Feodor Rückert gilded silver and shaded cloisonné enamel beaker with Chinese-inspired ornament, Moscow, 1899-1908

Silver, enamel, gilding

Height 7 in., dia. at upper rim 3 11/16 in. (17.8 x 9.4 cm)  

Inv. no. ab_0022

Exhibited:

Moscow, Gosudarstvennyi istoriko-kulʹturnyi muzei-zapovednik "Moskovskii Kremlʹ", “Karl Faberzhe i Fedor Riukert. Shedevry russkoi emali,” 9 October 2020 – 14 February 2021, no. 60.

Publications:

Muntyan, T.N. Karl Faberzhe i Fedor Riukert. Shedevry russkoi emali. Moscow: Gosudarstvennyi istoriko-kulʹturnyi muzei-zapovednik "Moskovskii Kremlʹ", 2020. Cat. no. 60, pp. 71-2. 

The ornament on this beaker draws from Chinese flower painting on porcelains and enamels while the geometric ornament recalls a frequent motif in Chinese cloisonné enamel.