No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more

A porcelain plate and two cups and saucers from the Count Rumiantsev-Zadunaiskii Service

BY THE MEISSEN PORCELAIN FACTORY, PERIOD OF CATHERINE II, 1774

Details

A porcelain plate and two cups and saucers from the Count Rumiantsev-Zadunaiskii Service
by the Meissen Porcelain Factory, period of Catherine II, 1774
Circular, the body painted with the monogram 'CR' (Comte Roumiantseff) surmounted by a crown, framed within a garland of gilt laurel and palm leaves, wound round with the ribbon of the Order of the Cross of St George, the border decorated with relief trellis and rocaille cartouches, inside and around which are incorporated puce flowers, with two similarly decorated cups of semi-spherical form, and circular saucers, marked under base with blue underglaze crossed swords
Plate 8¾ in. (22.1 cm.) diameter, each cup 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) high, each saucer 5 3/8 in. (13.5 cm.) diameter (5)

Literature

Masterpieces of 18th c..., numbers 203, 204 and 205.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Brought to you by

Alexis de Tiesenhausen

Check the condition report or get in touch for additional information about this

atiesenhausen@christies.com Tel: +44 (0)20 7389 2210

If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.

View condition report

Lot Essay

For other examples from the service, now in the collection of the Kuskovo Museum, see T. A. Mozzhukhina, O. Egorova, Exhibition catalogue, Masterpieces of German porcelain from the collection of the Palace of Kuskovo in 18th c., Moscow, 2003, p. 26. and U. Pietsch, Exhibition catalogue, Meissen for the Czars: Porcelain as a Tool of Saxon-Russian Politics in the 18th century, The State Art Collection Dresden, Munich, 2004, p. 132.

More from Galerie Popoff: An Enduring Passion for Russian Art

View All