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    17 December 1998

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    • A cloisonné enamel Kovsh
    Lot 164

    A cloisonné enamel Kovsh

    BY THE 11TH ARTEL, MOSCOW, 1908-1917

    Price realised

    GBP 748

    Estimate

    GBP 600 - GBP 800

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    A cloisonné enamel Kovsh
    by the 11th Artel, Moscow, 1908-1917
    Of traditional form, the body with raised prow decorated with flowerheads and foliate scrolls on stippled gilt ground between blue pellet and white teardrop borders, the stylized handle with scrolls on pale blue ground, gilt white metal, marked under base
    3in. (7.6cm.) long

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