18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA

Details

A porcelain rectangular gilt-mounted "genre" snuff-box
18th century, probably Saint Petersburg, Russia
The squat bulging body painted in colours, the cover with a Teniers scene depicting a family of peasant folks near a fireplace and an alcove, the sides and the reverse with windmills and a riverscape
8.5cm wide

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Lot Essay

Cf. B. Beaucamp-Markowsky, Porzellandosen (München 1985), p.541 ill.499 for a St. Petersburg rectangular snuff-box with Teniers scenes.

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