with pierced lip mount attached to the base with hinged bands at both ends, engraved around the circumference of the lip in Cyrillic, CHARKA IVANA GARASIMOVA SYNA TURCHENINA PIT [Charka of Ivan Garasimov, son of Turchenin, to drink], length including cup and handle: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.), crack to onyx

PROVENANCE
Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, New York, February 29, 1980, Lot 108
Sotheby's, New York, The Collection of Robert C. Woolley, January 24, Lot 88
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner