Description
Such large cups, known in Russian as a korchik, were used for drinking wine and mead in wealthy households. Unusually, this one belonged to a woman.
Provenance
Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), Saint Petersburg and Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Transcription] Along edge: Съ ковшъ секретарши * Евдокиi Иван[овн]/ы дочери жены * Романа Аръхипов[а]; [Translation] This "kovsh" belongs to the secretary’s spouse Eudocia, daughter of Ivan, wife of Roman Arkhipov.
Credit
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1929
