A PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND NIELLO CARTOGRAPHIC BOX
A PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND NIELLO CARTOGRAPHIC BOX
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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND NIELLO CARTOGRAPHIC BOX

INDISTINCT MAKER'S MARK, POSSIBLY VELIKII USTIUG, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND NIELLO CARTOGRAPHIC BOX
INDISTINCT MAKER'S MARK, POSSIBLY VELIKII USTIUG, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Circular, the detachable cover depicting a map of St Petersburg, the base depicting a map of Moscow, engraved with the two cities' coat-of-arms with cartographic features and keys, within gilt laurel borders, gilt interior, marked inside base
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) diameter
5.40 oz. (168.1 gr.) gross
來源
By repute, bequeathed to the present owner's father, Prince Andre Khilkoff-Choubersky, by his half-uncle, Boris Anrep (1883-1969).

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Aleksandra Babenko
Aleksandra Babenko

拍品專文

Boris Vasilyevich Anrep (1883-1969) was a Russian literary figure and mosaic artist, who lived and worked for most of his life in Britain. He is best known for his monumental mosaics at the National Gallery, Tate Gallery, London, the Bank of England and Westminster Cathedral. Anrep was a prominent member of intellectual circles in London, notably the Bloomsbury group. In 1912, he co-curated Roger Fry's second Post-Impressionist exhibition, where he promoted the work of Russian artists, such as Natalia Goncharova, Mikhail Larionov and Nicholas Roerich.
In Russia, Boris Anrep was closely associated with the literary figures of the Russian Silver Age, including Anna Akhmatova and Nikolay Gumilev. Anrep first met with Anna Akhmatova in 1914, with whom he continued to maintain a close relationship before moving to Britain in 1916. Akhmatova dedicated more than thirty poems to Anrep, including her Tale of the Black Ring.
For a related box with the engraved portrait of Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov and the map of Moscow, Velikii Ustiug, see M.M. Postnikova-Loseva, et al., Russkoe Chernevoe Iskusstvo, Moscow, 1972, nos. 98, 99.
For another related box engraved with the map of Moscow, also Velikii Ustiug, see Christie's, New York, 21 October 2003, lot 24.

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