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CIRCLE OF HENRI BENNER, CIRCA 1815
Tsar Alexander I of Russia (1777-1825), in black coat with gold-embroidered red collar and red-borderd epaulettes, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast-star of the Imperial Russian Order of St Andrew, the Swedish Order of the Sword, the Russian Military Order of St George, the Russian 1812 Commemorative Medal, the Austrian Military Order of Maria Theresa and the Prussian 1813 Iron Cross
on ivory
oval, 2 1/8 in. (53 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount
Tsar Alexander I of Russia (1777-1825), in black coat with gold-embroidered red collar and red-borderd epaulettes, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast-star of the Imperial Russian Order of St Andrew, the Swedish Order of the Sword, the Russian Military Order of St George, the Russian 1812 Commemorative Medal, the Austrian Military Order of Maria Theresa and the Prussian 1813 Iron Cross
on ivory
oval, 2 1/8 in. (53 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 14 December 1995, lot 84.
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