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A Continental Empire style porcelain urn
probably Russian (Batenin), of oviform outline and twin-handled, the handles of scroll form with lion and mask terminals, painted to the centre with a view of the column before the Winter Palace at St. Petersburg reserved on a gilt-ground, set on a square plinth, underglaze blue S mark to base -- 16in. (40.6cm.) high, early 19th century
probably Russian (Batenin), of oviform outline and twin-handled, the handles of scroll form with lion and mask terminals, painted to the centre with a view of the column before the Winter Palace at St. Petersburg reserved on a gilt-ground, set on a square plinth, underglaze blue S mark to base -- 16in. (40.6cm.) high, early 19th century