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Lot 212PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARION OATES CHARLES
A JEWELLED, GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE MODEL OF AN ELEPHANT WITH A HOWDAH
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1910, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 20165
Fermé3 June 2019
Prix réalisé
GBP 106,250
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This rare model of an elephant appears to have previously contained a passenger inside the howdah, as described in the Hammer Galleries' exhibition catalogue from 1951. Notably, the present model of an elephant is surmounted by a howdah rather than a turret, inspired by the Order of the Elephant, the highest order of chivalry in Denmark. Comparable models of elephants with turrets were sold at Christie's, London, 25 November 2013, lots 216 and 217.
