A JEWELLED OBSIDIAN MODEL OF A MANDRILL

BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900

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A JEWELLED OBSIDIAN MODEL OF A MANDRILL
BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
Humoristically carved as a seated mandrill, scratching its back, with rose-cut diamond-set eyes, apparently unmarked
2 in. (5.1 cm.) high

Acquired from Wartski, London, in July 1991.

Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé from Private Collections, London, 1992, no. 116 (illustrated).
A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé, Juwelier des Zarenhofes, Heidelberg, 1995, p. 62, no. 17 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 309, no. 830 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 55, no. 43 (illustrated).

London, Wartski, Fabergé from Private Collections, 2 - 15 December 1992, no. 116.
Hamburg, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Fabergé, Juweilier des Zarenhofes, 12 April - 25 June 1995, no. 17.
London, Spencer House, Fabergé from Private Collections - An exhibition on behalf of Music in Country Churches, 8 December 1998, no. 7.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 830.
London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 43.

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