SÈVRES, GREEN PRINTED LOZENGE 'S74' FOR 1874, IRON-RED PRINTED 'RF' MONOGRAM GILDING MARK FOR 1876, SIGNED IN CYRILLIC 'I POKHITONOV'

Details

Two Porcelain Plates
Sèvres, green printed lozenge 'S74' for 1874, iron-red printed 'RF' monogram gilding mark for 1876, signed in Cyrillic 'I Pokhitonov'
Circular, the first painted with two figures in a rowing-boat on a lake; the second with a steamship at sea, within a gilt covetto band, the pale blue border with a gilt rim, marked under base
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diameter (2)

Provenance

General Nicolas Seliverstov.
Then by descent to the present owner.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Lot Essay

For a similar plate see exhibition catalogue Première année, Salon de 1879, Paris, Palais des Champs-Elysées, 1879, no. 4395 Similar plates were sold in Tableaux, Études, Dessins du Peintre Ivan Pokitonow, Collection de Madame E. de W. et Monsieur B. Wulfert-Pokitonow, Salle des Chiroux, Liège, 17 November, 1925 lot.

Our thanks to Tamara Préaud, head archivist at the Manufacture de Sèvres, and Olivier Bertrand, the author of forthcoming catalogue raisonné on Pokhitonov for their assistance in researching this lot.

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