Details
A PARCEL-GILT SILVER IMPERIAL PRESENTATION KOVSH
PROBABLY MOSCOW, 1693
The bowl centring a circular reserve engraved with an Imperial double-headed eagle, the handle engraved with a floral motif, the exterior sides engraved with Old Russian dedication inscription 'By the Grace of God we great Lord Tsars and Great Princes Ioann Alekseevich and Petr Alekseevich of all Great, Little and White Russia, presented this kovsh to Stolnik Kuzma Ivanovich Voevodskii for the development of the town of Dorogobuzh', with the cone-shaped finial, unmarked, the underside of the handle engraved with a date '1693', the base engraved with weight '85 zolotniki'
11 in. (28 cm.) long
11.04 oz. (343.3 gr.)
Provenance
Monsieur Eugène Lubovitch, Paris.
Property of a Gentleman; Sotheby's, Zurich, 22 November 1978, lot 38.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Exposition D'Icones et D'Orfèvreries Russes, Brussels, 1931, p. 45, no. 255.
M.Hofmann, 'Argenterie Russe Ancienne de la Collection Eugene Lubovitch,' Paris, 1932, p. 6, no. 7.
Exhibition catalogue, Exhibition of Russian Art, London, 1935, p. 53, no. 158.
Exhibited
Brussels, Exposition D'Icones et D'Orfèvreries Russes, December 1931, no. 255.
London, Exhibition of Russian Art, 4 June - 13 July 1935, no. 158.
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