A PLIQUE-À-JOUR GROUP COMPRISING A BOWL AND KOVSH, THE BOWL IVAN KHLEBNIKOV, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890; THE KOVSH MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890

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A PLIQUE-À-JOUR GROUP COMPRISING A BOWL AND KOVSH, THE BOWL IVAN KHLEBNIKOV, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890; THE KOVSH MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890

the bowl with lobed sides, decorated with panels of stylised flowers against a light blue ground, the centre with a blue enamel medallion within a white beaded border, rope-twist borders, struck on the base with initials IH (Cyrillic), 84 standard; the kovsh with panels of stylised flowerheads and scrolls with blue pellet borders, ropetwist rim, trefoil handle, struck on the base with the 84 standard

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length of kovsh 19.5cm, 7⅝in.