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A monumental porcelain vase Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, period of Alexander III, probably after a model by August Spiess image 1
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A monumental porcelain vase Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, period of Alexander III, probably after a model by August Spiess image 3
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A monumental porcelain vase
Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, period of Alexander III, probably after a model by August Spiess

5 June 2019, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £22,562.50 inc. premium

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A monumental porcelain vase

Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, period of Alexander III, probably after a model by August Spiess
in three parts, central section of baluster form, upper part with slender neck terminating in circular opening, tapering bottom section with spreading circular foot; body applied with sculptural handles shaped as Minerva's heads wearing winged helmets and framed with palm leaves, descending clusters of grapes and stalks of wheat; neck with high relief classical border; pedestal with applied laurel swags and acanthus leaves; underside marked with crowned green monogram of Alexander III and partial date
height: 65.8cm (25 3/4in).

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Provenance
Private American collection

For additional information on August Karl Spiess (1817-1904) and his deigns for the porcelain vases executed at the Imperial Porcelain Factory, see Ekaterina Khmelnitskaya, August Spiess and the Imperial Porcelain Factory, Moscow, 2012, pp. 32-115.

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