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Beaker
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This remarkable example of plique-à-jour enameling has flaring walls decorated in a red scale pattern in which three blue, oval medallions have been incorporated. Within these, in floral settings, appear the following: a Kievan princess leaning on a baluster, perhaps awaiting her lover; a musician playing a balalaika, and a woman waving a scarf. In the base is a plique-à-jour moth.
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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.
Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.
Geographies
Russia, Moscow (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 8 1/16 x Diam at top: 4 7/16 in. (20.5 x 11.3 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.
44.777