Live Auction 7630Russian Works of Art
A parcel-gilt charka
Lot 167

A parcel-gilt charka

RUSSIA, 17TH CENTURY

Closed24 November 2008

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GBP 2,000

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A parcel-gilt charka
Russia, 17th Century
Circular on three ball feet, with reeded and milled rim, the shaped flattened handle chased and engraved as a bird eating berries among floral foliage, apparently unmarked
4 in. (10.3 cm.) long

Sotheby's, Zürich, An Important Collection of Early Russian Silver, 22 November 1978, lot 25.

Specialist note

For an important collection of 17th c. charki see: Sotheby's, Zürich, 22 November, 1978, lots 17-31.