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A LARGE PORCELAIN VASE
Lot 343

A LARGE PORCELAIN VASE

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS II, DATED 1908

Closed6 June 2011

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GBP 11,250

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A LARGE PORCELAIN VASE
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS II, DATED 1908
Globular, on circular foot, the upper section moulded and painted in earth tones with wild animals in a forest, including bears, elks, wolves and a sable, above a pale green zig-zag border, marked under base with green underglaze factory mark
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high

By repute, given by the Emperor Nicholas II (1868-1918) to the army doctor Alexis Alfimov.

Specialist note

For comparable large porcelain vase by the Imperial Porcelain Factory, dated 1908, see N. B. von Wolf (ed. V.V. Znamenov), Imperatorskii Farforovyi Zavod, 1744-1904, St. Petersburg, 2008, p. 664.