110th Auction
2024/5/18
Lot 364
Erwin Klein für Vacheron ConstantinWiedehopf
A very rare and beautiful bird sculpture made of carved hard stone
estimated
5.500—10.000 €
Price realized
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specific features
Case
Jasper and pyrite quartz, signed.
Dial
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Movement
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Diam.160 mm
Circa1985
Ctry.Switzerland
This exquisite figure of a hopoe dating from the 1980s is the result of a cooperation of Swiss animal sculptor Erwin Klein (1914-2018) and the company Vacheron Constantin.The very realistic bird has a jasper body and gold feet, resting on a base of natural pyrite quartz. The signature cartouche sits on a gold disc inlaid in the body of the bird.