Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons
A Fabergé jewelled gold-mounted bowenite model of a frog, St Petersburg, circa 1900
Auction Closed
November 30, 06:31 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A Fabergé jewelled gold-mounted bowenite model of a frog, St Petersburg, circa 1900
modelled as a frog doing a hand-stand with its rear feet held together, its eyes set with cabochon rubies, its mouth mounted with gold and set with a row of rose-cut diamonds, in the style of a Japanese netsuke
height 5.2cm; 2 1/16 in.
The Collection of the Imperial Russian Family
Popoff, Paris
With Warski, 1936
Popoff, Paris
With Warski, 1936
G. Munn, Wartski: The First Hundred and Fifty Years The First 150 Years, 2015, p. 72
Exhibition catalogue, Wilmington, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and his World, 2000, p. 305, illustrated
Exhibition catalogue, Wartski, Japonisme: From Falize to Fabergé, 2011, p. 103 listed, p. 107 illustrated
Exhibition catalogue, Wilmington, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and his World, 2000, p. 305, illustrated
Exhibition catalogue, Wartski, Japonisme: From Falize to Fabergé, 2011, p. 103 listed, p. 107 illustrated
Wilmington, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and his World, 2000, no. 806
Wartski, Japonisme: From Falize to Fabergé, 2011, no. 201
The Victoria and Albert Museum, Diaghilev and the Gold Age of Ballets Russes, 2010-2011
Wartski, Japonisme: From Falize to Fabergé, 2011, no. 201
The Victoria and Albert Museum, Diaghilev and the Gold Age of Ballets Russes, 2010-2011
As with the netsuke on which this frog is based, the gap between its hind legs was designed so that a himotoshi, a cord, could be threaded through.
The present frog appears on a Wartski advert whilst they were located at 138 Regent's Street (1950-1970), illustrated in G. Munn, Wartski: The First One Hundred and Fifty Years, London, 2015, p. 72.