Swan Kovsh

1898-1903

9.9 cm 4.8 cm 4.6 cm

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The swan's head and neck are rendered in red and green gold with exceptional attention being given to the delineation of the feathers and their veins. Its tail, which serves as the handle for this thinly carved nephrite kovsh, is also in gold and is reeded and wrapped around a...

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Sir Charles Clore Sale, Sotheby's, London, October 28, 1985, Lot 183; Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C., 1985, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.
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