RUSSIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1765, AFTER FEDOR ROKOTOV
Empress Catherine II of Russia (1729-1796), in blue satin grand habit with white lace adorning the neck and sleeve, ermine coronation mantle, secured with diamond and pearl-set brooch, diamond earring, strands of pearls, a feathered diamond comb and jewelled coronet in her curling powdered hair, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast-star of the Imperial Russian Order of St Andrew
on parchment
oval, 3 7/8 in. (99 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount with tied ribbon surmount
RUSSIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1765, AFTER FEDOR ROKOTOV
Empress Catherine II of Russia (1729-1796), in blue satin grand habit with white lace adorning the neck and sleeve, ermine coronation mantle, secured with diamond and pearl-set brooch, diamond earring, strands of pearls, a feathered diamond comb and jewelled coronet in her curling powdered hair, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast-star of the Imperial Russian Order of St Andrew
on parchment
oval, 3 7/8 in. (99 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount with tied ribbon surmount