Estimate

6.000 - 10.000

Session 3

16 October 2025

Hammer Price

Description

Naturalistically carved in various hardstones, including carnelian, rhodochrosite, black onyx, rock crystal, and nephrite, depicting a composition of leaves, raspberries, currants, and other berries

Mounted on a polished dark stone plaque (possibly serpentinite or nephrite) and raised on a rectangular tiered base in red marble with white veining

Work attributable to the lapidary workshop of Ivan Stebakov

Russia, Yekaterinburg, late 19th century

(minor losses and defects)

8x17x10 cm

Additional Information

Note:

A comparable piece in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (inv. 563-1868), attributed to Ivan Stebakov and exhibited at the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1867.