Live Auction 1161Important Russian Art
A SILVER AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL BOWL
Lot 363

A SILVER AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL BOWL

MARKED O. KURLIUKOV, MOSCOW, 1908-1917

Closed25 November 2013

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GBP 52,500

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A SILVER AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL BOWL
MARKED O. KURLIUKOV, MOSCOW, 1908-1917
Of oval form with tapering sides, the body repoussé and chased with foliate scrolls, one side with an en plein enamelled plaque depicting a boyarina presenting bread and salt before a walled city, the opposite side with a blank cartouche, flanked by two upright handles formed as two double loops with trumpets, gilt interior, marked under base
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) wide
12.75 oz. (396.7 gr.) gross

Specialist note

A silver coffee pot by O. Kurliukov with a similarly en plein enamelled plaque depicting a boyarina presenting bread and salt is held in the collection of the State Historical Museum, Moscow; see M.M. Postnikova-Loseva, et al., Zolotoe i Serebryanoe Delo XV-XX Vekov (Gold and Silver Production XV-XX Centuries), Moscow, 1995, p. 87.