Lot 487
  • 487

a russian malachite tazza, 19th century

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • height 10 3/4 in. 27.5 cm
the finely figured shallow bowl with octagonal base

Condition

overall good condition
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Catalogue Note

For a similar tazza from the dowry of Grand Duchess Alexandra Nicholaevna (1825-1844), see Die Mitgift einer Zarentochter: Meisterwerke russischer Kunst des Historismus, Eurasberg, 1997, pp. 220-221, no. 67.