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Lot 3

FABERGE, A JEWELLED AVENTURINE MODEL OF A LION CUB ...

FABERGE, A JEWELLED AVENTURINE MODEL OF A LION CUB, ST PETERSBURG CIRCA 1900
FABERGE, A JEWELLED AVENTURINE MODEL OF A LION CUB, ST PETERSBURG CIRCA 1900
FABERGE, A JEWELLED AVENTURINE MODEL OF A LION CUB, ST PETERSBURG CIRCA 1900
FABERGE, A JEWELLED AVENTURINE MODEL OF A LION CUB, ST PETERSBURG CIRCA 1900
FABERGE, A JEWELLED AVENTURINE MODEL OF A LION CUB, ST PETERSBURG CIRCA 1900

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FABERGE, A JEWELLED AVENTURINE MODEL OF A LION CUB, ST PETERSBURG CIRCA 1900
FABERGE, A JEWELLED AVENTURINE MODEL OF A LION CUB, ST PETERSBURG CIRCA 1900
FABERGE, A JEWELLED AVENTURINE MODEL OF A LION CUB, ST PETERSBURG CIRCA 1900
FABERGE, A JEWELLED AVENTURINE MODEL OF A LION CUB, ST PETERSBURG CIRCA 1900
FABERGE, A JEWELLED AVENTURINE MODEL OF A LION CUB, ST PETERSBURG CIRCA 1900

Lot 3

FABERGE, A JEWELLED AVENTURINE MODEL OF A LION CUB ...

Estimate £20,000 - £30,000

Description

FABERGE, A JEWELLED AVENTURINE MODEL OF A LION CUB, ST PETERSBURG CIRCA 1900 naturalistically carved to depict a recumbent lion cup, looking backwards over itself, the eyes set with rose cut diamonds, likely modelled after a netsuke in the Japanese taste, apparently unsigned.

Length 5.0cm (2 inches).

Provenance

- Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, Russian Works of Art, 19 June 1978, lot 166.
- The property of Count R. L. Sangorski and John Mariott.
- With Wartski.
- Acquired by the present owner from Wartski, June 2020.

 

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LOT 5

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LOT 6

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LOT 7

FABERGE, AN EXTREMELY RARE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT JEWELLED, SILVER AND GOLD MOUNTED LIFE-SIZE AGATE MODEL OF A DORMOUSE, ST PETERSBURG CIRCA 1900

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LOT 8

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LOT 9

FABERGE, AN EXCEPTIONAL JEWELLED AGATE MODEL OF A SHE GOAT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900

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FABERGE, A JEWELLED BOWENITE MODEL OF TWO PLAYING PUPPIES, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900

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Estimate £30,000 - £50,000

LOT 11

FABERGE, AN IMPORTANT IMPERIAL JEWELLED GOLD MOUNTED BOWENITE MODEL OF A FROG, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900

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LOT 12

FABERGE, A RARE ROYAL JEWELLED GOLD MOUNTED SMOKEY QUARTZ MODEL OF A BUNNY RABBIT, ST PETERSBURG CIRCA 1900

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Estimate £25,000 - £35,000

LOT 13

FABERGE, A RARE JEWELLED AGATE MODEL OF A POLAR BEAR, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900

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LOT 14

FABERGE, A JEWELLED BOWENITE FIGURE OF A HIPPOPOTAMUS, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900

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LOT 15

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LOT 16

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Estimate £50,000 - £70,000

LOT 18

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LOT 19

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LOT 20

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