A porcelain dinner plate from the Raphael Service
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A porcelain dinner plate from the Raphael Service

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS II, WITH LARGE PAINTED GILDED CYPHER OF THE REIGNING TSAR, DATED 1903

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A porcelain dinner plate from the Raphael Service
by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, period of Nicholas II, with large painted gilded cypher of the reigning Tsar, dated 1903
Circular, painted en grisaille, the centre with a seated figure of Cupid wearing a petasus and holding a bow and arrow, on rust red ground, within a classical hexagonal frame, three further classical medallions of putti, within a pale green and grey laurel border, each flanked by classical frieze panels, the inner border of winged figures and and scrolls on pale yellow ground extending to the outer border, framed within gilt bands, marked under base
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) diam.
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