Sale 9060
New York, Park Avenue
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20 October 1998
Price realised
USD 9,200
Estimate
A silver-gilt cloisonn enamel Kovsh marked Khlebnikov with Imperial warrant, Moscow, 1908-1917 The oval body with flat base decorated with scrolls, circles, triangles and other geometric motifs on partially stippled gilt ground, with raised prow, the handle formed as a stylized sea-horse with similar enamel decorations on bluish-grey ground, marked under base 5in. (12.7cm.) long
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