$3,300
THIS LOT IS BEING SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE PROVENANCE: Sotheby`s New York, October 6, 1994 lot 356 a) the sky blue bodied cup and saucer with extensive floral gilding, the cavetto of the saucer and the interior of the cup hand-painted with a colorful bird perched on a tree branch, diameter of saucer: 15 cm. (5 7/8 in.), height of cup: 5.5 cm. (2 1/8 in.), each with a blue Imperial Nicholas I mark on base; b) the cornflower blue cup and saucer decorated with gilded rose-filled cartouches, the interior walls of the cup fully gilded, the Imperial warrant of Alexander I on the cavetto of the saucer, diameter of saucer: 13.9 cm. (5 ? in.), height of cup: 7.2 cm. (2 7/8 in.), each with a green Imperial Alexander II mark on base
Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions
Date:
2013-05-18
