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FABERGE, A JEWELLED BOWENITE FIGURE OF A HIPPOPOTAMUS, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900 carved

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FABERGE, A JEWELLED BOWENITE FIGURE OF A HIPPOPOTAMUS, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900 carved

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FABERGE, A JEWELLED BOWENITE FIGURE OF A HIPPOPOTAMUS, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900 carved humoristically in the Japanese taste to depict a standing hippopotamus, the eyes set with circular cabochon rubies, apparently unmarked, in a fitted Wartski case. Length 5.0cm (2 inches). Provenance - Private UK collection. - With Wartski. - Private UK collection. - Acquired by the present owners from Andre Ruzhnikov, July 2020. Literature Wartski, The Last Flowering of the Court Art, p.118-119, no 42. Exhibited Wartski, London, 23rd November - 4th December 2010, The Last Flowering of the Court Art, no 42.

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FABERGE, A JEWELLED BOWENITE FIGURE OF A HIPPOPOTAMUS, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900 carved

Name: FABERGE, A JEWELLED BOWENITE FIGURE OF A HIPPOPOTAMUS, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900 carved
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