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UNRECORDED MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'SG', MOSCOW, 1908-1917
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A SILVER-GILT AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL CHALICE
UNRECORDED MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'SG', MOSCOW, 1908-1917
Of baluster form, reeded stem on a domed base, the cup decorated with four oval medallions depicting Christ, Mary, and John the Baptist, below a champlevé enamelled Russian inscription 'Receive the body of Christ and taste the source of immortality', both cup and base repoussé with fruiting vines, the domed foot with roundels depicting the four Evangelists, marked throughout
12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm.) high
28.06 oz. (872.9 gr.) gross
UNRECORDED MAKER'S MARK CYRILLIC 'SG', MOSCOW, 1908-1917
Of baluster form, reeded stem on a domed base, the cup decorated with four oval medallions depicting Christ, Mary, and John the Baptist, below a champlevé enamelled Russian inscription 'Receive the body of Christ and taste the source of immortality', both cup and base repoussé with fruiting vines, the domed foot with roundels depicting the four Evangelists, marked throughout
12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm.) high
28.06 oz. (872.9 gr.) gross
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 29-30 November 1978, lot 163.
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