Lot Essay
Count Piotr Alexandrovich Rumiantsev-Zadunaiski (1725-1796) was one of the most important Russian generals, alongside Suvorov, during the reign of Catherine The Great. In 1770, he became a Field Marshal and received the order of St George first class.
For comparable examples from the service, see Exhibition catalogue, Meissen for the Czars: Porcelain as a Tool of Saxon-Russian Politics in the 18th century, Munich, 2004, p. 132. A similar plate from the Galerie Popoff collection was sold Christie's, London, 12-13 October 2009, lot 179.
For comparable examples from the service, see Exhibition catalogue, Meissen for the Czars: Porcelain as a Tool of Saxon-Russian Politics in the 18th century, Munich, 2004, p. 132. A similar plate from the Galerie Popoff collection was sold Christie's, London, 12-13 October 2009, lot 179.