16th century AD. A lathe-turned wooden goblet, carved with figural scenes to the body; the goblet with domed base and balustered shaft rising to the parallel-sided body carved with two scenes: on one face, St Michael with cross-ended spear thrusting downwards at a serpentine dragon below the legs of the horse, reserved against a textured field with incised detail to scene; to the other face, a bifid plant with incised detail on a similar field; traces of red pigment to panels on the plant and the horse, green pigment to the horse and rider, and blue pigment to the horse's outline; Caucasian workmanship, probably Georgian. 112 grams, 13 cm (5"). Property of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman; formerly in the Collard collection; previously acquired on the UK art market. See Rusudan Mephisashvili & Vakhtang Tsintsadze, The Arts of Ancient Georgia, London, 1979 (English edition").

Fine condition; minor chipping to base and rim with old shrinkage to bowl, traces of scorching at rim. Rare.