Kovsh

1899-1908

44.4 cm 21.5 cm

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This utensil is in the form of a kovsh, a boat-shaped drinking vessel. Both the spout in the shape of a monstrous bat with spreading wings and the handle terminating in a bust of a Kazan warrior have been cast in silver. The border of interlace is studded with cabochon rubies,...

Artifact

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14310
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Shreve, Crump & Low Co., Boston [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Leroy Lipman, Baltimore; Walters Art Museum, 1962, by gift.
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