BEAUTIFUL VASE IN HARD PORCELAIN. - Lot 424

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BEAUTIFUL VASE IN HARD PORCELAIN. - Lot 424
BEAUTIFUL VASE IN HARD PORCELAIN. After a model of Auguste Shpis (1817-1904), Imperial Manufacture of Saint Petersburg, circa 1870. With central decoration on one side of a polychrome scene representing two putti fishing at the edge of a being on bottom of a forest and on the other side of a bouquet of polychrome rural flowers. The whole is surmounted by a large garland of oak leaves held by crossed bows. The body is framed by two open-worked catches in matt gold held by two women's heads ending in laurel wreaths. The whole rests on a circular gold base. Small accidents, but good general condition, missing the hat. Hollow mark: H. B. in Cyrillic characters. H. 37 cm - L. 21 cm. Reference: see in reference several models of vase of similar shape made after drawings of Augustus Shpis, which are in the collections of the Hermitage Museum and are illustrated in the catalog raisonné made by Dr. Catherine Khmelnitskaya, under the title "Augustus Shpis and the Imperial Porcelain Factory", Moscow, 2012, page 80 to 85.
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