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claims that he owns the original (and finished) egg. In 2003–2004 he said that he acquired this egg in the late 1990s and affirmed that "the
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clouds surmounted by silver cherubs; the whole supported on a nephrite pedestal. The globe was to be decorated with a diamond studded engraving of the constellations under which
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intended to decorate it. Its authenticity is supported by numerous studies by
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In 2001, its unfinished clouds and globe were uncovered in the collection of the
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The piece is part of the
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36:Unfinished egg from Fersman Mineralogical Museum
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218:"The Imperial Constellation Egg by Fabergé"
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339:Fabergé Eggs: A Retrospective Encyclopedia
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341:. Scarecrow Press.
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502:Renaissance
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324:. Prestel.
253:"See photo"
200:Baden-Baden
135:Fabergé egg
127:Nicholas II
125:of Russia,
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24:Fabergé egg
1031:1917 works
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330:B000YA9GOM
263:2011-04-06
206:References
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442:First Hen
192:Fauxbergé
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359:(1988).
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