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Source Description
This remarkable example of plique-à-jour enameling has flaring walls decorated in a red scale pattern in which three blue, oval medallions have been incorporated. Within these, in floral settings, appear the following: a Kievan princess leaning on a baluster, perhaps awaiting her lover; a musician playing a balalaika, and a woman waving a scarf. In the base is a plique-à-jour moth.
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Document identity
localId
82375
label
Beaker
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
82375
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Beaker
description
This remarkable example of plique-à-jour enameling has flaring walls decorated in a red scale pattern in which three blue, oval medallions have been incorporated. Within these, in floral settings, appear the following: a Kievan princess leaning on a baluster, perhaps awaiting her lover; a musician playing a balalaika, and a woman waving a scarf. In the base is a plique-à-jour moth.
provenance
Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.
date
1908-1917
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
beakers (drinking vessels)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
20.5
height
11.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 1/16 x Diam at top: 4 7/16 in. (20.5 x 11.3 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Mark] On top rim: Kokoshnik right
delta
84; [Mark] On base rim: circular Kokoshnik right
and obscured mark
med
silver gilding, plique-à-jour enamel
creator_ids
3889
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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e058712bcbc00225