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VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949)Dragnet Fishing, 1990oil on canvas118 x 183 cm (46 1/2 x 72 in.)signed and dated lower rightPLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949)The Wood Goblin, 1990oil on canvas150 x 159 cm (59 x 62 5/8 in.)signed lower right; titled, dated and signed on versoPLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

NIKOLAI SMIRNOV (RUSSIAN 1938-2000)Bird Cherry Tree in Bloom, 1993oil on canvas60 x 80 cm (23 5/8 x 31 1/2 in.) signed and dated lower right; signed in Cyrillic N. Smirnov Russia, titled and dated on versoPLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

VICTOR KHROMIN (RUSSIAN B. 1948)The Birdcatcher, 2008-2014relief on canvas135 x 188 cm (53 1/8 x 74 1/2 in)signed upper left, titled on versoPLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

VICTOR KHROMIN (RUSSIAN B. 1948)Premonition, 2008-2014relief on canvas135 x 191 cm (53 1/8 x 75 1/4 in.)signed lower right, titled on versoPLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

TATIANA [TRET] TRETYAKOVA (RUSSIAN 20TH-21ST C.)Smithereens of Time, digital print and assemblage on aluminum101.7 x 101.7 cm (40 x 40 in.)initialed lower right, signed on versoPLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

VIOLA (LATVIAN B. 1975) AND ALEKS CHAIKOVSKY (LATVIAN B. 1973)Triumph, 2014mixed media on canvas100 x 80 cm (39 3/8 x 31 1/2 in.)signed, titled, and dated on versoPLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

[ILYA KABAKOV] INSTALLATIONS 1983-2000 CATALOGUE RAISONNE AND A PRINTIlya Kabakov Installations 1983 - 2000. Catalogue Raisonne, (Dusseldorf: Richter Verlag, 2003). 305 x 236 mm. Hard cover. Two volumes in a box set. Edited by Tony Stooss, texts by Oskar Betschmann and Boris Groys. Artist`s gifting inscription on the title page. Sold together with a print Why didn`t you paint my beautiful back?, 20 x 27.8 cm (7 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.), signed and numbered 220/250 lower rightPLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

BOOKS AND ARTIFACTS FROM THE LIBRARIES OF THE ROMANOV DYNASTYRABINOVICH, Alexander (Russian b.), Books and Artifacts (16th - 20th Centuries) from the Personal Palace Libraries of the Romanov Dynasty and Russian Elite. A Catalogue. (New York, 2005). 216 x 360 mm. Limited edition. Copy number 25 (of 50). A catalogue featuring the broad collection of rare books and manuscripts rescued from Russian Imperial palaces and residencies. Selected highlights illustrated in color.PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

TWO VOLUMES ON THE PENINSULAR WAR BY FRANZ XAVER RIGEL FROM THE PAVLOVSK PALACE LIBRARYRIGEL, Franz Xaver (German, 1783-1852) Der siebenjahrige Kampf auf der Pyrenaischen Halbinsel vom Jahre 1807 bis 1814; besonders meine eigenen Erfahrungen in diesem Kriege nebst Bemerkungen uber das Spanische Volk und Land [A seven-years battle on the Iberian Peninsula from the year 1807 to 1814; particularly my own experiences in this war including my remarks about the Spanish people and the country] Rastatt, 1819. Published at author`s expense by the author himself. 12mo (206 x 133 mm) each volume. 532 pages (volume I); 454 pages (volume II). Both volumes contain a label from the Pavlovsk Palace Library indicating item`s location and inventory number. Contemporary red Morocco binding with gilt tooling along the borders and on the spines. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. Volume I containing a full-page copperplate etching depicting a Spanish insurgent, and a foldout map of a battle plan. Volume II containing six full-page copperplate etchings featuring a Spanish national dance Bolero, and various landmarks of the territories where the battles took place.PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

AN ILLUMINATED RUSSIAN OLD BELIEVERS MUSICAL MANUSCRIPT, FESTIVE LITURGY[Kniga glagolemaya oktai sirech osmoglasnik. Tvoreniye prepodobnago otsa nashego Ioanna Damaskina], Russia, first half of 19th Century. 8vo (225 x 180 mm). 148 leaves. Illuminated in red and black ink, with profusely illustrated headpieces. Contemporary blind stamp leather binding over wood panels. Spine with five raised bands, two clasps (both missing). Ownership inscriptions on the first flyleaf from Alexander Petriayev (1846) and his son Grigoriy (1880). LOT NOTES:A very similar manuscript is included in the collection of the Hermitage Book Museum under inv. #213234. It has been illustrated in the Museums catalog in 2002 (p. 87, cat. 68).PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

