A Porcelain Dish from the Raphael Service
By the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, period of Nicholas II, dated 1898
Circular, with gilt rim, the centre decorated en grisaille with an ichthyocentaur abducting a maiden on a red ground, surrounded by bands of classical-style ornament, the rounded flat handle painted with a rabbit on a red ground, marked under base with overglaze gilt crowned monogram of Nicholas II and dated 1898
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) wide, across handle
A Porcelain Dish from the Raphael Service
By the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St Petersburg, period of Nicholas II, dated 1898
Circular, with gilt rim, the centre decorated en grisaille with an ichthyocentaur abducting a maiden on a red ground, surrounded by bands of classical-style ornament, the rounded flat handle painted with a rabbit on a red ground, marked under base with overglaze gilt crowned monogram of Nicholas II and dated 1898
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) wide, across handle
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