A Russian porcelain plate from the Dowry Service of Grand Duchess Ekaterina Pavlovna, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg, Period of Paul I (1796-1801)

the cavetto painted with a view of a temple's ruins, the border painted at intervals with architectural views en grisaille on rust ground within yellow cartouches, the outer border with floral garlands with pink roses, the reverse titled Vue de Temple de la Concorde, with blue underglaze Imperial cypher of Paul I and 4 incised in the paste

some wear to gilding consistent with age and use
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