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Source Description
The entire exterior of this hen-shaped kovsh is enameled in both abstract and schematized floral patterns in painted, opaque filigree enamel. In the lower portion, they include oval and boteh-shaped blossoms in pink and purple over a creamy white ground. Above, the more abstract decoration is in turquoise, olive green, and black enamel. Lavish use is made of patterns of strands of filigree wire terminating in raised silver gilt pellets. Encircling the bottom of the kovsh, just above the foot, there are two rows of wire spirals, one against a blue ground and the other over an olive green ground.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
82478
label
Kovsh
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
82478
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Kovsh
description
The entire exterior of this hen-shaped kovsh is enameled in both abstract and schematized floral patterns in painted, opaque filigree enamel. In the lower portion, they include oval and boteh-shaped blossoms in pink and purple over a creamy white ground. Above, the more abstract decoration is in turquoise, olive green, and black enamel. Lavish use is made of patterns of strands of filigree wire terminating in raised silver gilt pellets. Encircling the bottom of the kovsh, just above the foot, there are two rows of wire spirals, one against a blue ground and the other over an olive green ground.
provenance
Sale, Sotheby's New York, October 22, 2002; Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C., October 26, 2002, by purchase [Leo Kaplan, New York, as agent]; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.
date
1899-1908
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
dishes
kovshi
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
10.3
height
17.7
depth
11.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 1/16 x W: 6 15/16 x D: 4 7/16 in. (10.3 x 17.7 x 11.3 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Marks] On base in Cyrillic: Ovchinnikov; [Symbols] kokoshnik left
84
IL (for Ivan Lebedkin
Moscow assay master)
med
silver gilding, painted and opaque filigree enamel, various hardstones
creator_ids
3889
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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