A pair of Russian vases, Attibuted to the Imperial glas & porcelain manufactory, St Petersburg, 19th Century.
Tietoa ostamisesta
Lisätietoja ja kuntoraportit
Of baluster form, the sides of each vase with a pale mauve ground surrounding two white ground reserves of gilt decoration, with ribbon tied bouqets of flowers between, the flared neck with gilt strapwork design with gilt rims. Unmarked. Height 55 cm.
One with restored neck. (2)
Kirjallisuus
An expert examination letter by Tamara Nikolaevna Nosovich, Head curator at the porcelain collection of Peterhof Museum, Russia, accompanies this piece.
Muut tiedot
The flower and ornamental painting of the Imperial Porcelain manufactory during the mid-19th Century was of the highest quality. Specialist flower and fruit artists from France such as Pierre Boudet (1800-1883) and Vivant Beaucé (1818-1876), were employed during this period, toghether with native artists such as Feodor and Konstantin Krasovskii. N. Woolf, Imperial Porcelain Factory 1744-1904, St Petersburg, 2003 edition, pp. 167, 198 and 235, pl 256).