Lot 22
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A porcelain verrière

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF CATHERINE II, LATE 1760S

Details
A porcelain verrière
by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, period of Catherine II, late 1760s
Of oval form with fluted scalloped rim, on conforming gilt foot, the body painted on both sides with a medallion depicting a multi-coloured Russian peasant scene, framed within a gilt band and an intricate garland consisting of musical instruments surmounted by a ribbon-bow, the upper border consisting of a multi-coloured garland of flowers with wound pink ribbon, the short handles simulating relief scrolls with gilt detail, gilt rim, the base painted green, marked on the handle with incised circle and dot, and with the inventory label from the Tsarskoe Selo Palace inscribed 'glavnaya dacha'.
10 1/8 in. (25.5 cm.) long, 4 7/8 in. (12.3 cm) high
Provenance
Collection of the Tsarskoe Selo Palace (label inscribed glavnaya dacha).
Collection of Prince Beloselskii-Belozerskii.
Literature
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, Drawings by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, Paris, 1986, cat. 7 and 37. (Based on the first edition of 'Voyage en Sibérie fait par ordre du Roi en 1761... par Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, Paris, 1767.)

Masterpieces of 18th c..., number 26.
Exhibited
Sèvres, Museé céramique de Sèvres, Exposition de céramiques anciennes, April-October 1929, number 13.

London, 1 Belgrave Square, Russian Art Exhibition, 4 June-13 July 1935, p. 38, number K.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Sale room notice
Please note the dimensions for this lot - 10 1/8 in. (25.5 cm.) long, 4 7/8 in. (12.3 cm) high.

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Lot Essay

The cartouches enclosing scenes of Russian peasants reflect the 18th century interest in ethnography and the lives of the people of the Russian Empire.

In 1768, J. Chaffe d'Auteroche published his three-volume work Voyage en Sibérie, illustrated with engravings by Jean Baptiste Le Prince who had himself visited Russia extensively.
The two scenes on the verrière, 'Swing' and 'Russian dance' are reproductions of Le Prince engravings. When copying the engraving 'Russian dance' onto the verrière, the porcelain factory painter made some changes to the composition and simplified by including only the main characters.

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