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Source Description
This kovsh, or drinking bowl, is engraved with the bust of Peter the Great in armor, and the base includes a repoussé double-headed eagle, symbol of the Russian Empire. The kovsh was presented to a commander of Cossack soldiers who was instrumental in uniting nomadic tribes at the outer reaches of the empire. Gilding highlights the important features of the drinking bowl: the inscription and heraldic devices.
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Document identity
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20306
label
Drinking Bowl (Kovsh)
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Source metadata
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20306
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normalized
title
Drinking Bowl (Kovsh)
description
This kovsh, or drinking bowl, is engraved with the bust of Peter the Great in armor, and the base includes a repoussé double-headed eagle, symbol of the Russian Empire. The kovsh was presented to a commander of Cossack soldiers who was instrumental in uniting nomadic tribes at the outer reaches of the empire. Gilding highlights the important features of the drinking bowl: the inscription and heraldic devices.
provenance
Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), Saint Petersburg and Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1712 (Early Modern)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
drinking vessels
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7
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7
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
9.8
height
27.1
depth
16
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 7/8 × W: 10 11/16 × D: 6 5/16 in. (9.8 × 27.1 × 16 cm)
Source extras
cul
Russian
style
Baroque
inscriptions
[Transcription] In the cartouches: Великiи г(о)с(у)д(а)рь ц(а)рь и великїи кн(я)зь / Пéтръ Алéξiевичь / всèа великия i мáлыя i бѣлыя Росїи самодержéцъ [along the edge] пожáловал сим ковшем донскóго вóиска зимовóи станицы атамáна Аξѣна Волóшенина за евò мнóгие слоужбы. АΨΒΙ г(ода) генваря въ Λ д(ен)ь; [Translation] The great lord Czar and Grand Prince Peter Alexievich
sovereign of all Great
Little and White Russia
presented with this ""kovsh"" the Cossack winter camp commander Axen Voloshenin for his many services. AD 1712
January 30.
dynasty
House of Romanov
reign
Peter I the Great (1682-1725)
med
silver, partially gilded
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6214
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563
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