A porcelain covered vase, Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, period of Nicholas II, 1895
Auction Closed
May 22, 05:01 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
designed after an original ancient vase in Villa Doria Pamphili in Rome, the body decorated with foliage, birds and berries in relief, the sides applied with masks, the cover with a lion and two hounds as the finial, painted in an earthy-coloured glaze to mimic the marble original, marked with the Imperial crowned cyphers for both Alexander III and Nicholas II, dated 1894 and 1895
height 39.5cm; 15 1/2 in.
N.B. von Wolf [ed. V.V. Znamenov], Imperatorskii farforovyi zavod, 1744-1904, St Petersburg, 2008, p. 678, illustrated
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