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A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE SILVER-GILT IMPERIAL PRESENTATION KOVSH
PROBABLY MOSCOW, CIRCA 1701
已結束2017年6月5日
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A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE SILVER-GILT IMPERIAL PRESENTATION KOVSH
PROBABLY MOSCOW, CIRCA 1701
Of traditional form with raised prow and handle, the bowl repoussé with a circular reserve centring an Imperial double-headed eagle with the orb and sceptre, the interior sides and handle engraved with scrolling foliage, the exterior sides engraved with Old Russian dedication inscription ‘On 14 March 1701 We Great Lord Tsar and Great Prince Petr Alekseevich, Autocrat of all Great, Little and White Russia, presented this kovsh to Ivan Artemiev from Gostinaia Sotnia in Astrakhan for collecting large customs duties whilst being a Head of Customs in Astrakhan of 184 roubles in year 1698 and in year 1699 1456 roubles 23 altyn’, the possibly late 18th century handle and finial cast and chased with an Imperial double-headed eagle, the handle marked with Cyrillic initials 'PKh', possibly for a late 18th century Yaroslavl maker Petr Khlebnikov, also with French import marks
15½ in. (39.5 cm.) wide
37 oz. (1,175 gr.)
PROBABLY MOSCOW, CIRCA 1701
Of traditional form with raised prow and handle, the bowl repoussé with a circular reserve centring an Imperial double-headed eagle with the orb and sceptre, the interior sides and handle engraved with scrolling foliage, the exterior sides engraved with Old Russian dedication inscription ‘On 14 March 1701 We Great Lord Tsar and Great Prince Petr Alekseevich, Autocrat of all Great, Little and White Russia, presented this kovsh to Ivan Artemiev from Gostinaia Sotnia in Astrakhan for collecting large customs duties whilst being a Head of Customs in Astrakhan of 184 roubles in year 1698 and in year 1699 1456 roubles 23 altyn’, the possibly late 18th century handle and finial cast and chased with an Imperial double-headed eagle, the handle marked with Cyrillic initials 'PKh', possibly for a late 18th century Yaroslavl maker Petr Khlebnikov, also with French import marks
15½ in. (39.5 cm.) wide
37 oz. (1,175 gr.)
A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE SILVER-GILT IMPERIAL PRESENTATION KOVSH
PROBABLY MOSCOW, CIRCA 1701
Of traditional form with raised prow and handle, the bowl repoussé with a circular reserve centring an Imperial double-headed eagle with the orb and sceptre, the interior sides and handle engraved with scrolling foliage, the exterior sides engraved with Old Russian dedication inscription ‘On 14 March 1701 We Great Lord Tsar and Great Prince Petr Alekseevich, Autocrat of all Great, Little and White Russia, presented this kovsh to Ivan Artemiev from Gostinaia Sotnia in Astrakhan for collecting large customs duties whilst being a Head of Customs in Astrakhan of 184 roubles in year 1698 and in year 1699 1456 roubles 23 altyn’, the possibly late 18th century handle and finial cast and chased with an Imperial double-headed eagle, the handle marked with Cyrillic initials 'PKh', possibly for a late 18th century Yaroslavl maker Petr Khlebnikov, also with French import marks
15½ in. (39.5 cm.) wide
37 oz. (1,175 gr.)
PROBABLY MOSCOW, CIRCA 1701
Of traditional form with raised prow and handle, the bowl repoussé with a circular reserve centring an Imperial double-headed eagle with the orb and sceptre, the interior sides and handle engraved with scrolling foliage, the exterior sides engraved with Old Russian dedication inscription ‘On 14 March 1701 We Great Lord Tsar and Great Prince Petr Alekseevich, Autocrat of all Great, Little and White Russia, presented this kovsh to Ivan Artemiev from Gostinaia Sotnia in Astrakhan for collecting large customs duties whilst being a Head of Customs in Astrakhan of 184 roubles in year 1698 and in year 1699 1456 roubles 23 altyn’, the possibly late 18th century handle and finial cast and chased with an Imperial double-headed eagle, the handle marked with Cyrillic initials 'PKh', possibly for a late 18th century Yaroslavl maker Petr Khlebnikov, also with French import marks
15½ in. (39.5 cm.) wide
37 oz. (1,175 gr.)
Christie's, Geneva, 15-16 May 1984, lot 97.
A. von Solodkoff, Russian Gold and Silver, Fribourg, 1981, no. 81 (part illustrated).
專家說明
A comparable in size kovsh from the period of Peter the Great was sold Christie's, London, 24 November 2014, lot 475.