AN ILLUMINATED RUSSIAN OLD BELIEVERS MANUSCRIPT WITH NEUMES FOR THE DIVINE LITURGY OF SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOMRussia, middle of 19th Century. 8vo (232 x 183 mm). 93 leaves. Illuminated in red and black ink, with profuse polychrome and gilt illustrations of the title page and initials. Some leaves bear an impressed paper manufacturer`s stamp V. G. P. U. F. Sergiyevskoy in the corner. Contemporary blind stamp leather binding over wood panels, two clasps (both missing). Spine neatly restored. Colored top, fore, and lower edges.PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

TWO BOOKS BY D. KOBEKO AND N. TSABEL FROM THE LIBRARY OF GRAND DUKE SERGEI ALEKSANDROVICHcomprising:a) KOBEKO, Dmitriy Fomich (Russian, 1837-1918) Jeunesse d`un tsar Paul Ier et Catherine II [Youth of Tsar Paul I and Catherine II] Paris: Calmann Levy, 1896. Printed in Russia. 12mo (180 x 123 mm). 432 pages. With an ex-libris of Grand Duke Sergei Aleksandrovich and his gilt monogram on spine. Original cloth binding with marbled paper applied to the front and back covers. Moire endpapers (second front endpaper detached). a) TSABEL, Nikolai Yegorovich (Russian, 1831-1910) Prakticheskiya nastavleniya k susheniyu plodov i ustroistvu sushilen. [Practical Instructions for Drying the Fruit and a Setup of the Dryers] Saint Petersburg: A. F. Devrien, 1893. Printed in Russia. 8vo (223 x 154 mm). 38 pages. With an ex-libris of Grand Duke Sergei Aleksandrovich. Original cloth binding with blind-stamped and gilded designs. Moire endpapers. Containing a foldout plate illustrating a setup of fruit dryers.PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A PAIR OF MAPS OF EASTERN EUROPE DEPICTING THE KINGDOM OF HUNGARY AND THE RUSSIAN TERRITORIES IN EASTERN CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND UKRAINE, AFTER DELISLE AND HOMANN 1. After Guillaume Delisle, Nova et accurata Regni Hungariae Tabula, ad usum Serenissimi Burgundiae Ducis: Le Royaume de Hongrie, colored etching, 48.5 x 57.5 cm (19 x 22 5/8 in.) [sight]2. After Johann Baptist Homann Lubomeria et Gallicia Regni, colored etching, 49 x 60.5 cm (19 1/4 x 23 3/4 in.) [sight]PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A GROUP OF THREE PRINTS DEPICTING THE TROITSKAYA LAVRA AND A RUSSIAN PEASANT MAN comprised of an etching after Gabriel Scorodomoff, A Russian in a Winter Dress, etching on paper, 19 x 12 cm (7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.) [sight], and double framed etchings depicting the Troitskaya Lavra, 14 x 20.5 cm (5 1/2 x 8 in.) [sight] and 17.7 x 20.2 cm (7 x 8 in.) [sight]PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A PAIR OF GREEK ROYAL DOORS WITH ANNUNCIATION SCENE, CIRCA 1700wooden gilded sanctuary doors with two metal latches, decorated with intricately carved braids and divided into six sections framed by carved petals; the top register of each door features a medallion from the Annunciation, including Archangel Gabriel announcing to the Holy Virgin Mary that she would soon give birth to the Savior of the World, the bottom registers with Saints Athanasios of Alexandria and Cyril of Alexandria. Egg tempera, gold leaf and gesso on wood panels. 119.8 x 33 cm (47 1/8 x 13 in.) eachPROVENANCECollection of Bernard Winters, Armonk, New YorkBernard J. Winters was a philanthropist and art collector who was captivated by Russian icons. Over a fifty-year period, he worked closely with Sotheby`s, Christie`s, and private collectors to cultivate his collection. His monumental icons, as well as those purchased from Natalie Hays Hammond, daughter of John Hays Hammond, diplomat, were some of his favored items.PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

