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PROBABLY IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER I
Details
Two Russian porcelain vases and covers
probably Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, Period of Alexander I
In the neo-classical style, each ovoid body applied in relief with stiff leaves to the lower part, one with a band of recessed motifs to the upper part, with scrolled acanthus handles, on circular pedestal base with foliate motifs, the domed covers en suite with acanthus leaves and artichoke finials, marks effaced
17 7/8 in. (45.5 cm.) and 19 in. (48.3 cm.) (4)
probably Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, Period of Alexander I
In the neo-classical style, each ovoid body applied in relief with stiff leaves to the lower part, one with a band of recessed motifs to the upper part, with scrolled acanthus handles, on circular pedestal base with foliate motifs, the domed covers en suite with acanthus leaves and artichoke finials, marks effaced
17 7/8 in. (45.5 cm.) and 19 in. (48.3 cm.) (4)
Provenance
The European Noble House Sale, Christie's Amsterdam, December 10-11, 2003, lot 734.
Further details
See Exhibition Catalogue, Russian Porcelain, 250 years of history, Saint Petersburg, Moscow, 1995, ill. 43, p. 78, for a vase of similar form and relief decoration in the State Museum of Ceramics, Kuskovo, Russia.