A TWO-HANDLED PORCELAIN VASE

BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1820-1830S

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A TWO-HANDLED PORCELAIN VASE
BY THE GARDNER PORCELAIN FACTORY, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1820-1830S
Of amphora form, on gilt square foot with moulded base and stylized floral calyx, the body painted with a view of Gruzino after Ivan Semenov, inscribed in Russian 'View of a square in Gruzino village from Tikhvinskaya road approach', with further ciselé border and classical decoration on a blue ground, the handles of polished and burnished gilding formed as classical foliate scrolls with lion's head terminals, apparently unmarked, incised with numerals and letter under base
11¾ in. (29.8 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

For a comparable pair of vases by the Gardner Porcelain Factory, held in the collection of Kuskovo Palace, see M. Korablev, M. Sokolenko, Antologiia Russkogo Farfora XVIII-nachala XX veka, vol. 5, part 1, Moscow, 2014, pp. 88-93.

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