A Russian silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel two-handled bowl, 20th century
Height x width x depth: 11.5 x 21 x 13 cm. Weight: 645 g.
Resting on a round base with squared feet, embossed with stylised foliage and geometric elements on a blue ground; upper part lobed and enamelled with floral volutes of various colours and swans on a pale pink and blue ground within cord-worked borders, set at the sides with two Sirin-shaped openwork handles.
Hallmarked with Russian apocryphal marks for silver at a fineness of 84 zolotniks (875/1000).