Foot cup "choron"

Siberia, Russian Federation, Republic of Sakha, Yakuts

Price EUR 800

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance

Provenance

Siberian Private Collection, Jakutsk
Russian Private Collection, Moscow
Tischenko Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

Size

H: 16 cm

D: 11,5 cm

H: 6.3 inch

D: 4.5 inch

Description

wood, oiled surface,

“Choron” were used to store “koumiss”, fermented mare’s milk.

Gorbatcheva, V., M. Federova, The Peoples of the Great North, Art and Civilisation of Siberia, New York 2000, p. 134, ill. 153

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