12 - FABERGE, A JEWELLED AVENTURINE MODEL OF A LION CUB, ST PETERSBURG CIRCA 1900 naturalistically carved to depict a recumbent lion cup, looking backwards over itself, the eyes set with rose cut diamonds, likely modelled after a netsuke in the Japanese taste, apparently unsigned. Length 5.0cm (2 inches).

FABERGE, A JEWELLED AVENTURINE MODEL OF A LION CUB, ST PETERSBURG CIRCA 1900 naturalistically carved to depict a recumbent lion cup, looking backwards over itself, the eyes set with rose cut diamonds, likely modelled after a netsuke in the Japanese taste, apparently unsigned. Length 5.0cm (2 inches). Provenance - Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, Russian Works of Art, 19 June 1978, lot 166. - The property of Count R. L. Sangorski and John Mariott. - With Wartski. - Private Collection UK. - Elmwood's London, 30 May 2024, Faberge Masterpieces - An Important Private Collection, lot 3. - Private Collection UK (Acquired at the above sale by the present owner).