RUSSIAN IMPERIAL CARVED NEPHRITE JADE RHINO with GOLD and DIAMONDS
Old Cut Diamond Eyes. The figurine has a beautiful deep color, and the photos truly do not capture its infinite beauty. The piece shows magnificent attention to detail, and looks as though you are looking at a live snail that has been frozen in time. This is truly a unique piece, and is in beautiful condition. It is a very rare piece of the highest investment quality. The figurine is in Fitted Wood Box.
HALLMARKS: '56' (14 k) gold standard, 'K.F.' in Cyrillic for Karl Faberge and mark 'H.W' for Henrik Emanuel Wigstrom (1862-1922) who was a department head workmaster for the workshop of Carl FABERGE in the years 1903-1918 - more information is below.
DIMENSIONS: 3.54 x 1.97 inches (90 x 50 mm). Weight: 182.4 grams.
ESTIMATE PRICE: $5,000 - $15,000.
HISTORY of SALES: Few years ago Russian carved stone figurines were sold on Live Auctioneers and Christie's for $15,500, $75,500, $118,500 and $128,500 - please see the screenshots.
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WORKMASTER: Henrik Immanuel Wigstrom (1862-1923) was one of the most important Faberge workmasters along with Michael Perchin. Perchin was the head workmaster from 1886 until his death in 1903, when he was succeeded by his chief assistant Henrik Wigstrom. These two workmasters were responsible for almost all the imperial Easter eggs. Erik August Kollin, a Finn, was head work master from 1870 to 1886 and produced gold jewellery, including pieces in the Scythian style (the Scythian treasure had just been discovered at Kerch in the Crimea). Wigstrom became head workmaster at Faberge after Perchin's death in 1903. The number of craftsmen in Wigstrom's workshop diminished drastically with the outbreak of World War I. By 1918, the Revolution forced the complete closing of the House of Faberge. Aged 56, Wigstrom retreated almost empty-handed to his summer house, on Finnish territory, and died there in 1923. His art is similar to Perchin's but tends to be in the Louis XVI, Empire, or neo-classical style. Nearly all the Faberge hardstone animals, figures and flowers from that time period were produced under his supervision.

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