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Lot 82096
A Russian Cloisonné Enameled Gem-Set Gilt Silver Bird-Form Kovsh

5.375 x 10.75 x 4.125 in

Lot 82096
A Russian Cloisonné Enameled Gem-Set Gilt Silver Bird-Form Kovsh
5,4 x 10,8 x 4,1 in

Estimate: US$ 70,000 - 90,000
€ 65,000 - 83,000
Auction: 42 days

Heritage Auctions

City: Dallas, TX
Auction: Dec 16, 2024
Auction number: 8188
Auction name: Imperial Fabergé & Russian Works of Art Signature® Auction

Lot Details
A Russian Cloisonné Enameled Gem-Set Gilt Silver Bird-Form Kovsh Feodor Rückert, Moscow, circa 1906 5-3/8 x 10-3/4 x 4-1/8 inches (13.7 x 27.3 x 10.5 cm) 455 grams PROVENANCE: Christie's New York, The Greenfield Collection of Russian Enamels, October 20th 1998, lot 183; An important private collection, acquired from the above; John Atzbach Antiques, Bellevue, Washington, acquired from the above; Acquired from the above by the present owner. The bird form or "sandpiper" kovsh was a specialty form and several are known, including one at the Walters Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, (Coll No. 44.948 by the 6th Artel). Versions by Rückert are comparatively rare: an unmarked one compared to the offered lot was sold Sotheby's New York, Important Russian Enamels and Fabergé from an New York Private Collection, November 4, 2010, lot 30. The offered lot bears an inscription in Russian reading "T and M / Sadomov / to / A and O Zaitsev / 4 December 1906" Masterpieces of Russian Enamel from an Important American Collection HID12401132022 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Lot Details
A Russian Cloisonné Enameled Gem-Set Gilt Silver Bird-Form Kovsh Feodor Rückert, Moscow, circa 1906 5-3/8 x 10-3/4 x 4-1/8 inches (13.7 x 27.3 x 10.5 cm) 455 grams PROVENANCE: Christie's New York, The Greenfield Collection of Russian Enamels, October 20th 1998, lot 183; An important private collection, acquired from the above; John Atzbach Antiques, Bellevue, Washington, acquired from the above; Acquired from the above by the present owner. The bird form or "sandpiper" kovsh was a specialty form and several are known, including one at the Walters Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, (Coll No. 44.948 by the 6th Artel). Versions by Rückert are comparatively rare: an unmarked one compared to the offered lot was sold Sotheby's New York, Important Russian Enamels and Fabergé from an New York Private Collection, November 4, 2010, lot 30. The offered lot bears an inscription in Russian reading "T and M / Sadomov / to / A and O Zaitsev / 4 December 1906" Masterpieces of Russian Enamel from an Important American Collection HID12401132022 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
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