A GEM-SET SILVER-GILT MOUNTED AGATE KOVSH

A GEM-SET SILVER-GILT MOUNTED AGATE KOVSH
RUSSIA, CIRCA 1645
The oval agate bowl with silver-gilt mounts, set with cabochon turquoises and garnets throughout, within wirework bands, with a similarly decorated upright handle, the upper rim inscribed in Old Russian '[Belongs to] Archimandrite Cyrill of the Chudov Monastery / To drink from it for health 154 (1645)', on a circular foot, apparently unmarked
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) long

Provenance
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