-Mounted Chinese Jade Lotus-Form Dish in the Qing Style Fabergé, Workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St. Petersburg, circa 1895-1903 1-3/4 x 3-5/8 x 2-5/8 inches (4.4 x 9.2 x 6.7 cm) 122 grams (gross) PROVENANCE: Princess Zinaida Yusupova, Countess Soumarokoff-Elston; Estate of Baron Pierre de Menasce; Doyle, New York, Asian Works of Art, March 17, 2014, lot 276. EXHIBITED: The Baron von Derviz Exhibition (also called the Charity Exhibition of Fabergé Artistic Objects, Old Miniatures, and Snuff Boxes), St. Petersburg, March 1902. The carved Chinese jade dish [cendrier] in the manner of a Qing dynasty lotus-leaf brush-washing bowl, mounted with a gold handle in the form of a lotus stem and tendril set with thirty rose-cut diamonds and a large oval cabochon ruby 3.7 carats and of Burmese origin, struck Fabergé to the underside of mount and with workmaster's marks in Cyrillic "M.P" for Mikhail Perkhin, together with a ruby and diamond set reticulated gold stand en suite, apparently unmarked. Princess Zinaida Nikolaevna Yusupova, Countess Soumarokoff-Elston (1861 – 1939) Princess Zinaida Nikolaevna Yusupova was born September 2, 1861, one of three children of the eminent courtier Prince Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov and his wife, born Countess Tatiana Alexandrovna de Ribeaupierre. Prince Yusupov came from a long line of statesmen, courtiers, and collectors of fine art, and was sole heir to one of Imperial Russia's greatest fortunes, comprising more than 100,000 acres of land (about the size of Iceland) and one of the most important collections of palaces and art in Russia besides the Imperial Collections. After her two siblings, Prince Boris Nikolaevich and princess Tatiana Nikolaevna each died young, Zinaida Nikolaevna became one of Europe's greatest heiresses. In addition to her fortune, Zinaida was one of the most beautiful women of her generation and enjoyed enormous favor at the Imperial Court. In 1882, Zinaida fell in love with Count Felix Soumarokoff-Elston (1856-1928) and the couple were married. The new Emperor Alexander III, who had been fond of Zinaida since childhood, broke established Russian tradition, and created her new husband a Prince Yusupov in his own right, appending her husband's comital title to that of the princely Yusupov name. In this way, the children of the marriage would be born Yusupovs, and heirs to the family's great fortune. The new Prince and Princess Yusupov, Count and Countess Soumarokoff-Elston became one of the most socially and politically important couples in the country, and were part of the inner circle of the Imperial Family. The Yusupovs had two sons, Prince Nikolai Felixovich, and a second son, Prince Felix Felixovich. Nikolai Felixovich was killed in an illegal duel in 1908, and her second son married Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia in 1914, tying the Yusupovs even more closely to the Romanovs. Felix's role in the December 1916 murder of Rasputin strained these relations, and he was exiled to one of his families' country estates as punishment, which may have saved him during the bloody days of the Revolution. Zinaida Nikolaevna and her husband fled south to the Crimea, carrying as many valuables as they were able, and joined the Romanovs on the south. Eventually, in 1919, they joined the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, and their children on the British ship Marlborough and fled the country for good. The Yusupovs went to live in Rome, where they, having lost their fortune, survived off of the sales of jewels, artworks, and other personal property which they had maintained abroad. After the death of her husband in 1928, Princess Yusupova moved to Paris to be closer to her son, his wife, and their daughter, also called Irina. Princess Yusupova died in November of 1939, shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War. She is buried in the Russian Cemetery of Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois. The Yusupovs and the Fabergé Firm The Yusupovs had a long and fruitful relationship with the firm of Fabergé. Princess Yusupov was an avid cl
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Princess Zinaida Yusupova: A Fabergé Ruby and Diamond-Set Gold-Mounted Chinese Jade Lotus-Form Dish in the Qing Style Fabergé, Workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, St. Petersburg, circa 1895-1903 1-3/4 x 3-5/8 x 2-5/8 inches (4.4 x 9.2 x 6.7 cm) 122 grams (gross) PROVENANCE: Princess Zinaida Yusupova, Countess Soumarokoff-Elston; Estate of Baron Pierre de Menasce; Doyle, New York, Asian Works of Art, March 17, 2014, lot 276. EXHIBITED: The Baron von Derviz Exhibition (also called the Charity Exhibition of Fabergé Artistic Objects, Old Miniatures, and Snuff Boxes), St. Petersburg, March 1902. The carved Chinese jade dish [cendrier] in the manner of a Qing dynasty lotus-leaf brush-washing bowl, mounted with a gold handle in the form of a lotus stem and tendril set with thirty rose-cut diamonds and a large oval cabochon ruby 3.7 carats and of Burmese origin, struck Fabergé to the underside of mount and with workmaster's marks in Cyrillic "M.P" for Mikhail Perkhin, together with a ruby and diamond set reticulated gold stand en suite, apparently unmarked. Princess Zinaida Nikolaevna Yusupova, Countess Soumarokoff-Elston (1861 – 1939) Princess Zinaida Nikolaevna Yusupova was born September 2, 1861, one of three children of the eminent courtier Prince Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov and his wife, born Countess Tatiana Alexandrovna de Ribeaupierre. Prince Yusupov came from a long line of statesmen, courtiers, and collectors of fine art, and was sole heir to one of Imperial Russia's greatest fortunes, comprising more than 100,000 acres of land (about the size of Iceland) and one of the most important collections of palaces and art in Russia besides the Imperial Collections. After her two siblings, Prince Boris Nikolaevich and princess Tatiana Nikolaevna each died young, Zinaida Nikolaevna became one of Europe's greatest heiresses. In addition to her fortune, Zinaida was one of the most beautiful women of her generation and enjoyed enormous favor at the Imperial Court. In 1882, Zinaida fell in love with Count Felix Soumarokoff-Elston (1856-1928) and the couple were married. The new Emperor Alexander III, who had been fond of Zinaida since childhood, broke established Russian tradition, and created her new husband a Prince Yusupov in his own right, appending her husband's comital title to that of the princely Yusupov name. In this way, the children of the marriage would be born Yusupovs, and heirs to the family's great fortune. The new Prince and Princess Yusupov, Count and Countess Soumarokoff-Elston became one of the most socially and politically important couples in the country, and were part of the inner circle of the Imperial Family. The Yusupovs had two sons, Prince Nikolai Felixovich, and a second son, Prince Felix Felixovich. Nikolai Felixovich was killed in an illegal duel in 1908, and her second son married Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia in 1914, tying the Yusupovs even more closely to the Romanovs. Felix's role in the December 1916 murder of Rasputin strained these relations, and he was exiled to one of his families' country estates as punishment, which may have saved him during the bloody days of the Revolution. Zinaida Nikolaevna and her husband fled south to the Crimea, carrying as many valuables as they were able, and joined the Romanovs on the south. Eventually, in 1919, they joined the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, and their children on the British ship Marlborough and fled the country for good. The Yusupovs went to live in Rome, where they, having lost their fortune, survived off of the sales of jewels, artworks, and other personal property which they had maintained abroad. After the death of her husband in 1928, Princess Yusupova moved to Paris to be closer to her son, his wife, and their daughter, also called Irina. Princess Yusupova died in November of 1939, shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War. She is buried in the Russian Cemetery of Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois. The Yusupovs and the Fabergé Firm The Yusupovs had a long and fruitful relationship with the firm of Fabergé. Princess Yusupov was an avid cl
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