Lot Essay
Catherine the Great and her whippet walking in the park of Tsarskoe Selo were painted by V.L. Borovikovskii and engraved by N.I. Utkin.
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BY THE MEISSEN FACTORY, 19TH CENTURY
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A porcelain group of Catherine the Great's whippet
by the Meissen Factory, 19th century
Realistically modelled, the dog wearing a gilt-trimmed blue collar and reclining on a floral cushion, the partially gilt edges imitating lacework with tassle corner decorations, the base inscribed 'Chien favori de feu S.M. l'Impratrice Cathrine de Russie', marked under base
16 in. (42 cm.) long
by the Meissen Factory, 19th century
Realistically modelled, the dog wearing a gilt-trimmed blue collar and reclining on a floral cushion, the partially gilt edges imitating lacework with tassle corner decorations, the base inscribed 'Chien favori de feu S.M. l'Impratrice Cathrine de Russie', marked under base
16 in. (42 cm.) long