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Source Description
The overall shape of the bowl, with its flaring walls and openwork handles, is in stil moderne (Russian Art Nouveau). On both faces, brownish yellow sea monsters, toying with pink balls in their jaws, swim amidst pink and blue jetsam in a turquoise field. These creatures are flanked by irregularly shaped reserves containing nautical scenes, each including a sailboat with a peacock prow; a swan; a blue fish, and a landscape. The bowl's rim is encircled by a band of tulip blossoms, threads of wire terminating in raised dots, and wire scrolls all against a blue and green ground. A row of gilt wire scrolls set against a blue ground borders the bowl's bottom edge. From the plain, silver gilt handles with pierced circular decoration, dangle pendants.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
82502
label
Two-handled Bowl
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
82502
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Two-handled Bowl
description
The overall shape of the bowl, with its flaring walls and openwork handles, is in stil moderne (Russian Art Nouveau). On both faces, brownish yellow sea monsters, toying with pink balls in their jaws, swim amidst pink and blue jetsam in a turquoise field. These creatures are flanked by irregularly shaped reserves containing nautical scenes, each including a sailboat with a peacock prow; a swan; a blue fish, and a landscape. The bowl's rim is encircled by a band of tulip blossoms, threads of wire terminating in raised dots, and wire scrolls all against a blue and green ground. A row of gilt wire scrolls set against a blue ground borders the bowl's bottom edge. From the plain, silver gilt handles with pierced circular decoration, dangle pendants.
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
bowls (vessels)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6.5
height
19.1
depth
15.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 9/16 x W with handles: 7 1/2 x D: 6 3/16 in. (6.5 x 19.1 x 15.7 cm)
Source extras
style
stil moderne (Russian Art Nouveau)
inscriptions
[Mark] On base in Cyrillic: MS; [Symbols] kokoshnik right
delta
84
circular kokoshnik right
a swan in oval French import mark
indecipherable mark; [Mark] On handle: swan French import mark
indecipherable mark; [Inventory Number] CT170039565
med
silver gilt, painted filigree enamel
creator_ids
6819
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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4ef0480b1c227d19