R80,000
A RUSSIAN METAMORPHIC SILVER-GILT AND PLIQUE-A-JOUR EGG, STAMPED 88, FABERGE WORKMASTER MIKHAIL EVLAMPIEVICH PERKHIN
The ovoid body enamelled with arched panels and floral motifs in blue, green, red and purple, embellished with applied cables, on a knopped spreading foot, the interior fitted with stand for conversion into goblets
13,3cm high
PROVENANCE
Sold Stephan Welz & Co
22 April 2015 Lot1027
Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin (1806 - 1903) was a self-taught goldsmith who became head workmaster for the House of Faberge in 1886. Together with the Faberge brothers Carl and Agathon, they introduced new techniques and inventions, including transparent enamels and varicoloured gold. Perkhin's period as head Faberge workmaster is generally acknowledged to be the most artistically innovative, with a huge range of styles from neo-Rococo to Renaissance. Together with Henrick Wigstrom he is recognised as one of the most important workmasters.
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