LEF AGITKI MAYAKOVSKOGO ASEYEVA TRETYAKOVA, AN AGITATIONAL POETRY BOOK WITH WRAPPERS BY V. KULAGINA-KLUCIScompiled by KRUCHYONYKH, Aleksey Yeliseyevich (Russian, 1886-1922) LEF agitki Mayakovskogo Aseyeva Tretyakova [LEF Agitational Poems by Mayakovsky, Aseyev, Tretyakov]. Moscow: Izdaniye vserossiyskogo soyuza poetov, 1925. 12mo (184 x 136 mm). 64 pages. Original two-color wrappers designed by KULAGINA-KLUCIS, Valentina Nikiforovna (Russian, 1902-1987). Soviet Agitational poems by Vladimir Mayakovsky, Nikolai Aseyev, Sergey Tretyakov with agit-zametki by Kruchyonykh.PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

IZBRAN, A BOOK OF SELECTED POEMS BY N. ASEYEV WITH WRAPPERS BY RODCHENKOtext by ASEYEV, Nikolai Nikolayevich (Russian, 1889-1961) Izbran’ [Selected]. Moscow-Petersburg Krug, 1923. 8vo (203 x 142 mm). 132 pages. First edition. Original color wrappers designed by Aleksandr Rodchenko. The selected poetic works from 1912-1922.LITERATUREAnatoly Tarasenkov, Russkiye poety XX veka: 1900-1955 (Moscow, Sovetsky pisatel’), p. 53PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

POSLEDNIY SOVREMENNIK, A POETRY BOOK BY S. KIRSANOV WITH WRAPPERS BY A. RODCHENKOtext by KIRSANOV [Kortchik], Semyon Isaakovich (Russian, 1906-1972) Posledniy sovremennik [The last Contemporary]. Moscow: Federatsiya, 1930. 12mo (184 x 130 mm). 96 pages. Original two-color wrappers designed by Alexander Rodchenko. First edition. An Agitprop poem.PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

ZAPISKI POETA, A POETRY BOOK BY I. SELVINSKY WITH WRAPPERS BY EL LISSITZKYtext by SELVINSKY, Ilya Lvovich (Russian, 1899-1968) Zapiski poeta [Poet’s Notes]. Moscow and Leningrad, GIZ, 1928. 12mo (173 x 127 mm). 94 pages. Original two-color photomontage wrappers designed by El Lissitzky. A book of autobiographical poetic novel and poems by Ilya Selvinsky. Bears various gifting inscriptions on title page. Original wrappers restored and reinforced.LOT NOTES To illustrate the wrapper of this rare constructivist book, Lissitzky used his double exposed photograph of the Dadaist Hans Arp, shot during their collaboration on The Isms of Art, 1914-1924 in 1925.PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

YUNOST MAYAKOVSKOGO, A BOOK BY V. KAMENSKY WITH WRAPPERS BY K. BOR-RAMENSKYtext by KAMENSKY, Vasily Vasilyevich (Russian, 1884-1961) Yunost Mayakovskogo [Mayakovsky`s Youth]. Tiflis: Zakkniga, 1931. 12mo (177 x 127 mm). 84 pages. First edition. Original color wrappers designed by Bor-Ramensky, Konstantin GeorgiyevichLOT NOTESThe artist incorporated two other famous designs by Rodchenko and Lissitzky into his own artwork for this wrapper.PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A COMPREHENSIVE RECORD OF ARTWORKS BY V. MAYAKOVSKYedited by KATANIAN, Vasily Abgarovich (Russian, 1902-1980) Vladimir Mayakovsky. Moscow: Gosudarstvennoye izdatel`stvo izobrazitel`nykh iskusstv, 1932. 8vo (244 x 188 mm). 288 pages. Original color dust-jacket wrappers featuring a satirical poster by Vladimir Mayakovsky. This book has been compiled and edited by a renowned literature specialist and Mayakovsky biographer, Vasily Katanian. Featuring an extensive record of paintings, drawings, posters, and designs, issued soon after Mayakovsky`s death. PROVENANCESotheby’s, London, June 9, 2010, lot 191PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

PODSTRIZHENNYMI GLAZAMI, WITH AUTHORS INSCRIPTION AND DRAWING REMIZOV, Alexey Mikhailovich (Russian 1877-1957), Podstrizhennymi glazami. Kniga uzlov i zakrut pamyati [With Trimmed Eyes. The Book of Knots and Swirls of Memory] (Paris: YMCA Press, 1951). 8vo (230 x 162 mm). First edition. Second front free endpaper featuring author`s gifting inscription accompanied by his signature, drawing with self-portrait, monogram and date. The inscription in Cyrillic reads: To Boris Pavlovich Voinarsky. My life from the cradle to prison 1877-1897. Dated 7 IX 1951. With the stamps of Boris Voinarsky library on the front free endpaper and on the inner front cover. Author`s handwritten edition of text appears on page 203. Original publisher’s wrappers bound in quarter leather binding. PROVENANCEFrom the library of Boris Pavlovich Voinarsky (1895-1957)PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

OGON VESHEY, WITH AUTHORS INSCRIPTION TO ANDREY SEDYKHREMIZOV, Alexey Mikhailovich (Russian 1877-1957), Ogon veshey. Sny i predsonye [Fire of Stuff. Dreams and What Comes Before Them] (Paris: Opleshnik, 1954). 8vo (225 x 162 mm). First edition. First flyleaf featuring author`s gifting inscription to Yakov Moiseyevich Zwieback, dated 20 VIII 1954, accompanied by Remizov`s signature and monogram. Original wrappers. Front cover partially detached, two upper corners missing.Andrei Sedykh (nee Yakov Moiseyevich Zwieback, 1902-1994) was a renown Russian litterateur, journalist, critic, secretary to Ivan Bunin, and editor-in-chief of the New York based newspaper Novoye Russkoye Slovo (1973-1994).PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

LIK VOINY, A BOOK OF WWI MEMOIRS BY I. ERENBURG WITH WRAPPERS BY N. ALTMANtext by ERENBURG, Ilya Grigoryevich (Russian, 1891-1967) Lik voiny [The Face of War]. Moscow-Leningrad: Zemlya i Fabrika, 1928. 8vo (210 x 147 mm). 122 pages. Original color wrappers designed by ALTMAN, Natan Isayevich (Russian, 1889-1970). PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A GROUP OF THREE BOOKS BY A. BEZIMENSKY WITH CONSTRUCTIVIST WRAPPERS BY YU. ANNENKOV, N. SPIROV AND A. TELINGATERBEZIMENSKY, Aleksandr Ilyich (Russian 1898-1973), three poetry books, all with original wrappers, comprising:(a) Kak pakhnet zhizn` [The Way Life Smells]. Moscow: Krasnaya nov`, 1924. 12mo (198 x 130 cm). 88 pages. Original two-color wrappers by Yury Annenkov(b) Stikhi mobilizovany [The Poems Are Mobilized]. Moscow: Izdatel`stvo TsK VKP(b) `Pravda`, 1931. 12mo (204 x 138 mm). 94 pages. Original two-color wrappers by Solomon Telingater(c) Vystrel [A Shot]. Moscow-Leningrad: GIZ, 1930. 12mo (176 x 129 mm). 208 pages. Original two-color wrappers by Nikolai Spirov.PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A SOVIET COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA POSTER BY APSIT, 19191 MAYA [May Day], 1919, color lithograph, published by VTsIK; designed by APSIT [APSITIS], Aleksandr Petrovich (Latvian, 1880-1944); featuring the text by Marx and Engels; color lithograph, published by VTsIK ; 93.5 x 71 cm (36 3/4 x 28 in.)LITERATUREB. S. Butnik-Siversky, Sovetsky plakat epokhi grazhdanskoy voiny. 1918-1921 (Moscow: 5-ya Gosudarstvennaya tipo-litografiya, 1960), p. 184, ill. No 434V. Koretsky, Zametki plakatista (Moscow, 1958), p. 23PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A RUSSIAN ICON OF THE UNEXPECTED JOY, MOSCOW SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURYa sinner is kneeling in front of the icon of the Mother of God, who speaks to him in dispraise, demonstrating the wounds on the body of her child inflicted by the sins of the entire mankind. Egg tempera, gold leaf and gesso on a wood panel with a raised kovcheg; two insert splints on the back, both missing; 31 x 26.3 cm (12 1/4 x 10 3/8 in.)PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

DMITRY STAKHIEVICH MOOR [ORLOV] (RUSSIAN 1883-1946)Poster Maquette featuring the Red Army and the Red Fleet, 1923gouache and India ink on paper101.6 x 69 cm (40 x 27 1/8 in.)signed and dated lower leftPLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A SOVIET COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA POSTER BY S. SENKIN, 1929DA ZDRAVSTVUYET 1 MAYA, PRAZDNIK TRUDA [SALVO MAY DAY, A CELEBRATION OF LABOR], 1929; designed by Sergey SENKIN, (Russian 1894-1963), signed in plate; color lithograph, published by GIZ, printed in Moscow; from an edition of 35,000; 105 x 60.3 cm (41 3/8 x 23 3/4 in.)PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A SOVIET SOCIALIST PROPAGANDA POSTER BY I. RERBERGKOOPERATSIYA NE ZNAYET POGRANICHNYKH STOLBOV [Cooperation Does Not Know Border Posts], 1919, designed by RERBERG, Ivan Fiodorovich (Russian, 1892-1957), signed with monogram in plate, color lithograph, published by Vserossiyskiy Tsentralnyi Soyuz Potrebitelnykh Obshestv ; 64 x 82 cm (25 1/4 x 32 1/4 in.)PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A RUSSIAN ICON OF THE FIERY ASCENT OF ELIJAH THE PROPHET, EARLY 1800Sdepicting four scenes from the prophet`s life: (1) Elijah in front of a cave, (2) An angel waking him up in the desert, (3) Elijah with his disciple Elisha crossing the river Jordan, and (4) Elijah ascending into heaven on a fiery chariot. Egg tempera, gold leaf and gesso on a wood panel with kovcheg. Gifting inscription on verso. Two insert splints on top and bottom edges. 31 x 26.4 cm (12 1/4 x 10 3/8 in.)PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

AN ANTI-RELIGIOUS POSTER MAQUETTE AND A POSTER BY YURIY VASILYEVICH TRUNYOV (RUSSIAN B. 1921)SLUZHITELI BOGA [God`s Ministers], 1961, comprising:a)An original poster maquette, gouache, India ink, graphite, and collage on paper; inscribed in Cyrillic Editor I. Astapov lower left, bearing miscellaneous editorial comments and inscriptions with publisher`s seal of approval on verso, 43 x 57 cm (16 7/8 x 22 3/8 in.)b) a printed poster made after Trunyov`s design with a poem by V. Alekseyev; color lithograph, published by Izdatelstvo `Khudozhnik RSFSR`, printed in Leningrad, edition of 3500 copiesPLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

YAKOV RUKLEVSKY (RUSSIAN 1884-1965)BAGDADSKIY VOR [Thief of Baghdad], Soviet film poster, circa 1924, signed in plate, published for SOVKINO, GLAVLIT N. 647, edition of 10,000, American film starring Douglas Fairbanks, 109 x 72 cm (43 x 28 3/8 in.)PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

STENBERG BROTHERS (RUSSIAN; VLADIMIR 1899-1982, GEORGI 1900-1933)ROBIN GUD [Robin Hood], Soviet film poster, circa 1925, signed in the plate, GLAVLIT N. 51395, edition of 10,000, published for SOVKINO, American film starring Douglas Fairbanks, mounted on linen, 100 x 73 cm (39 3/8 x 28 3/4 in.)PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

N. HOMOVLIUBOV MORIAKA [The Sailor`s Love], Soviet film poster, typolithograph, signed in plate, SOYUZKINO editions, Mosoblit no. 4,495, edition of 5,000, mounted on linen, 72 x 50 cm (28 1/4 x 19 3/4 in.)PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

JOSEPH GERASIMOVICH (RUSSIAN 1893-1986)BAGDADSKIY VOR [Thief of Baghdad], Soviet film poster, typolithograph, circa 1924, signed in plate, published by BEZBOZHNIK, edition of 10,000, American film featuring Douglas Fairbanks, 102 x 72.5 cm (40 1/8 x 28 1/2 in.)PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

JOSEPH GERASIMOVICH (RUSSIAN 1893-1986)VESELAYA KANAREIKA [The Merry Canary], Soviet film poster, circa 1928-1929, signed in plate, published for MEZHRABPOM-FILM, directed by Lev Kuleshov, 108.5 x 72.5 cm (42 3/4 x 28 1/2 in.)PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

MAXIM LITVAK (RUSSIAN 1898-1943)ROKOVYE ZNAKI [The Fatal Signs], Soviet film poster, 1925, signed and dated in the plate, published for SOVKINO by R.S.F.S.R. editions, GLAVLIT N. 47233, edition of 10,000, American film featuring Douglas Fairbanks, 72.5 x 107.5 cm (28 1/2 x 42 1/4 in.), 108.7 x 71.5 cm (42 3/4 x 28 1/8 in.)PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

