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Source Description
On the cup's plique-à-jour walls is a continuous aquatic scene in which appear the following: a swan floating on water, shown against a dramatic sunset; flying swallows; a butterfly; another swan, and a stork wading in a pond. Interspersed are aquatic and terrestrial plants. Bordering the cup's upper rim is a pattern of light blue diamond shapes separated by white lozenges against a red background. The base reveals an abstract blossom in yellow, green, turquoise, and red enamel.
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Document identity
localId
82372
label
Vodka Cup
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
82372
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Vodka Cup
description
On the cup's plique-à-jour walls is a continuous aquatic scene in which appear the following: a swan floating on water, shown against a dramatic sunset; flying swallows; a butterfly; another swan, and a stork wading in a pond. Interspersed are aquatic and terrestrial plants. Bordering the cup's upper rim is a pattern of light blue diamond shapes separated by white lozenges against a red background. The base reveals an abstract blossom in yellow, green, turquoise, and red enamel.
provenance
Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.
date
1899-1908
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
cups (drinking vessels)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.3
height
5.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 7/8 x Diam: 2 3/16 in. (7.3 x 5.5 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Symbols] On base: kokoshnik left
84; [Marks] On base in Cyrillic: IL (for Ivan Lebedkin
Moscow assay master)
POvchinnikov with Imperial warrant
med
plique-a-jour enamel, metal
creator_ids
3889
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
3423
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
4a8336f9e02acd42
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
52b2040a0d0357dd
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no