"A rare Fabergé egg created from crystal and adorned with diamonds sold for £22.9 million (around $30.2 million) on Tuesday at Christie's London, where the price broke the record as the highest ever for a Fabergé egg at auction. The sale was the top billing in "The Winter Egg and Important Works by Fabergé from a Princely Collection," whose 48 lots brought in a total of £27.8 million ($37.1 million)."
"Christie's described the Winter Egg as "among the most lavish of Fabergé's Imperial creations" and "widely regarded as one of the most original and artistically inventive Easter eggs the house produced for the Imperial family." Margo Oganesian, the chief of Christie's Russian art department, called it "the Mona Lisa of the decorative arts". Adding, "It's really hard to comprehend how Faberge created it." The egg is adorned with 4,000 diamonds and opens to show anemones carved from white quartz."
The Winter Egg, crafted from rock crystal and set with approximately 4,000 diamonds, sold at Christie's London for £22.9 million, establishing a record auction price for a Fabergé egg. The egg opens to reveal anemones carved from white quartz. The piece was created for Russia's imperial family and is one of roughly 50 imperial Easter eggs produced between 1885 and 1917; seven are thought lost and seven remain privately held. The design originated with Alma Theresia Pihl and was fabricated by Albert Holmström. Christie's characterized the egg as among Fabergé's most lavish and artistically inventive imperial creations.
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