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Lot 224
Two porcelain plates from the 'Zabava' ServiceImperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg, period of Alexander II
7 June 2010, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £24,000 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistTwo porcelain plates from the 'Zabava' Service
Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg, period of Alexander II
both with knotted rope decoration to rims forming reserve for Zabava emblem, the cavettos with scenes inspired by Aivazovsky, underglaze green cypher
diameter of each: 22.6cm (8 1/2in).
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both with knotted rope decoration to rims forming reserve for Zabava emblem, the cavettos with scenes inspired by Aivazovsky, underglaze green cypher
diameter of each: 22.6cm (8 1/2in).
(2)
Footnotes
For similar plates, see Von Wolf, Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, 2003, illustrations following p.282
Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich, Tsar Alexander II's third son, received Naval training onboard the Imperial Yacht Zabava in the 1860s. His subsequent travels to America and Canada included a well-documented hunt with 'Buffalo Bill' Cody.

