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Fabergé
Cow c. 1907
Bowenite, cabochon rubies | 4.2 x 6.7 x 2.8 cm (whole object) | RCIN 40455
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This charming model has a naturally observed pose but, unusually, is made not in a suitably selected naturalistic coloured stone, but in bowenite, a stone regularly used by Fabergé for decorative and functional objects, set with cabochon ruby eyes.
Text adapted from Fabergé's Animals: A Royal Farm in MiniatureProvenance
Commissioned by King Edward VII, 1907 (the Sandringham Commission)
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Medium and techniques
Bowenite, cabochon rubies
Measurements
4.2 x 6.7 x 2.8 cm (whole object)
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