CIRCA 1820, CZAR ALEXANDER I PERIOD

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(4) Two Saint Petersburg Imperial Factory white porcelain vases and covers
Circa 1820, Czar Alexander I period
In the neo-classical style, the ovoid body applied in relief with stiff leaves to the lower part, one with a band of recessed motifs to the upper part, with scrolled acanthus handles, on circular pedestal base with various ornamental motifs, the domed covers en suite with acanthus leaves and artichoke finial, the edge dotted
45.5 and 48.3 cm. high (4)

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Lot Essay

See Exhibition Catalogue, Russian Porcelain, 250 years of history, Saint Petersburg, Moscow, 1995, with an epilogue in English by L.V. Andreeva, ill. 43, p. 78, for related vases of similar form and relief decoration in the State Museum of Ceramics, Kuskovo, Russia.

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