A TERRACOTTA MEDALLION AND AN AGATE CAMEO OF CATHERINE THE GREAT
A TERRACOTTA MEDALLION AND AN AGATE CAMEO OF CATHERINE THE GREAT

THE MEDALLION, BY JEAN-BAPTISTE NINI, 1771; THE CAMEO, RUSSIA, LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A TERRACOTTA MEDALLION AND AN AGATE CAMEO OF CATHERINE THE GREAT
THE MEDALLION, BY JEAN-BAPTISTE NINI, 1771; THE CAMEO, RUSSIA, LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The medallion, circular, depicting the Empress in profile, the border inscribed in Russian 'By the Grace of God Catherine II Empress and Autocrat of All Russias.', signed and dated 'J.B. NINI F / 1771' under the bust; the cameo, oval, depicting the Empress in profile with plumed and laurel wreathed helmet, in gilt bronze frame, apparently unmarked
5 ½ in. (13.5 cm.) diameter and smaller
来源
Collection Alexandre Djanchieff.
By descent to the present owner.

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