Lot Essay
For a ring miniature of the sitter's son and follower Tsar Paul I, see lot 134.
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Catherine II (1729-1796), Empress of Russia 1762-1796, in profile to the left in lace-bordered white dress with jewelled corsage, fur-bordered gold-embroidered pale turquoise surcoat embroidered with a pattern of Russian double-eagles, ermine cloak draped over her right shoulder, pearls and black aigrette in her upswept, powdered hair, wearing the blue sash of the Imperial Russian Order of St Andrew
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RUSSIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1765/1770
Catherine II (1729-1796), Empress of Russia 1762-1796, in profile to the left in lace-bordered white dress with jewelled corsage, fur-bordered gold-embroidered pale turquoise surcoat embroidered with a pattern of Russian double-eagles, ermine cloak draped over her right shoulder, pearls and black aigrette in her upswept, powdered hair, wearing the blue sash of the Imperial Russian Order of St Andrew
on vellum
oval, 26 in. (51 mm.) high, later cast gilt-metal frame with pierced ribbon and bow cresting
Catherine II (1729-1796), Empress of Russia 1762-1796, in profile to the left in lace-bordered white dress with jewelled corsage, fur-bordered gold-embroidered pale turquoise surcoat embroidered with a pattern of Russian double-eagles, ermine cloak draped over her right shoulder, pearls and black aigrette in her upswept, powdered hair, wearing the blue sash of the Imperial Russian Order of St Andrew
on vellum
oval, 26 in. (51 mm.) high, later cast gilt-metal frame with pierced ribbon and bow cresting
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