Oct 15, 2025 10:00 EST
Old Master Paintings / Russian Art / Silver / English & Continental Furniture
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Rare Russian Silver-Gilt and Champlevé Enamel Tea and Coffee Service
Khlebnikov, Moscow, 1884
The coffee pot, teapot and cream jug of Hu form, the handled basket star-shaped, with a swing handle, enameled in black, green and red with stylized archaistic Chinese decoration, the pots with Fu lion finials.
Height of coffee pot 8 1/4 inches (21 cm), height of teapot 6 1/2 inches (16.5 cm).
Sold for $108,450
Estimated at $80,000 - $120,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
Khlebnikov, Moscow, 1884
The coffee pot, teapot and cream jug of Hu form, the handled basket star-shaped, with a swing handle, enameled in black, green and red with stylized archaistic Chinese decoration, the pots with Fu lion finials.
Height of coffee pot 8 1/4 inches (21 cm), height of teapot 6 1/2 inches (16.5 cm).
Notes:The firm of Khlebnikov, a distinguished supplier to the Russian Imperial Court and among the foremost silversmiths active in Russia, began producing objects influenced by Chinese design as early as the 1870s. Tea wares were a natural vehicle for such stylistic experimentation, as demonstrated by two tea caddies now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (https://art.thewalters.org/object/44.962; https://art.thewalters.org/object/44.789/).
By the 1880s, Khlebnikov was producing tea and coffee services that more closely emulated Chinese prototypes, though often adapted in a distinctly Russian style. Notable examples include: a silver and champlevé enamel tea service, dated 1884, decorated with birds and flowers (G. Hill, ed., Fabergé and the Russian Master Goldsmiths, New York, 1989, no. 209); a silver and champlevé enamel tea and coffee service, dated 1886–1887, decorated with dragons and flowers, sold at Sotheby’s, London, June 9, 2010, lot 550; and a silver and enamel tea and coffee service, dated 1885, decorated with flowers and butterflies, now in the collection of the Fabergé Museum, St. Petersburg.
Russian Works of Art
Auction: Old Master Paintings / Russian Art / Silver / English & Continental Furniture, Oct 15, 2025
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Auction of Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Prints on October 15, 2025
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New World Auction Records for Stéphane Baron and Camille Wauters
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Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted for Future Auctions
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle held a successful auction of Old Master and 19th-century Paintings and Drawings on October 15, 2025. The auction presented works from the 16th through the early 20th centuries, including portraits, still lifes, and landscapes, along with mythological, historical, and allegorical subjects. A surprising high point was reached by A Young Courtesan, by the rare French allegorical and literary painter Stéphane Baron (1830-1921), which soared above its pre-sale estimate of $2,000-4,000 to achieve $41,600 — a World Auction Record for the artist. Once sold as a modern evocation of the Biblical story of Susanna and the Elders, the painting’s more straightforward interpretation clearly sparked a rush of fascination.
Another surprise was the enthusiastic bidding on a View of Aswan, Egypt, 1890, an imposing orientalist painting by the Belgian landscapist Camille Wauters (1856-1919). A monumental architectural work enlivened with vivid color, this painting also attracted considerable interest, which carried it to a result well above its pre-sale estimate of $3,000-6,000 to $28,800 — a World Auction Record for this artist, as well.
Highlighting the old master drawings on offer was a rare, newly discovered landscape in black chalk and gray wash by the great 17th-century Dutch master Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael (1628/29-1682), best known for his extensive landscapes of the Netherlands and Scandinavia. The drawing, River Landscape with Figures beside a House with a Tower, was sold to a distinguished client in Paris for $32,000, an unusually high price for a 17th century work on paper. The property of a New York estate, it had remained in private hands for more than 60 years, and until this sale was unknown to scholars in the field of 17th-century Dutch art.
Additional Categories in the Sale
Special sections of the sale also showcased English & Continental Silver and Russian Works of Art on Oct. 15 and English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts on Oct 16.
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