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Source Description
This tiny diamond-eyed anteater was purchased by Henry Walters, founder of the Walters Art Museum, on a trip to St. Petersburg in 1900. The House of Fabergé began making hardstone animals in the 1890s and they proved popular with their elite clients. Queen Alexandra (wife of the British King Edward VII) built a large collection, and production peaked in the years immediately before the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Objects such as this anteater were inspired by Japanese netsuke. Carl Fabergé owned over 500 of these. He married this admiration of Asian art with the rich Russian tradition of hardstone carving. The anteater is unusual among Fabergé's menagerie, although examples in bloodstone and quartz are also known.
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Document identity
localId
14933
label
Anteater
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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8
Source metadata
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14933
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Anteater
description
This tiny diamond-eyed anteater was purchased by Henry Walters, founder of the Walters Art Museum, on a trip to St. Petersburg in 1900. The House of Fabergé began making hardstone animals in the 1890s and they proved popular with their elite clients. Queen Alexandra (wife of the British King Edward VII) built a large collection, and production peaked in the years immediately before the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Objects such as this anteater were inspired by Japanese netsuke. Carl Fabergé owned over 500 of these. He married this admiration of Asian art with the rich Russian tradition of hardstone carving. The anteater is unusual among Fabergé's menagerie, although examples in bloodstone and quartz are also known.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1900, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1900
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
figurines
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8
pageCount
8
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
3
height
8.7
depth
2.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 3/16 × W: 3 7/16 × D: 13/16 in. (3 × 8.7 × 2.1 cm)
Source extras
med
jasper, diamonds
creator_ids
1921
4493
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
2062
2543
2689
3300
3423
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