the handle cast as the fisherman in Pushkin's 'The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish', his net forming the bowl, the wish-granting fish with circular-cut ruby-set eyes, 84 standard 

Excellent condition. The underside and interior of the bowl with very light scratches.
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Alexander Pushkin's fairy tale in verse was first published in the literary magazine Biblioteka dlya chteniya in 1835.