FABERGE, A JEWELLED AVENTURINE QUARTZ MODEL OF A PIG, ST PETERSBURG CIRCA 1900 carved whimsically to depict a pig, possibly inspired by the traditional Dutch wooden Maileg pig, its head tilted to one side, the surface left with an unusual matte texture emulating the skin of a pig, the eyes set with rubies, apparently unsigned. Length 5.0cm (2 inches). Provenance - Anonymous sale, Sotheby's New York, 11 December 1996, lot 491. - The property of Harry Woolf. - Acquired by the present owner from Christie's London, 29 November 2021, lot 14 (GBP £32,500). Literature - Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé - A Private Collection, Helsinki, 1997, p. 18, no. 17 (illustrated). - G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 311, no. 846 (illustrated). Exhibited - Lahti, Lahti Art Museum, Fabergé - A Private Collection, 14 March - 4 May 1997, no. 17. - Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 846.