A Set of Eighteen Russian Porcelain Dinner Plates, Popov Porcelain Manufactory, Gorbunovo, 1830-1850s
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Auction Closed
February 3, 09:38 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
of circular form with shaped rim, the border gilded and with painted stylized flowers and birds against a black ground, the border with three blue reserves, the center with flowers on white background framed in a gilded circle, marked under base with factory mark in underglaze-blue, various numerals in enamels to some plates mostely 62, 14, impressed numeral 8, incised II
(18)
diameter of each 22.8cm; 9 in.
Popoff & Co., Paris, January 11, 1985
Sotheby's New York, Property from the Collections of Lily & Edmond J. Safra, 18 October 2011, lot 52
The plates are typical of the florid ornament of the Neo-Rococo taste so popular in Russia in the mid-19th century. The bright "Popov Blue" and rare black glazes showcase the unusually rich range of enamel colors that the Popov factory was known to produce. For a comparable plate design, see Heikki Hyvönen, Venäläistä Posliniia – Russian Porcelain. Collection of Vera Saarela, The National Museum of Finland, Helsinki 1982, p. 278, fig. 104.
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