13 - FABERGE, AN EXCEPTIONAL JEWELLED AGATE MODEL OF A SHE GOAT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900 naturalistically carved in striated agate to depict a goat, its head tilted to the side and its tail uplifted, the eyes set with rose cut diamonds, apparently unmarked, within its original Faberge wooden case. Length 5.7cm (2 1/4 inches).

FABERGE, AN EXCEPTIONAL JEWELLED AGATE MODEL OF A SHE GOAT, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900 naturalistically carved in striated agate to depict a goat, its head tilted to the side and its tail uplifted, the eyes set with rose cut diamonds, apparently unmarked, within its original Faberge wooden case. Length 5.7cm (2 1/4 inches). Provenance - With A La Vieille Russie - Private collection US. - Sotheby's, New York, Russian Art, 21 April 2010, lot 137 (USD $182,500). - Private Collection UK. - With Andre Ruzhnikov. - Private UK Collection (acquired from Andre Ruzhnikov). Literature - A. Kenneth Snowman, The Art of Carl Fabergé, London, 1953, p. 64-65, no. 210 (illustrated).