6 June 2018 Russian Art Auctions
6 June 2018
356.
A Pair of Large Porcelain Serving Dishes from the Kremlin Service
7,000-9,000 GBP
IMPERIAL PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I (1825-1855)
Diameter 36 cm.
Provenance: Russian Art, Sotheby's New York, 22 April 2009, lot 365
Literature: T. Kudriavtseva, Russian Imperial Porcelain, St Petersburg, 2003, pp. 130-132.
In Russo-Byzantine style, of circular form, centres painted with miniature red and blue flowers surrounded with stylized green foliage against black ground with foliate border, body with decorative palmettes in green and black against ciselé gilt ground, gilt rim with imitations of red and green jewels, with blue Imperial cypher for Nicholas I, further numbered in red.
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