A CLOISONNÉ AND PLIQUE-À-JOUR ENAMEL SILVER-GILT TANKARD, MARKED P. OVCHINNIKOV WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890
The tapering body cloisonné enamelled overall with scrolling foliage, the base plique-à-jour enamelled with an eagle attacking a dragon, the borders to the top rim and the octagonal base chased with interweaving ribbons, with fluted columns above, with scroll handle and a detachable domed cover, surmounted by an openwork ball finial, marked under base
81⁄4 in. (21 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 17 November 1981, lot 126.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, Geneva, 19 November 1991, lot 331.
The Greenfield Collection; Christie's, New York, 20 October 1998, lot 134.
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The tapering body cloisonné enamelled overall with scrolling foliage, the base plique-à-jour enamelled with an eagle attacking a dragon, the borders to the top rim and the octagonal base chased with interweaving ribbons, with fluted columns above, with scroll handle and a detachable domed cover, surmounted by an openwork ball finial, marked under base
81⁄4 in. (21 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 17 November 1981, lot 126.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, Geneva, 19 November 1991, lot 331.
The Greenfield Collection; Christie's, New York, 20 October 1998, lot 134.
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