Lot Essay
The painting on the vase is based on the drawing Borziatnik by Mikhail Petrovich Klodt (1835-1914), dated 1874. The artist worked for the Imperial Porcelain Factory.
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BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER II, 1875
Details
A PORCELAIN VASE
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER II, 1875
Slightly tapering cylindrical, on a spreading foot with gilt lower border, one side painted with Imperial keeper of the hounds (borziatnik) surrounded by three greyhounds, the other side with hunting weapons and trophies in a snowy landscape, signed in Cyrillic and dated ‘A. Tychagin. 1875.’, marked under base with green underglaze factory mark
19 in. (48.5 cm.) high
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER II, 1875
Slightly tapering cylindrical, on a spreading foot with gilt lower border, one side painted with Imperial keeper of the hounds (borziatnik) surrounded by three greyhounds, the other side with hunting weapons and trophies in a snowy landscape, signed in Cyrillic and dated ‘A. Tychagin. 1875.’, marked under base with green underglaze factory mark
19 in. (48.5 cm.) high
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