Lot n° 346
Estimation :
6000 - 8000
EUR
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: 6 000EUR
ATHENIAN CUP.
Adorned with a small round... - Lot 346 - Coutau-Bégarie
ATHENIAN CUP.
Adorned with a small round hard stone basin, supported by four finely chased and gilded bronze feet, representing four animal heads symbolizing the four evangelists: Lion (Saint Mark), Bull (Saint Luke), Angel (Saint Matthew) and Eagle (Saint John). In the center appears a snake surrounded on a base decorated with branches of laurel leaves and surrounded halfway up by a frieze decorated with a crescent moon, a cross, a triangle and a sun. The whole rests on a square base, bearing the inscriptions engraved in Cyrillic characters: "To Jacob Moudriy (The Wise) on behalf of Matvey Mudroff" and "born on April 30, 1722, died on April 7, 1797 in Vologda" alternated with Masonic symbols.
Slight wear to the gilding, but good general condition.
Russian work, early 19th century.
H.: 20 cm - W.: 8 cm - D.: 7 cm
History: this object was offered to Matvey (Mathieux) Yakovich Mudroff (1776-1831), famous Russian doctor who founded the Russian clinical school. He graduated in medicine in 1800 at the Moscow University and became a professor there in 1809. Mudroff was one of the founders of military hygiene and took part in the fight against the cholera epidemics in Saratov in 1830-31 and in St. Petersburg in 1831, where he died of the disease. He was the mededcin of the Pushkin family
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