AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED RUSSIAN IMPERIAL PORCELAIN MIRROR FRAME

CIRCA 1825-1855, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I

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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED RUSSIAN IMPERIAL PORCELAIN MIRROR FRAME
CIRCA 1825-1855, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I
In the Rococo taste, molded with rocaille scrollwork enriched in green, pink and gilt, the lower section as pierced trellis, flanked by three-light candle-arms with foliate nozzles and bobêche
45 in. (114.4 cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a comparable example lacking candle-arms, see Sotheby’s, The Royal House of Hanover, 11 October 2005, lot 2761. For a Russian Imperial porcelain cartouche-shaped table mirror of the same period, see Christie’s, London, 11 June 2008, lot 348.

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