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Auction archive: Lot number 251

AN IMPRESSIVE AND LARGE GEM-SET SILVER-MOUNTED AND ENAMEL BI...

Russian Art
6 Jun 2016
Estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
ca. US$56,867 - US$85,301
Price realised:
£68,500
ca. US$97,386
Auction archive: Lot number 251

AN IMPRESSIVE AND LARGE GEM-SET SILVER-MOUNTED AND ENAMEL BI...

Russian Art
6 Jun 2016
Estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
ca. US$56,867 - US$85,301
Price realised:
£68,500
ca. US$97,386
Beschreibung:

AN IMPRESSIVE AND LARGE GEM-SET SILVER-MOUNTED AND ENAMEL BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE CASKET
MARKED KHLEBNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917
AN IMPRESSIVE AND LARGE GEM-SET SILVER-MOUNTED AND ENAMEL BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE CASKET MARKED KHLEBNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917 Of shaped rectangular form, on four bun feet, the bird's-eye maple body applied with repoussé and finely chased silver mounts in neo-Russian style, set with thirteen guilloché enamelled cartouches depicting stylised animal figures, the lower mount with stylised depiction of the sun and scrolls at intervals, the cover mounts chased with two double-headed eagles within peacock feathers and scrolls, with two compartments, both with key holes, the upper compartment applied with silver vari-coloured champlevé enamelled cartouches, set with varied cabochon gems throughout, including amber, rhodonite, lapis lazuli, garnets and jasper, with two circular handles shaped as a snake biting its own tail, the interior fabric-lined, with two keys, marked throughout 16½ in. (42 cm.) long

Auction archive: Lot number 251
Auction:
Datum:
6 Jun 2016
Auction house:
Christie's
London
Beschreibung:

AN IMPRESSIVE AND LARGE GEM-SET SILVER-MOUNTED AND ENAMEL BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE CASKET
MARKED KHLEBNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917
AN IMPRESSIVE AND LARGE GEM-SET SILVER-MOUNTED AND ENAMEL BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE CASKET MARKED KHLEBNIKOV WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917 Of shaped rectangular form, on four bun feet, the bird's-eye maple body applied with repoussé and finely chased silver mounts in neo-Russian style, set with thirteen guilloché enamelled cartouches depicting stylised animal figures, the lower mount with stylised depiction of the sun and scrolls at intervals, the cover mounts chased with two double-headed eagles within peacock feathers and scrolls, with two compartments, both with key holes, the upper compartment applied with silver vari-coloured champlevé enamelled cartouches, set with varied cabochon gems throughout, including amber, rhodonite, lapis lazuli, garnets and jasper, with two circular handles shaped as a snake biting its own tail, the interior fabric-lined, with two keys, marked throughout 16½ in. (42 cm.) long

Auction archive: Lot number 251
Auction:
Datum:
6 Jun 2016
Auction house:
Christie's
London
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