Royal & Noble Including Jewels from an Important Noble Collection
Royal & Noble Including Jewels from an Important Noble Collection
Property from a Private Collection
Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia: a Caucasian silver and niello fly whisk, 20th century
Lot Closed
January 17, 02:51 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
tapering form with square cross section and ball handle, the whole with niello decoration and an inscription in Ge'ez relating to Emperor Haile Selassie,
length 37cm., 14½in. excluding feathers
This lot will not be on public view in our New Bond Street galleries but can be viewed by appointment at our warehouse. Please contact cameron.dileo@sothebys.com or sinead.rampersad@sothebys.com for further details.
Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (1892-1975)
Sotheby's, Geneva, 18 May 1995, lot 237
The Peter Zervudachi Sale, Sotheby's, London, 10-11th June 1998, lot 686