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A jewelled carved nephrite figure of armadilloFabergé, St. Petersburg, c.1900, marked on the underside of front foot in Latin 'Fabergé' image 1
A jewelled carved nephrite figure of armadilloFabergé, St. Petersburg, c.1900, marked on the underside of front foot in Latin 'Fabergé' image 2
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Lot 127

A jewelled carved nephrite figure of armadillo
Fabergé, St. Petersburg, c.1900, marked on the underside of front foot in Latin 'Fabergé'

5 June 2013, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£25,000 - £35,000

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A jewelled carved nephrite figure of armadillo

Fabergé, St. Petersburg, c.1900, marked on the underside of front foot in Latin 'Fabergé'
realistically carved as a standing armadillo with tail curved on the ground, ears upright, the whole surface with textures imitating scales, fur and wrinkles of the animal, eyes set with rose-cut diamonds, marked on underside of front foot
length: 8.3cm (3 1/2in).

Footnotes

LITERATURE:
A. and D. Suprun, Fabergé 'Zoo', Fabergé Museum, Baden-Baden, 2012, p.85

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