2 December 2015 Russian Art Auctions
2 December 2015
* 246.
A Russian Silver-Gilt Cloisonné and Plique-à-Jour Enamel Tazza
40,000-60,000 GBP
MAKER’S MARK OF FEODOR RÜCKERT, MOSCOW, 1908–1917, 88 STANDARD
Height 5.5 cm, diameter 17 cm.
Circular on raised foot, the interior of the bowl centered with a turquoise flower surrounded by a leaf wreath against white and speckled duck egg coloured backgrounds, the wide band of stylised flowers in polychrome shaded enamels on a seafoam coloured ground, the border with floral and geometric design in purple, green and amber plique-à-jour enamel, pierced foot similarly decorated with flowers and plique-à-jour rectangles on blue ground.
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