Lot 172
  • 172

A Russian Porcelain Verrière, probably Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg, Period of Alexander I (1801-1825)

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • porcelain
  • Length over Handles 13 1/4 in.; 33.7 cm
with landscapes in oval reserves on a tan ground, scrolled handles and raised on paw feet, incised on the underside with Cyrillic letters IF, presumably for Imperatorskii farforovyi (Imperial Porcelain)

Condition

with old repair to one handle
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