LOT 252
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Lot 252
A RUSSIAN CARVED WOOD BREAD & SALT PLATE, CIRCA 1900, SERGIEV POSAD. Ornately carved and the border with typical adage, ЧЕМЪ ХАТА БОГАТА ТЕМЪ И РАДА –Happy to share the food in the hut, though not plentiful or rich. Diameter 14.75 inches (37.5 cm).
Estimate:
$400 - 800
Russian decorative arts often make use of pithy sayings from a long litany of well-known Russian proverbs, adages or maxims although few, if any can be literally translated well, not only because of the use of rhyme but also because the unique epoch and social-economical font from which they flow.
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