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    Sale 5407

    Russian Pictures, Icons & Works of Art

    London, South Kensington

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    27 November 2008

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    Lot 679

    A RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TAZZA

    MARK OF IS (CYRILLIC), PROBABLY FOR IGNATII SASIKOV, MOSCOW, 1890

    Price realised

    GBP 1,500

    Estimate

    GBP 800 - GBP 1,200

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    A RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TAZZA
    MARK OF IS (CYRILLIC), PROBABLY FOR IGNATII SASIKOV, MOSCOW, 1890
    Circular on pedestal foot decorated in traditional colours with scrolls and flowers, the rim with a band of stylised stiff leaves below a turquoise enamel bead border in turn below a beaded rim
    4 in. (10 cm.) high; 4¾ in. (12 cm.) diameter

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