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Source Description
This kovsh (ceremonial cup) is carved from an unusually large piece of nephrite, a type of jade. The underside of the handle is inscribed May 6, 1911. In the old style (Julian) calendar, May 6 was Nicholas II’s birth date, and the kovsh therefore might have been intended as a presentation gift to celebrate the tsar’s 43rd birthday, although the marks on the metal show that it was made years earlier.
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Document identity
localId
14699
label
""Kovsh"" with Imperial Eagle
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
14699
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
""Kovsh"" with Imperial Eagle
description
This kovsh (ceremonial cup) is carved from an unusually large piece of nephrite, a type of jade. The underside of the handle is inscribed May 6, 1911. In the old style (Julian) calendar, May 6 was Nicholas II’s birth date, and the kovsh therefore might have been intended as a presentation gift to celebrate the tsar’s 43rd birthday, although the marks on the metal show that it was made years earlier.
provenance
Acquired by Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), Paris; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1899-1903
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
kovshi
drinking vessels
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
10.5
height
32.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 1/8 x W: 12 5/8 in. (10.5 x 32.1 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Mark] On handle: 88; [Inscribed] May 6
1911
med
nephrite, silver, gold, diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and emeralds
creator_ids
6214
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
69
563
2062
3423
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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883e6070c2d5e5ce
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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60589a04dd8bffce
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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63b8492ed90f9c94
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no
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no