TALLRIKAR, fyra stycken, porslin. Kejserliga porslinsmanufakturen, S:t Petersburg, Nikolaj I period.
Målad polykrom och förgylld dekor. Diameter 24 cm.
Slitage. (4)
Proveniens
The service was ordered by Emperor Nicholas I in 1834 as a gift for Mahmud II, the Sultan of Turkey (1808-1839), to mark the signing of the Treaty of Unkiar Skelessi in 1833, which secured Russian acess to the Dardanelles.
Utställningar
Part of this service is on display at the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul.
Litteratur
An Imperial fascination: Porcelain, Dining with the Czars, Peterhof. A La Vieille Russie, New York, 1991, p 95. pl 193.
Övrig information
Also compare Christies, sale 7677, 12 and 13 of Oktober, the Popoff Collection Lot 221.
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