FABERGE, A RARE ROYAL JEWELLED GOLD MOUNTED SMOKEY QUARTZ MODEL OF A BUNNY RABBIT, ST PETERSBURG
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FABERGE, A RARE ROYAL JEWELLED GOLD MOUNTED SMOKEY QUARTZ MODEL OF A BUNNY RABBIT, ST PETERSBURG CIRCA 1900 humoristically carved in the Japanese taste after a netsuke to depict a bunny standing on its hind legs, its nose raised to the air, the eyes set with rose cut diamonds, apparently unmarked, within its original Faberge burled wooden case. Height 3.0cm (1 1/4 inches) Provenance - With the Antikvariat, 1920s. - With Wartski, 1920s. - The property of King Paul of the Hellenes. - Sotheby's, London, The Late King Paul of the Hellenes Sale, 29 November 1957 lot 103. - The property of Robert Strauss. - Christie's, London, The Robert Strauss Collection of Works of Art by Carl Fabergé, 9 March 1976, lot 34. - The property of Lord Thompson of Fleet. - With Wartski. - Private UK collection. - Acquired by the current owners from Andre Ruzhnikov, August 2020. Literature - G. Munn, Wartski: The First Hundred and Fifty Years The First 150 Years, 2015, p. 81 (illustrated).
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FABERGE, A RARE ROYAL JEWELLED GOLD MOUNTED SMOKEY QUARTZ MODEL OF A BUNNY RABBIT, ST PETERSBURG
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