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Lot 107*

A large Kalgan Jasper figure of a hippopotamus
Fabergé, circa 1900

5 June 2019, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £100,062.50 inc. premium

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A large Kalgan Jasper figure of a hippopotamus

Fabergé, circa 1900
humorously carved lying flat, the eyes with garnets in gold settings, the tail flicking to one side
length: 10.5cm (4 1/8in).

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Provenance
Wartski, London
Caroline, Lady Oppenheimer (1899-1970)
Then by direct descent

Literature
Henry Charles Bainbridge, Peter Carl Fabergé: Goldsmith and Jeweller to the Russian Imperial Court & principal Crowned Heads of Europe, London, 1949, pl. 21

This figure is beautifully observed with the choice of stone evoking the animal sunning itself in a mud bath.

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