Antique Imperial Russian Solid Silver Gilt Cloisonne Enamel Kovsh Moscow 1908 Drawings & Prints Metropolitan Museum and The British

Metropolitan Museum and The British Museum

The light rust colored ground with eight stylized guls

the gold snuff bottle came from the Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) in Beijing during the second Opium war in 1860

foliate scenes

Antique Imperial Russian Solid Silver Gilt Cloisonne Enamel Kovsh Moscow 1908 Drawings & Prints Metropolitan Museum and The BritishA very good antique Imperial Russian silver gilt cloisonne enamel kovsh, Moscow, circa 1908. The kovsh of traditional shape with all over muti color cloisonne enamel decoration, the kovsh having both floral & geometric cloisonne decoration to the bowl, handle and spout. The interior of the bowl with a gold wash and the kovsh is raised on a flared foot. Stamped with a kokoshnik mark for Moscow and the maker's stamp in cyrillic, silver weight is 55