A PART SET OF PORCELAIN TABLEWARES

The present lot is part of a service designed after the original Sévres service, which was presented by Louis XV to King Christian of Denmark on the occasion of his state visit to France in 1768. For more pieces from this service, see A La Vieille Russie, An Imperial Fascination: Porcelain - Dining with the Czars at Peterhof, New York, 1991, pp. 110-111, nos. 242 and 243.

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