Two hardstone figures carved as a Cossack and a Gypsy singer, in the style of Fabergé, 20th century

Two hardstone figures carved as a Cossack and a Gypsy singer, in the style of Fabergé

20th century

the gold and enamel mounted cossack modelled as A.A. Kudinov, the Cossack personal bodyguard who guarded Empress Maria Feodorovna from 1878 to 1915; the romany woman with metal earring and necklace representing Vera Panina, a famous singer who performed at Moscow's Tzigane restaurant Yar, the first signed twice with monogram EB in an oval

20cm., 7 7/8 in. and 18cm., 7 1/8 in. high,