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Auction House:
Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
11-Mar-2023
Lot No.
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Description:
Rare Russian hardstone figure of Balalaika player, with rhodonite head and hands, sapphire eyes, labradorite body, lapis lazuli pants, white quartz sock and purpurin lapti shoes, seated on a banded agate bench, incised to base, a/f (replaced balalaika), height 11.5 cm, together with Sotheby's Belgravia catalogue. Provenance: Sotheby's Belgravia, '19th century & 20th century English and foreign silver, plated wares, objects of Vertu and miniatures from 1837,' 12/10/1978, lot 49, thence by family descent similar: the Art of Carl Faberge by Kenneth Snowman, page 66
Estimate:
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Price:
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Category:
Precious Objects: Russian works of art