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Source Description
Mikhail Fydorovich, the first Romanov czar (reigned: 1613-1645), appears in the center of the bowl wearing the late 13th-early 14th century Monomakh crown. The portrait resembles one that Vassily Zuiev (1870-1917) painted in watercolor on ivory for the Tercentenary Imperial Easter Egg in 1913, now in the Kremlin Armoury in Moscow. The sides of the kovsh are enameled with brown "mound" shapes, alternating with strawberry-like motifs and overlapping circles in black. The remaining filigree is in pale blue with pink and blue blossoms. The flat handle is decorated with abstract floral motifs and checkerboard patterns, all in muted colors.
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Document identity
localId
82441
label
Kovsh with Image of Tsar Mikhail
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
82441
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object
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normalized
title
Kovsh with Image of Tsar Mikhail
description
Mikhail Fydorovich, the first Romanov czar (reigned: 1613-1645), appears in the center of the bowl wearing the late 13th-early 14th century Monomakh crown. The portrait resembles one that Vassily Zuiev (1870-1917) painted in watercolor on ivory for the Tercentenary Imperial Easter Egg in 1913, now in the Kremlin Armoury in Moscow. The sides of the kovsh are enameled with brown "mound" shapes, alternating with strawberry-like motifs and overlapping circles in black. The remaining filigree is in pale blue with pink and blue blossoms. The flat handle is decorated with abstract floral motifs and checkerboard patterns, all in muted colors.
provenance
Sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, November 30, 1978, lot 412 [as showing a portrait of Czar Alexis Mikhailovich]; puchased by Jean M. Riddell (through Leo Kaplan, New York, as agent), Washington, D.C., 1978; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 2010.
date
1908-1917; probably 1913
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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kovshi
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
4.9
height
17.9
depth
10
dimensionsRaw
Overall H: 1 15/16 × W: 7 1/16 × D: 3 15/16 in. (4.9 × 17.9 × 10 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Marks] On base in Cyrillic: K Fabergé with Imperial warrant; [Symbols] kokoshnik right
delta
88; [Inventory number] 40456
med
silver gilding, painted matte and filigree enamel
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4493
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EAN
exhibition_ids
3423
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1
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0
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photo
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