Sale 1024
New York
|
19 April 2002
Price realised
USD 113,525
Estimate
A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL TAZZA marked with the Cyrillic initials of Fedor Rückert, Moscow, 1896-1908, with scratched inventory number 8800 Shaped circular, the domed and partially lobed foot and shaped stem with bands and reserves of varicolor stylized floral and foliate sprays on various green, blue, cream and russet grounds, the hexagonal shaped dish with convex and concave reserves with lavish varicolor floral and foliate sprays, the former incorporating three stylized birds, on russet, dark blue and cream grounds, the slightly domed centre with a Russian maiden offering refreshment to a richly-dressed visitor, with the Russian caption 'Dear Guest' above, within circular border of stylized leaves on blue ground, marked under dish and base 10¾in. (27.2cm.) diam.
Provenance
Christie's New York, The Greenfield Collection of Russian Enamels, 20 October 1998, lot 201
Contact Client Service
info@christies.com
New York +1 212 636 2000
London +44 (0)20 7839 9060
infoasia@christies.com
Asia +852 2760 1766
Literature
Hill, G. Fabergé and the Russian Master Goldsmiths, New York, 1989, n. 219/220
The scratched inventory number probably indicates that the above tazza was retailed by Fabergé.
The jeweller Frédéric Boucheron opened his first shop in the arcades of the Palais Royal, Paris; more than 160 years later, the maison he founded is a world leader
The emergence of lyrical abstraction in postwar France, iIllustrated with key works by Georges Mathieu, Zao Wou-Ki and Chu Teh-Chun