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Source Description
Perched on a T-shaped ivory stand is a pair of topaz cockatoos with ruby eyes and gold feet. They are connected by gold chains to a pink enamel and gold mount set in a nephrite base supported by four gold ball feet. Carl Fabergé was particularly fond of birds and kept a pet cockatoo. Such hardstone animals were a popular part of Faberge's output in the early decades of the 20th century. Inspired by Japanese netsuke, which Fabergé collected in great numbers, these tiny animals have a life-like quality. Fabergé was even commissioned to make portraits of specific pets, most famously for King Edward VII and his wife Queen Alexandra.
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Document identity
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32058
label
Pair of Cockatoos
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object
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Source metadata
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32058
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object
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normalized
title
Pair of Cockatoos
description
Perched on a T-shaped ivory stand is a pair of topaz cockatoos with ruby eyes and gold feet. They are connected by gold chains to a pink enamel and gold mount set in a nephrite base supported by four gold ball feet. Carl Fabergé was particularly fond of birds and kept a pet cockatoo. Such hardstone animals were a popular part of Faberge's output in the early decades of the 20th century. Inspired by Japanese netsuke, which Fabergé collected in great numbers, these tiny animals have a life-like quality. Fabergé was even commissioned to make portraits of specific pets, most famously for King Edward VII and his wife Queen Alexandra.
provenance
Dr. N. Dorin Ischlondsky [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1961, by gift.
date
early 20th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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Gold, Silver & Jewelry
statuettes (statues)
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9
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import
dimensionsRaw
4 in. (10.16 cm)
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topaz, tourmaline, rubies, gold, ivory, enamel, nephrite, sapphires, diamonds
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1921
4101
4493
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EAN
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2062
2689
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