LOT 12

A RUSSIAN GILDED SILVER AND SHADED ENAMEL THREE-HANDLED CUP, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1900

30,000—50,000 USD

Measurements
height 4 in.

Alternate measurements
10.2 cm

Description
of baluster shape, the lower body with lobed cartouches depicting swimming swans and brightly colored stylized flowers and foliage against light green, pale blue, pink, green, and Chinese red, all with applied cable borders, the upper portion with sprays of brightly colored foliage springing from fanciful tulips, all against a cream ground, the base enameled purple between gilded silver filigree scrolls, the gilt rim with cable border, the shaped handles with conforming decoration, on ring foot, the interior gilded
undoubtedly by Feodor Rückert, although apparently unmarked; struck with later Soviet control marks

PROVENANCE
Sotheby's, New York, March 10, 1981, lot 332.

LITERATURE AND REFERENCES
For closely comparable three-handled cups by Rückert, see Christie's, New York, April 18, 2008, lot 93; Sotheby's, New York, April 26, 2006, lot 247; and, Enamels of the World, 1700-2000: The Khalili Collections, London, 2009, no. 256, p. 364.