Russian Metal Artworks

Vase with an enamel miniature "Boyarynya" (Noblewoman)

    Vase with an enamel miniature "Boyarynya" (Noblewoman)

    Russia, Moscow

    1908–1917

    Kurlyukov firm

    Silver, enamel; painted enamel, casting, chasing, gilding

    22.0 x 19.5 x 12.5 cm

    Marks on the bottom: "О.КУРЛЮКОВ[Ъ]"; triple mark of the Moscow District Assay Office (1908-1917) – female head in kokoshnik facing right, with the fineness number "84"; the Greek letter "delta". On the handles: "О.К"; mark of the Moscow District Assay Office (1908-1917) – female head in kokoshnik

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    Silver vase, gilded inside, boat-shaped, with two handles, executed in the Neo-Russian style. The enamel inset featuring a boyarynya (noblewoman) against the backdrop of the Kremlin decorates the vase lateral side. Symmetrically to it, on the opposite side, is a smooth blank reserve within the ornamental border, intended for another inset. The walls of the vase are decorated with embossed stylized foliate scrolls. The handles, shaped as double rings, are complemented by the depiction of a stylized traditional women's sash with trapezoidal ends.

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