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Casket with Boyarina
(18th and 19th Centuries )
A bejeweled boyarina, perhaps a bride, is painted in glossy enamel within a framework of raised filigree enamel decorated with abstract trees and spirals. The remainder of the box is covered with raised painted and filigree enamel floral motifs against a stippled ground.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Leo Kaplan, New York; Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C. October 23, 1989, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.
Geographies
Russia, Moscow (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 3/4 x W with handles: 4 x D with stable: 2 15/16 in. (4.4 x 10.1 x 7.4 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Jean M. Riddell, 2010
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
44.886