CHARKA
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The charka is urn-shaped. The upper part (eight-sided) is engraved with an interlace motif. The bulbous lower part has a fine melon design. The ring foot flares outward. The handle is S-shaped.
- Object name:
- CHARKA
- Made from:
- Silver
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1749
- Size:
- 4 cm (1 9/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.542
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK 1. partly illegible St. George and the Dragon for Moscow and the date 1749; 2. E B [transcription]; 3. [transcription]
- Credit line:
- Gift of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1966