Lot Essay
For comparable vases with swan-shaped handles, see Exhibition catalogue, The State Russian Museum: Porcelain of St Petersburg Private Factories, St Petersburg, 2008, p. 25, no. 21.
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BY THE BATENIN PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1820
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A PAIR OF PORCELAIN VASES
BY THE BATENIN PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1820
Each of amphora form, the body gilt and painted with mythological scenes en grisaille on both sides, depicting Cupid and Psyche, Venus and Adonis, Cupid and Venus, within geometric borders, with swan-shaped handles, on gilt square foot, both marked under bases with impressed factory marks
13¾ in. (35 cm.) high
BY THE BATENIN PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1820
Each of amphora form, the body gilt and painted with mythological scenes en grisaille on both sides, depicting Cupid and Psyche, Venus and Adonis, Cupid and Venus, within geometric borders, with swan-shaped handles, on gilt square foot, both marked under bases with impressed factory marks
13¾ in. (35 cm.) high
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