Lot 161
Lot 161
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED NEW YORK COLLECTION
A GEM-SET CLOISONNÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL SILVER-GILT CIGARETTE CASE

BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER PROBABLY FEODOR RÜCKERT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 32109

Price Realised USD 60,480
Estimate
USD 15,000 - USD 20,000
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A GEM-SET CLOISONNÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL SILVER-GILT CIGARETTE CASE

BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER PROBABLY FEODOR RÜCKERT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 32109

Price Realised USD 60,480
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Price Realised USD 60,480
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Rounded rectangular, the cover centering an en plein enamel plaque depicting The Fortune Teller after Konstantin Makovsky, cloisonné enameled overall in shades of blue and green with geometric motifs, with a cabochon sapphire push-piece, marked on interior with 'K. Fabergé' beneath the Imperial warrant
4 in. (10.2 cm.) long
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Lot Essay

A comparable cigarette case painted with the same scene of The Fortune Teller after Konstantin Makovsky, is held in the collection of The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland (acc. no. 44.913).

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