Property Formerly in the collection of Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza
A Pair of Silver-Mounted Kalgan Jasper Vases, probably Russia, 20th Century
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December 11, 03:27 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Property Formerly in the collection of Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza
A Pair of Silver-Mounted Kalgan Jasper Vases, probably Russia, 20th Century
both of bulbous form with flared lip, carved from grey-green kalgan jasper, mounted with silver swags looped suspended from rosettes and mounted on a base cast with a leaf tip border and set on three ball feet, bearing marks on the undersides Fabergé in Cyrillic beneath the imperial warrant with workmaster Julius Rappaport's initials, 88 standard
height 11.8cm, 4 1/2 in.
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Sotheby’s, Zurich, 13-14 November 1979, lot 487
Baron Heinrich von Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano
Thence by descent
Baron Heinrich von Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano
Thence by descent
A. Somers-Cocks and C. Truman, Renaissance Jewels, Gold Boxes and Objets de vertu in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, London, 1984, no. 117, p. 326-327 illustrated