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Another silver-gilt and niello chalice, dated 1795, was sold Christie's, New York, April 13, 2011, lot 229.
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RUSSIA, LATE 17TH CENTURY
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A SILVER-GILT AND NIELLO CHALICE
RUSSIA, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Of goblet form, finely nielloed throughout with scrolls and foliage, the domed spreading foot depicting the events leading to the Crucifixion, rising to a baluster form stem depicting St. John Chrysostom, St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and Cherubim and Seraphim, the bowl nielloed with Christ, the Mother of God, St. John the Baptist, Sts. Peter and Paul, and Archangels Michael and Gabriel, the rim inscribed in Old Church Slavonic, 'Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins’, marked under foot rim with Cyrillic letter ‘Ya’
13¼ in. (33.7 cm.) high
28.88 oz. (898.3gr.)
RUSSIA, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Of goblet form, finely nielloed throughout with scrolls and foliage, the domed spreading foot depicting the events leading to the Crucifixion, rising to a baluster form stem depicting St. John Chrysostom, St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and Cherubim and Seraphim, the bowl nielloed with Christ, the Mother of God, St. John the Baptist, Sts. Peter and Paul, and Archangels Michael and Gabriel, the rim inscribed in Old Church Slavonic, 'Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins’, marked under foot rim with Cyrillic letter ‘Ya’
13¼ in. (33.7 cm.) high
28.88 oz. (898.3gr.)
Provenance
Acquired at a Torgsin shop in Leningrad in 1932.
By descent to the present owner.
By descent to the present owner.
Brought to you by
Nick Dinerstein
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