CEREMONIAL SILVER KOVSH WITH A NEPHRITE HANDLE, Russia, 20th century

l cm 43,5 x h cm 22,5 x w cm 24

Hemispherical in shape, with a body richly engraved and chiselled with plant motifs, volutes and facing birds, adorned along the rim with an inscription in Cyrillic characters. The base bears a long commemorative inscription engraved in a radial pattern. The side handle, made of nephrite, is decorated with a silver Russian imperial double-headed eagle, bearing a sceptre and a cross-topped orb. Total weight g 3004.