Beaker
(18th and 19th Centuries )
The 11th Artel has incorporated a compendium of abstract floral, vegetative, and geometric motifs in this beaker which are in painted filigree enamel over either an opaque filigree enameled ground or a stippled gilt surface. The principal background colors are light and medium blue and greenish white. Ample use is made of translucent red enamel, particularly for triangles. Also distinctive, are the palmettes with filigree wire strands terminating in raised gilt drops. The influence of the Russian stil moderne is apparent in the highly stylized floral motifs.
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Provenance
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Collection of Melvin Gutman. Parke Bernet sale, New York, May 1 1969, lot 52; purchased by Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C., 1969; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 2010.
Geographies
Russia, Moscow (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 7 5/16 x Diam at rim: 3 1/4 in. (18.5 x 8.3 cm); Diam of base: 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Jean M. Riddell, 2010
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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44.955
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