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A SET OF FOUR RUSSIAN IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY PLATES FROM THE KREMLIN SERVICE, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I (1825-1855) CIRCA 1837-1838
Comprising a large serving dish and three dinner plates, each centrally painted with entwined foliate design with central red rose bordered by radiating palms on a profuse ciselé gilt ground and enamelled jewelled rim in red and green, 32cm and 24cm in diameter, each with blue Imperial cipher of Nicholas I and red Kremlin Palace inventory numbers.
Notes: This famed service was commissioned by Emperor Nicholas I in 1836. The artwork was designed by painter and archaeologist Fedor Solntsev (1801-1892) his inspiration drawn from 17th century Russian Antiquity designs. See T. Kudriavtseva, Russian Imperial Porcelain, St. Petersburg, 2003, pp. 130-132.
Sold for $9,500
Lot 459
Comprising a large serving dish and three dinner plates, each centrally painted with entwined foliate design with central red rose bordered by radiating palms on a profuse ciselé gilt ground and enamelled jewelled rim in red and green, 32cm and 24cm in diameter, each with blue Imperial cipher of Nicholas I and red Kremlin Palace inventory numbers.
Notes: This famed service was commissioned by Emperor Nicholas I in 1836. The artwork was designed by painter and archaeologist Fedor Solntsev (1801-1892) his inspiration drawn from 17th century Russian Antiquity designs. See T. Kudriavtseva, Russian Imperial Porcelain, St. Petersburg, 2003, pp. 130-132.
Estimate $7,000 - $10,000
Jewels, Objets D'Art & Asian Works of Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8050
1:00pm - 24 May 2015
Sydney
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