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Japanese-style Bowl

Andrei Mikhailovich Postnikov (Russian, active 1868-1898) (Artist)
1877
silver gilding, champlevé enamel
(18th and 19th Centuries )

In this unusual example of Russian japonisme, the bowl's exterior bears three Japanese-style, circular family crests, each with a blue and violet speckled white crane as well as a red cloud. They are separated from each other by three bats colored, respectively, in light and dark blue, black and violet, and white and yellow, hovering in a cinnabar red background dotted with multi-colored clouds. There are two decorative borders: one around the rim consists of a row of lappet shapes in yellow, tan, and turquoise; the other circumscribing its base is composed of a band of turquoise lozenges.

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[Mark] On base in Cyrillic: A. Postnikov; [Mark] On base in Cyrillic: IK over 1877, 91

Provenance
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Leo Kaplan, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C., March 6, 1987, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.

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Geographies

Russia, Moscow (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 2 1/4 x Diam: 4 1/2 in. (5.7 x 11.4 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of Mrs. Jean M. Riddell, 2010

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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44.788

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