TWO ENAMELLED GLASS KVAS JUGS

Lot 239
21.07.2020 17:00UTC +00:00
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£ 87 500
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 370700
Lot 239 | TWO ENAMELLED GLASS KVAS JUGS
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
After the design by Ippolit Monighetti, each of bulbous form, enamelled overall with gilt strapwork and stylised palmettes, applied throughout with green and red cabochon glass beads, reserves inscribed in old Slavonic script 'Russian kvas', with scroll handle and on a spreading circular foot, apparently unmarked
93/4 in. (24.8 cm.) high
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