Of oval cylindrical form, the brown glazed ceramic body on a silver base, on four feet shaped as lion paws, with four baluster-shaped vertical mounts and a laurel-chased upper rim, two side mounts with scroll handles, marked under base with ‘K. Fabergé’ in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial warrant and workmaster’s initials
3⁵⁄₈ in. (9.2 cm.) high

Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé: Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, 1983, p. 114, no. 402 (illustrated).

New York, A La Vieille Russie, Fabergé: Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Design, April 22 - May 21, 1983, no. 402.

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A similar blue ceramic vase by Fabergé with the same inventory number '4990' (possibly a pair) was sold at Sotheby's, London, 31 May 2001, lot 177.