A diamond-studded crystal Fabergé egg that once belonged to Russia's imperial family has sold for a record £22.9m ($30.2m) in London.
The Winter Egg - considered one of the legendary jeweller's most beautiful creations - was bought by an anonymous bidder on Tuesday, Christie's auction house said.
It is decorated with 4,500 diamonds was commissioned by Tsar Nicholas II in 1913 as a present to his mother.
The previous record for a Fabergé egg was £8.9m paid at auction in 2007.
"Today's result sets a new world auction record for a work by Fabergé, reaffirming the enduring significance of this masterpiece," Christie's Margo Oganesian was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.
