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Source Description
A winter landscape is depicted in which elk are grazing on a haystack surrounded by a pine forest. The box is otherwise decorated in filigree enamel in the colors blue, red, green and brown. The patterns of the geometric motifs, which are predominantly triangular, appear abstract although the moon and stars shining through the fir trees are discernible near the top of the lid. As is characteristic of Rückert's wares, the colors in the painted landscape harmonize with those in the geometric decoration.Clasps and handles are suggested by the filigree and shaded enamel designs on the four sides of the box. Not only does the silver gilt filigree separate the fields of color, but it also serves as an independent decorative element.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
82301
label
Box with Winter Landscape
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
82301
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Box with Winter Landscape
description
A winter landscape is depicted in which elk are grazing on a haystack surrounded by a pine forest. The box is otherwise decorated in filigree enamel in the colors blue, red, green and brown. The patterns of the geometric motifs, which are predominantly triangular, appear abstract although the moon and stars shining through the fir trees are discernible near the top of the lid. As is characteristic of Rückert's wares, the colors in the painted landscape harmonize with those in the geometric decoration.Clasps and handles are suggested by the filigree and shaded enamel designs on the four sides of the box. Not only does the silver gilt filigree separate the fields of color, but it also serves as an independent decorative element.
provenance
Sale, Sotheby's, Geneva, November 21, 1991, Lot 348; purchased by Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C.. 1991; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 2010.
date
1908-1917
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
boxes (containers)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
5.3
height
12.4
depth
8.6
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 1/16 x W: 4 7/8 x D: 3 3/8 in. (5.3 x 12.4 x 8.6 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Symbols] kokoshnik right
v
88; [Mark] In Cyrillic: I Marshak; [Symbol] circular kokoshnik
med
silver gilding, filigree, painted, and en plein enamel
creator_ids
6213
31640
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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639fd99f6e34a3e3