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Source Description
This tureen-shaped urn is carved of nephrite, a green jade much favored by the Fabergé firm. Enormous nephrite boulders had been discovered along the Onot River in eastern Siberia in 1851. A pair of loving doves in pavé-set diamonds and a cupid's bow and arrows in green and red gold--both motifs associated with the French 18th-century master François Boucher--are mounted on the urn's cover. Suspended from alternating diamonds and rubies are yellow gold garlands with red gold ties. Rows of diamonds, interspersed at intervals with rubies, line the rim of the urn. This piece is of exceptional quality and may, in fact, be an imperial commission.
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Document identity
localId
28720
label
Urn with Cover
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
7
Source metadata
id
28720
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Urn with Cover
description
This tureen-shaped urn is carved of nephrite, a green jade much favored by the Fabergé firm. Enormous nephrite boulders had been discovered along the Onot River in eastern Siberia in 1851. A pair of loving doves in pavé-set diamonds and a cupid's bow and arrows in green and red gold--both motifs associated with the French 18th-century master François Boucher--are mounted on the urn's cover. Suspended from alternating diamonds and rubies are yellow gold garlands with red gold ties. Rows of diamonds, interspersed at intervals with rubies, line the rim of the urn. This piece is of exceptional quality and may, in fact, be an imperial commission.
provenance
Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929-1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
early 20th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
urns
covers
imageCount
7
pageCount
7
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
9.5
height
9.8
depth
6.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 3/4 × W: 3 7/8 × D: 2 7/16 in. (9.5 × 9.8 × 6.2 cm); Urn H: 2 × W: 3 7/8 × D: 2 7/16 in. (5.1 × 9.8 × 6.2 cm); Lid H: 1 3/4 × W: 1 9/16 × D: 2 15/16 in. (4.4 × 3.9 × 7.4 cm)
Source extras
med
nephrite, gold, rubies, diamonds
creator_ids
1921
4493
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
2062
2689
2819
3300
3423
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