Sale 3730
New York
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20 May 2015
PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION
Price realised
USD 16,250
Estimate
A SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL KOVSH MARK OF MARIA SEMENOVA, MOSCOW, 1908-1917 Of traditional form with raised prow and hook handle, enameled with varicolor floral and geometric motifs on beige ground beneath a band of wirework scrolls on a green ground, the prow enameled with peacocks, the handle similarly decorated, all within wirework borders, marked under base 9 in. (22.9 cm.) long
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