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Lot 4024
Published Gemstone Carving: The Gypsy Fortune Teller
16 May 2018, 10:00 PDT
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Published Gemstone Carving: The Gypsy Fortune Teller
By Chubuanco
For the House of Fabergé Jewelry Salon
St. Petersburg, Russia
A functional box which can be used to store a deck of cards, with concealed closure for the drawer. The blouse of the fortuneteller is carved of white kascholong opal from the Caspian Sea; the box, is carved of malachite; the scarf of red jasper; the face of eosite quartz; the scarf of lapis lazuli. The yellow gold cards are decorated with enamel. With sterling silver mounts. This is a unique gemstone sculpture, made in an edition of one. Height 6in
For the House of Fabergé Jewelry Salon
St. Petersburg, Russia
A functional box which can be used to store a deck of cards, with concealed closure for the drawer. The blouse of the fortuneteller is carved of white kascholong opal from the Caspian Sea; the box, is carved of malachite; the scarf of red jasper; the face of eosite quartz; the scarf of lapis lazuli. The yellow gold cards are decorated with enamel. With sterling silver mounts. This is a unique gemstone sculpture, made in an edition of one. Height 6in
Footnotes
Depicted on page 97 of the exhibition catalogue from the House of Fabergé.
Accompanied by a certificate from the House of Fabergé Gold Collection, St. Petersburg, Russia.

