Live Auction 1571Important Russian Art
A GEM-SET BELL-PUSH IN THE FORM OF A RABBIT
Lot 254 PROPERTY OF A GERMAN COLLECTOR

A GEM-SET BELL-PUSH IN THE FORM OF A RABBIT

MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1899-1908

Closed24 November 2014

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A GEM-SET BELL-PUSH IN THE FORM OF A RABBIT
MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1899-1908
Realistically cast, chased and engraved standing on its hind legs, with its ears down, the cabochon garnet eyes designed as push-pieces, marked near the tail and under base
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high
11.61 oz. (361.1 gr.) gross

Anonymous sale; Christie’s, New York, 20 April 2000, lot 40.

Specialist note

For a comparable model from the Baronne Henri de Rothschild collection, see G. von Habsburg, Fabergé Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 102, fig. 1; and A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé, Juwelier des Zarenhofes: [eine Ausstellung des Museums fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg], Heidelberg, 1995, illustrated, no. 2. A similar bell-push in the form of a rabbit was sold Christie's, London, 17 December 1998, lot 244.