A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL PILL-BOX

MARKED WITH THE INITIALS OF FEODOR RÜCKERT, OVERSTRUCK WITH THE MARK OF FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917

细节

A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL PILL-BOX
MARKED WITH THE INITIALS OF FEODOR RÜCKERT, OVERSTRUCK WITH THE MARK OF FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917
Circular compressed, with stylized and geometric pan-Slavic motifs in shades of brown, blue and green on dark green ground, the hinged cover with with a shaped en-plein enamel plaque of 'Ivan Tsarevich and the Grey Wolf' after V. Vasnetsov within stylized border, gilt interior, fully marked
2½ in. (6.3 cm.) diameter

拍品专文

Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (1848-1926) painted the canvas of 'Ivan Tsarevich and the Grey Wolf' in 1889, which was bought by Pavel Tretiakov in whose gallery it remains in Moscow. It is taken from the famous folk-tale of 'The Tale of Ivan-Tsarevich, the Fire-Bird and of the Grey Wolf' inspired by the lines 'Ivan-Tsarevich seated on the Grey Wolf with the Beautiful Elena, loved her with all his heart, and she Ivan-Tsarevich.'