Symbols of Russia on a Punch Bowl

[Pierre Tavlitzki]

Here is a large bowl in enameled gilded silver, which displays in a very tight high relief the symbols of old Russia. This important piece of 30 cm in diameter is large enough to accommodate all the issues, as you can know it below.

The lower part shows a frieze of flying eagles. Above, we see old characters: boyars and women in the Russian tradition. The rim is decorated with a frieze of black bears in a snowy landscape, and the handles are shaped as the head of this animal.

The variety of the colors painted on the enamel make of this piece, and its ladle that accompanies it in the sale of Sotheby's in New York on April 22, a technical feat. This set was made around 1910 in Moscow by Feodor Rückert, who was a supplier of Fabergé. We cannot overestimate the unique role, direct and indirect, of the Fabergé company in the history of art.

This lot is estimated 150 K $.

[Pierre Tavlitzki]

This piece reported as extremely rare also had the advantage of a highly symbolic decoration. Buyers followed: K $ 480 inclusive.