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BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER II
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A PORCELAIN PLATE FROM THE SERVICE OF THE IMPERIAL YACHT NIKSA
by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, period of Alexander II
The center painted with a seascape and ships, the border with five cartouches containing a gilt Cyrillic letter of the Imperial yacht Niksa on blue ground, within elaborate ciselé scrolls and blossoms, the reverse with the Russian inscription 'after the pic[ture] by Aivazovskii', marked under the base
8 13/16in. (22.4cm.) diameter
by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, period of Alexander II
The center painted with a seascape and ships, the border with five cartouches containing a gilt Cyrillic letter of the Imperial yacht Niksa on blue ground, within elaborate ciselé scrolls and blossoms, the reverse with the Russian inscription 'after the pic[ture] by Aivazovskii', marked under the base
8 13/16in. (22.4cm.) diameter
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
New York, A la Vieille Russie, An Imperial Fascination: Porcelain, (1991), plate 288, for a similar plate.
New York, A la Vieille Russie, An Imperial Fascination: Porcelain, (1991), plate 288, for a similar plate.