"Kovsh" with Imperial Eagle

Description The "kovsh" is a drinking vessel that traces its origins to a medieval wooden boat-shaped ladle. This example is made with Siberian jade or nephrite. It was intended to be an imperial piece, but was never delivered. The kovsh was sent by Pottier to Henry Walters in 1930.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
7/24/1959	Treatment	cleaned; coated
1/23/1988	Examination	examined for condition
1/23/1988	Treatment	cleaned
2/28/2002	Treatment	examined for condition; other

Exhibitions

• Russian Art: Icons and Decorative Arts from the Origin to the Twentieth Century. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1959-1960.
• A Millennium of Christianity: Russian Art from The Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1988-1989.
• The Fabergé Menagerie. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus; Portland Art Museum, Portland. 2003-2004.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions May 6, 1911

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters