Charka

Title: Charka
Description: Agate drinking bowl with gilted silver rim, foot, and handle. An inscription in Cyrrilic is around the lip. 17th Century, Russian. Most likely from Moscow.
Creator: Russian (culture or style)
Date Created: earliest: 1601; latest: 1700
Date: 1979
Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Davison (until 1979; to MMA)
Identifier: 1979.174
Medium: agate (chalcedony); Silver gilt
Format: Metalwork-Silver In Combination; Width (across handles): 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Source: Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Davison Gift, in honor of George Peabody Davison, 1979
Rights: https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access
Contributor: Russian (culture or style)
Subject: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts; agate (chalcedony); charkas; cups; drinking vessels; gilt; metalworking; Silver; Asia; Moscow; Russia