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A LARGE PARCEL-GILT CLOISONNÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL SILVER TRAVELLING TRIPTYCH
A LARGE PARCEL-GILT CLOISONNÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL SILVER TRAVELLING TRIPTYCH
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A LARGE PARCEL-GILT CLOISONNÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL SILVER TRAVELLING TRIPTYCH

MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1904

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A LARGE PARCEL-GILT CLOISONNÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL SILVER TRAVELLING TRIPTYCH
MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1904
Of clipped arch form, surmounted by a cross, the hinged covers opening to reveal an icon of Christ as Salvator Mundi, flanked by Saint Catherine and Saint Alexander, all within lavishly decorated silver-gilt mounts, cloisonné and champlevé enamelled with varicolour foliage and geometric motives, the cover cast and chased with two cherubs, Annunciation scene, and four apostles, all within cloisonné enamelled borders, the reverse dated and inscribed in Russian ‘[To] Oskar Kazimirovich / Gripenberg / from the Vilno Military District / 1904’, with a suspension loop, marked throughout
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high
68.11 oz. (2,118.5 gr.) gross
Provenance
Gift from the Vilno Military District to Oskar Ferdinant Gripenberg (see inscription on the reverse).

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General Oskar Ferdinand Kazimirovich Gripenberg (1838-1915) was the commander of the Second Manchurian army during the Russo-Japanese war. He was also the commander of the Vilno Military District from 1901. He finished his career as General Inspector of the Infantry. Highly decorated he passed away in 1915.

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