Pavel Ovchinnikov tea caddy or sugar box with Chinese-inspired ornament, Moscow, 1899-1908

Silver, enamel, gilding

Height 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)

Inv. no. ab_0219

Exhibited: 

Moscow, Gosudarstvennyi istoriko-kulʹturnyi muzei-zapovednik "Moskovskii Kremlʹ", “Karl Faberzhe i Fedor Riukert. Shedevry russkoi emali,” 9 October 2020 – 14 February 2021, no. 376.

Publications:

Muntyan, T.N. Karl Faberzhe i Fedor Riukert. Shedevry russkoi emali. Moscow: Gosudarstvennyi istoriko-kulʹturnyi muzei-zapovednik "Moskovskii Kremlʹ", 2020. Cat. no. 376.

The sides of this box are enameled in finely detailed shaded cloisonné with a scheme of symbolic or folkloric birds in flowering landscapes inspired by the forms of Chinese enamels and porcelains.