Description
Sotheby's, London [Published date: 2006]. Softcover, 256 pp; illustrated throughout with full-color plates; 27 cm. Text in English and Russian.
Rare, out-of-print & unusual books · Since 1997
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Condition & notes
In very good condition. Glossy pictorial paper covers with light bumping to edges and mild scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Auction catalog for The Russian Sale: Works of Art & Faberge held in London on 28 November 2006. The sale included Imperial Russian porcelain, Faberge, silver, enamels, rare books, and important works of art. Highlights include Alexander Pushkin's Sochineniya (Complete Works, St. Petersburg, 1838-41); Nikolai Kondakov's Histoire et Monuments des Emaux Byzantins (Frankfurt, 1892); Baron Piotr Klodt von Jurgensburg's bronze groups Young Man Triumphing Over a Wild Horse and Young Man Falling to the Ground as He Tries to Mount a Horse; an Imperial porcelain coffee set from the period of Alexander I with provenance to Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna; a monumental porcelain vase of the Nicholas I period painted by Philips Wouwerman; a pair of porcelain vases from the Winter Palace, Nicholas I period; and multiple Faberge masterpieces including a gold, diamond and guilloche enamel Imperial presentation snuff box by Michael Perchin, a nephrite desk set by Henrik Wigstrom, a moss agate miniature timepiece and thermometer by August Holmstrom, a bowenite parasol handle by Michael Perchin, a gem-set and guilloche enamel clock by Michael Perchin, and enameled flower studies.