the underside of the bowl finely painted with a portrait of a young peasant girl in traditional costume, wearing a black and red patterned scarf around her hair, and a white shirt, within a cloisonne border enamelled in turquoise, olive green, blue and pale pink stylised foliate scrolls and geometric designs, the handle similarly decorated overall, length 16.8cm

$12,000-18,000
For other examples of pictorial spoons see Sotheby's Russian Works of
Art and Faberge, New York, April 16, 2008, lot 416; Sotheby's Russian
Works of Art and Faberge, London, June 12, 2008, lot 554; Sotheby's,
New York, June 10, 1992, lot 217

Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 September 2008 6pm 00 111 Queen Street Woollahra