An Exceptionally Rare and Impressive Fabergé Jewelled Aventurine Quartz Model of a Lion, St Petersburg, Circa 1916
Session begins in
December 18, 06:00 PM GMT
Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 USD
Bid
250,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
realistically carved in richly coloured aventurine quartz as a seated male lion, its head and chest upturned proudly displaying its impressive mane, the eyes set with yellow diamonds, in its original fitted holly wood case with original Fabergé price tag attached 'C. Faberge / FNo. 24773 / R. 3,000 ila.', the bottom of the lion inscribed in Cyrillic '24775 / Orlitz / 3,000'
height 8 ½ in.
21.6 cm
Recorded in the 1919 stock ledgers of the Fabergé Moscow branch, conducted by the Bolsheviks after its closure, as being in box 84 with a cost of 3,000 rubles.