Live Auction 7905Russian Art
A Carved Jasper Model of a Rhinoceros
Lot 258

A Carved Jasper Model of a Rhinoceros

BY FABERGÉ, CIRCA 1900

Closed29 November 2010

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GBP 94,850

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A Carved Jasper Model of a Rhinoceros
By Fabergé, circa 1900
Realistically modelled standing, with diamond eyes, in the original silk and velvet lined wood case stamped 'Fabergé St Petersburg Moscow London' beneath the Imperial warrant, apparently unmarked
4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) long

Property of a Nobleman, sold Sotheby's, Geneva, May 27, 1993, lot 354. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

Another Fabergé jasper model of a rhinoceros is in the collection of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, USA. See The Fabergé Menagerie, London, 2003, p. 169, No. 103, illustrated.