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Tsar Alexander I (1777-1825) in profile to left, in black uniform with gold-embroidered red collar and gold buttons, black cravat, black bicorn hat, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast-star of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Andrew
Details
RUSSIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1805
Tsar Alexander I (1777-1825) in profile to left, in black uniform with gold-embroidered red collar and gold buttons, black cravat, black bicorn hat, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast-star of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Andrew
on ivory
oval, 2¼ in. (57 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with glazed reverse
Tsar Alexander I (1777-1825) in profile to left, in black uniform with gold-embroidered red collar and gold buttons, black cravat, black bicorn hat, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast-star of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Andrew
on ivory
oval, 2¼ in. (57 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with glazed reverse
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, 12 May 1987, lot 127.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium