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Lot 491
  • 491

A Silver-Gilt and Cloisonné Enamel Centrepiece bowl, Antip Kuzmichev, Moscow, retailed by Tiffany & Co., New York, circa 1895

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Silver gilt, enamel
  • width including handles 24.8cm, 9 3/4 in.
the tapering lobed body with two raised handles set with fantastic birds with scrolling plumage, the body enamelled with a profuse pattern of foliage in colourful opaque and translucent enamels on a stippled ground, spreading foot, 88 standard

Condition

some small loss to enamel and fading and with some small dents visible in the interior
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