Live Auction 20821A Selection of Fabergé Masterpieces from the Harry Woolf Collection
A JEWELLED GOLD BOWL
Lot 31

A JEWELLED GOLD BOWL

BY BOLIN, WORKMASTER VASILII FINIKOV, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 33099 AND 34099

Closed29 November 2021

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A JEWELLED GOLD BOWL
BY BOLIN, WORKMASTER VASILII FINIKOV, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 33099 AND 34099
Oval, with everted rim and four handles, each set with a cabochon sapphire and diamonds, with reeded borders on the outside, the interior finely chased to imitate samorodok texture, marked under base with workmaster's initials
3 1⁄4 in. (8.2 cm.) long

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 15 December 1999, lot 253.

Specialist note

Vasilii Finikov worked for Bolin and was occasionally employed by Fabergé. A similar bowl with samorodok interior by Vasilii Finikov was sold at Christie's, London, 26 November 2012, lot 224.