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A GEM-SET GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE KOVSH
Lot 215AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF FABERGÉ MASTERPIECES AND IMPERIAL TREASURES

A GEM-SET GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE KOVSH

MARK OF ALEXANDER TILLANDER, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890

Fermé27 November 2017

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A GEM-SET GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE KOVSH
MARK OF ALEXANDER TILLANDER, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
The oval nephrite body on an oval foot, with burnished gold mount formed as a snake, terminating in a coiled handle, the head of the snake set with a cabochon garnet, marked on handle
4¾ in. (12 cm.) wide

With A. Tillander, Helsinki.
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner in 1991.

Note du spécialiste

A comparable kovsh by A. Tillander with an agate body was sold Christie's, London, 28 May 2012, lot 200.