FABERGE, AN EXCEPTIONAL JEWELLED AGATE MODEL OF A SHE GOAT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900 naturalistical
FABERGE, AN EXCEPTIONAL JEWELLED AGATE MODEL OF A SHE GOAT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900 naturalistically carved in striated agate to depict a goat, its head tilted to the side and its tail uplifted, the eyes set with rose cut diamonds, apparently unmarked, within its original Faberge wooden case. Length 5.7cm (2 1/4 inches).Provenance- With A La Vieille Russie- Private collection US.- Sotheby's, New York, Russian Art, 21 April 2010, lot 137 (USD $182,500).- Private Collection UK.- With Andre Ruzhnikov.- Private UK Collection (acquired from Andre Ruzhnikov).Literature- A. Kenneth Snowman, The Art of Carl Fabergé, London, 1953, p. 64-65, no. 210 (illustrated).
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FABERGE, AN EXCEPTIONAL JEWELLED AGATE MODEL OF A SHE GOAT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900 naturalistically carved in striated agate to depict a goat, its head tilted to the side and its tail uplifted, the eyes set with rose cut diamonds, apparently unmarked, within its original Faberge wooden case. Length 5.7cm (2 1/4 inches).Provenance- With A La Vieille Russie- Private collection US.- Sotheby's, New York, Russian Art, 21 April 2010, lot 137 (USD $182,500).- Private Collection UK.- With Andre Ruzhnikov.- Private UK Collection (acquired from Andre Ruzhnikov).Literature- A. Kenneth Snowman, The Art of Carl Fabergé, London, 1953, p. 64-65, no. 210 (illustrated).
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