Price Realized $13,800
A silver-gilt cloisonne enamel Vase marked with Cyrillic initials of Fedor Ruckert, overstruck by the Kurliukov mark, Moscow, 1896-1908.
Of triangular section, with spreading base, enamelled overall, each side with a varicolor scene of a swan swimming with raised wings and a sunrise behind within Art Nouveau foliate scrolls in greens and browns, with the mythical bird Sirin emanating from a stylized iris above, on blue ground, the lower green ground rising to the rim at each angle decorated with a band of folaite scrolls and flowerheads, marked under base
5in. (12.7cm.) high
Lot Notes
In the old Russian fabels and epics Sirin appears in her usual form with a woman's head and breast; she is based on the ancient Greek Sirens.