MUSEUM QUALITY 84 SILVER RUSSIAN TEA GLASS HOLDER BY MIKHAIL TARASOV -BOGATYR

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MUSEUM QUALITY 84 SILVER RUSSIAN TEA GLASS HOLDER BY MIKHAIL TARASOV -BOGATYR:
$9500.00

Up for your consideration is a museum quality Russian tea glass holder by Mikhail Tarasov / Michael Tarasov (English spelling)

Circa 1905-1915 Mikhail Tarasov was one of Russia\'s best silversmiths and is know for his fabulous workmanship!

VERY VERY FEW OF THESE EVER COME UP FOR SALE AND EXAMPLES ARE FOUND IN THE KREMLIN MUSEUM!!

SEE SOTHEBY\'S REPORT OF THIS MASTER SILVERSMITH BELOW

The Moscow workshop of Mikhail Ivanovich Tarasov is best known for works in the so-called Russian Style, particularly highly detailed scenes of Russian medieval heroes that would have harmonized well with an interior hung with works by painters such as Vasnetsov and Rerikh, as well as other artists and designers crafting modern works drawing from Russian fairy tales,byliny,and medieval literature. The firm also produced richly chased vessels with floral ornament drawn from 17th-century enamels. Important examples of the firm’s work are held in the State Historical Museum (O. Strugova, ed.,Russkii stil, Moscow, 1999, p. 195) and the Kremlin Museums. Little is known about Tarasov and his workshop; the firm is known to have been active at least between 1905 and 1914 and perhaps slightly longer.

One of Michael Tarasov\'s examples was recently valued at over $225,000 USD!

The tea cup is cast and chased with two bearded bogatyri or bogatyr , warriors of past Russia and most likely depictingDobrynya Nikitich andIlya Muromets, orIlya of Murom warriors with a mace and large sword in coast of mail and armor!

the frosted grounds and bird or eagle neck handles inscribed in Russian \'Bogatyrskaya Zastava\',

84 standard for purity with mark for Moscow and MT makers mark denoting Michael Tarasov

Measures 3 3/4\" across and 3 1/8\" East orvityaz(Russian:витязь) is a stock character in medieval East Slavic legends (byliny), akin to a Western Europeanknight-errant. In modern Russian, the word is used to describe a knight, a warrior or, figuratively, a strong person

A very nice patina and outstanding estate condition

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