NOVGOROD, 17TH CENTURY
Details
A Silver-gilt Kovchik
Novgorod, 17th century
Chased and engraved with four roundels enclosing the Imperial double-headed eagle, a lion and a unicorn amid floral and foliate scrolls on stippled ground, the border engraved with the Russian inscription 'Kovchik of Vasilii and Ivan Semeonovich Maslennikov, drink to your health and contentment', the base of the bowl applied with a roundel depicting a lion on stippled ground, the raised brow with bud finial, the raised hand chased and engraved with a mask within scrolls, the circular foot with three lion feet
4¾ in. (11.5 cm.) long
94 gr.
Novgorod, 17th century
Chased and engraved with four roundels enclosing the Imperial double-headed eagle, a lion and a unicorn amid floral and foliate scrolls on stippled ground, the border engraved with the Russian inscription 'Kovchik of Vasilii and Ivan Semeonovich Maslennikov, drink to your health and contentment', the base of the bowl applied with a roundel depicting a lion on stippled ground, the raised brow with bud finial, the raised hand chased and engraved with a mask within scrolls, the circular foot with three lion feet
4¾ in. (11.5 cm.) long
94 gr.
Provenance
Lubovich Collection
Literature
A. v. Solodkoff, L'Orfèvrerie russe du XVIIe au XIXe siècle, Paris, 1981, plate 79
Michel van Rijn (editor), Icons and East Christian Works of Art (n.p., n.d.), p.160, illustrated p.161, p.192
Michel van Rijn (editor), Icons and East Christian Works of Art (n.p., n.d.), p.160, illustrated p.161, p.192
Exhibited
London, Belgrave Square. Russian Art Exhibition, 1935, no.161