Lot 12
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IMPRESSIVE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL PORCELAIN URN, NICHOLAS I. Comprising a large and impressive gilt decorated and painted urn. Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, period of Nicholas I. Resting on a gilt bronze square base, the urn of traditional form with extensive gilt banding and scroll handles, the front with a hexagonal reserve, finely painted with a cupid in a chariot pulled by a butterfly, likely after the painting by Raphael. Underside of base with blue underglaze cypher of Nicholas I and again marked on the inside of rim with the gilt cypher of Nicholas I. Handles likely restored. Height 15 inches (38cm).
Important Notice: The absence of condition information in the description does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition, a condition report is available by request.
Estimate:
$4,000 - 6,000
€ 3,800 - 5,700
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Price Realized: $16,250.00
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Published:
At The Tsars Table, Russian Imperial Porcelain from the Raymond F. Piper Collection, Marquette University Press, 2001, a 50-page exhibition catalog, illustrated on page 35, plate 19.
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