A Large Two-Handled Porcelain Vase
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I, 1854
A Large Two-Handled Porcelain Vase By the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, period of Nicholas I, 1854 Of amphora form, the waisted cylindrical neck chased with acanthus leaves, flanked by gilt moulded foliate scroll handles with acanthus and flower-heads, the vase finely painted with a portrait of a shepherd boy, in a conical hat and sheepskin vest, holding a pipe, inscribed in Cyrillic, 'C: K: Orlova' (lower left) and signed 'F. Tarachkov' and dated '1854' (lower right), the reverse chased with a musical trophy suspended from a tied ribbon amidst scrolling foliage on a burnished gilt ground, the lower section of the vase moulded with acanthus and scrolling foliage, on a waisted socle and domed circular foot with stiff-leaf tips, on a later circular marble base, apparently unmarked, the upper rim of the body dated in the paste 40 in. (101.6 cm.) high
A Large Two-Handled Porcelain Vase
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS I, 1854
A Large Two-Handled Porcelain Vase By the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, period of Nicholas I, 1854 Of amphora form, the waisted cylindrical neck chased with acanthus leaves, flanked by gilt moulded foliate scroll handles with acanthus and flower-heads, the vase finely painted with a portrait of a shepherd boy, in a conical hat and sheepskin vest, holding a pipe, inscribed in Cyrillic, 'C: K: Orlova' (lower left) and signed 'F. Tarachkov' and dated '1854' (lower right), the reverse chased with a musical trophy suspended from a tied ribbon amidst scrolling foliage on a burnished gilt ground, the lower section of the vase moulded with acanthus and scrolling foliage, on a waisted socle and domed circular foot with stiff-leaf tips, on a later circular marble base, apparently unmarked, the upper rim of the body dated in the paste 40 in. (101.6 cm.) high
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