Lot 50
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Auction: 23 November 2008 at 15:00 GMT
£10,625
Description
A Russian silver-gilt and shaded cloisonné enamel swing-handle cake-basket
Nikolai Alexeev, Moscow, circa 1890
of shallow circular form, the bowl decorated with a flying swallow amongst stylized flowers on a turquoise ground within a white pellet border, the plain flared foot with a geometric border of red, white and blue enamel, the swing handle similarly decorated with enamel
13.5cm diameter
Provenance:
Christie’s New York, The Greenfield Collection of Russian Enamels, 20th October 1998, lot 171
Footnote
Provenance:
Christie's New York, The Greenfield Collection of Russian Enamels, 20th October 1998, lot 171