October 8, 2008 10:00 EST
Fine European Furniture & Dec. Arts
862
Russian silver and shaded enamel covered chalice
early 20th century, marks for ivan khlebnikov
The lobed cup decorated with shaded enamel panels of stylized flowers surmounted by a domed cover with bird finial, raised on a shaped baluster stem and supported on a circular domed foot depicting firebirds and floral panels, stamped 88 standard, the footrim inscribed 'Mockba 1903'.
H: 15 in.
Provenance: Estate of Joan Herschede, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sold for $269,000
Estimated at $12,000 - $18,000
The lobed cup decorated with shaded enamel panels of stylized flowers surmounted by a domed cover with bird finial, raised on a shaped baluster stem and supported on a circular domed foot depicting firebirds and floral panels, stamped 88 standard, the footrim inscribed 'Mockba 1903'.
Provenance: Estate of Joan Herschede, Cincinnati, Ohio.
