RUSSIA, 18TH CENTURY

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An ivory plaque depicting Empress Elizabeth I
Russia, 18th century
Rectangular, carved in high relief from a single piece of ivory, with a full-length portrait of the Empress, her skirt, fur-lined cloak, table and fringed drape all with a scroll design, within a stepped outer border, apparently unmarked
6¼ in. (16 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Elizabeth Petrovna (1707-1762) was the daughter of Peter the Great and Catherine I. She succeeded Ivan VI in a coup in 1741.

The present lot is loosely based on the portrait executed in 1730 by Louis Caravaque (1684-1754), now in the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. A similar carved ivory plaque, with inscriptions, is in the Hermitage collection, St Petersburg.

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