A SHADED CLOISONNE AND EN-PLEIN ENAMEL BOX
MARKED WITH THE CYRILLIC INITIALS OF FEDOR RUCKERT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917
SALE 9508, 23 October 2000
Important Silver, Objects of Vertu and Russian Works of Art
Price Realized $22,325
Oblong, the sides overall decorated with varicolored shaded Pan-Slavic motifs highlighted with gilt filigree work, the hinged cover with similar design inset with an en-plein enamel plaque depicting the painting Vitiaz at the parting of the ways, after Viktor Vasnetsov, marked under base and inside cover4Ѕin. (10.5cm.) long
Lot Notes
For similar boxes with the same painting on the cover see Christie's London, 8 April 1987, lot 168, and Christie's New York, 26 October 1982, lot 238.