A Silver-gilt Charka

17TH CENTURY

Details
A Silver-gilt Charka
17th century
The interior chased and engraved with mythical animals in roundels and floral scrolls with plain rim, the interior with a mermaid, seahorse and whale with fish in the sea, the central applied raised roundel with the figure of a bird, with openwork scroll handle
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) wide with handle
104 gr.
Provenance
Lubovich Collection
Literature
A. v. Solodkoff, L'Orfèvrerie russe du XVIIe au XIXe siècle, Paris, 1981, plate 2
Michel van Rijn (editor), Icons and East Christian Works of Art (n.p., n.d.), p.160, illustrated p.162, p.193
Exhibited
London, Belgrave Square, Russian Art Exhibition, 1935, no.203

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