SALE 1024, 19 April 2002
Important Silver, Objects of Vertu and Russian Works of Art

Lot 271

Price Realized     $31,070

Oblong, on four bracket feet, the sides and feet decorated with stylized vari-colored Pan-Slavic motifs, the ends with shaped cloisonne enamel handles, the raised hinged cover with en-plein enamel plaque depicting the painting by V. Vasnetsov 'Russian Knight at the Crossroads', marked on base
4in. (10.2cm.) long

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Lot Notes
Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (1848-1926) painted his painting 'Russian Knight at the Crossroads' (Vitiaz) in 1882. It was commissioned by Savva Ivanovich Mamontov. This painting is now hanging in the State Russian museum in St. Petersburg.