A Russian gilded silver and cloisonné enamel kovsh, Maria Semenova, Moscow, 1908-1917

of traditional form with hooked handle, the lobed body with polychrome foliate ornament on grounds of cream, light green, iron red, and pale blue within ropework borders and heightened with applied cloisons, the handle with conforming ornament, 84 standard, with scratched number 3404_

The Greenfield Collection of Russian Enamels, Christie's New York, 20 October 1998, lot 101, illustrated

some very small areas of loss visible under blacklight and magnification
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