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Casket
Ivan Khlebnikov (Russian, active 1870-1917)1899-1908
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
On the casket's lid is a circular field continuing a wading stork holding a frog in its beak.
As is characteristic of Khlebnikov's enamels, the floral decoration is painted in pale shades of mauve, blue, green and pink over a cream-colored ground.
Details
- Title: Casket
- Creator: Ivan Khlebnikov (Russian, active 1870-1917)
- Date Created: 1899-1908
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Workshop: Ivan Khlebnikov (Russian, active 1870-1917)
- Provenance: Leo Kaplan, New York; Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C., October 18, 2001, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.
- Object Type: boxes; caskets (personal gear)
- Medium: silver gilt, filigree and painted enamel
- Inscriptions: [Symbols] circular kokoshnik, kokoshnik left, delta; [Maker's mark] In Cyrillic: Khlebnikov with Imperial warrant
- Dimensions: H: 2 5/16 x W: 4 13/16 x D: 3 9/16 in. (5.9 x 12.3 x 9.1 cm)
- Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Jean M. Riddell, 2010
- Classification: Enamels
- Accession Number: 44.792
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