Lot 70Property of a Massachusetts Collector

A Carved Bowenite Model of a Buffalo

BY FABERGÉ, CIRCA 1900

Fermé23 April 2010

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A Carved Bowenite Model of a Buffalo
By Fabergé, circa 1900
Realistically carved, with gold-mounted ruby eyes, in a fitted red leather A La Vieille Russie case, apparently unmarked
2½ in. (6.4 cm.) long

A La Vieille Russie, New York.
Purchased from the above by the present owner.

Note du spécialiste

For a similar carved obsidian model of a buffalo from the Royal Collection, see C. de Guitaut, Fabergé in the Royal Collection, London, 2003, p. 97, No. 108, illustrated.