The Chen Collection
Lyon & Turnbull - London - 23 November 2008, 15:00 GMT
Lot 56 : A Russian silver-gilt, plique-а-jour and cloisonne enamel tazza
Estimate: 10000-15000
Description:
A Russian silver-gilt, plique-а-jour and cloisonne enamel tazza Fedor Ruckert, Moscow, 1908-1917 the flared foot, with floral and geometric motifs and with apertures filled with red and green plique-а-jour enamel, the dish with exuberant flower heads on a duck-egg ground, the rim pierced with a geometric design and decorated with red, green and orange plique-а-jour enamel
17cm diameter, 5.2cm high
Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 1st December 1998, lot 202