Treasures

A Russian malachite tazza, after a design by I.I. Galberg, circa 1825-30

Auction Closed

December 7, 11:28 AM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A Russian malachite tazza, after a design by I.I. Galberg, circa 1825-30

the finely figured shallow circular bowl with a moulded everted edge, on a slender spreading circular shaft raised on a square base

58cm. high, 76cm. diameter; 1ft. 10 3/4 in., 2ft. 5 7/8 in.

RELATED LITERATURE

V.B. Semyonov, Malachite, Sverdlovsk, 1987.

N. M. Mavrodina, The Art of Russian Stone Carvers 18th-19th Centuries, St. Petersburg, 2007.

L. Budrina, Malachite Diplomacy, 2020