ANTON LAVINSKY (RUSSIAN 1893-1968) AND ELIZABETH LAVINSKAYA (RUSSIAN 1901-1949)PO ZAKONU [By the Law], Soviet film poster, 1926, artist`s name in plate, published for SOVKINO, GLAVLIT N. 74076, edition of 8,000, 101.5 x 72.5 cm (40 x 28 1/2 in.)PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A GROUP OF THREE SHUNGA PRINTS, JAPAN, 19TH CENTURY 1. Attributed to Utagawa Kinisada (Japanese 1786-1865), Couple Engaged in Intimate Acts as the Mans Pour Tea, 1830s, color woodblock print, 9.2 x 12.5 cm (3 5/8 x 4 7/8 in.) 2. Unknown artist, The Intimate Couple, 1840s, color woodblock print, 9.2 x 12.2 cm (3 5/8 x 4 3/4 in.)3. Unknown artist, An Erotic Cleaning, 19th century, color woodblock print, 24 x 36 cm (9 1/2 x 14 1/8 in.) [sight]PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

SOVIET FILM POSTERTRI EPOKHI [The Three Ages], Soviet film poster, circa 1923, published for SOVKINO, GLAVLIT N. 50549, edition of 12,000, mounted on linen, American film starring Buster Keaton, 72 x 107.5 cm (28 3/8 x 42 1/4 in.)PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A SOVIET BRONZE OF A FRONTIER GUARD ON SKIS, VSEKOKHUDOZHNIK, CIRCA 1932-1953, bronze with medium brown patinaheight: 23 cm (9 in.)marked A7531 on base, foundry mark in Cyrillic VSEKOKHUDOZHNIK Moscow and number 32 on basePLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A SOVIET AGITLAK KEEPSAKE BOX OF ZASEDANIE VOLISPOLKOMA, A. KOTUKHIN, PALEKH, 1927of a rectangular shape with rounded corners; the hinged cover depicting a meeting of the executive committee of the township board; a multiple figure composition features four chairmen seated at a table while discussing agenda and taking notes; they are shown in front of a protruding administrative building with a red standard on top, the other structures around it indicate that the event is taking place at the center of a town, which emphasizes the importance of such meeting; two large groups of people shown gathered together on the left and on the right, their gestures express an active partake in the meeting; the bottom part of the composition features a woman and three children engaged in a play; an ornate gilded border runs around the cover of the box; a gilded vegetative garland, presented in the traditional miniature painting style of Palekh, runs around the body of the box; carmine interior; length: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.), height: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.); signed in Cyrillic A. Kotukhin inscribed s. Palekh and dated lower right.LOT NOTESThe present lot is an artist`s revision of the subject of a meeting of volispolkom. The painting greatly resembles, both in composition and a subject matter, a scene that he depicted on a cover of another keepsake box two years earlier. The 1925 version is currently a part of the collection of the Insitute for Art Industry`s Museum of Folk Art in Moscow.Kotukhin, Aleksandr Vasilyevich (1886-1961) was one of the pioneers of the art of Palekh lacquer miniature. Furthermore, he became one of the founders of Palekh Artel of Ancient Painting in 1924 and its first chairman. Kotukhin helped the invention and development of Palekh`s signature papier-mache technique. His works are particularly celebrated for the skillfulness of intricate ornamental gilding. He also was the first one amongst the other Palekh artists to illustrate lacquer ware with Pushkin`s fairy tales. PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A SOVIET AGITLAK KEEPSAKE BOX OF UDARNIKI KOLKHOZNIKI S RABOTY, I. PALIKIN, PALEKH, 1938of a rectangular shape, the hinged cover depicting the three young field workers returning home after a long work day; the young women are depicted carrying scythes, the group is accompanied by a fellow kolkhoznik who is cheering them up by playing his garmon. An ornate gilded border runs around the body of the box, painted crimson interior; length: 17 cm (6 3/4 in.), depth: 8.7 cm (3 1/2 in.), height: 4.3 cm (1 3/4 in.); signed in Cyrillic I. Palikhin lower right, inscribed with title and location lower left: s. Palekh Udarniki kolkhozniki s raboty, dated 1938 lower rightPLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A SOVIET KEEPSAKE BOX OF BOY FISHING, N. TURIN, PALEKH, 1937of a round shape, the intricately decorated cover depicting a fisherman spending his time of leisure in the countryside, surrounded by sublime vistas, city skyline can be seen in the distance behind him. Several ornate gilded borders run around the body of the box, as well as around the painted scene on the cover; crimson interior; diameter: 10 cm (3 7/8 in.), height: 