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Lot 46
A Pair of Gilt Bronze, Enamel and Ivory Candlesticks
BY PRINCESS MARIA TENISHEVA, CIRCA 1907
Closed29 November 2010
Price Realised
GBP 145,250
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A Pair of Gilt Bronze, Enamel and Ivory Candlesticks
By Princess Maria Tenisheva, circa 1907
On conical gilt bronze foot, the pierced circular body champlevé enamelled with berries, branches and scrolling foliage in shades of opaque green and blue within ivory-set border with triangular gilt bronze inserts at top and bottom, the stepped socket with enamelled blue bands, the base with a geometric frieze in grey-green and green, monogrammed on the base 'MT', in a fitted modern leather case
8¼ (21 cm.) high (2)
By Princess Maria Tenisheva, circa 1907
On conical gilt bronze foot, the pierced circular body champlevé enamelled with berries, branches and scrolling foliage in shades of opaque green and blue within ivory-set border with triangular gilt bronze inserts at top and bottom, the stepped socket with enamelled blue bands, the base with a geometric frieze in grey-green and green, monogrammed on the base 'MT', in a fitted modern leather case
8¼ (21 cm.) high (2)
A Pair of Gilt Bronze, Enamel and Ivory Candlesticks
By Princess Maria Tenisheva, circa 1907
On conical gilt bronze foot, the pierced circular body champlevé enamelled with berries, branches and scrolling foliage in shades of opaque green and blue within ivory-set border with triangular gilt bronze inserts at top and bottom, the stepped socket with enamelled blue bands, the base with a geometric frieze in grey-green and green, monogrammed on the base 'MT', in a fitted modern leather case
8¼ (21 cm.) high (2)
By Princess Maria Tenisheva, circa 1907
On conical gilt bronze foot, the pierced circular body champlevé enamelled with berries, branches and scrolling foliage in shades of opaque green and blue within ivory-set border with triangular gilt bronze inserts at top and bottom, the stepped socket with enamelled blue bands, the base with a geometric frieze in grey-green and green, monogrammed on the base 'MT', in a fitted modern leather case
8¼ (21 cm.) high (2)
D. Roche, Les Émaux Champlevés de la Princesse Marie Ténichév, Paris, 1907, illustrated no. 3.
C. Danilowicz,'Une exposition d'art russe moderne à Paris', L'art et les artistes, 1908, p. 480, no. 34.
Exhibition Catalogue, The London Salon of the Allied Artist's Association, Royal Albert Hall, London, 1908, p. 153, no. 173b.
'Russie art moderne', L'art et les artistes. Numéro Spécial, Paris, 1917, p. 39.
J. Oser, Princess Maria Tenisheva and Her World of Enamels, Moscow, 2004, p. 148, illustrated p. 71; appendix 2, p. 148, no. 8.
Exhibition catalogue, Kniaginia Maria Tenisheva v zerkale Serebrianogo veka, Moscow, State Historical Museum, July-September, 2008, illustrated p. 105.
C. Danilowicz,'Une exposition d'art russe moderne à Paris', L'art et les artistes, 1908, p. 480, no. 34.
Exhibition Catalogue, The London Salon of the Allied Artist's Association, Royal Albert Hall, London, 1908, p. 153, no. 173b.
'Russie art moderne', L'art et les artistes. Numéro Spécial, Paris, 1917, p. 39.
J. Oser, Princess Maria Tenisheva and Her World of Enamels, Moscow, 2004, p. 148, illustrated p. 71; appendix 2, p. 148, no. 8.
Exhibition catalogue, Kniaginia Maria Tenisheva v zerkale Serebrianogo veka, Moscow, State Historical Museum, July-September, 2008, illustrated p. 105.
Paris, Galerie des artistes modernes, 1907/1908 (one of the pair).
London, Royal Albert Hall, The London Salon of the Allied Artist's Association, July, 1908.
Moscow, State Historical Museum, Kniaginia Maria Tenisheva v zerkale Serebrianogo veka, July-September, 2008.
London, Royal Albert Hall, The London Salon of the Allied Artist's Association, July, 1908.
Moscow, State Historical Museum, Kniaginia Maria Tenisheva v zerkale Serebrianogo veka, July-September, 2008.
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