Drinking Bowl

ca. 1690 (Early Modern)

16 cm 4.5 cm

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In 17th-century Russia, cups often carried moralizing maxims and images, thus urging one to drink with moderation. Here, the depiction of Samson and the accompanying versified inscription warn the cup's owner not to surrender to the wiles of immoral women. The painting on the...

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Leon Grinberg (""A La Vieille Russie""), New York, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1952, by purchase.
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