A RUSSIAN SILVER AND ENAMEL CHARKA
A RUSSIAN SILVER AND ENAMEL CHARKA

SOLVYCHEGODSK, LATE 17TH CENTURY

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A RUSSIAN SILVER AND ENAMEL CHARKA
Solvychegodsk, late 17th Century
The flattened hemispherical bowl with wirework borders and shaped handle, raised on three ball supports, brightly enameled in tones of yellow and puce and grisaille with tulips, a bird and a winged animal, the rim with the Russian inscription 'Korets of a good man for his health and to drink from eternally'.
5 3/8in. (13.7cm.) long
来源
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 10 December 1974, lot 201

拍品专文

The word 'korets' refers to a measure used for wheat and honey in the XV and XVI Centuries. For more details see Brockhaus-Efron Encyclopaedic Dictionary, Volume 31, (St. Petersburg, 1895), p. 241