Rhinoceros

ca. 1900

11.8 cm 6.1 cm 4.2 cm

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Represented is the Indian rhinoceros, an animal found east of the Caspian Sea. Fabergé did not establish a hardstone studio until 1908, so this piece must have been produced outside the firm, perhaps in Karl Woerffel's lapidary (gem and precious stone) works in St. Petersburg...

Sculpture

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21055
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sculpture
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1900, by purchase [from the factory]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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10
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