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RUSSIA, 17TH CENTURY
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A silver-gilt Charka
Russia, 17th century
Of traditional form, on spreading foot, the body engraved with floral scrolls on hatched ground, with Russian adage 'The charka of a good man, drink from it for health' around the rim, the centre of the bowl with applied engraved dome, the shaped handle with a mythological scene of a man wrestling a lion, apparently unmarked
3.5/8in. (9.3cm.) long
52 gr.
Russia, 17th century
Of traditional form, on spreading foot, the body engraved with floral scrolls on hatched ground, with Russian adage 'The charka of a good man, drink from it for health' around the rim, the centre of the bowl with applied engraved dome, the shaped handle with a mythological scene of a man wrestling a lion, apparently unmarked
3.5/8in. (9.3cm.) long
52 gr.