Lot Essay
For further references regarding the Imperial double portrait see: D. A. Rovinskii, Dictionary of Russian engraved Portraits, volume I, St Petersburg, 1886, column 120, no. 491.
PARIS, CIRCA 1801
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A PORCELAIN CUP AND SAUCER WITH THE PORTRAITS OF EMPEROR ALEXANDER I (1777-1825) AND EMPRESS ELIZABETH ALEKSEEVNA (1779-1826)
Paris, circa 1801
The cylindrical cup on three lion's paw feet painted with the oval double portrait of Alexander and Elizabeth, after Roch Jean-Baptiste Donas, flanked by ciselé musical trophies, on white ground, with gilt rims, feet, handle with figure head, interior sides and rosette in the base, the saucer painted with three brown ground medallions of a ewer, tazza and lyre with gilt ciselé trophies of Honour, Love and Faith between, within gilt borders, apparently unmarked
the cup 3 in. (7.3 cm.) high
Paris, circa 1801
The cylindrical cup on three lion's paw feet painted with the oval double portrait of Alexander and Elizabeth, after Roch Jean-Baptiste Donas, flanked by ciselé musical trophies, on white ground, with gilt rims, feet, handle with figure head, interior sides and rosette in the base, the saucer painted with three brown ground medallions of a ewer, tazza and lyre with gilt ciselé trophies of Honour, Love and Faith between, within gilt borders, apparently unmarked
the cup 3 in. (7.3 cm.) high
Literature
A. L. Kusakin et al., Exhibition catalogue, War and Peace 1812, an Exhibition from private domestic and foreign Collections, Moscow, 2008, no. 330 (7), illustrated p. 205.
Exhibited
Moscow, State Historical Museum, War and Peace 1812, an Exhibition
from private domestic and foreign Collections, December 2008 - March 2009, no. 330 (7).
from private domestic and foreign Collections, December 2008 - March 2009, no. 330 (7).
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