A PAIR OF CARVED RUBY, SAPPHIRE, DIAMOND, AND GOLD MODELS OF FALCONS PROBABLY SWITZERLAND, LATE 20TH CENTURY, RETAILED BY ASPREY, LONDON
Each realistically modeled with outstretched wings, set with sapphire beaks, marquise-shaped diamond eyes, and gold talons, perched on gold capped fluted rock crystal columns with stepped gold and lapis lazuli bases, marked on bases and caps
181⁄2 in. (47 cm.) high, the taller, overall
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Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Chicago, 15 March 1999, lot 329.
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Each realistically modeled with outstretched wings, set with sapphire beaks, marquise-shaped diamond eyes, and gold talons, perched on gold capped fluted rock crystal columns with stepped gold and lapis lazuli bases, marked on bases and caps
181⁄2 in. (47 cm.) high, the taller, overall
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Chicago, 15 March 1999, lot 329.
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