Details
Realistically cast and chased as a sitting bear, holding its hind paw which is set with a cabochon garnet designed as a push-piece, marked on the lower edge with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial Warrant
33⁄4 in. (9.6 cm.) high
8.24 oz. (256.4 gr.) gross
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
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Lot Essay

For a comparable model from the Baronne Henri de Rothschild Collection, see G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 102, fig. 1 (illustrated); and A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé, Juwelier des Zarenhofes, Heidelberg, 1995, p. 48, no. 1 (illustrated).

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