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Footed Kovsh with Gamayn
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This kovsh represents an early example of Rückert replicating a section of a well-known painting. In the center of the bowl is the Gamayun, taken from Viktor Vasnetsov's Gamayun, the Prophetic Bird (1897). The Gamayun, like the Sirin and the Alkonost, is a mythological creature with the body of a bird and a woman's head. In this instance, she has very human facial features and beautiful wings graduating in color from dark brown to orange and pale pink. Her perch is a tendril with blue, green and yellow foliage and pinkish white blossoms.
The kokoshnik-shaped handle is set with a blue cabochon stone.
Inscription
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: 2 7/8 x W: 6 1/8 x D: 3 5/16 in. (7.3 x 15.5 x 8.4 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.
44.863