2 cm (7/8 in.); numbered N1654 lower left; signed in Cyrillic N. Turin, inscribed with location and date s. Palekh 1937 goda lower rightPLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A LARGE SOVIET AGITLAK KEEPSAKE BOX OF YEDUT S PESNEI MOLODIYE KAZAKI, A. KOTUKHINA, PALEKH, 1950of a rectangular shape, the hinged cover depicting an epic scene of the Don Cossacks heading off to join the forces of the Red Army, three brave warriors on horses are shown in the foreground, they are calling their troops for battle with trumpets, behind them, legions of determined Cossacks are leaving their homes and waving farewell to their women, an ornate gilded border runs around the cover of the box, an elaborately painted wide gilded floral garland runs around the body of the box, with further depiction of a Cossack on horseback in the center of the longer sides, a slightly wider base is raised on four feet, crimson interior, length: 27.5 cm (10 7/8 in.), height: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.), signed Anna Kotukhina, inscribed in Cyrillic s. Palekh and dated lower right, numbered No 394 lower left, three verses of a poem describing the illustrated event in Cyrillic are written along the lower border of the cover:To ne tuchi, grozoviye oblakaTo nad Terekom na kruchakh zalegli, -Klichut trubi molodogo kazaka, Pyl` sedaya vstala oblakom vdali.Osedlayu ya goryachego konya,Krepko sumy pritorochu v peremyot.Vstan, kazachka molodaya, u pletnya,Provodi menya do solnishka v pokhod!Skachut sotni iz-za Tereka-reki,Pod kopitami dorozhenka drozhit.Yedut s pesney molodiye kazakiV Krasnoy Armii respublike sluzhit!PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A PAIR OF SOVIET LACQUER KEEPSAKE BOXES WITH SCENES FROM FAIRY TALES BY ALEXANDER PUSHKIN AND AN EPISODE FROM A RURAL LIFE, A. SMIRNOV, MSTYORA, 1940Seach of a rectangular shape with a hand-painted hinged cover and sinopia interior;one of the boxes features assembled scenes from Ruslan and Liudmila by Alexander Pushkin; depicting the author himself seated by an oak that is entwined by a golden chain, with a learned cat and a mermaid in the branches. On the left side of the tree there are: Leshy, Baba Yaga, Kashey, a Prince capturing a sly king; followed by various scenes painted on the right side of a tree: a wizard carrying a Prince in the sky, a tower where a Princess stays, the thirty knights led by their Uncle emerge from the water on the right. A gilded vegetal motif runs around the black border of the cover and around the body of the box; the bottom bears an inscription Made in the Soviet Union; length: 14.2 cm (5 5/8 in.), depth: 10 cm (3 7/8 in.), height: 4 cm (1 5/8 in.), titled in Cyrillic upper center, signed Smirnov lower right, inscribed with location and dated Mstera 1946g. - XII. lower leftthe cover of the other box depicts the scene of the soldiers returning back from a battlefield to their native village, the women meet them with flowers and offer their horses a water from a well; similar to the other box, a gilded vegetal motif runs around the black border of the cover and around the body along the lower edge; length: 17.4 cm (6 7/8 in.), depth: 8.5 cm (3 1/4 in.), height: 4 cm (1 5/8 in.), titled in Cyrillic By the Well upper center, signed Smirnov lower right; inscribed with location and dated Mstera. 1947g XI. lower leftPLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A RUSSIAN ICON OF THE KAZANSKAYA MOTHER OF GOD IN A GILT SILVER OKLAD, MOSCOW, 1896-1908chased and repousse, partially gilded silver oklad with engine-turned fragments and applied gilt silver haloes with an open-work rim. An ornate triple border featuring floral motifs. Cyrillic maker`s mark MK and Kokoshnik mark for 84 standard. In a carved wooden kiot lined with glass. Egg tempera and gesso on a wood panel. 23 x 18 cm (9 x 7 1/8 in.)PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A KINDJAL DAGGER AND MATCHING BELT WITH NAGAIKA WHIP IN PRESENTATION BOXthe convex blade with three fullers on each side; the front of the scabbard highly decorated with silver quilling alongside silver and niello engraving and inlay in geometric patterns, the back inlaid with simplified niello floral patterns; the hilt decorated to match the scabbard, with one side similarly decorated with quilling and engraving and the reverse with niello inlay; overall length: 49 cm (19 1/4 in.), length of blade: 34.5 cm (13 1/2 in.); accompanied by a belt and attached box with matching silver and niello decoration and gilded belt buckle; accompanied by a nagaika whip and set of spurs.PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

