A Porcelain Cup, Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, Period of Alexander I (1801-1825)
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Porcelain Cup, Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, Period of Alexander I (1801-1825)
the body with a gilt trellis pattern surrounding an en grisaille portrait of Prince Bagration within an oval reserve with a gilt border inscribed in Cyrillic 'Prince Bagration', the rim with a gilt and navy blue band, with black factory mark
height 2 ⅝ in.
6.6 cm
Sotheby’s, London, November 30, 2021, lot 523;
Where acquired by the present collector.
A comparable item to the present lot is the cup with the portrait of major general Yakov Petrovich Kul'nev from the Imperial Porcelain Factory (dated after 1812) and illustrated in T. Nosovich, I. Popova, Imperatorskii Farforovyi Zavod, 1744 - 1904, St Petersburg, 2003, p. 109.
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