THE ROSTROPOVICH-VISHNEVSKAYA COLLECTION OF RUSSIAN ART THE ROSTROPOVICH-VISHNEVSKAYA
COLLECTION OF RUSSIAN ART TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE AT SOTHEBY’S LONDON
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intended for everyday use, rather than for ceremonial life at court, and were thus usually made from copper
alloy. Typical examples include those offered for sale, for example: ink pots, desk ornaments, boxes and
caskets. The traditional Ustiug colours are yellow, green and light and dark blue on a white ground. One of
the most important examples (illustrated on page seven) is a copper alloy and cloisonné jewellery casket,
Veliki Ustiug, late 17th century, which is estimated at £10,000-12,000.
Ivory:
Other decorative works of art include a walrus ivory and bone veneered dressing table mirror (illustrated on
page seven), archangel, mid 18th century, which is estimated at £4,000-6,000.
Grand Duke Petr Fedorovich by Georg Cristoph Grooth
(Estimate: £40,000-60,000)
The Hunt by Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin
(Estimate: £120,000-180,000)
Boyar’s Serfs by Sergei Vasilievich Ivanov
(Estimate: £40,000-60,000)
A porcelain water Ewer, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory,
Period of Paul I (1796-1801)
(Estimate: £10,000-15,000)
Copper alloy and cloisonné jewellery casket,
Veliki Ustiug, late-17th century
(Estimate: £10,000-12,000)
A walrus ivory and bone veneered dressing table mirror,
archangel, mid 18th century
(Estimate: £4,000-6,000)
A rare Russian Goblet engraved with a monogram for
Catherine II beneath Imperial Crown, Russia, circa 1790,
(Estimate: £4,000-6,000)