AN OFFICERS CAVALRY SWORD WITH A KUSCHINSKY BATTLE AWARD, CIRCA1885the blade etched with folial patterns and collection of arms and armor and marked with the A III monogram of Tsar Alexander III; on reverse side etched with a battle award in Cyrillic reading Za Kushkinskii Boi 18 Marta 1885; single fuller in blade; metal scabbard with two suspension rings; guard etched with Za khrabrost`, For Bravery in Cyrillic; mark of the order of St. Anne on the pommel and tassel attached to hilt; Overall length 105 cm (41 1/3 in.), length of blade: 88 cm (34 3/5 in.)PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A RUSSIAN IMPERIAL COSSACK SHASHKA SWORDthe blade engraved in Cyrillic with Z.O.F 1903 g., in reference to Zlatoustinskiy Oruzheynaya Fabrika [Zlatoust Arms Factory], with the reverse engraved in Cyrillic with K.K.V.,with two fullers and two marks near the hilt, the hilt engraved with floral motifs, the dark brown leather scabbard with metal furniture decorated with floral motifs to match the hilt, overall length: 96 cm (37 4/5 in.), length of blade: 78 cm (30 3/5 in.)PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A CURVED-POINT KINDJAL SWORD WITH BELT AND PERSIAN COINS, EARLY 19TH CENTURYthe blade with three offset fullers, each decorated with false damascening in a contrasting silver color, green leather scabbard with studded leather belt, the wooden hilt fixed with six persian coins, hallmarks including makers mark on blade, Semerechenskoye voisko, overall length: 76.5 cm (30 in.), length of blade: 59 cm (23 1/5 in)PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A GOLD POCKET WATCH IN AN ORIGINAL BOX, PAVEL BUHRE, ST. PETERSBURG, LATE 19TH CENTURYthe front and back covers with a sandblasted finish, Roman numerals on face, with a subsidiary second dial, the cuvette engraved in Russian Pavel Buhre Manufacturer for the Court of His Majesty and inventory number N37187, in an original box with Imperial warrant, diameter: 33 mm (1 1/4 in.), Swiss control mark, 0,583 standard PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A GROUP OF THREE GILT SILVER AND ENAMEL RUSSIAN REVIVAL STYLE OBJECTS, VARIOUS MAKERS, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURYcomprising of a strainer, a belt ornament, and an end cap, each with scrolling Russian Revival ornament in translucent and opaque polychrome cloisonne enamel, length of strainer: 11.7 cm (4 5/8 in.), length of end cap: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.), the strainer apparently unmarked, other pieces with an 84 standardPLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A GILT SILVER AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL TEA GLASS HOLDER AND GLASS, ANDREY POSTNIKOV, MOSCOW, 1880-1890Sthe gilt silver podstakannik with scrolling cloisonne enamel leaves and flowers in shades of blue, violet, red, green, white and pink on gilt stippled ground, with an articulated handle, fully gilded interior, the glass with cut designs, height with glass: 13 cm. (5 1/8 in.), 84 standardPLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A LARGE RUSSIAN CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT SILVER SALT CELLAR BOWL, NIKOLAI ZVEREV, MOSCOW, 1899-1912of bombe shape, on an unadorned flared foot, the body with two registers of scrolling cloisonne enamel with polychrome leaves and flowers, on a gilt stippled ground, fully gilded interior, diameter: 7.2 cm (2 7/8 in.), assayer`s mark of Ivan Lebedkin, 84 standardPLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A GILT SILVER AND ENAMEL RUSSIAN REVIVAL STYLE SALT CELLAR, ANTIP KUZMICHEV, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1877the body decorated with an elaborate Pan-Slavic pattern in champleve enamel, the central portion with an enameled inscription in Russian Eat salt and bread, listen to kind people, the interior of smooth bowl shape, the body raised on an articulated fringe-style supports, diameter: 9 cm (3 1/2 in.), dated assayer`s mark in Cyrillic IK 1877, 84 standardPLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A RUSSIAN GILT SILVER AND SHADED CLOISONNE ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE, N. V. ALEKSEEV, MOSCOW, 1899-1908of square form with rounded corners, both panels with extensive Stil Moderne decoration featuring irises and various other flowers amongst scrolling leaves in shaded cloisonne enamel, on a gilt stippled ground, the panels surrounded by a turquoise cloisonne bead border, length: 9.2 cm (3 1/2 in.), 88 standard, 231.1 g.PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

A RUSSIAN CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRIPTYCH TRAVELING ICON, 19TH-20TH CENTURYof square form with a closing mechanism, extensively decorated with polychrome cloisonne enamel, the interior with hand-painted images of saints, the central panel depicting the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child, the left panel with Archangel Michael on horseback vanquishing Satan, the right panel with an image of Saint George slaying the dragon, open dimensions: 19 x 7 cm (7 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.), apparently unmarked PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.