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 personal bodyguard Cossack 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

Overall good condition; a few minute chips to the boot of the male figure, almost imperceptable scuffing in very few places along the gold border of his coat; three large hairline cracks to the shawl of the female figure, the biggest one to the right side with traces of restoration
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