Lot 44
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Auction: 23 November 2008 at 15:00 GMT
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
Description
A Russian silver-gilt and shaded cloisonné enamel bowl
Fedor Rückert, Moscow 1896-1908
the squat circular bowl supported on three rope-twist ball feet, with six lobes decorated inside and out with stylized floral sprays alternating with exotic wading birds on pale-blue and cream-coloured grounds, the moss-green rim with filigree, the centre enamelled with the Stork and the Fox from Krylov’s fable
9.5cm diameter
Provenance:
Christie’s New York, The Greenfield Collection of Russian Enamels, 20th October 1998, lot 170
Footnote
Provenance:
Christie's New York, The Greenfield Collection of Russian Enamels, 20th October 1998, lot 170